Nashville, TN (December 9, 2013) - Six-time GRAMMY® winner TobyMac received his ninth solo career GRAMMY® nomination on Friday. The recently crowned "Artist of the Year" (Dove Awards) garnered a nod for Best Contemporary Christian Music Song for his hit single "Speak Life." The three week No. 1 song (AC Indicator) was written by the singer with Jamie Moore and Ryan Stevenson and is off his GRAMMY®-award winning and Billboard 200 No. 1 record, EYE ON IT. The music video for the GRAMMY® nominated song will premiere January 2014. The 56th Annual GRAMMY® Awards will broadcast live from the STAPLES Center in Los Angeles on Sunday, Jan. 26, 2014, on CBS at 8 p.m. ET/PT.

The past couple months TobyMac has been touring the country on his "Hits Deep Tour" with friends Chris August, Colton Dixon, Jamie Grace, Brandon Heath, Mandisa and Capital Kings. The national tour hosted several sold out venues and packed houses including Saturday's show at the Madison Square Garden theatre in New York City. Beginning February 2014, TobyMac will go out on the road once again for the second leg of the "Hits Deep Tour." The 2014 line-up will include Brandon Heath, Matt Maher, Mandisa, Matthew West and Capital Kings.

"Hits Deep Tour" 2014
2/13 Sioux Falls, SD
2/14 Minneapolis, MN
2/15 Duluth, MN
2/16 Fargo, ND
2/18 Missoula, MT
2/19 Kennewick, WA
2/21 Abbotsford, BC
2/22 Kent, WA
2/23 Portland, OR
2/24 Sacramento, CA
2/25 San Jose, CA
2/28 Phoenix, AZ
3/1 Los Angeles, CA
3/2 San Jose, CA

For additional "Hits Deep Tour" dates and or more information on TobyMac, please visit: www.TobyMac.com.

About TobyMac:
With over 11 million units in career sales, TobyMac's career continues on the fast track. His most recent project, EYE ON IT, garnered him the highest chart debut of his solo career landing at No. 1 on the Billboard Top 200 and topping the iTunes® Overall and Christian sales charts. The project made TobyMac one of only four artists to ever debut atop the Billboard Top 200 with a Christian music album. Earlier this year, EYE ON IT received a GRAMMY®, marking the sixth career award for TobyMac. The music video for the album title's track, featuring pop-sensation Britt Nicole, received over 500,000 views in its first three weeks. His previous four solo projects have received RIAA Gold certification and his live DVD, Alive & Transported, is certified platinum by the RIAA and received a GRAMMY® award. His 2009 album Tonight received GRAMMY® nods for Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album and Best Contemporary Christian Song. TobyMac has won at every major award show this season. In addition to this year's GRAMMY® win, he has also received two Billboard Music Awards for Top Christian Artist and Top Christian Album, his first American Music Award for Favorite Artist in the Contemporary/Inspirational category, KLOVE Music Awards for "Artist of the Year" and swept the 2013 Australian Music Awards.

[Get Connected with TobyMac]
Website // http://www.tobymac.com
Twitter // https://twitter.com/therealtobymac
Facebook // http://www.facebook.com/tobymac
YouTube // http://www.youtube.com/tobymacmusic
iTunes // http://toby.cta.gs/02r

For more info on TobyMac visit the JFH Artists Database.

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