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ISRAEL HOUGHTON & NEW BREED'S LATEST SINGLE
"CHASING ME DOWN"
HITS BILLBOARD'S TOP 20




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NEWS SOURCE: W&W PR
June 15, 2016

NEW YORK (June 15, 2016) - This week, "Chasing Me Down," the latest single from multi-GRAMMY® Award, Stellar and Dove Award winning recording artist, Israel Houghton, broke into the Top 20 on Billboard's Gospel Airplay chart. The song, which features fellow award-winning inspirational artist, Tye Tribbett, is currently at #17 on the airplay chart and steadily climbing.

"Chasing Me Down," an up-tempo praise and worship anthem, is the third single from Israel Houghton & New Breed's Grammy Award-winning album, COVERED…ALIVE IN ASIA (July 24, 2015). The album, which is Houghton's tenth with New Breed, was recorded live in cities across the continent of Asia including, Jakarta, Indonesia, Kuala Lumpur, Seoul, Korea, Tokyo and Manila.

ABOUT ISRAEL HOUGHTON
Israel Houghton is prolific worship leader, musician, songwriter, producer and recording artist. His music ministry has spanned over 22 years. Houghton is the recipient of six Grammy-Awards, 13 Dove Awards, 2 Stellar Awards, a Soul Train Music Award and many more. In 1995, Houghton formed New Breed Ministries that gave way to his debut releases in 1997 Whisper It Loud, and Way of the World. Since that time Houghton has released twelve solo and group CDs and has consistently been a commercial success with Billboard chart toppers New Season, Power of One, and Jesus At The Center. He achieved Gold-selling albums with Alive in South Africa, and Live From Another Level.

ABOUT RGM-NEW BREED MUSIC
Houghton merged his NEW BREED entity with Galley Molina's RGM (Reverence Gospel Media) creating RGM-NEW BREED Music, a new multimedia and music company. The company released Houghton's Jesus At The Center garnering him his fifth Grammy Award and in 2013 released their second music release, Darlene Zschech's Revealing Jesus. RGM-NEW BREED released their first feature film "I'm in Love with a Church Girl," starring Ja Rule, Adrienne Bailon, Stephen Baldwin and Vincent Pastore, in 2013 marking their first foray in the faith-based feature films genre.

ABOUT RCA INSPIRATION
RCA Inspiration (formerly Verity Gospel Music Group), is the #1 gospel label in the country that operates under Sony Music Entertainment. Voted Billboard's #1 "Gospel Songs Label" for the past 15 years, RCA Inspiration is the home of mega-gospel artists Donnie McClurkin, Israel Houghton, Marvin Sapp, Le'Andria Johnson, Fred Hammond and many more.

For more information and the latest updates on Israel Houghton & New Breed please visit:
Website: http://rgmnewbreed.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IsraelHoughton
Twitter: https://twitter.com/israelnewbreed
Instagram: http://instagram.com/ihoughton

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