MERCYME'S "TO NOT WORSHIP YOU"
HITS No.1 ON FOUR BILLBOARD AND MEDIABASE CHARTS
"Almost Home" track goes Gold
2023/09/22.MercyMesToNotWorshipYouHitsNo1on4BillboardandMediabaseCharts.asp NEWS SOURCE: The Media Collective September 22, 2023
Nashville, TN….September 21, 2023 – GRAMMY®-nominated band MercyMe's latest single, "To Not Worship You," has hit No. 1 on four different Billboard and Mediabase charts. The song is the second No. 1 from their latest best selling project, ALWAYS ONLY JESUS, following the Dove Award-nominated Song of the Year track, "Then Christ Came."
About the song, lead singer Bart Millard said, "I think with this song, I better realize what being still and knowing that He is God means. A lot of times when we have doubt or we're questioning stuff, I think ultimately it's because we're not stopping and remembering who God really is. When you take the time to remember who God is, then it's easy to ask, ‘who are we to not worship him?’"
Additionally, another one of MercyMe's No. 1 songs, "Almost Home," (inhale/exhale) has also been certified Gold by the RIAA, bringing the band's certification tally to total 15 gold, platinum and multi-platinum singles and albums.
Tour season soon will be in full swing for the band this fall as well as they kick off the "Together Again Tour," hitting 16 cities in October with past tourmates Crowder and Andrew Ripp, followed by a November, twelve-city co-headline run with TobyMac and also featuring Zach Williams. All tour information and tickets are availalble at mercyme.org.
About MercyMe:
It continues to be a landmark time for the multi-platinum selling, GRAMMY® nominated, multiple American Music Award, Billboard Music Award and Dove Award winners MercyMe. They were recently named Billboard’s Top Christian Artist of the 2010 decade, and in 2020 received their eighth American Music Award nomination. A major motion picture based on the life of frontman Bart Millard who wrote the mega-hit song “I Can Only Imagine” after the loss of his father, opened at a remarkable No. 3 at the box office on Mar. 16, 2018 (Lionsgate, Roadside Attractions). In conjunction with the movie release, Millard penned a memoir and the band released a collection of hits titled I Can Only Imagine – The Very Best Of MercyMe. In 2018 MercyMe was named Top Christian Artist at the Billboard Music Awards, was the top winner at the fan-fueled K-LOVE Fan Awards including a win for Artist of the Year, and was the GMA Dove Award Winner for Artist Of The Year. Since their debut in 2001, the band has sold more than 9 million units in CD, single and DVD sales, garnered more than 49 No. 1 multi-format radio singles, and had four consecutive mainstream radio hits. MercyMe made history in 2014 as “I Can Only Imagine” surpassed 2 million digital downloads, making it the first song in Christian music to go platinum and double-platinum in the digital domain. The song has now gone 5x platinum. In 2009, Billboard named MercyMe’s “Word Of God Speak” the No. 1 Song of The Decade and the group the No. 1 Artist of the Decade in both the Christian Songs and Christian AC Songs categories, recognizing them as one of the industry’s most notable talents. They have sold out venues throughout the US and Canada, including Radio City Music Hall, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, and have appeared on the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, Good Morning America, GMA3, The Today Show, CBS This Morning, FOX New Channel’s FOX & Friends, CNN, ABC News and in the pages of Entertainment Weekly,The New York Times, USA Today and more. Their eleventh album, ALWAYS ONLY JESUS, is available now.
This Friday, July 17
ALBUMS Mark Bishop Where Do Blessings Come From? [Sonlite] Drown The Planet The Blessed /// The Cursed - EP [Charon Collective] ELEVATION RHYTHM Washed [Elevation] The Emerging Sound Jesus, the Light of the World [People & Songs] Justin Gambino Garden Of The Lord [Residence Music] IDEGO IDEGO - EP (independent) Mangled Carpenter Between Blood And Silence - EP [Rottweiler] Small Voice Testimonies - EP (independent) Tenroc God Is A Person [Provident]
SINGLES AustinThaNoble Cakewalk - Single [Syntax] Josh Baldwin Spirit of the Living God - Single [Bethel] Destiny Barber what happened to love? - Single [Harmony] Pat Barrett Count On You (Worship Together Sessions) - Single [Capitol CMG] EJ Swavv, Rahlan Kay, Sons of Mack Push - Single [Syntax] Emery Stimulated - Single (independent) J.Solo, Monster Tarver, YP aka Young Paul Invisible Warfare - Single [Syntax] JusRzd, Mic Wise, Cyrus Sonata Double or Nothing - Single [Syntax] John Long Trust In Him - Single (independent) Jake MacAdam & Diana Trout I Will Lead - Single (independent) Myles Maestro FEAR - Single [Syntax] Nineties Worship Night + Elenee I Will Never Be - Single [NWN] Jeannie Ortega Never Forgotten - Single [Syntax] Matthew Plante OPEN MY EYES - Single [Dream] Red Worship Memories- Single (independent) Remnant House Nothing Without Him - Single (independent) The Rogers Family Secret Place - Single [Horizon] Sanctus Real The War I'm In - Single [The Fuel] Shelltown Paradise In the Fall - Single (independent) Matthew West Back to Jesus - Single [Provident]
Next Friday, July 24
ALBUMS Leanna Crawford Thank God [Provident] Charles Wesley Godwin Christian Name [Big Loud] Ezra Worship Initiative Great and Glorious God EP [NCS] The Inspirations Songs For Our American Culture [Horizon] Josh Snodgrass Acoustic Worship (independent) Tyraels Ascension Grave Seeker [Rottweiler]
SINGLES Beach Chapel Give You The World - Single (independent) Elle Limebear Give Me Joy - Single [Wings] Lloyd Nicks Paper-Maché - Single [Wings] Andy Riemersma Holding Me Down - Single [Dream] Sleeping At Last Echo - Single (independent) Joel Vaughn Like God Does - Single (independent) Phil Wickham Everyday Hallelujah - Single [Fair Trade]
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