JFH News: Colton Dixon Named Co-Grand Marshal for Gatlinburg Christmas Parade

COLTON DIXON TAPPED AS CO-GRAND MARSHAL FOR GATLINBURG FANTASY OF LIGHTS CHRISTMAS PARADE

Parade Returns for 49th Year nominated as �Best Holiday Parade� USA Today�s 10 Best in the U.S. Dixon's current single, "UP+UP," hits top 10 this week, will join Winter Jam 2025 tour

Colton Dixon Named Co-Grand Marshal for Gatlinburg Christmas Parade

NEWS SOURCE: The M Collective
November 18, 2024

Nashville, TN (November 18, 2024) - Atlantic Recording artist COLTON DIXON is closing out 2024 on a festive note! Dixon has been tapped as the co-Grand Marshal for The Gatlinburg Fantasy of Lights Christmas Parade along with Emily Ann Roberts. They will usher in the holiday season on December 6, ringing in 49 years of family-friendly festive tradition. The holiday cavalcade was recently nationally nominated by USA Today’s 10 Best as the “Best Holiday Parade” in the nation. For all details on the Fantasy of Lights Christmas parade please visit Gatlinburg.com/events.

With his current hit track "UP+UP" hitting Top 10 this week (No. 8 on Billboard Christian Airplay, No. 9 on Billboard Christian AC, and #8 and #9 on Mediabase Christian AC and Christian Audience charts respectively), it was also recently announced that Dixon will be joining SKILLET, Anne Wilson and more for WINTER JAM 2025. Hitting 38 cities across the country starting January 10th, full routing and line up are available HERE.

Dixon just wrapped his fall 2024 UP+UP Tour with Austin French and Jeremy Rosado. Sponsored by Compassion International, the tour hit 25 cities across the country.

About Colton Dixon: Colton Dixon turns personal truths, stories, and experiences into universal anthems. He first emerged as a phenomenon after finishing in the top seven on Season 11 of American Idol. Delivering a series of fan favorite albums, 2013’s A Messenger achieved “the biggest first-week sales by a new solo Christian act” and catapulted into the Top 15 of the Billboard 200 and #1 on the BillboardChristian Albums Chart, not to mention, joining the iconic company of Harry Connick, Jr. and Billy Joel as a Steinway & Sons artist. A year later, Anchor yielded his third and fourth #1 hits on Christian Hot AC with “More of You” and “Through It All.” In 2017, he returned to #1 on the Christian Albums Chart for the third time. He has collected a pair of Dove Awards in the categories of “Rock/Contemporary Album” and “Recorded Music Packaging.” Following an invite from the White House, he also shined at the 2019 National Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony in addition to performing on Good Morning America, Entertainment Tonight and in the pages of People magazine. During 2020, he embarked on a new chapter with Atlantic Records ignited by the self-titled Colton Dixon EP and runaway hit “Miracles”—one of his most popular tracks to date. 2022 saw him make his show-stopping debut at the Grand Ole Opry amid kicking off another era and experiencing a creative breakthrough with “Build A Boat.” Between the original and duet version with multi platinum country songstress Gabby Barrett, it has reeled in over 100 million streams. It stood out as “the longest running Mediabase Christian AC #1 song of 2022” and locked down #1 on the Billboard Hot Christian Songs Chart and Christian AC Airplay Chart. People premiered the accompanying music video and hailed it as “inspiring” for its depiction of the work of medical charity Mercy Ships. Now, Dixon captivated once again on his 2023 EP, Canvas [Atlantic Records], introduced by the top ten single “My Light," as well as his 2023 Christmas single, "Home for Christmas." 2024 brings new music from Dixon, starting with his brand-new track, “Rest of My Life” being used as the closing song for the new Angel Studios film SIGHT, starring Terry Chen and Greg Kinnear, and brand-new radio single, "UP+UP."