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Christian band MercyMe’s latest album, Always Only Jesus, aims to remind believers to look to Christ during times of division and uncertainty. Some of the songs on the band’s eleventh studio album, released on Oct. 21, were taken from a list of 40 songs MercyMe members penned during the COVID-19 pandemic. At the time, the […]
Rapper Kanye “Ye” West is facing criticism, including being dropped from business partnerships and advertisers, following a string of anti-Semitic comments earlier this month. West came under fire after making several discriminatory remarks in interviews and on social media in recent weeks. “I’m a bit sleepy tonight, but when I wake up, I’m going death […]
It’s safe to say that Blessing Offor’s hit CCM single “Brighter Days” has reached mainstream success. It’s been featured on ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy, CBS’ The Equalizer and Fox’s American Idol. Offor even performed it on the Kelly Clarkson Show. The song, which promises hope amid pain, peaked at No. 2 on Billboard’s Christian Airplay chart […]
US rapper Kanye West (C), attends the Givenchy Spring-Summer 2023 fashion show during the Paris Womenswear Fashion Week, in Paris, on October 2, 2022. | AFP via Getty Images/Julien de Rosa Advertisers are being urged to drop rapper Kanye West over his recent anti-Semitic remarks that have drawn the ire of many, including conservative commenter […]
For King and Country and writer and producer Jeff Pardo won three times, while CeCe Winans and Anne Wilson won twice during a historic night at the 53rd annual Dove Awards broadcast on TBN Friday. Winans became the first Black female solo artist to win Artist of the Year, although it was far from her […]
MercyMe press photo, 2022 | Fairtrade Award-winning multi-platinum Christian band MercyMe has one message for believers: Keep your focus on Jesus. Despite living in uncertain and sometimes chaotic times amid the noise on social media, where people sometimes feel compelled to take a side on a divisive issue, the band seeks to be a unifying […]
If Benjamin William Hastings wasn’t a singer, songwriter and worship leader, he says, he’d probably be in a classroom behind a podium, teaching students. Then again, as a member of the award-winning group Hillsong United, he’s already teaching the church through his music. He co-wrote So Will I (100 Billion X), which won a 2018 […]
Anne Wilson’s hit single My Jesus has topped the charts and won awards, and now it can be credited with saving a life. The song, written after the tragic death of her older brother Jacob in a car accident, won a 2022 K-LOVE Fan Award for Breakout Single and helped Wilson win Female Artist of […]
Two Contemporary Christian Music newcomers are among the nominees for this year’s American Music Awards. Katy Nichole, who topped CCM charts with her song In Jesus’ Name (God of Possible) and Anne Wilson, whose song My Jesus also climbed to No. 1, were nominated Thursday for an American Music Award for Favorite Inspirational Artist alongside […]
Singer and songwriter Cody Carnes says the chart-topping hit The Blessing was birthed during a late-night songwriting session that nearly didn’t happen yet ended with him and others believing God had dropped “a song in the room.” The Blessing was released just before the pandemic in March 2020 and quickly climbed to No. 1 on Billboard’s […]