{"key":"2890","name":"Chris Tomlin","bio":"Chris Tomlin is a contemporary Christian music artist, worship leader, and songwriter from Grand Saline, Texas, who has sold over 7 million records. He is a member of Passion Conferences and is signed to EMI's sixstepsrecords. Some of his most well-known songs are \"How Great Is Our God,\" \"Our God,\" \"Whom Shall I Fear (God of Angel Armies),\" and his cover of \"Good Good Father.\" Tomlin won the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Christian Music Album for his 2010 album And If Our God Is For Us. Because of his songs' popularity in many contemporary churches, TIME magazine stated he may be the \"most often sung artist anywhere.\" Tomlin's 2013 album Burning Lights, which featured the hit single \"Whom Shall I Fear (God of Angel Armies),\" debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 chart, becoming the fourth Contemporary Christian music album in history to do so. In October of 2018, Tomlin released his tenth studio album, Holy Roar. long with a book titled \"Holy Roar: 7 Words That Will Change the Way You Worship,\" co-written with minister Darren Whitehead, and a Spotify-exclusive \"Holy Roar Podcast.\" Holy Roar was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Christian Music Album at the 62nd Grammy Awards.","featuredImage":"https:\/\/assets.allamericanmusic.com\/images\/2890_h_0.jpg","feeRange":"40,000 - 75,000"}

{"key":"2892","name":"Third Day","bio":"Well-crafted southern rock with substance. Third Day's music mixes faith with the pure energy of rock n' roll to give fans a non-watered down way to express their belief. Members: Mac Powell (vocals\/guitar) , Mark Lee (guitar), Tai Anderson (bass) and David Carr (drums).Early yearsThird Day began in 1991, when singer Mac Powell and guitarist Mark Lee finished studying at McEachern High School in Powder Springs, Georgia. They had already played together in a garage band called Nuclear Hoedown, but now wanted to form a band where they could express their faith in God. Powell and Lee added a keyboard player named Billy Wilkins, and dedicated their time to write songs and perform around the state of Georgia.In 1992, they were playing at Lee's church the same night that drummer David Carr and bassist Tai Anderson were playing with a band called Bullard Family Singers. Their youth director asked the band to perform at their church. The group took along quickly and were invited to join the band. The album that Carr produced would be released the next year under the title Long Time Forgotten.In 1993, while dealing with their studies, the band started playing more aggressively around Atlanta and saved $3,000 to record a full-length album. Also, during this time, original member, Billy Wilkins, who was working as a school teacher, ended up leaving the band. Still, Third Day continued to work on their first full-length album, recording at Furies Studios in Atlanta. The album was finally released in 1994 with 2,000 copies available. In 1995, the band started looking for a second guitarist. They had heard Brad Avery play with singer Chris Carder and asked him to play with the band. After playing \"Consuming Fire\" during their first rehearsal, Avery officially joined the band.As the band completed its line-up, they also started playing steadily around the South-east area. They also started playing at an Atlanta venue called the Strand Theatre. The management of the local decided to sign the band to a new independent record label called Gray Dot Records. That same year, the band released the album Third Day, which ended up selling 20,000 copies. Shortly after, Reunion Records signed the band to a multi-album deal.International SuccessIn 1998, the band started working on their next project titled Time under the production of Monroe James. They had compiled around 30 songs to choose from during the last year, and ended up choosing only ten. The album was also nominated for a Grammy and won another Dove Award for the band. Some of the other songs the band recorded, but were left out can be found in the EP Southern Tracks. Also, during the band's live shows, the worship part was becoming more \"powerful\", which prompted them to release an album exclusively of worship songs, titled Offerings: A Worship Album. The album was recorded in about a week, and they followed it with a tour alongside Jennifer Knapp. They also collaborated in the project called City on a Hill: Songs of Worship and Praise.In 2001, the band played in Australia and New Zealand on the heels of the success of the Offerings album. They continued to tour in the States, and recorded one of their concerts in Atlanta to be released as their first DVD, The Offerings Experience. The concert was held at the Hi-Fi Buys Ampitheatre with an attendance of close to 15,000 people. That same year, the band won a total of five Dove Awards as well as their first Grammy. They followed that year with the release of Come Together which ended up winning two Dove Awards and one more Grammy. The album was certified gold the next year, along with Time. In 2003, they also released a follow-up to their hit Offerings titled Offerings II: All I Have to Give.The band appeared in the 2002 film \"Joshua\", the movie version of the Joseph Girzone novel of the same name. The Third Day song \"My Hope is You\" was included in the Joshua soundtrack album.Recent YearsIn 2004, the band released their next album, Wire, and toured the States with tobyMac and Warren Barfield. In June of the same year, the band traveled to Europe for a two-week tour. Upon returning, the band recorded a concert at Louisville which ended up as their next project, Live Wire, released later that year. During that year, they also collaborated on the soundtrack for Mel Gibson's film, The Passion of the Christ, they played at the Republican National Convention, and were featured in the show 60 Minutes. In January 2007, the band played one night each in Melbourne, Brisbane, and Sydney, Australia.Their next album, Wherever You Are, debuted on the Billboard 200 at #8. It also won the band their third Grammy. They have followed it with the holiday album, Christmas Offerings in 2006, and with a compilation of their hits titled Chronology in 2007. On February 28th, 2008, Third Day released a statement announcing Brad Avery's departure from the band after 13 years and over 1000 concerts.Their best album to date entitled Revelation was released July 29, 2008. Third Day released Miracle on November 6, 2012. The band toured Miracle on the Miracle Tour with artists Colton Dixon and Josh Wilson as their opening acts, commencing on February 21, 2013 in Fairfax, Virginia and concluding on May 19, 2014 in Orlando, Florida.Third Day released the worship album Lead Us Back: Songs of Worship on March 3, 2015. The album, produced by the duo The Sound Kids, composed of Jonny Macintosh and JT Daly, peaked at No. 20 on the Billboard 200, No. 1 on the Christian Albums chart, No. 5 on the Top Rock Albums chart and No. 13 on the Digital Albums chart. The album has had one single, \"Soul on Fire\", that spent 19 weeks on the Billboard charts, peaking at No. 2 on Hot Christian Songs and No. 3 on Christian Digital Songs.","featuredImage":"https:\/\/assets.allamericanmusic.com\/images\/2892_h_0.jpg","feeRange":"please contact"}

{"key":"2894","name":"Jeremy Camp","bio":"Jeremy Camp is an award-winning Christian vocalist and guitarist whose thoughtful lyrics and booming voice have earned him legions of fans and accolades. Camp was raised in a Christian home and drew musical inspiration from worship music and secular tunes alike. Camp's musical influences include U2, Delirious?, Jars of Clay, and Steven Curtis Chapman. His father, a pastor, taught his son how to play guitar. After completing high school, Camp attended a bible college in Southern California for two years. When one of the worship leaders at the school heard Camp playing with some friends at his dormitory, he urged him to become involved with their music ministry program, and soon Camp was performing at Christian music events all over California, recording a self-released disc called Burden Me in 2000. At one such appearance, Camp met a young woman named Melissa, and the two struck up a friendship that blossomed into a romance. When Melissa broke off the relationship after a few months, Camp was crushed, but when he next saw her, her life had taken a serious turn -- she was in the hospital with ovarian cancer. When Melissa went into remission, Camp married her, but after their honeymoon, they discovered the cancer had returned, and in early 2001 she passed away at the young age of 21. Camp poured both his sorrow and the faith that helped see him through into his music, and in 2002 he was signed to BEC Recordings, who released his first nationally distributed album, Stay; it was both a critical and commercial success, and five songs from the disc reached the top of the Christian singles chart. While touring in support of Stay, Camp met singer Adrienne Leisching, former singer with the Benjamin Gate; the two hit it off, and in 2003 they were married. Camp's twelfth studio album, The Story's Not Over, in 2019. In 2020, a film titled I Still Believe after Camp's iconic song, was released. The film, which stars KJ Apa, Britt Robertson, and Shania Twain, is a Christian biographical drama that follows Camp's tragic love story with his late wife.","featuredImage":"https:\/\/www.aaemusic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Jeremy-Camp.jpg","feeRange":"40,000 - 75,000"}

{"key":"2897","name":"Michael W. Smith","bio":"Michael W. Smith (born October 7th, 1957) is an American singer, author, songwriter, guitarist, and keyboardist.Since his first solo project in 1983, Smith has become one of the most popular artists in the contemporary Christian music world, while also finding considerable success in the mainstream. Smith has frequently topped both Christian radio and Billboard charts and is often listed as one of the top keyboardists in rock and roll in Keyboard Magazine. Smith has sold more than 13 million records and has had 29 #1 hit songs. By 2005, he had garnered 14 gold records and 5 platinum records, 40 Dove Awards, an American Music Award and 3 Grammy Awards. He was also named one of People magazine's most beautiful people.The Glory Songfacts reports that recorded with a 65-piece London orchestra, Glory is Christian musician Michael W. Smith\u2019s seventeenth studio album and his second instrumental record. It was released November 22, 2011. His first instrumental album was Freedom, which was released November 21, 2000.","featuredImage":"https:\/\/assets.allamericanmusic.com\/images\/2897_h_0.jpg","feeRange":"40,000 - 75,000"}

{"key":"2898","name":"MercyMe","bio":"MercyMe is a contemporary Christian music band founded in Edmond, Oklahoma. The band consists of lead vocalist Bart Millard, percussionist Robby Shaffer, bassist Nathan Cochran and guitarists Michael Scheuchzer and Barry Graul. The band formed in 1994 and released six independent albums prior to signing with INO Records in 2001. The group first gained mainstream recognition with the crossover single, \"I Can Only Imagine\" which elevated their debut album, Almost There, to triple-platinum certification. Since then, the group has released numerous studio albums, several of which have been certified gold, and a greatest hits album, 10. The group has also had 13 consecutive top 5 singles on the Billboard Christian Songs chart, with seven of them reaching #1. MercyMe has been nominated for multiple Grammy Awards and has won Dove Awards in a variety of categories. On April 8, 2014, the band released its eighth studio album titled Welcome to the New. MercyMe's ninth studio album, Lifer, was released on March 31, 2017.","featuredImage":"https:\/\/assets.allamericanmusic.com\/images\/2898_h_0.jpg","feeRange":"please contact"}

{"key":"2916","name":"Matt Redman","bio":"Matt Redman is an English Christian worship leader, singer-songwriter and author. He is best known for his two-time Grammy Award-winning single, \"10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord), as well as his singles \"Blessed Be Your Name\" and \"You Never Let Go.\" \"10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord), which was co-written with Jonas Myrin, reached #1 on the US Billboard Christian Songs chart in 2012. Thanks to his music, Redman has traveled the world. He has led worship at iconic venues including Madison Square Garden, Times Square, Red Rocks, St. Paul's Cathedral, and both Wembley Stadiums in London. Redman's books include 2001's \"The Unquenchable Worshipper\" and 2017's \"10,000 Reasons: Stories of Faith, Hope, and Thankfulness Inspired by the Worship Anthem.\" Although Redman was born and raised in the United Kingdom, he and his wife, along with their five children, reside in southern California.","featuredImage":"https:\/\/www.aaemusic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Matt-Redman-3.jpg","feeRange":"please contact"}

{"key":"2983","name":"Phil Wickham","bio":"Phil Wickham is a Contemporary Christian music vocalist\/songwriter and guitarist from California. Wickham has released six albums, Give You My World in 2003, a self-titled album in 2006, Cannons in 2007, singalong in 2008, Heaven and Earth in 2009, Response in 2011 and The Ascension in 2013Born in Orange County son of well-known worship leader John Wickham. He moved to San Diego in the middle of junior high school, which spawned his career. Asked by his youth pastor to lead worship at the age of 12, Wickham accepted, encouraged by his father then a worship pastor at Chuck Smith's Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa.By 18, Wickham had released his debut CD, Give You My World, including the hit song \"Shining.\" Surprised by its good reception, he began working on twelve new songs for his self-titled album, which was released on April 25, 2006 with Simple Records.Wickham's second release with Simple\/INO Records, Cannons, was released in 2007. Cannons was inspired by cannon explosions and C.S. Lewis's book, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader from The Chronicles of Narnia series. Wickham stated in an interview with ChristianityToday.com that the album is \"about how the universe is exploding with the glory of God, and how we are compelled to join in with its song.\" The 10th track from Cannons, \"Jesus Lord of Heaven\", has been translated into seven different languages. On August 8, 2008 Wickham released a live worship album titled singalong, recorded at Solid Rock Church in Portland, Oregon with 3000 fans present. The album was released as a free download, only available from his website, and received over 8,000 downloads within a week of being released. After the release of his singalong album, his self-titled debut climbed to No. 25 on iTunes Top Christian Albums chart (2 years after its initial release).Wickham visits churches across the nation to play his music.He recently (June 2008) performed at the Frenzy one-day Christian music festival, in Scotland.","featuredImage":"https:\/\/assets.allamericanmusic.com\/images\/2983_h_0.jpg","feeRange":"please contact"}

{"key":"2939","name":"Amy Grant","bio":"Amy Grant (born November 25, 1960) is an American Christian and pop singer-songwriter and has done some television. She has also sold 30 million albums world wide during her career.Grant made her debut in 1977 under the guidance of Myrrh Records, and became the first Christian recording act to have an album be certified platinum. Following her marriage to Gary Chapman in 1982 and a subsequent deal between her record company and A&M Records, a series of successful pop-crossover records consolidated her position as both Christian music's highest-selling act and a formidable force in mainstream music, and according to Billboard magazine she was the most successful Christian recording artist of the 1980s and 1990s.After giving birth to her fourth child Corinna Grant Gill, Grant returned to her gospel music roots with the 2002 release of Legacy...Hymns & Faith. The album featured a Vince Gill-influenced mix of bluegrass and gospel and marked Grant's 25th anniversary in the music industry. Grant followed this up with the pop release Simple Things in 2003. The album did not see the success of her previous pop efforts, and soon after the album, Amy and Interscope\/A&M parted ways.Grant released a sequel to her hymns collection in 2005 titled Rock of Ages\u2026 Hymns & Faith. Despite publicly musing that life would be easier if she weren't working, Grant joined the reality television phenomenon by hosting Three Wishes, a show in which she and a team of helpers make wishes come true for small-town residents. The show debuted on NBC in the fall of 2005, but was cancelled in November after 10 episodes. After Three Wishes was cancelled, Grant won her 6th Grammy Award for Rock of Ages.In a February, 2006 webchat, Amy stated she believes her \"best music is still ahead\".Amy Grant recorded a live cd\/dvd album in early 2006 and it was released later in the year. To date Amy Grant has sold more than 25 million records worldwide and is a 6 time Grammy winning artist.","featuredImage":"https:\/\/assets.allamericanmusic.com\/images\/2939_h_0.jpg","feeRange":"40,000 - 75,000"}

{"key":"3089","name":"Tenth Avenue North","bio":"Tenth Avenue North is a contemporary Christian music band from West Palm Beach, Florida, that takes its name from an east-west road in Palm Beach County. They are known for their award-winning single \"By Your Side,\" which hit #1 on Christian contemporary hit radio. The group was formed while members attended Palm Beach Atlantic University. The band's members are Mike Donehey (vocals, acoustic guitar), Jeff Owen (electric guitar, backup vocals), and Ruben Juarez III (bass guitar, backup vocals). The band has released eight studio albums. Tenth Avenue North has won Dove Awards including 2009's New Artist of the Year and 2010's Song of the Year (\"By Your Side\"). In 2018, the band launched their own record imprint, ReMade Records. The first band signed to the Sony imprint was Land of Color. On August 2, 2019, the band released their sixth full-length album, \"No Shame\". The band released singles, \"Greater Than All My Regrets\", \"No Shame\" and \"Paranoia\" in the months leading up to the album's release.","featuredImage":"https:\/\/assets.allamericanmusic.com\/images\/3089_h_0.jpg","feeRange":"please contact"}