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Hillsong Music Australia
Hillsong Music is Christian music produced by Hillsong Church in Sydney, Australia as well as offshoot churches, Hillsong London, and Hillsong Kiev. Hillsong albums are released and distributed by Hillsong Music. The main groups are Hillsong Worship, Hillsong United, Hillsong Young & Free, and Hillsong Kids. History Hillsong Church's popularity in Christian praise and worship music stems from the inauguration of the Hillsong Conference in 1986 and the first publication of choruses written by Hills CLC members, especially Darlene Zschech. It is in this context that Hillsong Music was founded in 1991. Their first live worship CD ''The Power of Your Love'' was released in 1992. Since then, live praise and worship albums have been produced each year. Other music series include the ''Worship series'', ''United'', ''Youth Alive'', ''Hillsong Kids'' and ''Instrumental series''. They have also released two Christmas albums and several compilation albums. "What a Beautiful Name" w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hillsong Church
Hillsong Church, commonly known as Hillsong, is a global Evangelical charismatic movement, charismatic Christian megachurch based in Australia. The original church was established in 1983 as Hills Christian Life Centre, in Baulkham Hills, New South Wales, Baulkham Hills, New South Wales, by Brian Houston (pastor), Brian Houston and his wife Bobbie Houston, Bobbie. Until separating from the Christian Life Centre (CLC) Christian denomination, denomination in 2018, Hillsong was a member of the Australian Christian Churches (the Australian branch of the Assemblies of God). Hillsong is known for its worship music, with groups such as Hillsong Worship, Hillsong United and Hillsong Young & Free with many musical credits and hits to their names. The church and its music have been highly successful globally, with its presence described as a global corporate brand, but a #Controversies, series of scandals and criticisms have dented its image in recent years. In March 2022, Houston steppe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grammy Award For Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song
The Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song is a category at the annual Grammy Awards. It was first awarded in 2015. It combined two previously separate categories in the Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music field, Best Contemporary Christian Music Song and Best Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Performance. The new category recognizes both songwriters and performers (solo/duos/groups/collaborations/etc.) and is open for singles or tracks only. Songwriters are only awarded a Grammy Award if it is a newly written song. Grammy's for cover versions of previously recorded songs are awarded to the performer(s) only. Along with the Best Gospel Performance/Song category, these mark the only Grammy categories which honor both performers and songwriters in one category. These changes were made in June 2014 by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences "in the interest of clarifying the criteria, representing the current culture and creative DNA of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
For This Cause
''For This Cause'' is the ninth album in the live praise and worship series of contemporary worship music by Hillsong Church. It was recorded live at the State Sports Centre in Sydney Olympic Park by Darlene Zschech and the Hillsong team, with a congregation of 5,000 people. The album reached No. 17 on the ''Billboard'' Top Contemporary Christian Albums Chart and No. 22 on the Top Independent Albums. Album design The cover artwork of ''For This Cause'', uses Charme STD as the font to display the title. This cover was designed by Chris Perry Graphic Design and Emma Schuberg (the second to last album to be design by them). Track listing # "One Day" (Reuben Morgan) ''Worship leaders: Darlene Zschech & Reuben Morgan'' # "Faith" (Reuben Morgan) ''Worship leader: Darlene Zschech'' # "Awesome in This Place" (Ned Davies) ''Worship leader: Darlene Zschech b. Steve McPherson'' # "Dwell in Your House" (Paul Ewing) ''Worship leaders: Darlene Zschech & Mark Stevens'' # "You Are Near ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
By Your Side (Hillsong Album)
''By Your Side'' is the eighth album in the live praise and worship series of contemporary worship music by Hillsong Church. It was recorded live at the Hills Christian Life Centre building (now known as the Hillsong Church Hub auditorium) by Darlene Zschech and the Hillsong team. The album reached No. 21 on the ''Billboard'' Top Contemporary Christian Albums Chart. Album design ''By Your Side'' cover artwork features the title using the font Trajan Pro. The title uses different versions and weights of the font. This album cover shows images of Darlene Zschech and is also the first to show Reuben Morgan on the cover (he appears five times more on ''For This Cause'', ''Blessed'', ''Hope'', ''For All You've Done'', '' Mighty to Save'', and '' A Beautiful Exchange'' as well as the back cover of ''Saviour King''). The majority of the songs were written by Reuben Morgan & Darlene Zschech Marty Sampson, Russell Fragar, Raymond Badham, Miriam Webster, Luke Munns & Aran Puddle cont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Touching Heaven Changing Earth
''Touching Heaven Changing Earth'' is the seventh album in the live praise and worship series of contemporary worship music by Hillsong Church. The album reached No. 31 on the ''Billboard'' Top Contemporary Christian Albums Chart. Making of the album ''Touching Heaven Changing Earth'' was recorded live at the new Hills Christian Life Centre building by Darlene Zschech and the Hillsong team. The majority of the songs were written by Zschech, Russell Fragar and Reuben Morgan Track listing # "That's What We Came Here For" (Russell Fragar and Darlene Zschech) — 03:50 — ''worship leader: Darlene Zschech'' # "Touching Heaven, Changing Earth" (Reuben Morgan) — 03:52 — ''worship leader: Darlene Zschech & Steve McPherson'' # "Church On Fire" (Fragar) — 03:24 — ''worship leader: Gilbert Clark b. Lucy Fisher & Darlene Zschech '' # "Lord Your Goodness" (Morgan) — 03:48 — ''worship leader: Darlene Zschech'' # "Holy Spirit Rain Down" (Fragar) — 06:44 — ''worshi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
God Is In The House (Hillsong Church Album)
''God Is in the House'' is the fifth album in the live praise and worship series of contemporary worship music by Hillsong Church. It is also the first Hillsong Album where Darlene Zschech was Worship Pastor. The album was recorded live at the Hills Entertainment Centre. The album reached No. 40 on the ''Billboard'' Top Contemporary Christian Albums Chart. Track listing # "God Is in the House" (Russell Fragar & Darlene Zschech) # "Joy in the Holy Ghost" (Fragar) # "Steppin' Out" (Steve McPherson) # "My Heart Sings Praises" (Fragar) # "And That My Soul Knows Very Well" (Zschech & Fragar) # "Jesus, What a Beautiful Name" (Tanya Riches) # "Let the Peace of God Reign" (Zschech) # " I Give You My Heart" (Reuben Morgan) # "Walking in the Light" (Zschech) # "Your People Sing Praises" (Fragar) # "I Believe the Promise" (Fragar) # "Thank You, Lord" (Dennis Jernigan Dennis Jernigan is a singer-songwriter of contemporary Christian music. He is native to Oklahoma, and he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friends In High Places (Hillsong Album)
''Friends in High Places'' is the fourth album in the live praise and worship series of contemporary worship music by Hillsong Church. In 1999 the album was certified gold by Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) for shipment of 35000 units. Making of the album ''Friends in High Places'' was recorded live at The Hills Entertainment Centre by Geoff Bullock, Darlene Zschech, and the Hillsong team. This is the final album on which Bullock appeared. He left the church later that year (1995). The majority of the songs were written by Bullock, Zschech, and Russell Fragar. Reception In December 1997 Peter Dilley of ''Cross Rhythms'' rated the album as 9 out of 10 and distinguished between the group and their contemporaries in United States and United Kingdom: "what sets Australian-sourced recordings apart from many US/UK worship releases is not so much their innovation as the unrestrained energy and vitality - if they're getting into a groove they really do make it funky". ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People Just Like Us
''People Just Like Us'' is the third live praise and worship album of contemporary worship music by Hillsong Church. Making of the album ''People Just Like Us'' was recorded live at the Hills Entertainment Centre by Geoff Bullock, Darlene Zschech and the Hillsong team. It has the first release of one of the most famous modern Christian worship song of all time, ''Shout to the Lord'' by Darlene Zschech. The Majority of the songs were written by Geoff Bullock, Russell Fragar, and Paul Iannuzzelli. Reception In December 1997 Norman Smith of ''Cross Rhythms'' rated the album as 2 out of 10 and described the video as showcasing "glitzy, good looking, manufactured, well dressed, designer, brand new hairdo worship" where "only the beautiful, the groomed and the young are on display". He opined that "Although the songs themselves are sung with a certain conviction ... no matter how it's dressed up, and this dog's dinner of an offering ... s acontextless collection of schmaltzy, Sydne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stone's Been Rolled Away
''Stone's Been Rolled Away'' is the second album in the live praise and worship series of contemporary worship music by Hillsong Church. In 1997 the album was certified gold by Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) for shipment of 35000 units. Making of the album ''Stone's Been Rolled Away'' was recorded live by Geoff Bullock, Darlene Zschech and the Hillsong team. This is the first album from Hillsong Church that was released on video as well as CD, Cassette and Music Book. Album design ''Stone's Been Rolled Away'' was designed by Wyld Concepts Graphics & Promotions. The front cover features a Ken Duncan panograph of sand dunes. The cover artwork uses Times New Roman font for the title. Several of the songs were written by Geoff Bullock. Russell Fragar, Darlene Zschech, Robert & Debbie Eastwood, David Willersdorf, Daniel Grul, John Ezzy & Steve McPherson contributed to songs also. Reception In August 1999 Mike Rimmer of ''Cross Rhythms'' rated the album as 5 o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sydney Morning Herald
''The Sydney Morning Herald'' (''SMH'') is a daily compact newspaper published in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, and owned by Nine. Founded in 1831 as the ''Sydney Herald'', the ''Herald'' is the oldest continuously published newspaper in Australia and "the most widely-read masthead in the country." The newspaper is published in compact print form from Monday to Saturday as ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' and on Sunday as its sister newspaper, '' The Sun-Herald'' and digitally as an online site and app, seven days a week. It is considered a newspaper of record for Australia. The print edition of ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' is available for purchase from many retail outlets throughout the Sydney metropolitan area, most parts of regional New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory and South East Queensland. Overview ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' publishes a variety of supplements, including the magazines ''Good Weekend'' (included in the Saturday edition of ''Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Record Industry Association
The Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) is a trade association representing the Australian recording industry which was established in the 1970s by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers (AARM) which was formed in 1956. It oversees the collection, administration and distribution of music licenses and royalties. The association has more than 100 members, including small labels typically run by one to five people, medium size organisations and very large companies with international affiliates. ARIA is administered by a Board of Directors comprising senior executives from record companies, both large and small. History In 1956, the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers (AARM) was formed by Australia's major record companies. It was replaced in the 1970s by the Australian Recording Industry Association, which was established by the six major record companies operating ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
For All You've Done
''For All You've Done'' is the thirteenth album in the live praise and worship series of contemporary worship music by Hillsong Church. The live album was released on 4 July 2004 on Hillsong label, which peaked at No. 1 on the ARIA Albums Chart. It had been recorded in February of that year at the Sydney Entertainment Centre with production by Darlene Zschech, Raymond Badham, Joel Houston and Reuben Morgan. Recording ''For All You've Done'' was recorded live at the Sydney Entertainment Centre on 29 February 2004 by Darlene Zschech and the Hillsong team. Commercial performance However, its previous two albums debuted in the top five due to the strong following of Hillsong and its previous 12 albums have achieved gold status. It is the first Christian Contemporary music album to reach the top of the Australian charts. There was some controversy about the No. 1 debut as almost all of the albums were sold at the annual Hillsong Conference from 5 to 9 July. However, the Australia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
