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Weekend 22
The ''Weekend 22'' (abbreviated as ''W22'') is a Christian music countdown. It is a syndicated show that is broadcast nationwide in the United States and heard in over 150 cities across the country. The show is produced and syndicated worldwide by Amped Creative. Christian Care Ministry's Medi-Share is the main sponsor for the show. The countdown is based on the play lists found on Christian CHR radio stations across the U.S. It was based on the R&R charts until the magazine was folded into Billboard magazine in 2009. Jeremy "JGonzo" Gonzalez started out as the host in June 2002. Josh Ashton took over as host in August 2008. The current producer is Jason Burrows and the current executive producers are Ken Farley (owner of Amped Creative) and Brandon Rahbar. Research and script is provided by Rachael Jamison. JGonzo's wife Kathy "KJ" Gonzalez is the former announcer of the music news segments. The current music news contributor is Rachael James. Amped Creative also created and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Pop
Contemporary Christian music, also known as CCM, Christian pop, and occasionally inspirational music is a genre of modern popular music, and an aspect of Christian media, which is lyrically focused on matters related to the Christian faith and stylistically rooted in Christian music. It was formed by those affected by the 1960s Jesus movement revival who began to express themselves in other styles of popular music, beyond the church music of hymns, gospel and Southern gospel music that was prevalent in the church at the time. Initially referred to as Jesus music, today, the term is typically used to refer to pop, but also includes rock, alternative rock, hip hop, metal, contemporary worship, punk, hardcore punk, latin, EDM, R&B-influenced gospel and country styles. It has representation on several music charts including ''Billboard''s Christian Albums, Christian Songs, Hot Christian AC (Adult Contemporary), Christian CHR, Soft AC/Inspirational and Christian Digital Songs as we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North American Numbering Plan
The North American Numbering Plan (NANP) is a telephone numbering plan for twenty-five regions in twenty countries, primarily in North America and the Caribbean. This group is historically known as World Zone 1 and has the international calling code ''1''. Some North American countries, most notably Mexico, do not participate in the NANP. The NANP was originally devised in the 1940s by the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) for the Bell System and the independent telephone operators in North America. The goal was to unify the diverse local numbering plans that had been established in the preceding decades and prepare the continent for direct-dialing of calls by customers without the involvement of telephone operators. AT&T continued to administer the numbering plan until the breakup of the Bell System, when administration was delegated to the North American Numbering Plan Administrator (NANPA), a service that has been procured from the private sector by the Fede ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Never Going Back To OK
''Never Going Back to OK'' is the second album by Christian rock group The Afters, released on February 26, 2008. The first single from the album is the title track, "Never Going Back to OK". The track has been released as a streaming file on their MySpace website and for purchase on iTunes. Since the album's release, "Keeping Me Alive" and "We Are the Sound" have both been played as singles on Christian radio. "We Are the Sound" was used in commercials and promotion of the reality-talent competition show ''American Idol''. The song "Ocean Wide" also made an appearance on ''Vampire Diaries''. Following its release, it debuted at No. 41 on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart, selling about 16,000 units in its first week.Katie Hasty"Janet Dethrones Jack To Top Billboard 200" Billboard.com, March 5, 2008. Awards The album won a Dove Award for Rock/Contemporary Album of the Year at the 40th GMA Dove Awards. The title song was also nominated for Rock/Contemporary Recorded Song of the Year. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Afters
The Afters is an American Christian pop rock band founded by Joshua Havens and Matt Fuqua. Havens and Fuqua first worked together in a Starbucks coffee shop in Mesquite, Texas, where they performed songs for customers, before deciding to form a band. They were initially joined by Brad Wigg from the same Starbucks, and drummer Michael Burden and performed under the name Blisse. When Burden left the band Marc Dodd, from the Mesquite Starbucks, stepped in. Their song "Never Going Back to OK" was the most-played song on R&R magazine's Christian CHR chart for 2008.2008 Year End Charts/Top Christian CHR songs , , Retrieved January 6, 2009 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Last Night (Skillet Song)
"The Last Night" is the third single from Christian rock band Skillet's sixth studio album '' Comatose''. The song has an anti-suicide message. It peaked at No. 38 on the Mainstream Rock charts and No. 16 the ''Billboard'' Hot Christian Songs chart. R&R magazine counted it as the No. 1 song on Christian CHR radio stations in 2007 with 23,924 plays, and No. 2 for Christian rock radio with 4,554 plays. Meaning On the live DVD of ''Comatose Comes Alive'', John Cooper says before the song "I wrote this song about a girl that hates her life because she was told she was a loser since she was a kid never gonna amount to anything. Everything that goes wrong in her family is blamed on her by her parents, and she has had a secret life of cutting for years, and she finally decides she wants to kill herself, since there's not a single reason for her to live, and she comes to me she says she just wants to say 'Goodbye, my life stinks and there's no purpose for me to live anymore' and in this s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skillet (band)
Skillet is an American Christian rock band formed in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1996. The band currently consists of husband John Cooper (musician), John Cooper (lead vocals, bass) and wife Korey Cooper (rhythm guitar, keyboards, backing vocals) along with Jen Ledger (drums, vocals) and Seth Morrison (lead guitar). The band has released eleven albums, two of which, ''Collide (Skillet album), Collide'' and ''Comatose (album), Comatose'', received Grammy Award, Grammy nominations.CCMMagazine.com: Skillet Closes Out 2007 With Grammy Nomination . Retrieved March 13, 2008. Two of their albums, ''Comatose'' and ''Awake (Skillet album), Awake'', are certified Platinum and Double Platinum respectively by the RIAA, while ''Rise (Skillet album), Rise'' and ''Unleashed (Skillet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Need You To Love Me
"I Need You to Love Me" is a song by Christian rock band BarlowGirl, from their 2005 album ''Another Journal Entry''. It was released as a radio single on January 27, 2006. The song was the most played song of 2006 on the R&R Christian Contemporary Hit Radio Contemporary hit radio (also known as CHR, contemporary hits, hit list, current hits, hit music, top 40, or pop radio) is a radio format that is common in many countries that focuses on playing current and recurrent popular music as determined by ... (CHR) chart, with 30 845 plays. Music video The music video for the sing "I Need You to Love Me" was released concurrently with the radio single. It is BarlowGirl's second music video. In it, the band is playing in a dimly lit park with scenes of a sad girl dressed in black cutting in. The video was a more simple concept that the other two they shot for "Grey" and "Never Alone" in the same year. It was uploaded on BarlowGirl's YouTube channel and on their record label's channel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Take You Back
"Take You Back" is a song written and performed by Christian singer-songwriter Jeremy Camp. The song was the first radio single released in promotion of his third studio album, ''Restored''. The single reached the No. 1 position on the ''Billboard'' Hot Christian Songs airplay chart. "Take You Back" was also the 2005 live album '' Live Unplugged'' and the 2009 live album ''Jeremy Camp Live''. "Take You Back" was also the compilation album ''WOW Hits 2006 ''WOW Hits 2006'' is a two-disc compilation album of songs that have been touted to represent the best of Christian music of 2005. It was released on October 4, 2005. It includes thirty songs plus three bonus cuts. The album features songs by ...''. Charts Weekly charts Year-end charts Decade-end charts References External links 2004 singles Jeremy Camp songs 2004 songs Songs written by Jeremy Camp {{Christian-song-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeremy Camp
Jeremy Thomas Camp (born January 12, 1978) is an American contemporary Christian music singer and songwriter from Lafayette, Indiana. He has released eleven albums, four of them RIAA-certified as Gold, and two live albums. Camp's original music is a mixture of ballads and up-tempo songs with rock influence. He has won five GMA Dove Awards, has been nominated for three American Music Awards, and was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album in 2010 for his album, ''Speaking Louder Than Before''. '' I Still Believe'', a film based on Camp's first marriage, was released in 2020, with Camp being played by New Zealand actor KJ Apa. Early life Jeremy Camp was born in Lafayette, Indiana. His father Tom, the pastor at Harvest Chapel (associated with Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa), taught him how to play guitar. After completing high school, Camp attended Calvary Chapel Bible College in Murrieta, California, for two years and earned an associate of theology degre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Never Alone (BarlowGirl Song)
"Never Alone" (cf. Romans 8:34-39) is a song by Christian rock band BarlowGirl from their self-titled debut album ''BarlowGirl''. The song was released as a radio single in 2004, when it soon became a No. 1 hit. It's included on ''WOW Hits 2005''. Background and writing The song was written by the three sisters of BarlowGirl over a period of 45 minutes.More Than Music, p. 46 In their ''More Than Music'' book, the band says "One morning, we were in our living room praying and talking through our latest journal entries while Becca strummed idly on her guitar...On an impulse, Alyssa flipped open her journal and found some phrases she'd written over and over and sang them to the melody Becca was playing." Chart positions "Never Alone" was the longest-running No. 1 song on R&R's Christian Hit Radio and Christian rock charts. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BarlowGirl
BarlowGirl was an American Christian rock and CCM all-female band from Elgin, Illinois. The band was composed of sisters Alyssa (lead vocals, bass guitar, keyboards), Lauren (co-lead vocals, drums) and Rebecca (guitar, backing vocals) Barlow. The band is best known for its radio singles " Never Alone" in 2004 and " I Need You to Love Me" in 2006, breaking records for the longest-charting No. 1 song on the Radio and Records Christian Hit Radio (CHR) chartBiography at YourMusicZone.com Retrieved July 16, 2007 and obtaining millions of views for their music videos on . The band also saw continued success with their '' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
He Reigns
''Adoration: The Worship Album'' is the tenth studio album by the Christian pop rock band Newsboys, released in 2003. Unlike the band's previous albums, ''Adoration'' is a solely worship-oriented album (as the subtitle implies), deviating from the Newsboys' standard pop rock sound. This was the last Newsboys' album with the long-time guitarist Jody Davis, until his reunion with the group in 2009 for ''In the Hands of God''. Track listing Music videos *"He Reigns" Radio singles *"He Reigns" *"You Are My King (Amazing Love)" *"In Christ Alone" *"Adoration" Personnel Newsboys * Peter Furler – lead vocals, guitars, drums * Phil Joel – bass guitar, guitars, vocals * Duncan Phillips – drums, percussion * Jody Davis – guitars, vocals * Jeff Frankenstein – keyboards, programming Additional vocals * The Nathan Young Gospel Choir – choir (1, 7–10) ** Brandon Alexander ** Anthony Davis ** San Franklin-Stancil ** Yvonne Hodges ** Gale Mayes West ** Ann McCrary ** Wess Mor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
