Chris Quilala is an American

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ian and

worship leader Contemporary worship is a form of Christian worship that emerged within Western evangelical Protestantism in the 20th century. It was originally confined to the charismatic movement, but is now found in a wide range of churches, including many w ...

with the

Jesus Culture Jesus Culture is a Christian revivalist youth-oriented organization that was formed at the Bethel Church of Redding, California, in the United States. Jesus Culture Ministry hosts conferences and operates a record label, Jesus Culture Music. In ...

band and formerly with the

Bethel Music Bethel Music is an American music label and worship movement from Redding, California, originating out of Bethel Church (Redding, California), Bethel Church where they started making music in 2001. Bethel Music has grown from being a local church ...

collective. He primarily plays

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and

contemporary worship music Contemporary worship music (CWM), also known as praise and worship music, is a defined genre of Christian music used in contemporary worship. It has developed over the past 60 years and is stylistically similar to pop music. The songs are fr ...

Personal life

Quilala met his future wife, Alyssa Gulino, when she was seventeen and he was twenty-five while they were in a church in Pasadena. They have five children together: Ella, Aria, Jethro (''d.'' 2014), Liv and Maddex. After Chris and Alyssa's son Jethro died in December 2014, they wrote the song Miracles, which appeared on Jesus Culture's 2016 album Let It Echo. The Quilala family resides in

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. Chris Quilala and Alyssa divorced in 2019. In December 2019, Quilala was one of several evangelical Christian worship leaders to pray for President

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in the Oval Office.

Music career

Quilala has been part of the

movement, since he was fourteen years old in 1996. He has been featured on many Jesus Culture albums, including ''Everything'' (2006), ''We Cry Out'' (2007), ''Your Love Never Fails'' (2008), ''Consumed'' (2009), ''Come Away'' (2010), ''Awakening: Live from Chicago'' (2011), ''Live From New York'' (with

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) (2012), ''

Unstoppable Love ''Unstoppable Love'' is a live album from Jesus Culture. Jesus Culture Music released the album on June 3, 2014. Critical reception Awarding the album four stars at ''CCM Magazine'', Grace Aspinwall states, "''Unstoppable Love'' is filled with ...

'' (2014), and '' Let It Echo'' (2016). Quilala's debut solo album, ''

Split the Sky ''Split the Sky'' is the first solo studio album by Chris Quilala. The album was released on November 11, 2016, by Sparrow Records alongside Jesus Culture, Jesus Culture Music. Jeremy Edwardson and Daniel James Mackenzie worked together in the pro ...

'', was released in 2016. Recently, Quilala co-wrote the song "Your Love Awakens Me" with

Phil Wickham Philip David Wickham (born April 5, 1984) is a Contemporary Christian musician, singer and songwriter from San Diego, California. Wickham has released nine albums: ''Give You My World'' in 2003, a self-titled album in 2006, ''Cannons'' in 2007 ...

, which appears on Wickham's album '' Children of God'' (2016). Along with being a guitarist, Chris is also a drummer. He started his musical career playing drums for

. He was the drummer for the albums ''

For the Sake of the World ''For the Sake of the World'' is the fourth album from California-based worship collective Bethel Music. The album, produced by Brian Johnson, Ian McIntosh and Jeffrey Kunde, was released on 1 October 2012 by the collective's imprint label, Bethel ...

'' (2012) and ''

Be Lifted High ''Be Lifted High'' is the second live album by California-based worship collective Bethel Music. The album was released on February 15, 2011 by Kingsway Music alongside the group's imprint label, Bethel Music. Jeremy Edwardson worked on the pro ...

'' (2011) as well as

Brian & Jenn Johnson Brian Mark Johnson (born March 17, 1978) is an American contemporary worship musician and worship pastor. He is the president and co-founder of Bethel Music, as well as a member of its Artist Collective and is one-half of the husband-and-wife ...

's albums, '' We Believe'' (2006) and '' Where You Go I Go'' (2008). He also featured on Bethel's debut album ''

Here Is Love ''Here Is Love'' is the first live album by California-based worship collective Bethel Music. The album was released on October 12, 2010 by Bethel Music alongside Integrity Music. Jeremy Edwardson worked on the production of the album. The album ...

'' (2010) performing the song "King of Wonders".

Discography

Albums

Singles

As lead artist

As a featured artist

Other charted songs

Awards

Grammy Awards

GMA Dove Awards

ASCAP Christian Awards

BMI Christian Awards

References

External links

Record label website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Quilala, Chris 1982 births Living people American performers of Christian music Musicians from California Songwriters from California People from Redding, California Musicians from Sacramento, California Performers of contemporary worship music Performers of contemporary Christian music