Elevation Worship is a

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collective from

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. The collective leads worship in weekend church services at

, as well as performing concerts and tours around the United States. The collective has sold over 2.5 million albums in the United States.

History

Elevation Worship began in 2007 at

. The band released four independent albums prior to signing with Essential Records. ''The Sound'' was released in 2007 (under the name Elevation Church Live), ''We Are Alive'' in 2008, ''God With Us'' in 2009, and ''Kingdom Come'' in 2010. Featuring the song "Give Me Faith", ''Kingdom Come'' was the band's first album to break through on the ''Billboard'' charts, reaching No. 5 on Heatseekers, No. 42 on Independent Albums and at No. 17 on the Christian Albums chart. The band released their debut studio album, '' For the Honor'', under

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's Essential Records label on November 21, 2011. It saw chart success on ''

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'' magazine charts, including No. 1 on Heatseekers, No. 19 on the Christian Albums, and the ''Billboard'' 200 at No. 193. The band's second album under the Essential label, '' Nothing Is Wasted'', was released on February 19, 2013. A deluxe edition of the album also included studio recordings of each song. It also saw chart success – reaching No. 1 on the Christian Albums chart and at No. 41 on the ''Billboard'' 200. Their seventh album, '' Only King Forever'', was released on January 14, 2014, debuting at their highest charting position, No. 23 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and featured guest vocalist

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from

Hillsong Worship Hillsong Worship (formerly Hillsong Live) is a praise and worship collective from Sydney, Australia and Orange County, California. They started making music in 1983 at Hillsong Church. Fifteen of their songs have appeared on the ''Billboard'' ma ...

. On August 1, 2014, the band recorded their eighth album, ''

Wake Up the Wonder ''Wake Up the Wonder'' is the fourth live album from Elevation Worship. The album was recorded at Spectrum Center (arena), the Spectrum in Charlotte, North Carolina with more than 16,000 in attendance. Essential Records (Christian), Essential Wor ...

'', live at the Spectrum in Charlotte. It was released on November 25 that same year. The album debuted at No. 58 on the ''Billboard'' 200 in its first week, as well as No. 1 on ''Billboard''s Christian Album chart. On July 31, 2015, they held another live recording at Time Warner Cable Arena for their ninth album, '' Here as in Heaven'', their first album released on their own label, Elevation Worship Records. It was released on February 5, 2016, and peaked No. 1 on US album charts. Their tenth album, '' There Is a Cloud'', was released on March 17, 2017, after being recorded at Elevation Ballantyne during the church's revival, "Code Orange Revival". After ''There is a Cloud'', Elevation Worship released their first Spanish album, ''

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'', on August 18, 2017. This album peaked at No. 2 on the US Latin album chart. On September 28, 2018, Elevation Worship released their eleventh live album, '' Hallelujah Here Below'', which was nominated for the 2019

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. On April 12, 2019, Elevation Worship released ''Paradoxology'', which was a reimagined album with different takes on the songs from ''Hallelujah Here Below'', like "Here Again", "Echo", and "Won't Stop Now". ''Paradoxology'' included a single, "With You". '' Aleluya (En La Tierra)'' is Elevation Worship's second album in Spanish and was released on July 19, 2019. It peaked at eight on US Latin Album Sales. '' At Midnight'', their seventh EP, was released on August 30, 2019. Graves Into Gardens, the group’s twelfth album, was released on May 1, 2020. The album debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s Christian albums chart and No. 34 on the Billboard 200. On April 30, 2021, Elevation Worship collaborated with Maverick City Music to release Old Church Basement. Old Church Basement debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s Christian Albums chart and No. 30 on Billboard 200. Their live album, LION, released on March 4, 2022, debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard Christian Albums chart and No. 80 on the Billboard 200. They have previously toured with other

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Members

Members include: * Chris Brown * Jonsal Barrientes * Jenna Barrientes * Tiffany Hudson * Davide Mutendji *Isaiah Templeton Past members * Mack Brock * London Gatch * Matthews Ntlele * Anna Sailors Pinkham *Jane Williams

Discography

Independent albums

Live albums

Other albums

Extended plays

Singles

As a lead artist

As a featured artist

Promotional singles

Other charted songs

Awards and nominations

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External links

* {{Portal, Evangelical Christianity} Musical groups established in 2007 Essential Records (Christian) artists Musical groups from North Carolina Performers of contemporary worship music