Passion is a

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band, a central part of

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in Atlanta, Georgia. Passion band have released 28 albums over the span of two decades under the name Passion. Most of the Passion albums are live albums, recorded during performances in conferences or tours. Passion Conferences also owns

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, a record label that includes

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and Passion. Sixstepsrecords artists form the core group of artists performing at the Passion Gatherings, including

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, Charlie Hall,

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, Melodie Malone, Brett Younker, and

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. Other artists that have performed at Passion Gatherings include

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, Hillsong United,

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, and Sean Curran of Bellarive.

History

Passion's first record, ''Our Soul's Desire'', was released in 1997 under Star Song Records. After Star Song artists transferred to

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, Passion released two more live albums, including 1999's '' Better Is One Day'', which saw Passion charting on the ''Billboard'' Christian Albums chart for the first time. In 2000, ''Passion Conferences'' founded sixstepsrecords as a division of Passion Conferences. As partners of Sparrow Records, a division of Capitol CMG, sixstepsrecords has many prominent contemporary Christian musicians under their label. Their first album on the newly created label, '' The Road to One Day'', became the first Passion album to chart on the ''Billboard'' 200. Since the creation of sixstepsrecords, Passion has released more than twenty more live albums and two studio albums, nine of which have consecutively charted at No. 1 on the ''Billboard'' Christian Albums chart. The lead single off of 2012's live album ''

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", became Passion's first No. 1 song on the ''Billboard'' Christian Songs chart. Passion's '' Let The Future Begin'' (2013) and '' Take It All'' (2014) both peaked at No. 4 on the ''Billboard'' 200, making them Passion's highest charting albums.

Discography

Live albums

Studio albums

"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Compilations and other releases

Singles

Other charted songs

Notes

External links

References

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