Toby McKeehan (born Kevin Michael McKeehan; October 22, 1964), better known by his stage name TobyMac (styled tobyMac or TOBYMAC), is an American
contemporary Christian music
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 s ...
singer, rapper, songwriter, and record producer. He was first known for being a member of the
Christian
Christians () are people who follow or adhere to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. The words ''Christ'' and ''Christian'' derive from the Koine Greek title ''Christós'' (Χρι ...
rap and
rock
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* Rock (geology), a naturally occurring solid aggregate of minerals or mineraloids
* Rock music, a genre of popular music
Rock or Rocks may also refer to:
Places United Kingdom
* Rock, Caerphilly, a location in Wales ...
trio
DC Talk
DC Talk (stylized as dc Talk) is a Christian hip hop, Christian rap and Christian rock, rock trio. The group was formed at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia in 1987 by tobyMac, Toby McKeehan, Michael Tait, and Kevin Max, Kevin Max Smith ...
, staying with them from 1987 until they went on hiatus in 2000. He has since continued a successful solo career with the release of eight studio albums: ''
Momentum
In Newtonian mechanics, momentum (more specifically linear momentum or translational momentum) is the product of the mass and velocity of an object. It is a vector quantity, possessing a magnitude and a direction. If is an object's mass an ...
'' (2001), ''
Welcome to Diverse City
''Welcome to Diverse City'' is the second full-length studio album released by Christian singer TobyMac. The songs on this album deal with racial tolerance in society and a desire to know God better. Several other Christian artists appear on thi ...
'' (2004), ''
Portable Sounds
''Portable Sounds'', stylized as (portable sounds), is the third full-length studio album from Christian pop rock and hip hop artist tobyMac. It was released on February 20, 2007, and debuted at No. 10 on the ''Billboard'' 200. The album incl ...
'' (2007), ''
Tonight
Tonight may refer to:
Television
* ''Tonight'' (1957 TV programme), a 1957–1965 British current events television programme hosted by Cliff Michelmore that was broadcast on BBC
* ''Tonight'' (1975 TV programme), a 1975–1979 British current ...
'' (2010), ''
Eye on It
''Eye on It'' is the sixth studio album by TobyMac, released on August 28, 2012. A deluxe version of the album was also released. The album experiments more with electronic music, primarily dubstep. "Me Without You (TobyMac song), Me Without You ...
'' (2012), ''
This Is Not a Test'' (2015), ''
The Elements'' (2018), and ''
Life After Death
The afterlife (also referred to as life after death) is a purported existence in which the essential part of an individual's identity or their stream of consciousness continues to live after the death of their physical body. The surviving ess ...
'' (2022) as well as five remixed albums: ''
Re:Mix Momentum'' (2003), ''
Renovating Diverse City
''Renovating Diverse City'' (stylized ''Renovating→Diverse City'') is the fourth album released by Christian recording artist tobyMac. All the tracks are remixes of songs from tobyMac's previous CD, '' Welcome to Diverse City'', with the exc ...
'' (2005), ''
Dubbed and Freq'd: A Remix Project'' (2012), ''
Eye'm All Mixed Up
''Eye'm All Mixed Up ''is the fourth remix album by the Christian pop singer and rapper tobyMac. It consists of ten songs from '' Eye on It'' remixed by artists such as Capital Kings, Soul Glow Activatur
FF5 (formerly known as Family Force 5, ...
'' (2014) and ''
The St. Nemele Collab Sessions'' (2019). He also has two full-length Christmas albums: ''
Christmas in Diverse City
''Christmas in Diverse City'' is TobyMac's first full-length Christmas album as well as his fifth studio album. It was released on October 4, 2011.
A re-release of the album,excluding a few tracks and including 2 new tracks 'Bring On The Holiday ...
'' (2011) and ''Light Of Christmas'' (2017). He became the third Christian artist to have a No. 1 debut on
''Billboard'' 200 chart with ''
Eye on It
''Eye on It'' is the sixth studio album by TobyMac, released on August 28, 2012. A deluxe version of the album was also released. The album experiments more with electronic music, primarily dubstep. "Me Without You (TobyMac song), Me Without You ...
''.
Between DC Talk and his own solo career, he has sold more than 10 million albums and won seven
Grammy Award
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s. He has had six No. 1 hit
CHR singles
including "
Gone", "
Made to Love
"Made to Love" is a song by contemporary Christian singer tobyMac from his third album, ''Portable Sounds''. It was released as the album's lead single on December 26, 2006. This was also included on the compilation album, ''WOW Hits 2008''.
Mus ...
", and "
Lose My Soul
"Lose My Soul" is a song by TobyMac from his third studio album, ''Portable Sounds'' (2007). It features gospel artist Kirk Franklin and contemporary Christian singer Mandisa and was released in 2008 as the fifth single from the album. The song was ...
". Six singles have gone to No. 1 on ''Billboard''s
Christian Songs
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chart, making him one of the artists with the most No. 1 hits on that chart. His live concert CD+DVD combo album, ''
Alive and Transported
''Alive and Transported'' is a live album by Christian hip hop artist tobyMac. It was released on May 27, 2008 and debuted at No. 112 on the ''Billboard'' 200, and also placed at No. 4 on ''Billboards Top Christian Albums chart. It ...
'', was released in 2008 and received the
Grammy Award for Best Rock or Rap Gospel Album
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at the
51st Grammy Awards
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in 2009. His fifth studio album, ''Eye on It'', received a
Grammy for Best Contemporary Christian Music Album at the
2013 Grammys.
Musical career
DC Talk (1987–2001)
TobyMac formed DC Talk with
Michael Tait
Michael DeWayne Tait (born May 18, 1966) is an American contemporary Christian music artist. Michael Tait met Toby McKeehan in 1984 when he was in high school. Both Toby and Michael met Kevin Max while attending Liberty University in the late 19 ...
in 1987 at
Liberty University
Liberty University (LU) is a private Baptist university in Lynchburg, Virginia. It is affiliated with the Southern Baptist Conservatives of Virginia (Southern Baptist Convention). Founded in 1971 by Jerry Falwell Sr. and Elmer L. Towns, Liberty i ...
. He and Tait released ''Christian Rhymes to a Rhythm'' in 1988 and recruited classmate
Kevin Max Smith
Kevin Max Smith (born August 17, 1967) is an American singing, singer, songwriter, and poet. He is best known for being a member of the contemporary Christian music, Christian pop group dc Talk. As a solo artist following the band going on hiatu ...
to join the group. The trio then signed with
Forefront Records
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and set out on tour after they released ''DC Talk'' in 1989. In 1990, they released ''Nu Thang'', their first gold album which was followed with a tour. The follow-up, ''Free at Last'', was certified platinum
and the band gained performed on ''
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
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The fourth incarnation of the ...
'' and ''
The Arsenio Hall Show
''The Arsenio Hall Show'' is an American syndicated late-night talk show created by and starring comedian Arsenio Hall.
There have been two different incarnations of ''The Arsenio Hall Show''. The original series premiered on January 3, 1989, ...
''. They released their next album, ''Jesus Freak'', in 1995, which went multi-platinum and led to the Jesus Freak World Tour and a tour CD, ''Welcome to the Freakshow''. Following the release of "Between You and Me" which reached No. 29 on the Hot 100 in 1996, the group released ''Supernatural'', which would be their last album. The album was certified platinum.
DC Talk disbanded in 2001 and its members embarked on solo careers. In 2005, the band performed together at a show in Redmond, Washington, and again in 2010 when he made a surprise guest appearance at Winter Jam in Nashville. In 2011, he joined Tait on the song "Jesus Freak" in Greensboro, North Carolina. DC Talk has recorded several songs together since their hiatus, including 2002's "Let's Roll", a song about the
terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001
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, "Atmosphere (Remix)" on his 2004 album ''
Welcome to Diverse City
''Welcome to Diverse City'' is the second full-length studio album released by Christian singer TobyMac. The songs on this album deal with racial tolerance in society and a desire to know God better. Several other Christian artists appear on thi ...
'', "The Cross", a track on Kevin Max's 2007 album ''
The Blood
The Blood are an English, London-based punk rock band, formed in 1982. Led by Cardinal Jesus Hate and JJ Bedsore (AKA Colin Smith and Jamie Cantwell), the band formed in the early 1980s under the name "Coming Blood". Their music is a blend of ...
'', "Love Feels Like", a track on TobyMac's 2015 album ''This Is Not a Test'', and "Space" on TobyMac's album ''Life After Death''.
Solo career
''Momentum'' (2001–2003)
On November 6, 2001, he released his first solo album: ''
Momentum
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''. He composed and recorded the song "Extreme Days" for the 2001 Truth Builder Productions film ''
Extreme Days
''Extreme Days'' is a 2001 comedy-romance film about four boys on a roadtrip that they have been planning their whole lives. Their dreams are to participate in many extreme sports, but they are stopped short due to many circumstances.
Plot
Four c ...
'', which was featured on the ''Momentum'' album. Momentum, debuted at No. 1 on the ''Billboard'' Heatseekers chart in the November 24 issue. The song "Extreme Days" was also used in the movie ''Hangman's Curse'', based on a book by Frank Peretti. His song "Get This Party Started" was featured on an episode of the TV show
Roswell. His song "Yours" reached the Top 5 on ChristianRock.net. "Yours", "Extreme Days", "Get This Party Started" and "Momentum" were all featured in the
Xbox 360
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video game ''
Crackdown
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* ''Crackdown'' (web series)
* ''Crackdown'' (video game series)
** ''Crackdown'' (video game)
** ''Crackdown 2
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''. "Momentum" earned five Dove Awards and a Grammy nomination. He was nominated for Artist of the Year at the
34th GMA Dove Awards
The 34th Annual GMA Dove Awards were held on April 10, 2003 recognizing accomplishments of musicians for the year 2002. The show was held at the Gaylord Entertainment Center in Nashville, Tennessee, and was hosted by CeCe Winans and Steven Curtis C ...
.
In 2002, he performed at the Festival Con Dios. Later that year, he released his first Christmas single, "
This Christmas". In 2003, he released ''
Re:Mix Momentum'', a remix of the album ''Momentum''. His song "Yours" was used in
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
Impact Wrestling (stylized as ''IMPACT! Wrestling''), is an American professional wrestling promotion based in Nashville, Tennessee. It is a subsidiary of Anthem Sports & Entertainment.
Founded by Jeff and Jerry Jarrett in 2002, the promot ...
(TNA) as "
Sting's" theme song. He was featured on "Throw Yo Hands Up" on
Kirk Franklin
Kirk Dewayne Franklin (born January 26, 1970) is an American songwriter, choir director, gospel singer, and rapper. He is best known for leading urban contemporary gospel ensembles such as The Family, God's Property, and One Nation Crew (1NC) a ...
's 2002 album ''
The Rebirth of Kirk Franklin''.
''Welcome to Diverse City'' (2004–2006)
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''
Welcome to Diverse City
''Welcome to Diverse City'' is the second full-length studio album released by Christian singer TobyMac. The songs on this album deal with racial tolerance in society and a desire to know God better. Several other Christian artists appear on thi ...
'' was released in October 2004 and is certified gold. The album debuted and peaked on the ''Billboard'' 200 at No. 54, selling 21,000 copies that week. His "Winter Wonder Slam Tour" played throughout December 2006. The album's song "The Slam" was featured in the film ''
Never Back Down
''Never Back Down'' is a 2008 American martial arts film directed by Jeff Wadlow and starring Sean Faris, Cam Gigandet, Amber Heard and Djimon Hounsou. It tells the story of a frustrated and conflicted teenager who arrives at a new high school ...
'', advertisements for the films ''
Transporter 2
''Transporter 2'' (French: ''Le Transporteur 2'') is an English-language French 2005 action-thriller film directed by Louis Leterrier. Written by Robert Mark Kamen and co-producer Luc Besson, it is the sequel to '' The Transporter'' (2002), as w ...
'', ''
Aeon Flux
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'', and ''
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift'', as well as advertisements for the television show ''
Prison Break
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''. The song was also featured in car commercials, men's NCAA clips, NBA Finals (Miami Heat, 2006),
World Wrestling Entertainment
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(WWE) programming, NFL Football commercials, and "The Ultimate Highlight" on ''
SportsCenter
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''. Former
Ohio Valley Wrestling
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O ...
performer
Matt Cappotelli
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used "The Slam" as his entrance theme. In the movie ''
Never Back Down
''Never Back Down'' is a 2008 American martial arts film directed by Jeff Wadlow and starring Sean Faris, Cam Gigandet, Amber Heard and Djimon Hounsou. It tells the story of a frustrated and conflicted teenager who arrives at a new high school ...
'' Toby's song "The Slam" is featured in the main fight scene. "
Diverse City" was featured in the
Veronica Mars
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episode
The Wrath of Con
"The Wrath of Con" is the fourth episode of the first season of the American mystery television series ''Veronica Mars''. Written by Diane Ruggiero and directed by Michael Fields, the episode premiered on UPN on October 19, 2004.
The series de ...
, as well as
Konami
, is a Japanese Multinational corporation, multinational video game company, video game and entertainment company headquartered in Chūō, Tokyo, Chūō, Tokyo, it also produces and distributes trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, pachinko machin ...
's
Dance Dance Revolution Ultramix 4
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. "Atmosphere" and "Burn For You" were also used on different commercials. The album gave him another Dove Award for Rap/Hip-Hop Album of the Year. A remix version of the album, ''Renovating->Diverse City'', was released in 2005.
''Portable Sounds'' (2007–2008)
McKeehan's third studio album, ''
Portable Sounds
''Portable Sounds'', stylized as (portable sounds), is the third full-length studio album from Christian pop rock and hip hop artist tobyMac. It was released on February 20, 2007, and debuted at No. 10 on the ''Billboard'' 200. The album incl ...
'', was released in 2007 and sold 50,645 copies in its first week, debuting at No. 10 on the
''Billboard'' 200, and at No. 1 on the SoundScan Contemporary Christian Overall chart. The album also received a Grammy nomination for
Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album. He won rock/contemporary album of the year for "Portable Sounds" at the 39th annual GMA Dove Awards. The songs "Made to Love" and "I'm For You" both hit No. 1 and were the second and third most played songs on Christian Hit Radio stations in 2007. "Hype Man (truDog '07)" features his son Truett. "Ignition" is being used by
ABC
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** Disney–ABC Television ...
/
ESPN
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to promote its coverage of
NASCAR
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, and "Boomin'" has also been used to promote a new crime-drama, ''The Women's Murder Club'', on ABC, as well as others. In September 2007, his song "Feelin' So Fly" appeared in the film ''
The Game Plan'', starring
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson
Dwayne Douglas Johnson (born May 2, 1972), also known by his ring name The Rock, is an American actor and former professional wrestler. Widely regarded as one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time, he was integral to the developm ...
. "Ignition" received worldwide exposure when it was used as the
Arizona Cardinals
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entrance music during the pre-game of
Super Bowl XLIII
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. He was awarded two Dove Awards for his work on this album, including Artist of the Year. His music video featuring the song "Boomin" was awarded a Dove Award for Short Form Music Video of the Year. Around this time, he wrote his song, "New World" for "
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" and co-wrote and recorded the song "What We Gonna Do?" for the
VeggieTales
''VeggieTales'' is an American Christian media, computer generated musical children's animation, and book franchise created by Phil Vischer and Mike Nawrocki under Big Idea Entertainment. The series sees fruit and vegetable characters retelling ...
film ''
The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie''. "Feelin' So Fly" and "I'm for You" appear in
Thrillville: Off the Rails.
''Alive and Transported'' (2008–2009)
He released his first live album as a solo artist in 2008. ''
Alive and Transported
''Alive and Transported'' is a live album by Christian hip hop artist tobyMac. It was released on May 27, 2008 and debuted at No. 112 on the ''Billboard'' 200, and also placed at No. 4 on ''Billboards Top Christian Albums chart. It ...
'' was a live recording of the Portable Sounds Tour in Houston, Texas. It included covers of popular DC Talk songs "Jesus Freak" and "In the Light". The album included a DVD of the concert and gained him a
GMA Dove and a
Grammy Award
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.
''Tonight'' (2010–2011)
His fourth studio release, ''
Tonight
Tonight may refer to:
Television
* ''Tonight'' (1957 TV programme), a 1957–1965 British current events television programme hosted by Cliff Michelmore that was broadcast on BBC
* ''Tonight'' (1975 TV programme), a 1975–1979 British current ...
'', was released on February 9, 2010. The album debuted at No. 6 on the Billboard 200, selling 79,000 units in its first week.
The album's first single, "
City on Our Knees", was released on August 14, 2009. The song reached No. 1 on ''Billboards
Hot Christian Songs
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and No. 1 on both Christian AC and CHR.
Christopher Stevens and Dave Wyatt joined McKeehan in producing the album, as with the production of his 2007 release, ''
Portable Sounds
''Portable Sounds'', stylized as (portable sounds), is the third full-length studio album from Christian pop rock and hip hop artist tobyMac. It was released on February 20, 2007, and debuted at No. 10 on the ''Billboard'' 200. The album incl ...
''. Truett, aka TruDog, Toby's oldest son, was once again featured on a song as in the previous albums. The album is a mix of
pop,
rock
Rock most often refers to:
* Rock (geology), a naturally occurring solid aggregate of minerals or mineraloids
* Rock music, a genre of popular music
Rock or Rocks may also refer to:
Places United Kingdom
* Rock, Caerphilly, a location in Wales ...
,
hip hop,
Latin
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, and
funk
Funk is a music genre that originated in African American communities in the mid-1960s when musicians created a rhythmic, danceable new form of music through a mixture of various music genres that were popular among African Americans in the m ...
, similar to his album ''Portable Sounds''. The album charted No. 6 on the
Billboard Top 200
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and No. 1 on the Billboard Christian albums chart, selling 79,000 units in its first week. In the same year, he released a DVD, ''TobyMac: Moving Pictures Featuring His Entire Work of Music Videos'', on November 10, 2010.
The title track of ''Tonight'' is featured in the intro of
MLB Network
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's TV show 30 Clubs 30 Days. In March, he announced the "Hello Tonight" summer 2010 tour with
Chris Tomlin
Christopher Dwayne Tomlin (born May 4, 1972) is an American contemporary Christian music singer, songwriter, and worship leader from Grand Saline, Texas, United States, who has sold over 7 million records. He is a member of Passion Conferences ...
. The song "City on Our Knees" earned him a Dove Award for Pop/Contemporary Song of the Year. The song "Showstopper" was used to promote World Wrestling Entertainment's (WWE) June 2010 Pay Per View, "Fatal 4-Way", and was used at least once in NCAA Basketball. It was also used as an introduction to Thursday Night Football in 2009–2010. His single "Tonight" was also used as a pregame introduction at home games for the Baltimore Orioles during the 2011 MLB season. The song was also promoted for ESPYS' Best U.S Male Olympian. His "Tonight" was listed best Christian album of 2010 on iTunes and his Christmas single titled "Christmas This Year" (featuring
Leigh Nash
Leigh Anne Bingham Nash ( ; born June 27, 1976) is an American singer and songwriter who was the lead vocalist for the Christian alternative rock band Sixpence None the Richer and was also a member of Fauxliage. Her debut solo album, '' Blue on ...
) was awarded the holiday song of the week on iTunes. He was nominated for Artist of the Year at the 2011 Dove Awards. Additionally, the songs "Get Back Up" and "City on Our Knees" were recognized for being two of the Top 25 most performed songs on Christian radio over 2010.
In 2010, McKeehan performed at Revelation Generation. He also toured with
Skillet
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and
House of Heroes
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on the "Awake Tonight Tour". He toured with
Third Day
Third Day was a Christian rock band formed in Marietta, Georgia during the 1990s. The band was founded by lead singer Mac Powell, guitarist Mark Lee (both of whom were the only constant members) and Billy Wilkins. Drummer David Carr was the ...
,
Michael W. Smith
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,
Jason Gray and
Max Lucado
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"Lucado set a record by concurrently placing seven differe ...
on the
World Vision
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-sponsored "Make a Difference Tour 2010". ''Tonight'' was nominated for a Grammy for Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album for the
53rd Annual Grammy Awards. His first full-length Christmas album, ''
Christmas in Diverse City
''Christmas in Diverse City'' is TobyMac's first full-length Christmas album as well as his fifth studio album. It was released on October 4, 2011.
A re-release of the album,excluding a few tracks and including 2 new tracks 'Bring On The Holiday ...
'', was released October 4, 2011. It contains songs from each of the Diverse City members as well as TobyMac. Its other guest artists include:
Leigh Nash
Leigh Anne Bingham Nash ( ; born June 27, 1976) is an American singer and songwriter who was the lead vocalist for the Christian alternative rock band Sixpence None the Richer and was also a member of Fauxliage. Her debut solo album, '' Blue on ...
,
Owl City
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,
Jamie Grace
Jamie Grace Harper (born November 25, 1991) is an American contemporary Christian musician, singer, rapper, and songwriter from Atlanta, Georgia. In 2010, TobyMac found her songs on YouTube and signed her to his label Gotee Records for two albu ...
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''Eye_on_It''_is_the_sixth_studio_album_by_TobyMac,__released_on_August_28,_2012._A_deluxe_version_of_the_album_was_also_released._The_album_experiments_more_with_electronic_music,_primarily_dubstep._"Me_Without_You_(TobyMac_song),_Me_Without_You_...
'',_was_released_August_28,_2012._The_album_debuted_on_the_Billboard_200_at_No._1,_which_is_a_first_for_a_Christian_album_since_1997,_and_sold_69,000_copies_in_its_first_week._The_album_fell_to_No._8_on_the_second_week_with_26,000_sales.
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