"Beautiful Love" is the hit single from the debut album by Christian rock band The Afters, ''

I Wish We All Could Win ''I Wish We All Could Win'' is the debut album from the Christian rock band The Afters. The album contains their Dove Award-nominated hit single " Beautiful Love". The album is notable for having two tracks on it used as theme songs. The aforem ...

''. The song was later used by

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as the

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to its reality show '' 8th and Ocean''.

Critical success

*Certified Gold by the

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for Digital Sales in 2006. :The single's presence in the TV show '' 8th & Ocean'' prompted a six-week surge in which ''Beautiful Love'' was downloaded 90,000 times.Dove Award Winning New Artist The Afters Celebrate Top Downloaded Digital Song
cbnmusic.com - published January 11, 2007 (retrieved March 14, 2008) *

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named ''Beautiful Love'' as the top downloaded song on the inspirational chart for 2006. *No. 1 R&R Christian CHR single *''Beautiful Love'' spent 9+ weeks on the

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top-100 downloaded songs chart (peaking at #14)

Charts

*Peaked on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart at #55 *Peaked on the

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chart at #43 *Peaked on the Billboard Hot Digital Songs chart at #23

Awards

*In 2006, the song was nominated for a

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for Rock/Contemporary Recorded Song of the Year at the

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.37th Annual GMA Dove Awards Nominations & Winners
on About.com; Jones, Kim *In 2005, the song won the mtvU Award for Best Streaming Video.

Television and film

*"Beautiful Love" was used as the theme song for the MTV reality series '' 8th & Ocean''. *Song appeared in '' Just My Luck''.

References

External links

CBN overview
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