Portal:Christian music
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| Welcome to the Christian music portal! Christian music is a broad classification of music that is written to express either personal or a communal belief regarding the Christian life, as well as to give a Christian alternative to main stream secular music. While the term "Christian Music" tends now to be appropriated by 20th and 21st century popular and rock musicians, Christian music can be broken into a number of categories: Liturgical Music, Masses, Anthems, Motets, sequences, psalmody, antiphons, Hymns, Contemporary Christian music, Gospel music, and Christian alternative rock. Additional popular categories are Gospel music, Christian rap and Southern Gospel music. |
Contemporary Christian Music is a genre of popular music which is lyrically focused on matters concerned with the Christian faith. The term is typically used to refer to the Nashville, Tennessee-based pop, rock, and worship Christian music industry, currently represented by artists such as Steven Curtis Chapman, Michael W. Smith, SONICFLOOd , Amy Grant, Jars of Clay, MercyMe, Petra, Third Day, Relient K, Jeremy Camp, Avalon and a host of others. The industry is represented in Billboard Magazine's "Top Christian Albums" and "Hot Christian Songs" charts, as well as the iTunes Music Store's "Christian & Gospel" genre.
CCM rock/alternative band Jars of Clay performing in concert.
Cook is most notably known for his deliverance of smooth vocals and his prolific writing abilities. Cook has written over 2500 songs and is widely known for the song, "Drop that Rock." The song was featured on his album "In the Middle of it All" which garnered Cook a Dove Award nomination for Christian Country Album of the Year in 1999. Cook's lyrics often take a look at the church and the problems that they face when it comes to handing down judgment upon common people with everyday problems."
Cook is also known for his humanitarian work with children's charities throughout the world which includes co-hosting the Children’s Miracle Network telethon as well as regular appearances on the Jerry Lewis Telethon.
The male members of The Cook Family Singers have always used just their middle initials as a trademark, a trait beginning back in 1885 when the first such group was formed.
- The 39th Annual GMA Dove Awards will take place April 23, 2008, at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville, Tenn.
- February 24, 2008 - Larry Norman dies of heart failure at the age of 60 (Christianity Today)
- Former American Idol contestant Mandisa was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album for her debut release True Beauty.
- Urban contemporary Gospel artist Kirk Franklin released his 10th album, "The Fight of My Life" in the United States on December 18, 2007. The album debuted on the Billboard 200 at #33 with 74,000 copies sold in the first week.
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| “ | If I stand let me stand on the promise That God will pull me through; And if I can't let me fall on the grace That first brought me to you |
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- ... that Scott Krippayne co-wrote This Is My Now, selected in American Idol's first songwriting competition?
- ... that Bob Hartman, founder and main songwriter for Petra is an avid tennis player?
- ... that Martin Luther's hymns have inspired the development of congregational singing within Christianity?
- ... that contemporary Christian artist, Steven Curtis Chapman is the all-time highest winner of Dove Awards? Till date, he has won a phenomenal 51 Dove awards.
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