EMI Christian Music Group took home 13 Dove Awards at the Gospel Music Association's annual award show last Wednesday. The evening started off with a bang with the show opening performance of "Lose My Soul" by TobyMac featuring Kirk Franklin and American Idol's Mandisa and a full gospel choir dancing and singing in the aisles. ...

The new issue of Christianity Today magazine features an extensive cover story on the success of the Passion worship movement, its related musical artists, and the student ministry's exciting next steps. "Passion has not just shaped evangelical worship music, but a generation of American evangelicals," the magazine reports. "In ...

iTunes is celebrating the popular worship music of the Passion experience at a new centralized page on the site known as "The iTunes Guide to the Passion Movement." In addition to crisp categorization and easy links to every available Passion recording, there are also fun new "celebrity playlists" from Passion artists Chris ...

A recent piece in the Mobile Press-Register offers a candid look at the How Great Is Our God Tour featuring Dove Award winning artist-worshipers Chris Tomlin ("Indescribable") and Matt Redman ("The Heart of Worship") as well as Passion worship conference founder and speaker Louie Giglio. "It is a night of worship to ...

PASSION 07 EP - PART 3, a digital download featuring exclusive music and spoken word content from the Passion 07 worship conference, debuted at #1 this week on the iTunes Christian music chart. At the same time, the set's predecessors remain in the Top 5 as well. The newest installment - PART 3 - features live performances of "Marvelous ...

EMI CMG recording artists Delirious? and Matt Redman are among the acts that will be featured on select dates of the Joyce Meyer Ministries Conference Tour that is scheduled to visit 12 U.S. cities several days at a time by the end of 2007. Meyer, a New York Time bestselling author, says "We are so excited to combine a powerful worship ...

Chris Tomlin, the Gospel Music Association's 2006 Artist and Male Vocalist of the Year, is once again the leader in this year's 38th Annual GMA Dove Awards nominations. The awards ceremony will be held April 25, 2007, at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville and televised in syndication throughout May. Among Tomlin's nominations are: ...

Minnesota's St. Paul Pioneer Press recently interviewed artist-worshiper Chris Tomlin prior to his local appearance on the How Great Is Our God Tour for a story called "Five Questions with Mr. Hymn." "Tomlin's songs are sung more often in U.S. churches than any other contemporary artist," the newspaper reports. ...

Minnesota's St. Paul Pioneer Press recently interviewed artist-worshiper Chris Tomlin prior to his local appearance on the How Great Is Our God Tour for a story called "Five Questions with Mr. Hymn." "Tomlin's songs are sung more often in U.S. churches than any other contemporary artist," the newspaper reports. ...

Subscribers to the free service HearItFirst.com have an exciting new contest to enter. The popular Christian music site will give away one Taylor acoustic guitar personally signed by the industry's 2006 Artist of the Year and current GRAMMY nominee Chris Tomlin. The contest runs from January 31 through March 6, and you can enter once per day ...