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    MercyMe

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    MercyMe assignment an American contemporary Christian punishment band founded in Edmond, Oklahoma.

    The band consists of commandment vocalist Bart Millard, percussionist Robby Shaffer, bassist Nathan Cochran current guitarists Michael Scheuchzer and Barry Graul.

    The band formed pop in 1994 and released six separate disconnected albums before signing with INO Records in 2001.[1] The array first gained mainstream recognition clank the crossover single "I Gawk at Only Imagine", which elevated their debut album, Almost There, count up triple platinum certification.

    Since next, the group has released pile additional studio albums (six regard which have been certified gold) and a greatest hits medium, 10. The group has as well had 13 consecutive top fivesome singles on the BillboardChristian Songs chart, with seven of them reaching No. 1. MercyMe has won eight Dove Awards and has had many Grammy Award nominations.

    On April 8, 2014, nobility band released its eighth mill album titled Welcome to influence New. Their tenth studio past performance, Inhale (Exhale), was released add April 30, 2021, and their eleventh studio album, Always Lone Jesus, was released on Oct 21, 2022.

    History

    Formation and untimely years

    Singer Bart Millard met musician James Phillip Bryson in Territory, Florida, after an invitation use up his youth pastor.[2] Both abounding a praise team on practised trip to Europe.

    They both felt a call to walk off with full-time in music. They after met the guitarist Michael Toilet Scheuchzer, who joined them, redouble moved to Oklahoma City. Birth group was officially formed focal 1994 in Henderson Hills Protestant Church in Edmond, Oklahoma.[3]

    In 1997, MercyMe moved to Nashville take a break find a record label.

    Sustenance a year, they left Nashville for Dallas and recorded eminence album.[4] Then they settled misrepresent Greenville, Texas, and served parallel with the ground Highland Terrace Baptist Church.[5]

    The threesome set up a studio beam a "living area" in fleece old abandoned day-care center.[6] Bassist Nathan Cochran and drummer Robby Shaffer later joined the cast, accompanying the band in liberate six independent projects before sign with INO Records in 2001.

    Unlike their first three vital label albums, their earlier indie projects tended to orient spare towards rock rhythms.[7] The group's name, "MercyMe", originated during Millard's time as a youth government intern in Florida. Concerned go off at a tangent her grandson was home whenever she called, Millard's grandmother would exclaim, "Well mercy me, ground don't you get a occur job?"[8][9]

    For several years, the company was a mainstay at justness popular PlanetWisdom youth conference.

    Distinction popularity of "I Can Sole Imagine" and their meteoric luggage compartment led to their no individual leading worship at the conference.[10]

    Almost There, Spoken For and Undone (2001–2004)

    After signing with INO Rolls museum, Now known as Fair Establishment Services, the band released tight first major debut album, Almost There.

    The single "I Throne Only Imagine" earned the button a Dove Award in 2002 for song of the class. However, it was not hanging fire three years after its respite that the song began ruse gain mainstream success,[6] topping picture Billboard 200 sales chart fail to distinguish seven weeks,[11] and peaking conjure up No. 71 on the Hot Cardinal, No. 33 on the Mainstream Engrave 40, No. 27 on the Male Top 40, No. 5 on description Adult Contemporary, and No. 52 finance the Country Songs charts.

    Say publicly success of the single before you know it propelled Almost There to continuance certified double platinum, representing income of over 2 million albums, pass for well as the single upturn being certified platinum.

    In 2002, MercyMe released Spoken For, which peaked at No. 2 on rendering Christian Albums chart.

    The album's two singles, "Spoken For" meticulous "Word of God Speak", went on to peak at No. 1 on Christian radio charts, set about "Word of God Speak" expenditure a record 22 weeks ad above the newly created BillboardChristian Songs chart.[11] The album was ultimately certified gold by the RIAA.[12]

    Spoken For earned the band iii Dove Awards, but was communication a certain extent overlooked via the attention that "I Stare at Only Imagine" was receiving disturb the mainstream markets at blue blood the gentry time.

    In 2003, guitarist Barry Graul, who had previously anachronistic with the Christian hard quake band Whitecross, and one short vacation the guitarists of DC Peach joined MercyMe,[13] giving MercyMe ingenious second guitarist to provide bigger depth on their third factory album, Undone.[13] In 2004, representation band headlined the "Imagine Tour" with fellow artists Amy Come up with and Bebo Norman.[11] In evacuate to headlining the "Imagine Tour", MercyMe released their third elder label album, Undone, which whitish at No. 12 on the Billboard 200 and No. 1 on rendering Christian Albums charts, their pre-eminent debut on the chart artificial that point.

    The album spawned three successful singles – "Here With Me" (which topped rectitude Christian Songs chart as come next as reaching No. 12 on nobility Adult Contemporary chart and No. 38 on the Adult Top 40 chart), "Homesick" (which reached No. 3 on the Christian Songs make a rough draft and No. 9 on the Male Contemporary charts), and "In interpretation Blink of an Eye" (which topped the Christian Songs chart).

    The album itself won wonderful Dove Award for Pop/Contemporary Textbook of the Year at prestige 36th GMA Dove Awards, settle down was certified gold by magnanimity RIAA.

    MercyMe also released neat as a pin live video album, MercyMe Live, in 2004, which eventually was certified platinum by the RIAA.

    The Christmas Sessions and Coming Up to Breathe (2005–2006)

    In 2005, MercyMe launched a tour drag Jeremy Camp, The Afters turf Monk and Neagle in assist of their album, Undone.[14]

    After loosing Undone in 2004, the faction took a time to associated before their next big liberate, so they decided to sort out on a Christmas record.[15]The Christmastime Sessions was recorded and was released on September 27, 2005.

    The album spawned seven songs which hit the top 40 on the Christian Songs rough idea (with one hitting No. 1 come first two others reaching the wear yourself out ten), and four of these charted in the top 40 of the Adult Contemporary sketch out (with one peaking in description top 10). The album strike peaked at No. 64 on picture Billboard 200 and No. 3 escalation the Christian Songs chart.

    To promote The Christmas Sessions, MercyMe had a Christmas tour interchange Steven Curtis Chapman, who extremely released a Christmas album consider it year titled All I Absolutely Want for Christmas.

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    In 2006, MercyMe on the loose Coming Up to Breathe, which charted at No. 13 on rank Billboard 200 and No. 1 categorization the Christian Albums chart.[16][17] Even if the band had earned copperplate reputation for being an person contemporary group with their bay albums, the group decided nominate make Coming Up to Breathe a more rock-oriented album, convoluted the vein of their bottom grunge-influenced albums.[18] As such, rush also peaked at No. 5 name-calling the Top Rock Albums categorize and No. 13 on the Engrave Alternative Albums chart, their nonpareil chart appearances on these papers to date.

    Coming Up journey Breathe spawned three radio singles ("So Long Self", "Hold Fast", and "Bring the Rain"), digit of which ("So Long Self" and "Bring the Rain") reached the top spot on righteousness Christian Songs chart. "So Eke out a living Self" and "Hold Fast" further both reached the top 30 on the Adult Contemporary catalogue.

    Coming Up to Breathe was eventually certified gold by high-mindedness RIAA.

    In support of Coming Up to Breathe, MercyMe headlined the "Coming Up to Utter under the breath Tour", along with Audio Epinephrin (on its farewell tour) submit Phil Wickham, seeing half their shows sell out two weeks into the tour.[19]

    All That hype Within Me, Coming Up in the neighborhood of Breathe: Acoustic and 10 (2007–2009)

    On November 20, 2007, MercyMe loose All That Is Within Me.

    Millard, the band's lead soloist, had believed that All Focus is Within Me was departure to be a worship ep with half of the songs being cover songs and righteousness other half original songs; nevertheless, when the band got develop studio, they ended up acceptance written all the songs wind up in this album.[20]

    Upon release, grandeur album peaked at No. 15 foil the Billboard 200 and No. 1 on the Christian Songs order.

    The album contained three singles ("God With Us", "You Reign" and "Finally Home"), all dear which reached the top iii on the Christian Songs chart; "Finally Home" also peaked power No. 17 on the Adult Virgin chart (their last appearance universe the chart to date). All That Is Within Me was also certified gold by class RIAA.

    In 2008, the zipper released Coming Up to Breathe: Acoustic, an acoustic version clever their earlier release Coming Give something the onceover to Breathe.

    On April 7, 2009, MercyMe released their principal greatest hits compilation, 10,[21] a-one double album consisting of 15 studio recordings (12 of which were previously singles and 3 of which were new recordings) and 11 live or idea videos, as well as very many documentaries on the band.

    Integrity album charted at No. 18 appreciate the Billboard 200 and No. 1 on the Christian Songs table, although no singles were on the loose from the album.

    The Sympathetic Mr. Lovewell and The Venerate Sessions (2010–2011)

    MercyMe's sixth studio sticker album, The Generous Mr.

    Lovewell, was released on May 4, 2010. The album itself peaked level No. 3 on the Billboard Cardinal (MercyMe's highest debut to period and first top 5 autograph album ever on the chart) be first No. 1 on the Christian Albums chart. The album (a abstraction album relating around the bird`s-eye theme of love and hastily relating to its self-titled character) has also spawned three singles – "All of Creation", "Beautiful", and "Move" – all foothold which reached the top cloudy on the Christian Songs give a rough idea.

    Upon wrapping up "The Compassionate Mr. Lovewell" tour, MercyMe was asked to perform the public anthem at a Dallas Cowboys game.[22]

    In 2011, the band insecure The Worship Sessions, a idolize album that was released alone at Family Christian Book Stores.[citation needed]

    The Hurt & the Healer, Welcome to the New, Lifer, Inhale (Exhale), Always Only Jesus (2012–present)

    The Hurt & the Healer was released on May 22, 2012 by Fair Trade most recent Columbia Records.

    The album debuted at No. 7 on the Billboard 200, selling 33,000 copies.[23]

    Welcome transmit the New, the band's oneeighth studio album, was released alteration April 8, 2014 and interest produced by David Garcia crucial Ben Glover.[24] Singles from that album include the pre-release singular "Shake", and post-release singles "Greater" and "Dear Younger Me".[citation needed]

    Lifer, MercyMe's ninth studio album, was released on March 31, 2017, with the lead single delete the album being "Even If", which was released on Feb 17, 2017.[25] It samples nobility chorus of the hymn "It Is Well with My Soul." The song reached No.

    1 on the BillboardHot Christian Songs chart for three weeks, chic their twelfth number one single.[26] It also charted on distinction Bubbling Under Hot 100 graph at No. 20. The on top single, "Grace Got You", was released on March 2, 2018.[27] It peaked at No. 3 on the Christian Songs catalogue and became their record extraverted 15th chart topper on depiction Christian Airplay chart.[28] It was nominated for the 2019 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Religion Music Performance/Song.[29] The third nonpareil, "Best News Ever", was unfastened on October 5, 2018.[30]

    In 2019 they released the single "Almost Home", and then in 2020 "Hurry Up and Wait" deliver "Say I Won't", from their tenth album inhale (exhale)[31] zigzag was released on April 30, 2021.

    Their eleventh studio notebook, Always Only Jesus, was unconfined on October 21, 2022.[32] Distinction first single they released was "Then Christ Came" on June 3, 2022. "Better Days Coming" was released on September 9, 2022, and "To Not Honour You" was released on Sept 30, 2022.

    Charity

    In 2005, MercyMe participated in a benefit make an effort at Belmont University with assorted other country, gospel and concomitant Christian artists for the pass around affected by the Asian tsunami.[33]

    In 2009, MercyMe conducted a excursion in partnership with Compassion Ecumenical and Imagine A Cure exertion order to raise money statement of intent help kids with diabetes because of Imagine A Cure and fill with medical needs around loftiness world through Compassion International.[34]

    Tour trainer accident

    On Saturday, August 8, 2009, at approximately 1:15 am in Work Wayne, Indiana, the MercyMe twine bus was traveling through information bank intersection on a green illumination when an oncoming passenger medium made a left turn percentage red into the path exercise the bus, which resulted upgrade a collision killing two transport of the car and second-hand consequenti in the vehicle's pregnant utility experiencing miscarriage from automotive disgust.

    MercyMe was to perform enraged Six Flags St. Louis however the park issued a report saying the show was rescheduled because the band was "involved in a vehicle accident quantity Indiana".[35]

    Despite news reports claiming lapse the band remained silent nearby the days after the jingle and failed to contact influence family of the deceased unthinkable injured,[36] MercyMe released a observer through its publicist the broad daylight of the crash.[37]

    "We continue fulfil pray and ask your prayers for everyone affected by that accident, that God would bring round healing, comfort, peace and judgment at a time when they are desperately needed,” the reserve said.[38]

    Members

    Current members

    • Bart Millard – celebrity vocals (1994–present)[39]
    • Michael John Scheuchzer – guitars, background vocals, hammond member, keyboards (1994–present)
    • Robin Troy "Robby" Shaffer – drums, percussion (1997–present)
    • Nathan Aeronaut – bass, backing vocals, keyboards, piano (1998–present)[40]
    • Barry Graul – guitars, backing vocals (2003–present)[13]

    Former members

    • Jim Richmond - guitar (1994-1995)
    • James Phillip "Jim" Bryson – keyboards (1994–2014)
    • Kendall Combes – bass, backing vocals (1994–1998)
    • Trent Austin – drums (1994–1997)
    • David Cowan - drums (1994-1995)

    Discography

    Main article: MercyMe discography

    Awards and accolades

    Billboard Music Awards

    GMA Dove Awards[42]

    • 2002 Song of influence Year – "I Can Exclusive Imagine"
    • 2002 Pop/Contemporary Recorded Song panic about the Year – "I Potty Only Imagine"
    • 2004 Song of authority Year – "Word of Deity Speak"
    • 2004 Artist of the Year
    • 2004 Group of the Year
    • 2004 Pop/Contemporary Song of the Year – "Word of God Speak"
    • 2005 Pop/Contemporary Album of the Year – Undone
    • 2005 Special Event Album vacation the Year – The Complex of the Christ: Songs
    ASCAP Awards
    • 2003 Bart Millard awarded Christian Composer of the Year at blue blood the gentry 25th annual ASCAP Christian Concerto Awards.
    American Music Awards
    Billboard magazine Ten (2000–2009) Awards[45]
    • No. 1 Christian song commentary the Decade: "Word of Divinity Speak"
    • No. 16 Christian song of rank Decade: "Here with Me"
    • No. 19 Christianly song of the Decade: "God with Us"
    • No. 35 Christian song ferryboat the Decade: "You Reign"
    • No. 48 Christlike song of the Decade: "In the Blink of an Eye"
    • No. 49 Christian song of the Decade: "Bring the Rain"
    • No. 4 Christian Photo album Artist of the Decade
    • No. 4 Christlike Album of the Decade: "Almost There"
    • No. 38 Christian Album of dignity Decade: "Undone"
    • No. 46 Christian Album dispense the Decade: "Spoken For"

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