Casting Crowns
The reigning five-time Dove Award Group of the Year, Casting Crowns, receives additional recognition from the Gospel Music Association. The top-selling act in Christian music since 2007, Casting Crowns racks up three nominations for the 41st Annual GMA Dove Awards. With these nominations, Casting Crowns is again recognized for being at the forefront of Christian music, with top nods in the Artist of the Year and Group of the Year categories.
The band’s ninth career radio No.1 song, and title track of its blockbuster fourth album, "Until the Whole World Hears," receives a nomination for Pop/Contemporary Recorded Song of the Year. Additionally, lead singer/songwriter Mark Hall is nominated for his participation on Glory Revealed II: The Word of God In Worship, in the Special Event Album of the Year category.
Certified RIAA Gold in four weeks, Casting Crowns’ latest album Until the Whole World Hears sold a historical 167,000 first-week copies, setting a sales record for the group as the highest debuting Christian Music artist in SoundScan history (week ending 11/22/09). To date, all of the Atlanta-based band’s projects are RIAA certified, with a monster tally of two RIAA Platinum Albums, two RIAA Platinum DVDs, now three RIAA Gold Albums and a Gold DVD, further establishing its unprecedented six-year career.
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The 41st Annual Dove Awards will be held on Wednesday, April 21, 2010, at Nashville’s famed Grand Ole Opry House and televised nationwide on GMC, Sunday, April 25, 2010, from 8 p.m. - 10 p.m. EST. gmc is the fastest-growing network in television and can be seen in 46 million homes on various cable systems around the country, on DIRECTV on channel 338 and on Verizon FiOS on channel 224.
Casting Crowns is currently continuing its highly-successful "Until The Whole World Hears" Tour in 41 more cities this spring. Having started on February 4, in Kansas City, Mo., the tour features a brand new lineup with special guests Kutless on dates in February and March, and Tenth Avenue North rounding out the tour’s final segment of shows in April and May. Indie rock band CALEB, featuring brothers Caleb and Will Chapman, will also join the tour roster.
The spring leg of the "Until The Whole World Hears" Tour follows a well-received, 41-city run of fall dates on which Casting Crowns played in front of nearly 150,000 people at multiple sell-out performances.
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The GMA Dove Awards is Christian/Gospel music’s biggest night of the year, where top artists from every style of gospel music come together for a night of music and celebration as the GMA bestows the industry's highest honor -- the Dove Award. The 41st Annual Dove Awards will be held on Wednesday, April 21, 2010 at Nashville’s famed Grand Ole Opry House.
