(NASHVILLE, Tenn.) Nov. 20, 2011-- Platinum-selling, five-time Gospel Music Association Group of the Year, Casting Crowns adds another honor to its list of accolades with a 2011 American Music Award. The band won for “Favorite Artist” in the Contemporary Inspirational category, announced during a live broadcast of the 39th annual AMAs on ABC.
Casting Crowns’ second win, from six career AMA nominations, the group shared the category with other A-list Christian artists tobyMac and Third Day. For the fifth year, winners were determined by online voting. Fans voted in the categories of Pop/Rock, Country, Rap/Hip-Hop, Soul/R&B, Alternative, Adult Contemporary, Latin, and Contemporary Inspirational. For a complete list of the winners, visit: http://abc.go.com/shows/american-music-awards.
The win comes on the heels of Casting Crowns’ first new studio album in two years. Come to the Well, released Oct. 18, draws inspiration from the band’s ministry efforts at its home church, Eagles Landing Baptist Church outside of Atlanta, where frontman Mark Hall serves as youth pastor. The project is filled with songs that both challenge and encourage believers in their walk. Hall collaborated on several of the tracks with top songwriters including Steven Curtis Chapman, Matthew West and award-winning country songwriter Tom Douglas.
The week of its release, Come to the Well sold 99,138 copies, making it the highest debut onBillboard’s Top 200 at No. 2. The album additionally topped the Billboard Contemporary Christian Overall chart, while also claiming No. 1 on the iTunes Christian Albums chart and No. 3 on its Overall Albums chart. Lead radio single “Courageous” landed at No. 1 on the iTunes Christian Songs chart and peaked at a No. 1 on the Billboard National Christian Audience chart in just 10 weeks.
The band is currently touring new music from Come to the Well on a fall tour visiting 40 cities through early December.
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Congratulations! You guys are such a blessing to mankind.
Randy
Ft. Myers Fl.
Congratulations CC - You guys are awesome & I can't wait to see the Come to the Well tour when you roll into San Antonio next week!!
Congratulation!! Your band is outstanding keep inspiring
Wow team!!
You guys are just awesome and you don't know that its by the touch of your spiritual songs, many Christian Youths of India have turned a new leaf to God!!!! I would request you guys to please organize a Casting crowns concert in India too sometime next year... We would be very glad to have you perform in our country for the first time in south-eastern of Asia......!!
myself Sushovit Rout the chief youth coordinator of United 4 Christ team {U.4.C} and the lead violinist of C.N.I church Cuttack, Odisha, India.
Congratulations!!
Your songs are a blessing in my life and in my family's life. We enjoyed the concert in Louisiana very much. I was tremendously touch by the spirit. It was a blast. Thank you so much for your all effort and your prayers. God is using you all magnificently. Keep on being courageous and fighting the battle.
I bought your last three albums after hearing and LOVING 'Glorious Day' on a Christian radio station in England, and listen to them in rotation in the car as I travel every day. The music is wonderful, and I can't praise the lyrics highly enough - it's as if it's MY thoughts you're singing about, so relevant to us all. I only became a Christian a couple of years ago after being a radical atheist for about 40 years, and you are really helping me on my journey. Congratulations on your success - truly deserved!
I bought your last three albums after hearing and LOVING 'Glorious Day' on a Christian radio station in England, and listen to them in rotation in the car as I travel every day. The music is wonderful, and I can't praise the lyrics highly enough - it's as if it's MY thoughts you're singing about, so relevant to us all. I only became a Christian a couple of years ago after being a radical atheist for about 40 years, and you are really helping me on my journey. Congratulations on your success - truly deserved!
Thanks so much Casting Crowns for coming to Parachute Music Festival in little old New Zealand! You were AMAZING! What a night of praise and worship last night was. The new album is totally fantastic. Thanks so much! God bless you all
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