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Genesis (Joy Williams Album)
''Genesis'' is the third album from Christian pop artist Joy Williams, with singles "Hide", "We" and "Say Goodbye". Track listing Singles *" Hide" *"We" *"Say Goodbye" *"God Only Knows" Personnel * Joy Williams – all vocals * Jeremy Bose – programming * Stephen Leiweke – guitars * Matt Bronleewe – additional guitars * James Gregory – bass * Joe Porter – drums * Keith Getty – string arrangements * Joni McCabe – string conductor * The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra – strings Production * Robert Beeson – executive producer * Michael Blanton – executive producer * Jason McArthur – executive producer * Matt Bronleewe – producer * Aaron Swihart – recording * Michael Morena – recording assistant * Milan Jílek – string recording * Chris Henning – digital editing * F. Reid Shippen – mixing * Lee Bridges – mix assistant * Greg Calbi – mastering * Michelle Pearson – A&R production * Alice Smith – productio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joy Williams (musician)
Joy Elizabeth Williams (born November 14, 1982) is an American singer-songwriter. The winner of four Grammy Awards, Williams has released five solo albums and four EPs since her self-titled debut in 2001. She was half of The Civil Wars duo from 2009 until 2014. Early life Williams was born in West Branch, Michigan, but raised in a Christian home in Mount Hermon in Santa Cruz County, California, where her parents worked in ministry. She attended Valley Christian High School in San Jose and graduated as the class valedictorian in 2001. In addition to singing in church, Williams began writing faith-based pop songs while living in Santa Cruz. At 17, she was signed by Reunion Records, a subsidiary of Sony/ BMG based in Brentwood, Tennessee. Williams cites Kate Bush, Peter Gabriel, Massive Attack, and Portishead as being her influences. Career Between 2001 and 2005, Williams was nominated for 11 Dove Awards, and the three records she released on Reunion cumulatively sold ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthew West
Matthew Joseph West (born April 25, 1977) is an American contemporary Christian musician and singer-songwriter. He has released five studio albums and is known for his songs "More (Matthew West song), More", "You Are Everything (Matthew West song), You Are Everything", and "The Motions (song), The Motions". He was nominated for five GMA Dove Award, Dove Awards in 2005, two of which were for his major-label debut album, ''Happy (Matthew West album), Happy''. West won the 2013 American Music Award for Best Contemporary Inspirational Artist. Starting as an independent musician in the late 1990s, he released three independent albums before signing with Universal South Records. With the release of his Dove Award-winning debut album, ''Happy'', released in 2003, his first radio single, "More", stayed at No. 1 on Christian Adult Contemporary charts for nine weeks and received two Dove Award nominations. His second album, ''History (Matthew West album), History'', was followed by a 2006 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
37th GMA Dove Awards
The 37th Annual GMA Dove Awards, also called the 37th Annual GMA Music Awards, were held on April 5, 2006 recognizing accomplishments of Christian musicians for the year 2005. The show was held at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville, Tennessee, and was hosted by Rebecca St. James and Kirk Franklin. This was the last year in which the awards were called the "GMA Music Awards", since they will change their names to "GMA Dove Awards". Nominations were announced earlier in 2006 by Kirk Franklin and Rebecca St. James at the Hilton Nashville Downtown in Music City, Tennessee. Chris Tomlin won four awards, including Artist of the Year, while The Afters were awarded New Artist of the Year. Casting Crowns, David Crowder Band, Kirk Franklin, and The Crabb Family each won two awards. Performers ;Telecast ceremony The following performed: Awards General ;Artist of the Year * Casting Crowns * Chris Tomlin *Jeremy Camp *Natalie Grant *Switchfoot ;New Artist of the Year * Ernie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dove Award
A Dove Award is an accolade by the Gospel Music Association (GMA) of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the Christian music industry. The awards ceremonies presented annually and have been held in Nashville, Tennessee except in 2011 and 2012 when they were held in Atlanta, Georgia. The ceremonies feature live musical performances and are broadcast on TBN. The awards were established in 1969 and represent a variety of musical styles including rock, pop, hip hop, country, and urban. History The Dove Awards were originally conceptualized by Gospel singer and songwriter Bill Gaither at a Gospel Music Association board meeting in 1968. The idea of the award being represented by a dove is credited to Gaither and the design for the award itself is credited to gospel singer Les Beasley and designer Bob McConnell. The first GMA Dove Awards were held at the Peabody Hotel in Memphis, Tennessee in October 1969. In 1971, the awards moved to Nashville. The 3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greg Calbi
Gregory Calbi (born April 3, 1949) is an American mastering engineer at Sterling Sound, New Jersey. Biography Greg Calbi was born on April 3, 1949, in Yonkers, New York, and raised in Bayside, Queens, New York. He graduated in 1966 from Bishop Reilly High School in Fresh Meadows. Calbi earned his bachelor's degree in Mass Communications at Fordham University where he studied with Marshall McLuhan and his staff for 3 of those years. He then earned his master's degree in Political Media Studies (Speech Department) at the University of Massachusetts. During these college years, Calbi drove an NYC cab and sold ladies shoes, and was intent on becoming a documentary filmmaker. However, Calbi was asked by someone who worked at the Record Plant to drive a truck to Duke University to record Yes on the Close to the Edge Tour and soon after that began his career in 1972 as an assistant studio engineer at the Record Plant, working alongside engineers Jack Douglas, Jay Messina and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Beeson
Essential Records is a contemporary Christian music, contemporary Christian record label based in Franklin, Tennessee. It is a division of the major label Sony Music Nashville. History It was established in 1992 and acquired by Brentwood Music in 1993. The label's first big hit release was "Flood (Jars of Clay song), Flood" by Jars of Clay in 1996. The song was a hit on mainstream radio before hitting on Christian formats; it reached No. 12 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart and appeared in the Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Today it is part of the Sony Music Nashville, a division of Sony Music Entertainment. Essential Worship Also, the label has an imprint named Essential Worship, which provides resources for worship leaders, and the deals are different than traditional ones. It is a record label that provides tools for musicians, and worship leaders. Sub*Lime Records sublabel Sub*Lime Records was a sub-label of Essential Records, via Brentwood Music a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pronoun ''thee' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keith Getty
Julian Keith Getty (born 16 December 1974) is a Northern Irish businessman, Christian singer and songwriter, best known for writing the song " In Christ Alone" in 2001 with veteran songwriter and worship leader Stuart Townend. Getty and his wife, Kristyn, also release music under the musical duo Keith & Kristyn Getty. Overview Getty is a composer of Christian hymns. His song " In Christ Alone" is sung by an estimated 100 million people worldwide each year and was voted the third most popular hymn of all time in Britain on BBC's Songs of Praise. He has since written or published 38 of the top 500 songs sung in churches in the USA and UK as measured by CCLI. As a recording artist, Getty's album ''Confessio: Irish American Roots'' was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Gospel Roots Album and he has received two GMA Dove Awards. Often considered an ambassador for hymns, he has performed at venues including Carnegie Hall, Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Royal Alb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ITunes
iTunes is a media player, media library, and mobile device management (MDM) utility developed by Apple. It is used to purchase, play, download and organize digital multimedia on personal computers running the macOS and Windows operating systems, and can be used to rip songs from CDs as well as playing content from dynamic, smart playlists. It includes options for sound optimization and wirelessly sharing iTunes libraries. iTunes was announced by Apple CEO Steve Jobs on January 9, 2001. Its original and main focus was music, with a library offering organization and storage of Mac users' music collections. With the 2003 addition of the iTunes Store for purchasing and downloading digital music, and a Windows version of the program, it became an ubiquitous tool for managing music and configuring other features on Apple's line of iPod media players, which extended to the iPhone and iPad upon their introduction. From 2005 on, Apple expanded its core music features with s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brandon Heath
Brandon Heath (born Brandon Heath Knell; July 21, 1978) is an American contemporary Christian musician. He has released eight studio albums: ''Don't Get Comfortable'' (2006), ''What If We'' (2008), ''Leaving Eden'' (2011), ''Blue Mountain'' (2012), ''No Turning Back'' (2015), ''Faith Hope Love Repeat'' (2017), "Enough Already" (2022), and "The Ache" (2024). He is best known for the No. 1 singles: " I'm Not Who I Was" and " Give Me Your Eyes". He was nominated four times at the Dove Awards of 2008 and won in the "New Artist of the Year" category. His second album was nominated for "Gospel Album of the Year" at the 51st Grammy Awards of 2009. Heath began his career by writing songs as a teenager. His first independently released album, ''Early Stuff'' (2004), was a compilation of his earlier songwriting. Also after releasing ''Soldier'' in 2004, he signed with Reunion Records to release his first main studio album, '' Don't Get Comfortable'', in late 2006. The album's first sing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I'm In Love With You (Joy Williams Song)
"I'm in Love with You" is a 2005 song by Joy Williams off her third album, ''Genesis''. Joy said that the song is dedicated to her husband stating in a Christian interview: ''"I'm in Love with You" is a love song to my best friend and the man that I have committed my life to. Nate and I were married in June of last year (2004). Every single line from this song is a memory for me, and each line has been taken from my journal. Nate didn't have any idea I was writing this song. I never told him until the day I decided to let him hear it. I remember saying to Nate, “Hey, I have a demo I want you to hear!” He had just gotten back from a long day at work, and he plopped down on the couch. I said, “I wrote this for you.” Nate just started listening to this and by the first chorus he had alligator tears streaming down his face."'' The song has been well received by fans and is one of her most listened to tracks on her MySpace. It has also been speculated to be her next single, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hide (Joy Williams Song)
"Hide" is the smash lead single from Joy Williams' third album ''Genesis''. It is available digitally on the internet. This song also appears on the '' WOW Hits 2006'' compilation album. Track listing #"Hide" (CHR Mix) Chart performance * No. 1 AC (6 wks) * No. 1 CHR (4 wks) * No. 10 INSPO Awards In 2006, the song was nominated for a Dove Award for Pop/Contemporary Song of the Year at the 37th GMA Dove Awards The 37th Annual GMA Dove Awards, also called the 37th Annual GMA Music Awards, were held on April 5, 2006 recognizing accomplishments of Christian musicians for the year 2005. The show was held at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville, Tennessee, .... on About.com; Jones, Kim References {{Joy Williams[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
