Ian Stephen Yates (born 17 September) is a British

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ian, who primarily plays a

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and Christian alternative

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style of

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music. He has released one independent album ''Desperate to See Your Glory'' in 2007, and six studio albums, ''The Hope and the Glory'' in 2010, '' Good News'' in 2012, ''

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'' in 2014, ''Awaken to Love'' in 2016, ''Mystery'' in 2020 and ''Between The Joy And The Sorrow'' in 2022. There has been four

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s released from him, ''Really Good News'' in 2013, ''Spinning'' in 2014, a ''DNA'' one, in 2015 and ''Deconstruction, Vol.1'' in 2019.

Early life

Ian Stephen Yates is from

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, and is the preacher's son from Bootle Elim Pentecostal Church.

Music career

Yates' music career commenced in 2007, with the release, ''Desperate to See Your Glory'', that was independently released by the artist himself. His first studio album, ''The Hope and the Glory'', was released on 16 May 2010, with

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. The subsequent release, '' Good News'', was released by 7Core Music, on 24 June 2012. He released two

s after this with 7Core Music, ''Really Good News'', in 2013, and ''Spinning'', in 2014, both from 7Core Music. His next studio album, ''

'', was released on 21 July 2014, by 7Core Music. The album was followed-up by an extended play of the same title, in 2015 with 7Core Music. in 2016 he released ''Awaken to Love'', which included co-writes with

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(No Longer I) and Nick Herbert (High Wire). 2020 saw the release of ''Mystery'', and ''Between The Joy And The Sorrow'' was released in 2022.

Personal life

He is married to Kate, and they reside in Liverpool, with their children, and Yates is part of the Elim Sound worship group.

Discography

Independent albums

* ''Desperate to See Your Glory'' (2007)

Studio albums

* ''The Hope and the Glory'' (16 May 2010,

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) * '' Good News'' (24 June 2012, 7Core) * ''

'' (21 July 2014, 7Core) * ''Awaken to Love'' (17 Sept 2016, 7Core) * ''Mystery'' (3 April 2020, 7Core) * ''Between The Joy And The Sorrow'' (Part 1: 24 June 2022, Part 2: 30 Sept 2022 7Core)

EPs

* ''Really Good News'' (2013, 7Core) * ''Spinning'' (2014, 7Core) * ''DNA'' (2015, 7Core) * ''Deconstruction, Vol.1'' (2019 7Core)

References

External links

Official website
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