MercyMe is an American contemporary Christian music band founded in Greenville, Texas. The band consists of main vocalist, Bart Millard, percussionist Robby Shaffer, bassist Nathan Cochran and guitarist Michael Scheuchzer and Barry Graul.
The band was formed in 1994 and released six independent albums before signing with INO Records in 2001. The group first gained mainstream recognition with a single crossover, "I Can Only Imagine" which debuted their debut album, Almost There , for triple platinum certification. Since then, the group has released eight additional studio albums (six of which have been gold certified) and the biggest hits album, 10 . The group also has the top 13 top 5 singles on the Billboard charts of Christian Songs, with 7 of them reaching No. 1. 1. MercyMe has won 8 Dove Awards and has had many Grammy Award nominations. On April 8, 2014, the band released their eighth studio album entitled Welcome to New . MercyMe's ninth studio album, Lifer , was released on March 31, 2017.
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History
Formation and early years
Born as the son of the Southern Methodist University All-American player Arthur Millard and brother of a football player, MercyMe's main singer Bart Millard wanted to become a soccer player, but his football career ended when he injured his ankle in a high school soccer game. As a result of his injury, Millard took the choir as an elective. During his freshman year at college, Millard's father died. His young pastor, who moved from Texas to Florida, invited Millard to work with his young group's cult group. Millard accepted his invitation and proceeded to work on video and sound systems for the group. On the day when the band's vocalist was sick on stage, Millard took on the singing challenge for the group. James (Jim) Bryson played the piano for the band and then went on to play with Millard and the worship band on the way to Switzerland. This trip is the cause of consideration Millard and Bryson play full time music. Millard and his friend, guitarist Mike Scheuchzer, moved to Oklahoma City to form MercyMe with Bryson. All three set up a studio and a "living room" at an abandoned childcare center. Bassist Nathan Cochran and Drummer Robby Shaffer joined the band later, accompanying the band to release six independent projects before signing a contract with INO Records in 2001. Unlike their first three major label albums, their previous indie project tended to be more oriented to rock rhythm. The group's name, "MercyMe", originated during Millard's time as a youth service apprentice in Florida. Fearing that her grandson was at home every time she called, Millard's grandmother would exclaim, "Geez, why do not you get a real job?"
Almost There , Delivered To and Not Canceled (2001-2004)
After signing a contract with INO Records, the band released their first major debut album, Almost There . The single "I Can Only Imagine" won the Dove Award in 2002 for this year's song; However, it was not until three years after it was released before the song began to gain mainstream success, topping the Billboard sales chart of 200 for seven weeks, peaking at No. 1. 71 on Hot 100, No. 33 on Mainstream Top 40, No. 27 on Adult Top 40, No. 5 in Contemporary Adult, and No. 52 in Lagu Lagu Negara. The success of the single ultimately encouraged Almost There to become certified double platinum, representing the sale of over 2 million albums, as well as platinum itself certified.
In 2002, MercyMe released Spoken For , which occupies No. position. 2 on the Christian Album Ladder. The two single albums, "Spoken For" and "Word of God Speak", went on to peak at No. 1. 1 on the Christian charts, with "Word of God Speak" spending 22 weeks over the newly created Billboard Christian Chart. The album was eventually certified gold by the RIAA.
Delivered To earned the band three Dove Awards, but to some extent ignored by the attention that "I Just Imagine" received in the mainstream market at the time.
In 2003, guitarist Barry Graul, previously with hard rock band Christian Whitecross, joined MercyMe, giving the second guitarist to MercyMe to give a deeper depth to their third studio album, Undone . In 2004, the band was titled "Imagine Tour" with fellow artists Amy Grant and Bebo Norman. In addition to the title of "Imagine Tour", MercyMe released their third major label album, Undone , culminating in No. 12 on Billboard 200 and No. 1 in Christian Album Ladder, their highest debut on the chart at the time. The album spawned three successful singles - "Here With Me" (which topped the Christian Song charts and reached No. 12 on the Adult Contemporary chart and No. 38 on the Adult Top 40 chart), "Homesick" (which reached No. 3 in the Christian Song chart and No. 9 on the Adult Contemporary graph), and "In The Eye Blink" (which topped the Christian Song charts). The album itself won the Dove Award for Pop/Contemporary Albums of the Year at the 36th GMA Dove Awards, and was certified gold by the RIAA.
MercyMe also released a live video album, "MercyMe Live", in 2004, which was eventually certified platinum by the RIAA.
The Christmas Sessions and Come to Breathe (2005-2006)
In 2005, MercyMe launched a tour with Jeremy Camp, The Afters and Monk and Neagle to support their album, Undone .
After the release of Undone in 2004, the band took time to rest before releasing the next major release, so the band, looking at the odds, decided to work on Christmas records. The Christmas Sessions were recorded and finally released on September 27, 2005. The Christmas Sessions produced 7 songs that reached the top 40 on the Christian Songs chart (with one hit No. 1 and the other two reaching the top ten) , and four of them are in the list of the top 40 Contemporary Adults (with one peaking in the top 10). The album itself peaked at No. 64 on Billboard 200 and No. 3 on the Christian Song chart.
To promote The Christmas Sessions , MercyMe organized a Christmas tour with Steven Curtis Chapman, who also released a Christmas album titled All I Really Want for Christmas .
In 2006, MercyMe released Coming Up to Breathe , mapped in No. 13 on Billboard 200 and No. 1 on the Christian Album chart. Although the band has gained a reputation as an adult contemporary group with their other albums, the group decided to make Coming Up to Breathe a more rock-oriented album, in their earlier grunge-influenced influences. album. Thus, it also peaked at No. 5 on Top Rock and No Album charts. 13 on the Top Alternative Album chart, their only graphical appearance on this note to date.
Come to Breathe spawned three single radios ("So Long Self", "Hold Fast", and "Bring the Rain"), two of them ("So Long Self" and "Bring the Rain") reached the top spot on the Christian Songs charts. "So Long Self" and "Hold Fast" also reached the top 30 on the Adult Contemporary chart. Come to Breathe finally certified gold by RIAA.
To support Coming Up to Breathe MercyMe titled "Coming Up to Breathe Tour", along with Audio Adrenaline (in her farewell tour) and Phil Wickham, saw half of their shows sold out two weeks into the tour.
All That In I , Come to Breathe: Acoustics and 10 (2007-2009)
On November 20, 2007, MercyMe released All That Is Within Me . Millard, the band's lead singer, believes that All That Is Within Me will be a worship album with half of the songs that cover the song and half the other original songs; However, when the band entered the studio, they finally wrote all the songs found on this album.
Once released, the album peaked at No. 15 on Billboard 200 and No. 1 on the Christian Song chart. The album contains three singles ("God With Us", "You Reign" and "Finally Home"), all of which top 3 on the Christian Song chart; "Finally the House" also peaked at No. 17 on the Adult Contemporary graph (their last appearance on the chart to date). "All That Is Within Me" is also certified gold by the RIAA.
In 2008, the band released Coming Up to Breathe: Acoustic, an acoustic version of their early release Coming Up to Breathe.
On April 7, 2009, MercyMe released their greatest greatest hit compilation, 10 , a double album consisting of 15 studio recordings (12 of which were previous singles and 3 of which were new recordings) and 11 live or video concepts, as well as some documentaries about the band. This album charted in No. 18 on Billboard 200 and No. 1 on the Christian Song chart, although no singles were released from this album.
Your Honor. Lovewell and The Worship Sessions (2010-2011)
MercyMe's sixth studio album, The Generous Mr. Lovewell , was released on May 4, 2010. The album itself peaked at No. 1. 3 on Billboard <200 (highest debut MercyMe) to date and the first top 5 album ever on the chart) and No. 1 on the Christian Album chart. The album (an album of concepts related to the theme of love as a whole and vaguely related to the self-titled character) has also spawned three singles - "All of Creation", "Beautiful", and "Move", all of which reach the top spot in Christian Song chart. After ending the "Generous Mr. Lovewell" tour, MercyMe was asked to perform the national anthem in the Dallas Cowboys game.
Pada tahun 2011, band ini merilis The Worship Sessions , sebuah album ibadah yang dirilis secara eksklusif di Family Christian Book Stores.
< i> The Hurt & amp; The Healer , Selamat datang di New , dan Lifer (2012-sekarang)
The Hurt & amp; The Healer was released on May 22, 2012 by Fair Trade and Columbia Records. The album debuted at No. 7 on the Billboard 200, selling 33,000 copies. Famous singles from this album include "The Hurt and the Healer" and "You Are I Am". It is also the last studio album involving Bryson before he took a long break from MercyMe.
Welcome to New , the band's eighth studio album, released on April 8, 2014 and produced by David Garcia and Ben Glover. Singles from this album include pre-release singles "Shake", and post-release singles "Greater" and "Dear Younger Me".
Lifer , MercyMe's ninth studio album, was released on March 31, 2017, with the lead single from the album "Even If".
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Charity
In 2005, MercyMe participated in a charity concert at Belmont University with other countries, contemporary Christian gospel and artists for people affected by the Asian tsunami.
In 2009, MercyMe toured in partnership with Compassion International and Imagine A Cure to raise money to help children with diabetes through Imagine A Cure and people with medical needs worldwide through Compassion International.
The Go Foundation
"I Would Die For You", a song from their fourth album, Coming Up to Breathe , is dedicated to BJ Higgins, a boy infected with a plague in the Peru mission field. This song has been used to raise money for The Go Foundation, born from the death of Higgins.
Tour bus accidents
On Saturday, August 8, 2009 at about 1:15 am in Fort Wayne, Indiana, the MercyMe tour bus travels through the intersection on the green light as the passing vehicle turn left turns red into the bus lane resulting in a collision killing three passengers from a car that is an unborn baby of the driver of the vehicle. MercyMe will perform at Six Flags St. Louis but the park issued a statement saying that the show was rescheduled because the band was "involved in a vehicular accident in Indiana."
Although news reports claimed that the band remained silent during the days after the accident, did not contact the deceased and injured family, MercyMe did not release a statement through their public relations on the day of the accident.
Members
Current members
- Bart Millard - vowel (1994-present)
- Nathan Cochran - bass guitar, backing vocals (1998-present)
- Michael John Scheuchzer - guitar (1994-present)
- Robin Troy "Robby" Shaffer - drums, percussion (1997-present)
- Barry Graul - guitar, backing vocals (2003-present)
Former members
Discography
- Glad to Meet You (1995)
- Rainfall (1997)
- Rain Volume II Track (1998)
- Need (1999)
- The Ibadah Project (1999)
- View (2000)
- Almost There (2001)
- Delivered For (2002)
- Undone (2004)
- The Christmas Sessions (2005)
- Come to Breathe (2006)
- Everything in Me (2007)
- The Lovewell Mr Lovewell (2010)
- The Hurt & amp; The Healer (2012)
- Welcome to New (2014)
- MercyMe, It's Christmas! (2015)
- Lifer (2017)
Awards and awards
- GMA Dove Award
- Song of the Year 2002 - "I Can Only Imagine"
- Contemporary 2002 Contemporary Songs/Records of the Year - "I Can Only Imagine"
- 2004 Song of the Year - "The Word of God Speaks"
- Artist of the Year 2004
- 2004 Group of the Year
- Pop 2004/Contemporary Song of the Year - "The Word of God Speaks"
- Pop 2005/Contemporary Album of the Year - Canceled
- Special Events 2005 This Year - The Passion of the Christ: Songs
- ASCAP Awards
- 2003 Bart Millard awarded the Christian Songwriter of the Year to the 25th annual ASCAP Christian Music Awards.
- American Music Awards
- 2004 Favorite Contemporary Inspiring Artist
- Favorite Contemporary Inspirational Artist 2010
- Billboard Decade magazine (2000-2009) Awards
- No, 1 Christian Songs Decade: "The Word of God Speaks"
- No. 16 Christian Songs Decade: "Here With Me"
- No, 19 Christian Songs of the Decade: "God with Us"
- No. 35 Christian Songs Decade: "You're Powerful"
- No.Ã, 48 Christian Songs of the Decade: "In The Blink of Eyes"
- No. 49 Christian Songs Decade: "Bring Rain"
- No. 4 Christian Albums of the Decade Artist
- No. 4 Christian Albums of the Decade: "Almost There"
- No. 38 Christian Albums of the Decade: "Not Fixed"
- No. 46 Christian Albums of the Decade: "Delivered for"
- Official website
- MercyMe on Billboard.com
Reference
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