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Upon This Rock, Larry Norman (1969)

Contemporary Christian Music (CCM), or Christian Rock and roll (also spelled Rock n Roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. As a cultural... pop/rock music, is a sub-genre of Christian music is music created by or adapted for the Christian church. There is virtually no record of the earliest music of the Christian church except a few New Testament fragments of what are probably hymns. Some of these fragments are still sung as hymns today in the Orthodox Church... Christian music. It is called "contemporary" because it is distinct from traditional Christian Gospel music may refer either to the religious music that first came out of African-American churches in the 1930s or, more loosely, to both black gospel music and to the religious music composed and sung by white southern Christian artists. While the separation between the two styles was... gospel music and southern gospel music. Because it can be difficult to define what is and what is not considered Contemporary Christian Music, the Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music (2002) defines it as "music that appeals to self-identified fans of contemporary Christian music on account of a perceived connection to what they regard as For other uses of the term Christian, see Christian (disambiguation). Christianity is an Abrahamic religion based on the life, teachings, death by crucifixion, and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth as described in the New Testament. Although Christians are monotheistic, the one God is thought, by most Christians, to exist in... Christianity".

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For Him Who Has Ears to Hear Keith Green (1977)

Contemporary Christian music first came onto the scene of Popular music, sometimes abbreviated pop music, is music belonging to any of a number of musical styles that are broadly popular. Definitions The term is used in both broad and narrow senses. In the broader sense, popular music means any sort of music intended for mass consumption and propagated over... popular music during the The Jesus Movement was the Christian component of the Hippie Movement, composed of the Jesus People or Jesus Freaks. It arose spontaneously on the American West Coast in the 1960s and 1970s and spread throughout North America and Europe. It was a portion of one of the periodic Awakenings that... Jesus Movement revival of the late 1960s and early 1970s. Unlike traditional or southern gospel music, this new "Jesus Music" was birthed out of Rock and roll (also spelled Rock n Roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. As a cultural... rock and roll. The pioneers of this movement included 2nd Chapter of Acts was a Contemporary Christian music group comprising sisters Annie Herring and Nelly Greisen and brother Matthew Ward. They performed between 1973 and 1988. The group began at home as a result of singing around the piano played by Annie. Nelly and Matthew had moved in with... 2nd Chapter of Acts, Andrae Edward Crouch (born July 1, 1942), gospel musician, recording artist, songwriter, arranger, and producer, was a key figure in the Jesus Music movement of the 1960s and 1970s. His religious songs have been sung by Elvis Presley, Paul Simon, young white hippies, and mainstream churches, as well as his... Andrae Crouch and the Disciples, Phil Keaggy, born March 23, 1951, is a guitarist. He was raised in a small farmhouse in Hubbard, Ohio with nine brothers and sisters, and began playing guitar at age 10, on a Sears Silvertone guitar. In spite of the fact that he is missing the middle finger on his... Phil Keaggy, Love Song, 1972 Love Song was one of the first Contemporary Christian bands, founded in 1970 by Chuck Girard, Tommy Coomes, Jay Truax, and Fred Field. The were a part of the Jesus Movement of the late 60s and early 70s. Their classic debut album, Love Song (1972), is considered... Love Song, Barry McGuire (born 15 October 1935) is an American singer_songwriter. He was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and moved to California in early childhood. At age 16 he joined the United States Navy, but was discharged ten months later for being under age. After living as a drifter in his... Barry McGuire, and Larry David Norman (born April 8, 1947 in Corpus Christi, Texas) was a member of the rock band People!. That band released its first album in 1968 and had a Top 20 hit with the song, I Love You. Norman left the band and released his first solo album, Upon... Larry Norman.

This small culture of Jesus music had expanded into a multimillion-dollar industry by the 1980s. With much more varied styles of music, and better quality songwriting and recording, artists like Amy Grant, Age To Age, 1982 Amy Lee Grant (born November 25, 1960 in Augusta, Georgia) is an American singer-songwriter whose music has strong Christian themes. She was initially most successful in the Christian pop or CCM genre, and is notable for being one of the first CCM artists... Amy Grant, Michael Whitaker Smith (born October 7, 1957 in Kenova, West Virginia), often nicknamed Smitty, is an American singer, songwriter and keyboardist. Since his first solo project in 1983, Smith has become one of the most popular artists in the Contemporary Christian music world, while also finding considerable success in the... Michael W. Smith, Petra is one the of the founders of Christian Rock music. The name Petra is from the Greek language meaning rock. The band was founded by guitarists and songwriters Bob Hartman and Greg Hough in 1972, while they were studying at the Christian Training Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana. At... Petra, and Stryper was the one of the first Christian metal bands. Stryper, composed of brothers Michael and Robert Sweet, Oz Fox and Tim Gaines, debuted with the EP The Yellow and Black Attack in 1984. The 1985 followup, the album Soldiers Under Command went gold (at least 500,000 copies sold... Stryper were successfully raising the standards in CCM. Unfortunately, however, most of these artists had difficulty finding mainstream radio airplay, even when singing about nonreligious subject matter. In most cases, radio stations simply typecast artists with a contemporary Christian catalog, and those artists received little to no mainstream airplay.

By the 1990s, though, many Christian artists rebelled against the imposed stereotypes of the industry. Artists such as the The Lost Dogs have been called a country music supergroup, but they consider themselves to be roots and alternative music group. They began in 1991 as a one-time collaboration between four very different vocalists and songwriters from four different bands at the behest of their label at that time... Lost Dogs, Starflyer 59 Starflyer 59srelease of their new album Old marks a full decade for one of the most prolific, innovative and memorable bands in recent history. While most would be considered lucky to get beyond a sophomore release, Starflyer 59 have come into their own as a truly seasoned... Starflyer 59, Vigilantes of Love is a rock band fronted by Bill Mallonee. Categories: Stub ... Vigilantes of Love, and Joy Electric is a one-man electropop/synth pop group consisting of Ronnie Martin. Joy Electric started out in 1994. It was a spin off of Dance House Children, a band Ronnie was in with his brother Jason Martin of Starflyer 59. For awhile, Starflyer 59 bass player Jeff Cloud... Joy Electric were creating compellingly original music, and some artists were even leading the pack in certain genres (third wave This page is about ska, the musical style. SKA is also a three letter acronym for Square Kilometre Array. Ska is a form of Jamaican music which began in the late 1950s. Combining elements of traditional mento and calypso with an American rhythm and blues sound, it was a precursor... ska and Rapcore, also called rap/rock or rap/metal is the fusion of rap and rock, most often rapping and music that is closer to rock than rap, most often metal. The roots of rapcore can be found in albums by artists such as the Beastie Boys, Run DMC, and the... rapcore, for example).

Also, beginning in the mid-90s with releases from Amy Grant, Age To Age, 1982 Amy Lee Grant (born November 25, 1960 in Augusta, Georgia) is an American singer-songwriter whose music has strong Christian themes. She was initially most successful in the Christian pop or CCM genre, and is notable for being one of the first CCM artists... Amy Grant, DC Talk is the first album released by dc Talk. Track listing Heavenbound Gah Ta Be Final Days The King (Allelujah) Spinnin Round Voices Praise Him Time Ta Jam He Loves Me ... dc Talk, and Jars of Clay is a four-member Christian rock band formed at Greenville College in Greenville, IL. They are often known as the fab four of Christian music. Jars of Clay is: Dan Haseltine - vocals, percussion; Charlie Lowell - piano, organ, accordian, keys, background vocals; Stephen Mason - guitar, vocals, lap &... Jars of Clay, the lines between CCM and mainstream music were beginning to blur. Several artists found "crossover" success and received Top 40 radio play. Now, in the 21st century, Contemporary Christian Music is more popular than ever, and artists such as This article is about the Californian rock band. For information on Perls P.O.D., see Plain Old Documentation. for other acronyms using the letters P.O.D. see the Pod disambiguation page. P.O.D. is a southern California-based rock band. The letters P.O.D. stand... P.O.D., Sixpence None the Richer was a rock band from Austin, Texas, named after a passage in C. S. Lewis Mere Christianity. Guitarist/songwriter Matt Slocum met vocalist Leigh Bingham Nash at a church retreat in the early 1990s. The group recorded a number of creative albums and earned a small... Sixpence None The Richer, Switchfoot is a United States rock and alternative rock band that rose to mainstream prominence in the mid-2000s. According to Jon Foreman, the name Switchfoot is a surfing term. We all love to surf and have been surfing all our lives so to us, the name made sense. To... Switchfoot, and MercyMe are finding success in the mainstream music industry, while more traditional CCM acts like Michael Whitaker Smith (born October 7, 1957 in Kenova, West Virginia), often nicknamed Smitty, is an American singer, songwriter and keyboardist. Since his first solo project in 1983, Smith has become one of the most popular artists in the Contemporary Christian music world, while also finding considerable success in the... Michael W Smith are still selling millions of albums. Now, Christian music sales exceed those for classical, jazz, and New Age music combined[1] (http://www.cmta.com/GMA%20Industry%20Overview.pdf).

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Age to Age Amy Grant (1982))

"It is not my view that the Gospel should cause all the arts to be struck down and disappear; on the contrary, I should like to see all the arts, and especially music, used in the service of Him who gave and created them." - Martin Luther
"What's striking is how much worthwhile music has gone unheard by mainstream audiences-- and, in some cases, by most Christian listeners as well." - Barry Alfonso
"Why aren't the church's theological leaders more invested in what seems to have captured the attention of its people?" - Mark Allen Powell

Statistics

CCM Sales for 2004 are projected at $1 billion. (GMA)
For every 10 Country albums sold in the U.S., there are 7 Gospel albums sold. (Nielsen SoundScan)

Artists

See List of Contemporary Christian Music artists. See also: Contemporary Christian Music A-C Aaron Jeffrey Jimmy Abegg Able Cain Acappella According To John Ace Troubleshooter Acoustic Shack Acquire The Fire A Cross Between Across The Sky Act One Company Adam Again Oleta Adams Randy Adams Yolanda Adams The Advocates Aeturnus... List of CCM artists.

CCM Websites

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Jesus Freak DC Talk (1995)

Contemporary Christian Music (CCM) Magazine (http://www.ccmcom.com)
A Decade of Jesus Music, 1969-1979 (http://one-way.org/jesusmusic/)
HM - The Hard Music Magazine (http://www.hmmagazine.com)
Jesus Freak Hideout (http://www.jesusfreakhideout.com/)
The Phantom Tollbooth (http://www.tollbooth.org)
Real Magazine (http://www.realmagazine.com)
Relevant Magazine (http://relevantmagazine.com)
Remembering... The Jesus Movement (http://one-way.org/jesusmovement/)

Record Labels

Absolute Records (http://www.absoluterecords.com)
Ardent Records (http://www.ardentrecords.com)
Atlantic Records (http://www.atlanticrecords.com)
BEC Recordings (http://www.becrecordings.com)
Broken Records (http://www.brokenrecords.com)
Cross Driven Records (http://www.crossdriven.com)
Cross Movement Records (http://www.crossmovementrecords.com)

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Sixpence None the Richer Sixpence None The Richer (1997)
Curb Records (http://www.curb.com)
Essential Records (http://www.essentialrecords.com)
Fervent Records (http://www.ferventrecords.com)
Flicker Records (http://www.flickerrecords.com)
Floodgate Records (http://www.floodgaterecords.com)
Forefront Records (http://www.forefrontrecords.com)
Galaxy21 Music (http://www.galaxy21music.com)
Gotee Records (http://www.gotee.com)
Gray Dot Records (http://www.graydot.com)
INO Records (http://www.inorecords.com)
Inpop Records (http://www.inpop.com)
Reunion Records (http://www.reunionrecords.com)
Rocketown Records (http://www.rocketownrecords.com)
S/R/E Recordings (http://www.srerecordings.com)
Sparrow Records (http://www.sparrowrecords.com)
Tooth And Nail Records (http://www.toothandnail.com)
Word Records (http://www.wordrecords.com)

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