“I’d think that one of our opportunities - responsibilities - as people who are writing songs for the church to sing is to help to bring perspective and clarity around who God is,” Fielding said. One of those voices, Ben Fielding, said his writing process is fueled by churchgoers and “the things they’re going through in life.”
In the studio and on tour, Hillsong Worship features a rotating cast of songwriters. “I think we’re always aware of the weighty responsibility it is, knowing that the words that you write are going to be in the mouths of people using it as their own prayer, you know?” she said. On creating songs to be used in church, Ligertwood said “it’s not something that we ever grow familiar with.” The group’s earned more than 2 billion streams globally, according to church data.
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“With the advent of our media technology, what you have at your fingertips is the professional performance of the song.”įor example, Hillsong Worship (one of three musical efforts fronted by the Australian megachurch with locations on six continents) reaches an estimated 3.6 million monthly listeners on Spotify. “Songs have always been portable,” Ingalls said. Now, churchgoers hear a song like “Who You Say I Am” on a Sunday - the top-charted number on CCLI, a Christian licensing company that tracks what songs get played in church - and add it to daily listening habits. Songs from the 1960s and early ‘70s found followings with churchgoers, but couldn’t be streamed on a Monday morning Spotify playlist or added to rotation with an on-demand radio platform. It’s just gone digital.Įarly explorations of the genre dates back 50-plus years, said Monique Ingalls, assistant professor of music at Baylor University and author of “Singing the Congregation: How Contemporary Worship Music Forms Evangelical Community.” And that's what’s making this successful.” In your earbudsīut popular worship music isn’t new. “Not just on Sunday, not just on Wednesday night.
“I think people are looking for a way to connect with God every day,” said Randy Chase, vice president of radio at Christian network K-Love. The group brings its music to Nashville on Sunday for a concert at Bridgestone Arena featuring Christian staple Casting Crowns and praise group Elevation Worship. 1 records on Billboard’s Top Christian Albums chart, including “Awake" last month. Releasing a slew of live records since its last studio effort in 2004, Hillsong Worship has logged seven No. The group earned a Grammy Award in 2018 for the inspirational hit “What A Beautiful Name” and, last month in Nashville, brought home Worship Song of the Year at the Dove Awards for the track “Who You Say I Am.” The new album, a 12-track collection “about coming alive, seeing the light,” Ligertwood said, enters a Hillsong Worship canon of more than 300 songs - many embraced each Sunday morning by church bands globally.Īn estimated 50 million church-goers in 60 languages sing Hillsong Worship songs each week, according to the church. “I take that as a sign,” said group leader Brooke Ligertwood, “that we’re headed in the right direction, if there’s this much challenge coming at us”
At times during the sessions, Hillsong Worship resorted to working by flood light.īut, no matter. Recording in their defacto home city of Sydney, Australia, a “freak storm” led to the Hillsong studio being bombarded with power outages, hail damage and rain pouring through the ceiling. “Awake” - the first studio album in 15 years from popular Christian collective Hillsong Worship - didn’t come without struggle. > Until then, subscribe to my podcast here.Watch Video: Ben Fielding and Brooke Ligertwood of Hillsong Worship speak about their new album Subscribe to the Worship Leader 101 Podcast Here. Subscribe To The Worship Leader 101 Podcast Here.
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