Worship pastor and recording artist, Ke’Erron (Sims) recently signed with Nashville-based label Integrity Music. Born in Trinidad and Tobago, Ke’Erron’s has a heart for nations and various cultures, and a mission is to create opportunities for people to experience God through music. His artistry blends pop, worship, CCM and gospel with his primary aim to tell stories of God’s selfless, life-giving love that changes everything. 

“My mission is to paint a picture of Jesus through songs so that people can see him in their lives and be changed,” said the 32-year-old artist. “I want people to be able to forget about what they’re going through and just focus on Him.” 

Ke’Erron has served in bi-lingual churches and leads worship fluently in Spanish, broadening his audience and reaching Spanish as well as English-speaking worshippers around the world. After 12 years of producing his own music, Ke’Erron is excited to partner with Integrity Music. His first album with Integrity, “Anything Can Happen,” is set to release this year.

“I love the fact that [Integrity] is ministry first. I feel like Integrity keeps the ‘why’ in the forefront,” said Ke’Erron. “I can align myself with this because I feel like there’s a love here for artists as well as creatives, and we’re treated as missionaries, which is special because we are going out and sharing the gospel. It feels like home and that that was the deciding factor for me.”

“The moment you hear Ke’Erron’s voice, it’s like meeting him in person. He’s as genuine, humble, and talented as he sounds, and it’s an honor to come alongside him to tell others about what God is doing in his life – and what God can do in yours,” said Integrity Music A&R Manager Taylor Agan.  

“There is a vulnerability in Ke’Erron’s songs and in the way he leads worship and draws people into a place of recognizing their own vulnerability. That’s where I think God does the most powerful work in our lives,” said Integrity Music President Jonathan Brown. “He’s a real person of substance, and it’s a privilege to serve someone like that who we know is going to impact lives for Jesus.”

Two-time GRAMMY Award winner Zach Williams shared this week a reaction video he filmed with music icon Dolly Parton as Dolly watched a new cover of their award-winning collaboration “There Was Jesus” for the first time.

Earlier this month, ‘American Idol’ posted an emotional video of auditioner McKenna Breinholt trying out for the show with her rendition of “There Was Jesus.” ‘American Idol’ 2024 premieres Sunday, February 18th on ABC.

Multi-award winning singer-songwriter-producer-actor-pastor’s wife-media personality Erica Campbell appeared on network TV this week. Campbell performed “Feel Alright (Blessed)” On ABC’s ‘GMA3.’ The song is featured on her recently released third studio album ‘I Love You.’

Bethel Music’s Gold certified singer/songwriter and worship leader Josh Baldwin drops new music today with “Crowns Down” from his forthcoming solo album. Available today along with an accompanying music video, the song serves as a pre-release track in anticipation of Baldwin’s full-length live album that will drop worldwide on March 1.

“Over the past year, and even more recently, I’ve been writing a lot of new songs,” says Baldwin. “As we all do, my family and I have experienced peaks and valleys and we’ve watched the Lord be faithful time and time again. In the valleys, He’s our help, Prince of Peace, Savior, and Friend.

In the highest moments, I was reminded how we are created in the image of God, and we were made for so much more than we imagine for ourselves. He really shows up for us in every season – because he’s a faithful Father.”

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Baldwin’s upcoming album, “Made For More,” is his second solo project and follow up to his 2022 release, “Where The Glory Is.” Written to inspire, encourage, and point hearts back to their Creator, the eight-track live album consists of songs that Baldwin wrote from his heart for the local church and corporate worship.

Throughout each track, Baldwin leads listeners back to the true intention and purpose of worship music drawing inspiration from Isaiah 43:1, which says, “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine.”

Baldwin is known for his songs “Praises,” featured on Bethel Music’s “Have it All,” “You Deserve It All,” from his solo project “Rivers,” and “Stand in Your Love,” a song featured on Bethel Music’s album “VICTORY” (2019) which reached #2 on the Christian Billboard charts. His gold certified single “Stand in Your Love” reached No. 2 on the Billboard Christian charts and garnered Baldwin his first K-LOVE nominations as “Breakout Single of the Year” and “Worship Song of the Year.”

Congratulations to Tasha Cobbs Leonard, who has earned the 2024 Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song Grammy Award for her collaboration track with American rapper and artist Lecrae, “Your Power.” This marks the Billboard Gospel Artist of the Decade’s second career win.

“God is great and greatly to be praised,” exclaimed Tasha Cobbs Leonard on social media after learning about the Grammy win. “Thank you to everyone who played a part in making this song an amazing tool for the kingdom! I’m so grateful.”

“We couldn’t be more thrilled for Tasha Cobbs Leonard on her second GRAMMY win,” shared EJ Gaines, Executive Director, Motown Gospel. “We are honored to partner with her as she continues to impact the world with her music and message.”

Recently, Tasha Cobbs Leonard announced she is releasing her debut book titled Do It Anyway: Don’t Give Up Before It Gets Good, out via WaterBrook May 7. Known by millions not only for her stellar voice, but for her contagious smile and positivity, Cobbs Leonard reveals a new side of herself for the first time, sharing very personal moments of unforeseen challenges like infertility, weight struggles, grief, and debilitating depression to profoundly demonstrate the transformative power of resilient faith and perseverance.

For over two decades, GRAMMY award winner Chris Tomlin has been recognized as one of the most successful worship leaders around the world. According to TIME magazine, he is heralded as “the most often sung artist” and recently celebrated the historic achievement of holding the #1 position on a radio chart for more than three years during his career.

In his new book, How Great is Our God: Living a Worship-Led Life in a Me-Driven World (K-LOVE Books, March 19, 2024), Tomlin celebrates 20 years of one of his most impactful songs and invites readers to redefine worship beyond music. Tomlin uses his experience as a worship artist and impressive songbook to provide readers with tools for living a God-centered life.

Tomlin and co-author JD Walt work together to reveal all that is to gain by making God and others the focus as they invite readers to remember the true meaning of worship inside and outside of the church and offer guidance for incorporating worship every day.

“As a young man God had placed a calling and mission on my life to help give people a voice to worship God.  Over the years of writing songs and leading worship around the world, I have found myself on a journey of learning what it means to truly live a worship-led life.

Today I am excited and humbled to announce that I have written a book with a hope and prayer that it helps guide a deeper and more tangible understanding of what it means for us all to a live worship-led life. The booked is titled “How Great is Our God: Living a Worship-Led Life in a Me-Driven World” and I pray and believe that the content in this book will have a meaningful impact on your relationship with God, yourself, and others.”

How Great is Our God is a powerful guidebook for what Tomlin describes as the upward, inward, and outward movement of worship. From his first song to his last, Tomlin uses lyrics to encourage readers to maintain heavenly vision and step into our calling of who God created us to be.

The book announcement accompanies the news of Tomlin’s Holy Forever World Tour kicking off in April 2024. This is Tomlin’s first major global headlining tour in over a decade as he will embark across the United States and beyond, including England, Ireland, and Germany.

How Great is Our God is now available for preorder nationwide.

PLATINUM-certified, GRAMMY-nominated artist and songwriter Anne Wilson is set to celebrate the release of her highly anticipated album, REBEL, with a special hometown album release show in Lexington, Ky.. The one-night-only event will take place on Sunday, April 21, 2024 at 7 p.m. ET at the iconic Lexington Opera House following the release of her album on April 19. Tickets will be available for purchase during Wilson’s fan club presale beginning tomorrow, Feb. 6 at 10 a.m. ET.

Following Friday’s announcement about the arrival of her genre-bending record due April 19, Wilson will captivate her hometown crowd by performing REBEL top to bottom. A co-writer on each of the album’s 16 tracks, the Ky. native teamed up with some of Music Row’s most in-demand songwriters for a revolutionary project firmly rooted in both Country and Christian music, produced by Jeff Pardo and Jonathan Smith.

“I cannot wait to share these new songs with you live from my hometown,” shares Wilson. “To be releasing an album I’m so proud of is a dream in itself, but to perform it from top to bottom from the Lexington Opera House — where I spent 11 years doing ballet with the Lexington Ballet Company — will be such a full circle moment. This venue holds so many cherished memories for me, and I can’t wait to make another one with you all!”

Wilson showcases her “Kentucky twang and country-leaning songcraft sensibilities” (Billboard) with her new release “God & Country.” Highlighting both sides of Wilson as an artist and the faith-infused Country that defines REBEL, her commanding vocals lead the way as she revists the Kentucky roots that shaped her identity. From church pews and Sunday morning choirs, to mud tires and Friday night lights, Wilson shares what it’s like to grow up in the heart of the heartland, boldly declaring “I’ve got a good life down here, but a better one waiting up above me.”

ANNE WILSON LIVE ALBUM RELEASE SHOW DETAILS:
Date: April 21, 2024
Time: Doors 5:30 p.m. ET, Show 7:00 p.m. ET
Venue: Lexington Opera House
Tickets: Available for purchase at annewilsonofficial.com

The 21-year-old songstress has been making waves with her current Country radio single, “Rain In The Rearview,” co-written with Matthew West, Jaren Johnston and Zach Kale. The transformative music video for the track exclusively debuted on CMT/Paramount Times Square billboards, CMT, CMT Music and CMT.comon Jan. 26 just days after Wilson was revealed as a member of the coveted 2024 CMT Next Women of Country class.

Meanwhile, “Strong” continues to stand firm at Christian radio – reaching the Top 15 at Billboard Christian Airplay and Mediabase Audience charts and climbing each week – marking two simultaneous radio singles for the “specifically gifted” (The Tennessean) artist.

Ever since embarking on her new journey in September with REBEL (The Beginning),praise has poured in for the groundbreaking new venture. MusicRow underscores her vocal prowess stating “she’s got the goods” while Billboard highlights her “ceiling-scraping vocal capabilities” and Holler proclaims it “clearly outlines Wilson’s new Country-leaning mission statement.”

Adding to her list of accolades, Wilson was also tapped as one of Spotify’s Hot Country Artists to Watch 2024, further solidifying her rising status from Music Mayhem, Pandora and more. Wilson will continue to share her new music on the road as she captivates cities nationwide as direct support on Scotty McCreery’s Cab In A Solo Tour. 

Come summer, Wilson will grace the stages of both Country and Christian music’s most sought after festivals such as Tortuga Festival, Big As Texas Fest, Country Concert, Alive Music Festival and Kingdom Bound.

Capitol Christian Music Group (Capitol CMG) received three 2024 GRAMMY Awards last night representing honorees in three different categories. Nominees represent Capitol CMG’s entities Motown Gospel & Capitol CMG Publishing. The 66th GRAMMY Awards aired live on CBS from the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.

“Congratulations to Tasha Cobbs-Leonard, Tye Tribbett and Kirk Franklin on their Grammy wins!” says Brad O’Donnell, Co-President of CCMG. “We are so proud to work with each of you and congratulate you on this incredible career milestone.”

“We want to congratulate our artists and songwriters who were recognized by the  Recording Academy with a Grammy win,” adds CCMG Co-President Hudson Plachy.  “We are honored to be able to partner with you and your artistry.”

Capitol Christian Music Group 2024 GRAMMMY winners:

Category 51 – Best Gospel Performance/Song
“All Things”
Kirk Franklin; Kirk Franklin, songwriters
(Publishing)

Category 52 – Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song
“Your Power”
Lecrae & Tasha Cobbs Leonard; Alexandria Dollar, Allen Swoope, Antonio Gardener, Christian Louisiana, David Hein, Deandre Hunter, Dylan Hyde, Jeffrey Lawrence Shannon, Jordan Dollar, Justin Pelham, Lasanna Harris, Lecrae Moore, Michael Girgenti, Patrick Darius Mix Jr, songwriters
(Motown Gospel)

Category 53 – Best Gospel Album
“All Things New: Live in Orlando”
Tye Tribbett
(Motown Gospel/Tye Tribbett Worldwide)

Chart-topping artist, songwriter, and producer Kirk Franklin (Fo Yo Soul/RCA) celebrated a winning night at the 2024 GRAMMY Awards, as his #1 hit song “All Things” won the GRAMMY Award for Best Gospel Performance/Song. During the GRAMMYs Premiere Ceremony, Franklin also delivered a potent live performance with a high-octane medley comprising his hits “All Things,” “Melodies from Heaven,” and “I Smile.”

Composed by Kirk Franklin, “All Things” marks his 20th GRAMMY Award win of his career, making him the most decorated GRAMMY-winner in gospel for his works as an artist, songwriter, and producer, both for his own songs and collaborations with others. It’s his fourth consecutive GRAMMY Award after winning three at the 2023 GRAMMYs, for the Maverick City Music & Kirk Franklin joint live album, Kingdom Book One Deluxe (Tribl Records/Fo Yo Soul/RCA Inspiration) and two of its songs.

“All Things” is featured from Franklin’s latest solo album Father’s Day, which was released on October 6, 2023. The musical trailblazer garnered new milestones with this 10-track studio album. Father’s Day marked his 14th #1 album on Billboard’s Top Gospel Albums chart, setting a record as the artist with the most #1 albums on that chart. The single “All Things” also set a #1 record on Billboard’s Gospel Airplay chart as his 10th #1 hit, tying as an artist with Tamela Mann for most #1 songs on that chart.

Next up, catch Kirk Franklin performing on The Super Bowl Soulful Celebration 25th Anniversary, which will air on Saturday, February 10th at 8 pm ET/PT on CBS, and stream on Paramount+. Taping on Wednesday, February 7th in Las Vegas, live from the Pearl Concert Theater at the Palms Casino Resort, the special will be hosted by Cedric The Entertainer and Tichina Arnold, feature additional performances by Earth, Wind & Fire, Mary Mary, Robin Thicke, and The Players Choir, an all-player ensemble of NFL talent, and celebrate various honorees for their inspiring service and achievements.

The 66th Annual GRAMMY Awards returned to the Los Angeles’ Crypto.com Arena on Sun, Feb. 4, 2024, and broadcast live on the CBS Television Network and streamed live and on-demand on Paramount+. The following is a sampling of winners announced from the 66th Annual GRAMMY Awards’ 94 Categories. For a complete winners list, Congratulations to all the nominees and winners!

Best Contemporary Christian Music Album

My Tribe – Blessing Offor
Emanuel – Da’ T.R.U.T.H.
Lauren Daigle – Lauren Daigle
Church Clothes 4 – Lecrae – WINNER
I Believe – Phil Wickham

Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song

“Believe” – Blessing Offor
“Firm Foundation (He Won’t) [Live]” – Cody Carnes
“Thank God I Do” – Lauren Daigle
“Love Me Like I Am” – for KING & COUNTRY featuring Jordin Sparks
“Your Power” – Lecrae & Tasha Cobbs Leonard – WINNER
“God Problems” – Maverick City Music, Chandler Moore & Naomi Raine

Best Gospel Album

I Love You – Erica Campbell
Hymns (Live) – Tasha Cobbs Leonard
The Maverick Way – Maverick City Music
My Truth – Jonathan McReynolds
All Things New: Live In Orlando – Tye Tribbett – WINNER

Best Gospel Performance/Song

“God Is Good” – Stanley Brown Featuring Hezekiah Walker, Kierra Sheard & Karen Clark Sheard
“Feel Alright (Blessed)” – Erica Campbell
“Lord Do It For Me (Live)” – Zacardi Cortez
“God Is” – Melvin Crispell III
“All Things” – Kirk Franklin – WINNER

Best Roots Gospel Album

Tribute To The King – The Blackwood Brothers Quartet
Echoes Of The South – Blind Boys Of Alabama – WINNER
Songs That Pulled Me Through The Tough Times – Becky Isaacs Bowman
Meet Me At The Cross – Brian Free & Assurance
Shine: The Darker The Night The Brighter The Light – Gaither Vocal Band