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Not only do we have a whole boatload of entries, but we have four perfect albums in this list, which means automatic entry into the finals. And we hope to have 7. Can you say genre bracket buster. Until next time, I am Awaiting Your Reply.
Three....two...one...Done. We are down to the final quarter for #PlatVnyl8 nominations. And I am still working on getting the final nominees for #PlatVnyl7. Things are starting to look like a car wreck. We have one month down and two to go. Unlike the weather here, things are really heating up. We begin with the singles released for the month.
The Singles Scene
Beacon Light - I'm In It 4.75 Emeralds
Bonray - Turn My Eyes 4.75 Emeralds
Brinson - White Gold ft Marz Ferrer 4.75 Emeralds
Cody Carnes - What Freedom Feels Like 4.75 Emeralds
E.P.I.C. The Band - Proclaim 4.75 Emeralds
Emily Irene Fertig - Devotion 4.75 Emeralds
Christon Gray - No Hesitation 4.75 Emeralds
J-Heir - Days of Heaven 5 Emeralds
Derek Minor - Astronaut 3.75 Emeralds
Needtobreathe - Count On Me 4.75 Emeralds
Needtobreathe - Waiting 4.75 Emeralds
Phil J - Too Much Sauce 3.75 Emeralds
Corey Paul - Pipe Dreams 3.75 Emeralds
Reconcile - Ain't No Way 4.50 Emeralds
Under 5ive - So Dangerous 5 Emeralds
Corey Voss - God Who Moves Mountains 4.50 Emeralds
The Walls Group- My Life 5 Emeralds
17 Singles in a Month. Now on to the albums. We begin with those which did not make the cut.
Missing The Mark
The Rock Worship - God Will Reign (Live)(Re-Release) 3.75 Emeralds
To Speak of Wolves - Dead In The Shadow 3.75 Emeralds
Zauntee - All Things Mixtape 3.50 Emeralds
From the flawed to the flawless.
Pure-Platinum Perfection
Brian and Jenn Johnson - After All These Years Instrumental 5 Emeralds
Nichole Nordeman - Every Mile Mattered 5 Emeralds
Seventh Day Slumber - Found 5 Emeralds
Semi-Precious Metals
Sho Baraka - The Narrative Vol 2: Pianos and Politics 4.50 Emeralds
Bright City - Hello Maker 4.75 Emeralds
Anthony Brown and Group Therapy - A Long Way From Sunday 4.75 Emeralds
Life of Carter - Life of Carter 4.50 Emeralds
Stephen Christian - Wildfires 4.75 Emeralds
Joel Hanson - Let Me Tell You Everything 4.25 Emeralds
Le'Andria Johnson - Bigger Than Me 4.50 Emeralds
Shai Linne - Still Jesus 4.75 Emeralds
Manafest - Stones 4.75 Emeralds
Kevin Max - Serve Somebody 4.75 Emeralds
Natasha Owens - We Will Rise 4.75 Emeralds
Planetshakers - Legacy Part Two: Passion (Live In Melbourne) 4.75 Emeralds
Byron Popin - I Got Out 4.75 Emeralds
Benjamin Rae - Let Me Talk 4.50 Emeralds
Chris Sayburn - Saved By Grace 4.50 Emeralds
12 Stones - Picture Perfect 4.75 Emeralds
Vineyard Worship - Vineyard Soul: We Are Ready 4.50 Emeralds
Corey Voss - Songs of Heaven and Earth, Volume 1 4.50 Emeralds
Anita Wilson - Sunday Song 4.75 Emeralds
July is in the Bag. I think that deserves some sort of celebration. Until next time, I am Awaiting Your Reply.
Welcome to the latest edition of Music Video Monday, where we share the best CCM Music Videos we can find. And sometimes they are Lyric Videos. They remind me of the old follow the bouncing ball shorts. With thrash metal, it is indispensable. Two of the three videos are Lyric Videos. Let's get to it. First up is a "debut" of Sorts, though we are talking of a veteran of Christian Music. Aye Mr. Christian. Stephen Christian is the former lead singer of Anberlin and Currently of Anchor and Braille. Now he is debuting in the Modern Worship genre with Wildfires. It is the closest you can get to Anberlin Worship. This is Gloria. Nichole Nordeman is not a name known to many these days. She is known to the Night Beat, and we are glad to see her back in top form. Sometimes artists return from a hiatus tamed, but not Nichole. This is You're Here And finally we do a live concert video. Sometimes these aren't very good because the audio quality suffers from time to time. This was acceptable, and I really did not want to do three lyric videos in a week. Seventh Day Slumber is back with a vengeance. This is the title cut to their new album Found. And that does it for this edition of Music Video Monday. Due to time constraints and the Southwest Believers Convention we are actually publishing this Tuesday Afternoon. Oh Well, I am going to try to catch up with another post at the regular time. Until then, I am Awaiting Your Reply.
Welcome to Music Video Monday. We have been keeping an irregular schedule, but such is the case when you have multiple things going on at once. We will cobble an edition together for you. We begin with one of our comeback nominees. This is slow down by Nichole Nordeman. Next up we have a more traditional lyric video with the dogs of peace. This is the lyric video for Crush
And finallywe end with a rap video. NF has grown on me and the current album, entitled Therapy Session, has mined pure platinum. This is Real Well that does it for a hurried edition of Music Video Monday. Until next time, I am Awaiting Your Reply.
We have finally finished with the 4th Quarter Rollout. I know, the quarter ended September 30, and it's almost December. We had our sweepstakes running, the end of one year and beginning of the next, and a whole boatload of entries. So considering, I think we did make pretty good time. The big winner for the Final Quarter was Pop Music, which is a big surprise. We just assume it to be Modern Worship every quarter because it usually is. Not that there aren't any Pop Artists in Christian Contemporary Music. There are plenty, but they are dwarfed by the sheer number of Hillsong Wannabees. Let's get to our final listing.
This was a big quarter for Pop. We had two Perfect albums in Annie Moses Band and JJ Heller, and some very solid entries from the others, including a Comeback to Remember from Nichole Nordeman. We are finished. Until next time, I am Awaiting Your Reply.
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