One Sonic Society is the praise and worship band expression of Dove Award winner Jason Ingram, together with former Delirious? member Stu Garrard and Hillsong worship leader Paul Mabury. According to its official website, One Sonic Society is about unity, creativity, and community,” an international collective of respected artists, united in creating music to serve the Church. The new single, Forever Reign, is not exactly new; it was...

Contemporary Christian band MercyMe’s Move holds at #1 for two months now atop the Billboard Christian Songs chart. Last week’s Greatest Gainer, though, Courageous by Casting Crowns, inches up 4-3 this week, alongside a 9-5 jump by Matt Maher’s Turn Around. Both are very real #1 contenders in the next few weeks. The only debut this week belongs to Patrick Ryan Clark’s Mercy (pictured), squeaking in at #50. Big Daddy...

Contemporary Christian singer and actress Jaci Velasquez has released Give Them Jesus, her first Christian single in over four years. A fast-paced guitar-driven track not unlike her hit single Show You Love, Give Them Jesus is rapidly picking up at Christian radio, picking up radio ads and spins left and right. I’m pretty sure Give Them Jesus will place well, a surefire Top 20 hit, although whether it will make Top 10 will depend on the...

Contemporary Christian star Mandisa has released Born For This, a song based on the story of Esther, now available on the 18-track CD The Story. Born For This is an encouraging, empowering track that channels the faith that the Biblical Queen Esther needed when she entered the courts of her husband King Ahasuerus unannounced, to lobby to save her people. The production work on Born For This is absolutely stellar! It starts off with a solo cello...

Contemporary Christian band MercyMe’s Move extends its run at #1 on the Billboard Christian Songs chart for a seventh week this week, fending off Jeremy Camp and Matthew West. However, it looks like there’s a very real contender for #1: Courageous by Casting Crowns, up 11-4 this week and earning Greatest Gainer honors (pictured). New songs this week include Kari Jobe’s We Are at #40 and Fireflies by Jessa Anderson at #48. 1....