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The Nashville Metropolitan Historical Commission, in association with the Nashville Metro Council, recently celebrated the installation of a historical marker at 1000 16th Avenue South with an unveiling ceremony, honoring decades of the music impact of Belmont Church, Koinonia Coffeehouse and the Contemporary Christian Music (CCM) genre on the city of Nashville.

The dynamic, multicultural youth ministry of Planetshakers Church, planetboom, releases “Praise On Praise” single today (July 26) at Apple Music, iTunes, Spotify, Google Play and more digital and streaming outlets globally from Venture3Media (V3M).

Bethel Music is continuing to add to their adept collective of worship leaders and songwriters with the addition of Dante Bowe. The roots of Bowe’s relationship with the Bethel Music family run deep with previous collaborations like "Glorious Day" and touring with the group including the recent Heaven Come Conference at Los Angeles’ Microsoft Theater.

Multi-Grammy Award winning recording artist, Bill Gaither and prominent Christian events producer, Premier Productions, have announced plans to bring the Bill Gaither & The Gaither Vocal Band Christmas Homecoming Tour to select cities during December of 2019.

Former Creed lead singer, Scott Stapp, released his latest album, The Space Between the Shadows, today on Napalm Records. The song, "Gone Too Soon" was released last week in advance of the new album.

Josh Baldwin of Bethel Music has unveiled a brand new track, “Let the Redeemed.” The hopeful track compellingly declares God as a Deliverer who leads us out of the desert.

Indiana-based Christian pop/rock band Attaboy has released it's newest single, “Fearless,” globally from Radiate Music. The song is available now on at all digital retailers and streaming outlets.

Christian rap/hip-hop artist J. Crum has just released his brand new single "Alright" featuring his wife Jessica Crum. The song was produced by frequent collaborator Tory Hooks. This song is a celebration of love, life and marriage!

Taking their celebratory new music on tour, Trinity played its first-ever U.S. concert June 29 at Creation Northeast Music Festival. Held in Mount Union, PA, the event is historically one of the largest Christian music festivals in the nation, hosting as many as 100,000 festivalgoers annually.

Chart-topping ASCAP songwriter-artist Chris August has signed a publishing agreement with BMG Music Publishing. The multiple GMA Dove Award-winning recording artist has also enjoyed success as a country songwriter and plans to continue to work in both genres.