Lauren Daigle's Golden Debut

Lauren Daigle's debut album How Can It Be was certified gold by the RIAA last week.

With half a million units sold since last year's release, the album continues to smash charts and be a huge success. How Can It Be brought Daigle a Grammy nomination in 2016 for Best Contemporary Christian Music Album. Lauren also leads the pack for the 2016 Dove Awards with six nominations.

Casting Crowns Joins the Elite with 10 Million Career Album Sales

Casting Crowns has joined a very small but elite group of Christian artists as they surpass 10 million albums sold to date since their label debut in 2003. With these sales numbers, Casting Crowns has held the position as Billboard's top-selling act in Christian music since 2007.

This significant milestone comes on the heels of the upcoming new studio album, The Very Next Thing, releasing on September 16. This marks the group's 15th release and eighth studio album since the label debut release.

Even with the outstanding sales, Casting Crowns remains rooted in the local church where they began and continue to serve. It is at the local level that they are walking along with people in ministry and where the inspiration for albums are formed.

Skillet's 'Unleashed' #3 On Billboard's Top 200 Album Chart

Skillet premieres at #3 on the Billboard 200 with Unleashed (62,000 units; 58,000 in pure album sales) — scoring the group its third top 10 album. The act has previously visited the top 10 with two more top five-charting releases: Rise in 2013 (No. 4) and Awake in 2009 (No. 2).


The new set also enters at #2 on the Top Albums Chart, #2 on the Digital Albums Chart, #3 on the Physical Albums Chart, and #7 in Australia.  It's #1 on the Top Christian Albums chart, giving Skillet its third chart-topper.

Skillet's performance on FOX & Friends All American Summer Concert Series will be the broadcast debut of "Feel Invincible." The single has been used by the WWE during their Battleground Pay-Per-View, TBS' E-League and Nickelodeon's Kids' Choice Sports Awards. The song has also been featured in Rock Band. Also, "Feel Invincible" was recently chosen by the ACC for use throughout the entire 2016-football season. The song will be the soundtrack for the opening video montage to lead into each week's syndicated game reaching over 90 million TV households. This is the second time that Skillet and the ACC Network have teamed up. The video for the single has already been viewed over 7.8 million times.

Lady Antebellum's Hillary Scott #2 on Country, #7 Overall Charts

Love Remains, the debut album from Hillary Scott & The Scott Family, bows at No. 1 on Billboard's Top Christian Albums chart (dated Aug. 20), No. 2 on Top Country Albums and No. 7 on the Billboard 200.

The album was produced by Ricky Skaggs.






MercyMe made history by scoring its 22nd Hot Christian Songs top 10, as "Dear Younger Me," the fourth single from the group's album Welcome to the New, moves into #9. MercyMe moves into a tie with Casting Crowns for the most top 10s among groups, dating to the chart's June 2003 inception. Among all acts, only Chris Tomlin has earned more (24).

Jamie Grace Sings with Adele Then Appears on TV

It's been an exciting week for Jamie Grace. "Last night I sang on stage with Adele. Woke up giggling," she shared on social media yesterday.

She was randomly pulled on stage to sing with the Grammy-winning singer Tuesday night in Los Angeles. Adele seemed impressed by Jamie's voice and the crowd went wild.



As Twitter exploded with tweets about "Jamie Grace from Georgia," Inside Edition took notice of the trend and invited Jamie on Wednesday night's show to talk about the experience.