Grits' Golden Ooh Ahh

Grits’ “Ooh Ahh” featuring TobyMac recently received RIAA Gold certification for surpassing the 500,000 thresholds with downloads and on-demand streams. Grits is the only Christian hip-hop/rap artist to earn Gold single certification.

GRITS Says Ooh Ahh 500,000 Times

GRITS song “Ooh Ahh (My Life Be Like)” recently scanned over 500,000 downloads, adding their name to a small and select group of Christian artists who have achieved such sales success.

After being used as part of the theme song last year, “Ooh Ahh (My Life Be Like)” is again the theme song for the second season of MTV’s The Buried Life. The season, which premiered last week, features four guys who are attempting a series of adventures.

The song has a long list of film and TV credits since it’s release on GRITS 2002 release “The Art of Translation”. “Ooh Ahh”’s has been used in films such as The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift and Big Momma’s House 2, and on shows such as My Super Sweet Sixteen and The Buried Life. On YouTube there have been 37 million views of fan-generated videos for “Ooh Ahh.”

Grits Leaves Gotee

Grits has left Gotee and GMC has an interview on the freedom that comes from forming their own label.

Crossovers

Amy Grant - e.g., "Find a Way"(#7AC), "The Next Time I Fall" (#1), "Saved by Love" (#96), "Baby Baby" (#1), "That's What Love Is For" (#1), "Every Heartbeat" (#2), "Good For Me" (#8), and "I Will Remember You" (#20) "Lucky One" (#2 AC), "House of Love" (#37), "Takes A Little Time"
The Afters - "Beautiful Love" (#23 HotDigital, #43 Pop100, #55 Hot100)
Andy Hunter - DJ
BeBe & CeCe Winans - e.g., "Addictive Love" (#1R&B), "I'll Take You There" (#1 R&B) "It's O.K."
Bob Carlisle - "Butterfly Kisses"
Chevelle - e.g., "The Clincher"
dc Talk - e.g., "Just Between You And Me" (#11 Top 40)
Delirious? - charted in the UK and Germany, e.g., "Inside Outside" and "Deeper"
Fleming and John
Flyleaf
Grits - "Ooh Ahh" "Tennessee Boys"
Jars of Clay - "Flood" (#12 Rock)", "Crazy Times" (#38 Rock), "Five Candles (You Were There)" "Show You Love" & "Unforgetful You"
Jon McLaughlin - "Beautiful Disaster" (28 AC)
Jump5 - they owned Radio Disney
Kirk Franklin - "Lean on Me" (#26 R&B), "Revolution"(#26 R&B), "Looking for You" (#5 R&B), "Imagine Me" (#52 R&B)
Julie Miller
Mary Mary - "Shackles" (#22 R&B)
Mat Kearney - "Nothing Left to Lose" (#7 Top 40) "Undeniable" (#20 Top 40) & "All I Need" (#94 Hot 100)
MercyMe - "I Can Only Imagine" (#5 AC), "Here with Me" (#12 AC), "Homesick (#9 AC) & "So Long Self" (#16 AC)
Michael W. Smith - e.g., "I Will Be Here For You" (#1 AC), "Place In This World"(#5 AC), "Somebody Love Me" (#10 AC), "For You"(#20 AC), "This is Your Time" (#25 AC)
MxPx
Natalie Grant - "Held" (#11 AC), "No Sign of It" (#25 AC), "The Real Me" (#30 AC)