A Present for Casting Crowns as a Fifth Album Goes Platinum

Casting Crowns has been awarded RIAA Platinum certification for their Christmas album "Peace On Earth." This marks their fifth career Platinum certification in addition to their 2x multi-Platinum album, two RIAA Platinum DVDs, seven RIAA Gold albums, four Gold DVDs, one RIAA Platinum single and five RIAA Gold certified digital singles. The group continues to hold the position as Billboard's top-selling act in Christian music since 2007 with more than 10 million album sales.

Sean Hannity Jumping into Film Production with Faith-Friendly Movie Starring Kevin Sorbo

Sean Hannity has delved into filmmaking by partnering with Kevin Sorbo on a movie in which the star will play a world-renowned atheist whose beliefs are dramatically challenged.

For Sorbo, this is the second time he is playing a character in a story with atheism as the central plot point, after having starred in "God's Not Dead," the surprise hit that made $61 million domestically on a $2 million production budget and spurred a sequel, "God's Not Dead 2," which made $21 million.

The movie, "Let There Be Light," also stars Sorbo's wife, Sam, and was made on a $3 million production budget. Sorbo is still working on a distribution deal but he expects the film to open in November 2017.

Sorbo has been making Christian-themed movies for several years now, a choice that others say can limit an actor's opportunities in Hollywood.

As for Hannity, he is making his first foray into filmmaking as executive producer, but it won't be his last, as he is pursuing other projects.

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Tamela Mann's "Take Me To The King" Certified Platinum

Tamela Mann's single "Take Me To The King" has received RIAA platinum certification with more than one million singles sold. The song, written and produced by long-time friend Kirk Franklin, marked the first collaboration between Tamela and Franklin since launching her solo career. "God Provides," the follow-up collaboration to the platinum single reclaimed the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Gospel Radio chart this week. Written and produced by Kirk Franklin, the No. 1 track "God Provides" is the sophomore single from Tamela's Billboard chart-topping No. 1 album One Way.


One Way marks Tamela's fourth solo studio album and is executively produced by Tamela, her husband & actor David Mann and son David Mann Jr.

Skillet First Christian Band To Hit No. 1 On Mainstream Rock Chart As "Feel Invincible"

Multi-platinum selling rockers Skillet are celebrating their first #1 single on the Mainstream Rock Chart with their hit “Feel Invincible” off their latest project, Unleashed. The track marks the band’s sixth Top 10 single at mainstream rock radio, and sets them apart as the first act from the Christian genre to top the chart.


Previously, "Awake and Alive" from 2009's AWAKE climbed to #1 on Billboard's Active Rock chart, along with “Monster,” “Not Gonna Die,” “Sick of It” and “It’s Not Me It’s You” all reaching top 10 or higher there as well.

“Feel Invincible” has also been a hit in the sports world, having been used by the NFL's Monday Night Football, Major League Baseball (MLB), National Hockey League (NHL), WWE during their Battleground Pay-Per-View, TBS’ E-League and Nickelodeon’s Kids’ Choice Sports Awards. The No. 1 song was also chosen by the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) for use throughout the entire 2016 football season. The song has been the soundtrack for the opening video montage leading 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. "Feel Invincible" has also been featured in Rock Band, while the video for the single has already been viewed over 17 million times and can be seen here.


Additionally, another track from Unleashed, “Back from the Dead” was featured in WWE’s 2017 launch trailer for the WWE2K17 video game, which released on October 11th.

MercyMe's Welcome To The Gold

MercyMe's Welcome To The New has been honored with RIAA Gold Certification, marking the sixth gold album for the band in addition to a double platinum album and a platinum video. Welcome To The New earned two Grammy nods, multiple Dove Award honors and an American Music Award nomination. In addition, the album boasts three No. 1 singles with "Greater," "Flawless" and "Dear Younger Me," and one Top 5 single with "Shake." MercyMe is planning to unveil a new record in 2017.

"In a day when receiving a gold record has become so rare, we are humbled and honored that our fans have supported this album in such a way," shares the band.