Third Day's new album, Lead Us Back: Songs of Worship debuted at #20 on the Billboard Top 200, at #13 on the SoundScan Top Current Albums Chart this week. Coinciding with the release, the popular band performed to a sold-out audience at the Beacon Theatre in New York on the day of release, March 3, and appeared on the national television show Fox & Friends on March 7.
The band has racked up 30 No. 1 radio singles. The band has sold more than 8.5 million albums, including two RIAA 2x Multi Platinum, five Platinum and 12 Gold certifications. A Georgia Music Hall of Fame inductee (2009), THIRD DAY has garnered four Grammy Awards (with 11 career nominations), an American Music Award (with four American Music Award nominations), multiple ASCAP honors (including its coveted Vanguard Award for songwriting), and 24 career Dove Awards (from 42 nominations).
The Atlanta-based group has performed for audiences reaching into the millions all around the world. The group has been featured on "The Tonight Show," "The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson," "Fox & Friends," "60 Minutes," ABC's "Nightline," and has been written about in USA Today, the New York Times and Billboard magazine - a cover story which called Third Day "one of the best rock bands, period."
The new CD features guest appearances from Michael Tait, Michael W. Smith, Natalie Grant, All Sons And Daughters, Harvest Parker --with background vocalists including David Crowder, Michael Gungor, Sarah MacIntosh and Daniel Bashta, among others.
