NEW YORK (September 23, 2020) — Multi-platinum-selling and award-winning Christian music powerhouse Hillsong UNITED was honored with two Billboard Music Award nominations, earning in leading Christian categories, including Top Christian Artist and Top Christian Album for “People” which remains the group’s best-selling street week album to date. “People” debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Album, Top Christian/Gospel Album and Top Current Album chart. The monumental project generated over 8 million streams and over 100K in albums sold within its first week. The nominations were announced today and the 2020 Billboard Music Awards will air on NBC live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Wednesday, October 14th at 8 p.m. ET/PT. Hillsong UNITED is undisputedly one of the genre’s most influential artists in the history of contemporary Christian music with more than 4.7 million global album salesand over 3.1 billion worldwide career streams. The group also remains the No. 1 Christian artist on all social media platforms with over 10.8 million fans combined. For more information, visit www.hillsongunited.com or @hillsongunited on all social platforms. About Hillsong UNITED: Hillsong UNITED is a multi-award-winning, platinum-selling artist whose chart successes (repeatedly No. 1 on Billboard’s Christian charts and up to No. 2 on Billboard 200) are only bested by the millions of lives they’ve impacted across the globe. Reporting over 50 million people singing from the Hillsong catalogue songs every Sunday, the modest band born from a youth ministry out of Hillsong Church in Australia, touts a reach of over 10.8 million across all major social network platforms to date, including over 2.1 billion minutes garnered from YouTube viewers. Comprised of an evolving, eclectic mix of musicians and songwriters, the band is led by Joel Houston and Taya, names that have become synonymous with Christian radio, dominating airwaves with every new release. Their last four studio albums have each topped the USA Christian chart, with "Zion" and "Empires" charting no. 1 ("Zion" recently also went Gold in the U.S.); “Oceans,” written by Houston and band member Matt Crocker recently went triple platinum in the States, counting 200+ million streams and reigning on top of the Christian songs chart for a record 54 weeks. In studio, on tour or at home, Hillsong UNITED is committed to writing songs that speak truth, create a unique sound and connect people everywhere with God, evident by the success they’ve seen globally. With over 50 countries and six continents visited, Hillsong UNITED continues to sell out arenas and stadiums around the world, including sold-out nights at the Forum, STAPLES Center and The Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, The Toyota Center, Oracle Arena, Air Canada Arena, American Airlines Arena (Miami and Dallas), and Red Rocks to scratch the surface. Hillsong UNITED functions from the deep understanding that everything they do is an expression of a really extraordinary God doing what only He can do, through really ordinary people.
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