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At 28 years of age, Jaci Velasquez is one of the world’s most successful and beloved Christian/Latin/pop singers. For proof, look no further than her 2 Latin Grammy nominations, 3 English Grammy nominations, 5 Latin Billboard Award nominations, her Latin Billboard Female Pop Album of the Year award, 6 Dove Awards, El Premio Lo Nuestro Award for New Artist of the Year, Soul to Soul Honors and an American Music Award nomination.
Phil Vassar’s unbounded energy and limitless talent have proven him, again and again, as one of Nashville’s most prolific and versatile stars. His resume boasts six #1 hits for country artists including Alan Jackson, Tim McGraw, Jo Dee Messina, and Collin Raye, and three more as an artist in his own right. He’s been named the ASCAP Songwriter of the Year twice and has taken top honors from the Academy of Country Music, Billboard and MusicRow. Now releasing his sixth album, Traveling Circus, Vassar approaches his uniquely piano-based, rhythm and blues-infused, infectiously buoyant brand of country music from the back-to-basics school of thought.
Since Skillet last hit the studio for 2006’s breakthrough project Comatose, the group’s toured with the likes of Breaking Benjamin, Three Days Grace, Seether and Flyleaf, followed by a solo headlining ranking within Pollstar’s Concert Pulse Top 50 Tours for 2008. Along the way, the Grammy-nominated alternative outfit also scored three top 40 singles on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock charts, earned a pair of BMI Songwriting Awards and released its first ever concert CD/DVD combo pack in support of the season called Comatose Comes Alive.
Newsboys released the studio album In the Hands of God on May 3rd, 2009 with Inpop Records. Steve Taylor co-wrote all the songs for the album, and sang on one song. The Newsboys announced that their latest studio album, appropriately titled Born Again will be released on July 13, 2010.
Superchick is living up to its name. Its first four albums have combined for 700,000 copies sold, more than 70 film, television and videogame song placements, and five No. 1 singles.
But for a band inspired to empower its listeners, its new album does more than walk the talk… it rocks the talk!
“We’ve always encouraged people to go nuts with their gifts and abilities, but on this album we personally did that ourselves,” says Matt of the band’s latest sonic stunner, Rock What You Got. “There was an instance where Dave did a 100 different guitar takes of one riff ‘til his fingers bled, and Tricia kept singing until her voice gave out. On this album we just went for it!”
Salvador has a plethora of talent from across the Western Hemisphere. Drummer Ben Cordonero hails from Nicaragua by way of Miami. Keyboardist Chris Bevins, who also handles some of the co-writing chores calls Nashville home. Josh Gonzales on the Bass still resides in Austin, and Nic relocated to Music City after his marriage to superstar, Jaci Velasquez.
Vicente Montaño is a Conference speaker, Singer, Author and Christian Television Program Producer. Vicente has ministered in many parts of the world, Europe, Latin America, Caribbean and the United States, with his music and message from conferences to concerts for the glory of God.
Byron Chambers has a lit of accomplishments to go with his jammin’ music. He was a 2010 Dove Award winner. He was also a writer/arranger for Group 1 Crew’s #4 Billboard charting & Dove winning song “Movin’". Byron “Mr Talkbox” Chambers recently became a member of Tobymac’s band and is now releasing his solo record “My Time”.
Kevin, or KT as he was known to millions of fans, was one of 4 singers who made up the award winning mega-groups of the 1990’s, Color Me Badd. The group sold millions of albums, reached number one on the charts, and in addition to being Grammy nominated, the group won American Music and Soul Train Awards. KT is certainly one of those artists that you will not want to miss at Willamette Celebration!!!
Passion Meets Rock; that’s the combination you get when you see Tray play live! His music is written about the need to go deeper with God, as well as sharing His love, hope, and grace with others. Tray is also an evangelist for Luis Palau’s Next Generation Alliance, as well as Co- Founder of One Ministries. Tray’s motivation and goal is to reach the lost and encourage the saved through music and God’s Word.
Inspired by Christian rock pioneers Petra and dcTalk, rap artist Benjiman found a passion for reaching people through music. Benjiman’s first solo release, Activate, climbed the Radio & Records charts with the hit singles "Trace of Love" and "Activate." The album paved the way for several nationwide tours and a myriad of festival performances. Benjiman continues his career with the label Save the City Records and his sophomore release "S.K.R.I.P.T (Spreading Kingdom Realities in Perilous Times)".
