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Life.Church's group, Switch, has had a blessed year as a breakout group in the Christian music industry. The group debuted their first album on DREAM Records in February 2019 and immediately saw their single, “Symphony (feat. Dillon Chase)” make an impact in radio. Now, with a national audience of over 300 million and nearly 30 million streams, Switch has been named Billboard’s No. 1 New Christian Artist of the Year for 2019.

Multi-platinum-selling Christian music/worship group Hillsong Worship has announced their quick return to the United States in 2020 for the Awake Tour. Joined by special guests Kari Jobe and Cody Carnes, the 28-city arena circuit follows the debut arrival of their full-length studio album Awake at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Christian/Gospel Albums Chart.

Internationally acclaimed singer, songwriter, and classically trained violinist Jean Watson is celebrating the release of the music video version of "Carol of the Bells," from her new Christmas music album, For Unto Us.

Christian music artist Colton Dixon will join a melding of music, national parks, outdoor performances, and holiday cheer during the 97th National Christmas Tree Lighting. Featuring not only the official lighting of the new National Christmas Tree and timeless holiday tunes, the event is co-presented by the National Park Service and the National Park Foundation and will take place on December 5 at the Ellipse in President’s Park at the White House.

Encounter Church pastor and global humanitarian, Sarah Bowling, shares her mission to meet urgent survival needs for the most vulnerable population in new book, Hanging by a Thread: The Saving Moses Journey, available February 4, 2020.

Singer/songwriter and morning drive-time radio host Perry LaHaie has unveiled the wistful Christmas music lyric video to "O Come, O Come Emmanuel (How Long)," the debut single from his new album, Him, due in early 2020. LaHaie collaborated with emerging filmmaker Aaron Harris to create the yearning, yet peace-evoking imagery which perfectly ties into this holy season.

For the amazing 40 years a group of Christian music enthusiasts present the annual CRN—Christmas Rock Night—in Germany, in the small town of Ennepetal near Düsseldorf. Over the last 40 years, hundreds of Christian rock bands have played at this 2-day indoor event in Europe.

Provident Label Group will be re-releasing Reba Rambo’s 1976 CCM Classic Christian music album, Lady, to all digital music platforms. Lady, a Grammy-nominated and Dove Award winning project, was one of the definitive albums of the early days of emerging Christian music industry, and was one of the best-selling albums of the decade by a female artist in any genre.

Christian rap/hip-hop artist NF released a new music video today for "Paid My Dues" which garnered over 250,000 views on YouTube pithing the first hour of being posted. Watch NF's video for "Paid My Dues" here:

Thomas Nelson has released of one of their most anticipated new titles, Everywhere Holy: Seeing Beauty, Remembering Your Identity, and Finding God Right Where You Are by viral writer Kara Lawler.