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CCMmagazine.com recently presented Christian music fan favorite MercyMe with its 2019 CCM Fan Awards trophy—a custom designed guitar. MercyMe was the overwhelming choice for Favorite Group/Duo of the Year as voted on by Christian music fans across the country. Voting was open to all CCMmagazine.com readers as well as Salem Radio station listeners from all formats across the country.

“Remind Me,” the latest single from pop powerhouse Blanca, tops Billboard’s CHR/Hot AC radio chart this week, marking the third consecutive CHR/Hot AC No. 1 for the singer. “Real Love” and “What If” also previously crowned the chart back-to-back. All three songs are from her sophomore LP, Shattered, which released in September 2018. Blanca recently unveiled the official music video for the album’s title track.

A few months ago, the Atlanta-based Christian music band Smalltown Poets holed up in a Portland Oregon basement, on a rainy day, to write together. Encouraged by the fruits of their efforts, they continued into the next few days, hammering away at song ideas that took them into uncharted waters, in terms of content, stylings and, at times, even genres.

Southern gospel label New Haven Records has announced a partnership with Country Road TV, an innovative on-demand streaming network, to provide music video content to its millions of viewers throughout its various platforms.

Revival Music Company has announced the launch of its new Gospel music division, RMC Gospel. RMC produces music for a number of Christian music artists including Terrance McCoy, Melinda Isley and Sam Butler. The label includes it's own flagship group, Revival Worship Movement. With the launch of RMC Gospel, listeners are invited to hear the first artist to be signed to the label, Teresa Jae.

The Stable Collective announces the addition of the company's newest signing, singer/songwriter Jillian Edwards. The Stable Collective is a business venture between multi-GRAMMY® Award-winning artist Steven Curtis Chapman and artist manager Mark Mattingly that formed in 2017. At the company's conception, its goals included working with both emerging and developed artists, and Edwards is a great addition to the roster.

Getty Music has released "O Children Come," the focus single off of their highly-anticipated holiday album Getty Kids Hymnal–Family Carol Sing. Modern hymn writers Keith and Kristyn Getty have brought together the top Irish and American musicians of the Getty band and a choir of children for this special project. A new generation of voices breathe fresh life into classic hymns like “Silent Night” and introduce new ones penned by the Gettys themselves.

Bestselling Bible study author, Christian music artist, worship leader and speaker Kelly Minter is set to release her first cookbook this fall, A Place at the Table: Fresh Recipes for Meaningful Gatherings, available October 15 from B&H Publishing.

South Florida-based modern worship group House of Peace is pleased to announce the release of the band’s highly-anticipated new, full-length project, Welcome to the River from Rex Records.

Following up to their widely successful inaugural Great Big Family Christmas Tour last year, Sidewalk Prophets has announced the launch of their second annual tour during this holiday season. Kicking off Dec. 5 and running through Dec. 20.