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K-LOVE Fan Awards Nominations

teamword — Wed, 01 May 2013 19:00:32 +0000

Congratulations to our Word Entertainment artists/film on their K-LOVE Fan Awards nominations! Big Daddy Weave received a nomination for Song of the Year for "Redeemed." Francesca Battistelli is nominated for Female Artist of they Year and was also selected to be one of four artists featured on Pepsi MidAmerica's Christian Artist Cans. Her image will appear on three million Diet Pepsi cans in addition to a free download offer of her single "Free To Be Me." Also, both for KING & COUNTRY and Sidewalk Prophets have been nominated for Breakthrough Artist of the Year. Kirk Cameron and his Word distributed film, Monumental, received a nomination for the Movie Impact award.

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MEREDITH ANDREWS’ SINGLE, “STRONG GOD,” GOES FOR ADDS AT CHRISTIAN RADIO TODAY

teamword — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:01:08 +0000

Artist:

Meredith Andrews

Two-time Dove Award-winner Meredith Andrews releases her latest single, “Strong God,” to radio today. The track, originally by Desperation Band, marks the second single from her critically-acclaimed third studio album Worth It All. The album’s lead single, “Not for a Moment (After All),” climbed to No. 4 on Billboard’s Christian Soft AC / Inspirational chart. Radio versions of both singles are available for purchase at iTunes.

FOR KING & COUNTRY FEATURED ON ANDY MINEO’S “CAUGHT DREAMING” OFF HIS NO.1 DEBUT ALBUM HEROES FOR SALE

teamword — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 22:33:53 +0000

Artist:

for KING & COUNTRY

for KING & COUNTRY’s momentous year continues with the release of Christian hip-hop artist Andy Mineo’s No. 1 charting debut album Heroes for Sale which features the Aussie duo on “Caught Dreaming.” Their own debut album, Crave, which iTunes named 2012’s “Breakthrough Christian & Gospel Album of the Year,” continues to make noteworthy strides over a year after its release. Crave is currently in the Top 20 on Billboard’s Christian Albums chart and in March it climbed to No. 2 on iTunes’ Christian & Gospel chart. for KING & COUNTRY’s current single, “Middle of Your Heart,” jumped into the Top 20 on Billboard’s National Christian Audience chart and hit the No. 3 spot on Hot AC/CHR chart.

"This marks our first time featured on another artist’s album as well as our inaugural journey into hip-hop,” said Joel of for KING & COUNTRY. “We couldn't think of a more unique but fitting collaboration. We're 100% behind Andy both as a musician and man of character!"

WE AS HUMAN To Release Self-Titled Debut Album June 25

teamword — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 19:06:05 +0000

Artist:

We As Human

After their discovery by Skillet lead singer John Cooper and subsequent signing to Atlantic/Word Records via Hear It Loud, a partnership helmed by Cooper, manager Zach Kelm and attorney Todd Rubenstein in 2011, the hard-hitting breakthrough rock band WE AS HUMAN is set to release their eponymously named debut album on June 25. Recorded in Los Angeles under the direction of esteemed producer Howard Benson (Skillet, Three Days Grace, My Chemical Romance), the ten-track WE AS HUMAN marks the first full-length album offering from the Nashville band.

JASON CASTRO’S MUSIC VIDEO FOR NEW SINGLE “RISE TO YOU” PREMIERES EXCLUSIVELY TODAY AS FREE DOWNLOAD ON ITUNES

teamword — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 21:25:05 +0000

Artist:

Jason Castro

Singer-songwriter Jason Castro will premiere the music video for his current single, “Rise To You,” exclusively as a free download on iTunes here today through April 22. The single is the second from his Word Entertainment debut album, Only A Mountain, which was released this past January to wonderful reviews with NewReleaseTuesday.com giving it 5/5 star rating and Breathecast.com calling the album “a much needed disc today in the church.” In addition to the free video download, the Only A Mountain (Deluxe) version which includes three bonus tracks, will be available at a discounted rate of $7.99.