Beautiful Love (The Afters song)

"Beautiful Love"
Single by The Afters
from the album I Wish We All Could Win
Released	2005
Genre	Rock, Christian rock
Length	3:58
Label	INO/Epic
Producer(s)	Brown Bannister Dan Muckala
Certification	Gold[1]
The Afters singles chronology
"Beautiful Love" (2005) "You" (2005)

"Beautiful Love" is the hit single from the debut album by Christian rock band The Afters, I Wish We All Could Win. The song was later used by MTV as the theme song to its reality show 8th and Ocean.

Critical success

• Certified Gold by the RIAA for Digital Sales in 2006.^[1]

The single's presence in the TV show 8th & Ocean prompted a six-week surge in which Beautiful Love was downloaded 90,000 times.^[1]

• Nielsen SoundScan named Beautiful Love as the top downloaded song on the inspirational chart for 2006.^[1]
• No. 1 R&R Christian CHR single^[1]
• Beautiful Love spent 9+ weeks on the iTunes top-100 downloaded songs chart (peaking at #14)^[1]

Charts

• Peaked on the Billboard Hot 100 chart at #55^[1]
• Peaked on the Billboard Pop 100 chart at #43^[1]
• Peaked on the Billboard Hot Digital Songs chart at #23^[1]

Awards

• In 2006, the song was nominated for a Dove Award for Rock/Contemporary Recorded Song of the Year at the 37th GMA Dove Awards.^[2]
• In 2005, the song won the mtvU Award for Best Streaming Video.

Television and Film

• "Beautiful Love" was used as the theme song for the MTV reality series 8th & Ocean.^[1]
• Song appeared in Just My Luck.

References

1. Dove Award Winning New Artist The Afters Celebrate Top Downloaded Digital Song, cbnmusic.com - published January 11, 2007 (retrieved March 14, 2008)
2. 37th Annual GMA Dove Awards Nominations & Winners on About.com; Jones, Kim

External links

• CBN overview
• Billboard Charts