Elevation Worship

Elevation Worship
Origin	Charlotte, North Carolina[1][2]
Genres	Contemporary worship music[1][3]
Years active	2007–present[3]
Labels	Essential[1][3]
Website	elevationworship.com
Members	Chris Brown Mack Brock Wade Joye London Gatch Jane Williams Brad Hudson Andrea Smith Jonsal Barrientes Matthews Ntlele Ava Davis Chelsea Reynolds Luke Anderson Dominic Geralds Davey Kolk Aaron Robertson Lance Gatch David Curran Lizzy Abernethy

Elevation Worship is a contemporary worship music band from Elevation Church in Charlotte, North Carolina.^[1][2][3] The band's main vocalists are Chris Brown, Mack Brock, Wade Joye, London Gatch, Jane Williams, Brad Hudson, Andrea Smith, Jonsal Barrientes, and Matthews Ntele, as well as many other contributing musicians and vocalists.^[3] The band released their debut studio album under the Essential Records label on November 21, 2011 called For the Honor.^[1][4] The band's second album is Nothing Is Wasted, which was released under the Essential label on February 19, 2013. Their third album, Only King Forever was released in early 2014. With a live recording following on August 1, 2014 at Time Warner Cable Arena which produced their fourth album, Wake Up the Wonder. It was released on November 25 that same year. On July 31, 2015, they held another live recording at Time Warner Cable Arena which produced their fifth studio album, Here As in Heaven. It was released on February 5, 2016 and peaked No. 1 on US Album charts.^[1][5]

History

Elevation Worship is from Elevation Church in Charlotte, North Carolina.^[1][2][3]

The band released four independent studio albums. The Sound was released in 2007 (shown as by Elevation Church // Live), We Are Alive in 2008, God With Us in 2009 and Kingdom Come in 2010.^[3] Kingdom Come was the band's first album to break through on the Billboard charts, and this was done on No. 5 on Heatseekers, No. 42 on Independent Albums and at No. 17 on the Christian Albums chart.^[1] Elevation Worship signed with Essential Records in 2011.^[3] For the Honor, their debut album on a major label, was released on November 21, 2011 on Essential, which it saw chart success on Billboard charts, including No. 1 on Heatseekers, No. 19 on the Christian Albums, and the Billboard 200 at No. 193.^[1][4] "Nothing Is Wasted" was released on February 19, 2013 on Essential, also seeing chart success – No. 1 on the Christian Albums chart and at No. 41 on the Billboard 200.^[1][5]

Only King Forever, their third album on Essential, was released January 14, 2014, debuting at their highest charting position, No. 23 on the Billboard 200.^[6] This album was recorded live in Charlotte in 2013. Elevation Worship's fourth album, Wake Up the Wonder, was recorded live on August 1, 2014 at Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte, North Carolina, and released on November 25, 2014.^[7]

Discography

Independent albums

Album	Details	Peak chart positions
		US Christ. [8]	US Heat [9]	US Indie [10]
Live Worship[11]	Released: January 9, 2006 Label: Elevation Worship Format: CD	—	—	—
The Sound[12]	Released: 2007 Label: Elevation Worship Format: CD	—	—	—
We Are Alive[13]	Released: July 10, 2008 Label: Elevation Worship Format: CD, digital download, stream	—	—	—
God With Us[14]	Released: June 25, 2009 Label: Elevation Worship Format: CD, digital download, stream	—	—	—
Kingdom Come[15]	Released: September 7, 2010 Label: Elevation Worship Format: CD, digital download, stream	17	5	42
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Live albums

Year	Album	Peak chart positions					Notes and track listing
		US [16]	US Christ. [8]	US Heat [9]	AUS [17]	CAN [18]
2011	For the Honor[19] Released: November 22, 2011 Label: Essential Format: CD, digital download	193	19	1	—	—	Tracklist "Exalted One" "The Lord Is My Rock/God You Lifted Me Out" "For The Honor" "God Be Praised" "The Church" "The Highest" "Victorious" "We Rejoice" "Give Me Faith" "All Things New" "The Gospel" "You Reign Alone" "Give My Life To You" "Our King Has Come"
2013	Nothing Is Wasted[20] Date of recording: July, 2012 Released: February 19, 2013 Label: Essential Format: CD, digital download	41	1	—	—	—	Recorded live in Elevation Blakeney, with 1,000 in attendance Tracklist "Great in Us" "Be Lifted High" "In Your Presence" "Let Go" "We're Not Alone" "I Will Trust" "Unchanging God" "Nothing Is Wasted" "I Have Decided" "Lift Us Out" "Open Up My Eyes" "Greater" (featuring Israel Houghton)
2014	Only King Forever Date of recording: July 19, 2013 Released: January 14, 2014 Label: Essential Format: CD, digital download	23	2	—	—	—	Recorded live at Elevation Blakeney, with 1,000 in attendance Tracklist "Only King Forever" "Glory Is Yours" "I Will Look Up" "Grace So Glorious" "Grace So Glorious (reprise)" "The Love of Jesus" (featuring Darlene Zschech) "Last Word" "Mighty Warrior" "I Will Sing" "Everlasting Father" "Blessed Assurance" "Great and Mighty King" "Unto Your Name" "Raised to Life"
2014	Wake Up the Wonder Date of recording: August 1, 2014 Released: November 25, 2014 Label: Essential, Provident Format: CD, digital download	58	1	—	—	—	Recorded at Time Warner Cable Arena, in Charlotte, North Carolina. More than 16,000 were in attendance. Tracklist "Already Won" "Unstoppable God" "Jesus I Come" "Ever Glorious" "Jesus Forever (Wake Up the Wonder)" "Your Promises" "The King Is Among Us" "The First Light" (instrumental) "Great Things (Worth It All)" "Standing" "Let Us Adore" "I Love You Lord" "The Road" (instrumental) "For the Lamb" "Fortress" "Look How He Lifted Me" DVD tracklist "Unstoppable God" "Jesus I Come" "Ever Glorious" "Your Promises" "The King Is Among Us" "The First Light" "Let Us Adore" "For the Lamb" "Look How He Lifted Me" On the DVD, the instrumental, "The First Light", contains scenes of the universe and the solar system filmed in black and white. Video footage of the concert were released on YouTube. This is the first live album where Matthews Ntlele sings.
2016	Here as in Heaven Date of concert: July 31, 2015 Released: February 5, 2016 Label: Essential Format: CD, digital download	15	1	—	27	58	Recorded live at Time Warner Cable Arena. The arena was full capacity. Tracklist "Here as in Heaven" "Grace Like a Wave" "Call Upon the Lord" "O Come to the Altar" "Resurrecting" "Evidence" "Shine a Light" "Yahweh" "I Can't Believe" "First and Only" "Praise Goes On" "Hold on to Me" "For a Moment" "O Come to the Altar" (radio version) Live videos released to YouTube: "O Come to the Altar" "Shine a Light" "Resurrecting" iTunes store pre-order songs "O Come to the Altar" "Resurrecting"
"—" denotes releases that did not chart, or was not released in that country.

References

1. Jeffries, David. "Elevation Worship - Music Biography, Credits and Discography". AllMusic. Retrieved March 1, 2013.
2. lifechurchmemphis. "Elevation Worship Artist Profile". New Release Tuesday. Retrieved March 1, 2013.
3. Jesus Freak Hideout. "Elevation Worship Discography, Elevation Worship Artist Database". Jesus Freak Hideout. Retrieved March 1, 2013.
4. Caldwell, Alex "Tincan" (November 21, 2011). "Elevation Worship, "For The Honor" Review". Jesus Freak Hideout. Retrieved March 1, 2013.
5. JFH Admin (February 19, 2013). "Elevation Worship, "Nothing Is Wasted" Review". Jesus Freak Hideout. Retrieved March 1, 2013.
6. "Billboard". Billboard 200. Retrieved October 10, 2014.
7. "Provident Distribution". Provident Distribution. Retrieved October 10, 2014.
8. "Elevation Worship - Top Christian Albums". Billboard.
9. "Elevation Worship - Heatseekers Albums". Billboard.
10. "Elevation Worship - Independent Albums". Billboard.
11. "Elevation Church: Live Worship". AllMusic.
12. "Elevation Church Live: The Sound". AllMusic.
13. "We Are Alive - Elevation Worship". Amazon.
14. "God With Us - Elevation Worship". Amazon.
15. "Kingdom Come - Elevation Worship". Amazon.
16. "Elevation Worship - Billboard 200". Billboard.
17. "Elevation Worship". australian-charts.com/.
18. "Elevation Worship – Chart history – Canadian Albums". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media.
19. David Jeffries. "Elevation Church: For the Honor". AllMusic.
20. Steve Leggett. "Elevation Church: Nothing Is Wasted". AllMusic.

External links

• Official website