Chris Tomlin’s “How Great Is Our God” Becomes Third No. 1 Hit Single from Arriving
Publish Date: Feb 24, 2006
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GMA Music Award Artist and Male Vocalist of the Year nominee and sixstepsrecords/Sparrow Records’ Chris Tomlin garners his third No. 1 radio hit with How Great Is Our God. Receiving nominations in both the GMA Music Awards Song of the Year and Worship Song categories, How Great Is Our God has now become Tomlin’s third No. 1 song from his first RIAA Certified Gold album, Arriving.
Landing at No. 1 for the third consecutive week on the Radio & Records Christian AC Indicator Top 30 chart, the song is garnering an estimated 11,000,000 impressions weekly on U.S. radio. The song follows both Tomlin’s Holy Is The Lord and Indescribable to the top of the chart. A live version of the song is also included in Tomlin’s acclaimed Live From Austin Music Hall recording that released December 26th.
Receiving a commemorative RIAA Certified Gold plaque this week for Arriving during a presentation at ASCAP in Nashville, Tomlin led the crowd of industry, media and friends gathered, singing How Great is Our God. During the Gold celebration, Tomlin thanked those in attendance. “At the end of time, I think all of us here aspire to look into the Father’s eyes and hear him say, ‘well done.’ That is what this is all about. We want to carry the gifts He’s given us well,” said Tomlin after receiving his Gold plaque. “I want you to hear from me today, for all of your excellent work, well done. The world is using these songs to glorify our magnificent God.”
Pictured (l-r) are: John Huie, Creative Artists Agency agent; Shelley Giglio, manager; Louie Giglio, Passion Conferences/sixstepsrecords founder/director; Chris Tomlin; Peter York, EMI CMG Label Group president; Dan Keen, ASCAP assistant vice president; Eddie DeGarmo, EMI CMG Publishing president; and Bill Hearn, EMI CMG president and CEO.
In fact, tens of millions of people are singing Tomlin’s songs each week in worship services across the world. The new CCLI U.S. “church” chart released last week reports an amazing seven Chris Tomlin songs in its Top 50, 17 in the top 500. Some of those songs and the current CCLI chart position are Forever (#7), How Great is Our God (#10 up from #50), Holy Is The Lord (#13 up from #38), We Fall Down (#17), Enough (#35), The Wonderful Cross (#46) and Famous One (#49).
All of Tomlin’s albums are available at your local Canadian Christian retailer. A list of recordings that Tomlin appears on can be found at his YMZ artist page and Passion’s artist page.
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