Hillsong UNITED: Tear Down the Walls

Hold on to your hat folks, this album has just earned the #2 spot on the iTunes Top Album Charts selling only less digital music copies than Eminem's new CD Relapse. Lets take Eminem out in Jesus name, buy it, download it! You all know that i tend to be harsh on CCM but for a while now i have quietly been thinking differently of these guys. "People of all ages, especially students, are connecting with United's message of compassion and social justice and their genuine passion for a real connection with God and each other," says Chris Estes, Director of Digital Marketing for Integrity Music, the label that distributes United in the U.S. "They're identifying with the band's passion to live out their faith and make a difference in the lives of those next door and around the world." "For a band that is virtually unknown outside the Christian culture to be selling more than Green Day and Lady Gaga and almost as many as Eminem on iTunes, it says something about United's amazing trajectory as an impact artist beyond just the Christian music scene," continued Estes. "And, they did all this without traditional industry drivers like heavy radio play and mainstream TV. Not only do they sell out major venues, churches around the world are singing their songs every Sunday."



How you going to argue with sales like this? amazing.............