This week, Maranatha! Music continues to rise on the CMTA SoundScan charts with Top 25 Praise Songs 2012 Edition landing at #1 on 3 sales charts – Billboard’s Christian/Gospel Albums chart, Contemporary Christian Albums chart, and Praise & Worship Albums chart. Top 25 Gospel Songs 2012 Edition gained momentum claiming the #5 spot on the Billboard Gospel Albums chart. Top 25 Cantos De Alabanza 2012 Edition landed at #9 on the Latin Albums chart.
“Maranatha! Music is passionate about connecting the song of faith with today’s church, and the overwhelming support of the Top 25 series at retail is helping us achieve this goal,” said Randy Alward, president and chief executive officer of Maranatha! Music. “We hope these projects will continue to help equip music ministers and worship teams to lead their congregations in worship and bless those who listen to these collections.”
Top 25 Praise Songs 2012 is a double-disc set showcasing the top worship songs being sung in churches across America in 2011-2012, as determined by CCLI (Christian Copyright Licensing International.) The album features 25 recordings of the most popular songs in worship music, recorded in a contemporary congregational worship style. The collection is produced by songwriter/producer, Phil Sillas.
Top 25 Gospel Songs 2012 is a must-have double-disc collection packed with the year’s top Gospel songs for the church from many of the biggest names and voices in Gospel music including Andrae’ Crouch, Canton Jones, Donald Lawrence, Mary Mary, Tamela Mann, Brian Courtney Wilson, Trin-i-tee 5:7, Micah Stampley, Nicole C. Mullen, Jonathan Butler, and record-breaking new artists Le’Andria Johnson, Isaac Carree’ and Committed.
Top 25 Cantos De Alabanza 2012 Edition is a 2-CD collection of the most popular worship songs sung in Spanish churches in the United States and Latin America today. The project features 25 tracks recorded in a contemporary congregational worship style, and is produced by songwriter/producer, Phil Sillas.
ABOUT MARANATHA! MUSIC The Top 25 brand is Maranatha! Music’s best-selling original series. The series features titles in multiple genres including Worship, Gospel, Kids and Spanish. Maranatha! Music is a pioneer in praise and worship music resource publishing. Best known for the Praise Series, Praise Band Series, The Invitation CD and Top 25 Series; Maranatha! Music has sold more than 30 million records worldwide. For more information, visit www.maranathamusic.com.
