A New Hallelujah is Michael W. Smith

Michael W. Smith

Michael Whitaker Smith is a Billboard top ten Billboard Hot 100 recording artist and Grammy Award-winning American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor. He is one of the best-selling and most influential artists in Contemporary Christian music. Smith also has achieved a considerable amount of...

's twenty-second album. This is his third album of worship music

Worship Music

Worship Music is the tenth studio album by American heavy metal band Anthrax. It is their first album of original material since 2003's We've Come for You All and the first to feature original singer Joey Belladonna since 1990's Persistence of Time...

, and his fourth live album

Live album

A live album is a recording consisting of material recorded during stage performances using remote recording techniques, commonly contrasted with a studio album...

 overall. This album was recorded in Lakewood Church

Lakewood Church

Lakewood Church is a non-denominational Christian megachurch located in Houston, Texas. It is the largest congregation in the United States, averaging more than 43,500 in attendance per week. The 16,800-seat Lakewood Church Central Campus, home to four English language services and two Spanish...

, Houston, Texas

Houston, Texas

Houston is the fourth-largest city in the United States, and the largest city in the state of Texas. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the city had a population of 2.1 million people within an area of . Houston is the seat of Harris County and the economic center of , which is the ...

, on June 20, 2008.

Reception

The title track, A New Hallelujah, won the 2009 Dove Award for Best Inspirational Recorded Song.

Charts

Peak			Certifications (sales threshold Music recording sales certification Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies, where the threshold quantity varies by type and by nation or territory .Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories,... )
US 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...	US Christ	US Digital
19	1	19	US sales: 23,000

Track listing

1. "Intro" – 1:00
2. "Prepare Ye The Way" (Michael W. Smith) – 5:05
3. "A New Hallelujah (with the African's Children's Choir)" (Paul Baloche
   Paul Baloche
   Paul Baloche is an American Christian music artist, worship leader, and singer-songwriter. A native of Maple Shade, New Jersey, Baloche is currently the worship pastor at Community Christian Fellowship in Lindale, Texas. Baloche composes on piano and acoustic guitar, favoring guitar when leading...
   
   , Debbie Smith, Smith) – 5:47
4. "When I Think Of You (with the African Children's Choir
   African Children's Choir
   The African Children's Choir is a large choir made up of children ages 7 to 12 from several African nations. Since its inception, the choir has included children from Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, South Africa, Nigeria, and Ghana...
   
   )" (Smith) – 4:28
5. "Mighty To Save" (Reuben Morgan
   Reuben Morgan
   Reuben Morgan is the worship pastor and one of several worship leaders and songwriters alongside Darlene Zschech at the Hillsong Church in Sydney, Australia. He has written songs such as "Eagles Wings", "Hear Our Praises", "I Give You My Heart", "My Redeemer Lives" and "Mighty to Save", which won...
   
   ) – 7:53
6. "Shout Unto God" (Joel Houston
   Joel Houston
   Joel Timothy Houston is a musician, songwriter and pastor, best known as leader of the Sydney-based worship band Hillsong United, the youth worship band of Hillsong Church....
   
   , Marty Sampson
   Marty Sampson
   Marty Sampson is a Christian songwriter and a worship leader at the Hillsong Church in Sydney, Australia. Originally featuring in the Youth Alive albums of the late 1990s, he was one of original Hillsong United worship leaders. Guitar is his main instrument and he occasionally plays the piano. He...
   
   ) – 4:08
7. "Amazing Grace
   Amazing Grace
   "Amazing Grace" is a Christian hymn with words written by the English poet and clergyman John Newton , published in 1779. With a message that forgiveness and redemption are possible regardless of the sins people commit and that the soul can be delivered from despair through the mercy of God,...
   
    (My Chains Are Gone)" (Louie Giglio
   Louie Giglio
   Louie Giglio is a pastor , speaker and founder of the Passion Movement.-Biography:Giglio graduated from Georgia State University and earned a Master of Divinity from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas. Later he went to Grace Theological Seminary to pursue a Doctor of...
   
   , Chris Tomlin
   Chris Tomlin
   Christopher Dwayne "Chris" Tomlin is an American Christian Contemporary Music artist, worship leader, and songwriter from Grand Saline, Texas, United States. He is a former staff member at Austin Stone Community Church and is signed to EMI's sixstepsrecords. Tomlin also leads worship at many...
   
   ) – 5:34
8. "Deep In Love With You" (Christa Black, Smith, Smith) – 6:32
9. "Healing Rain
   Healing Rain
   Healing Rain is Michael W. Smith's nineteenth album.- Track listing :# "Here I Am"# "Healing Rain"# "Live Forever"# "Hang On"# "Fly To The Moon"# "Human Spark"# "We Can't Wait Any Longer"# "I Am Love"# "Bridge Over Troubled Water"...
   
   /Let It Rain
   Let It Rain
   Let It Rain is the sixth album by American singer/songwriter Tracy Chapman, released in 2002 .-Track listing:All songs written by Tracy Chapman#"Let It Rain" – 4:40#"Another Sun" – 5:11#"You're the One" – 5:06#"In the Dark" – 5:02...
   
   " (Matt Bronleewe
   Matt Bronleewe
   -Biography:Matt Bronleewe was born in Dallas, Texas, but as a young boy moved to central Kansas, Lorraine, with his family so his father could take on the family farm...
   
   , Michael Farron, Martin Smith
   Martin Smith (songwriter)
   Martin James Smith is an English vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter. He was the front man of the Christian rock and worship band Delirious? He co-wrote three songs on Michael W. Smith's 2004 album Healing Rain and is going to be collaborating with Michael W. Smith on his upcoming album...
   
   , Smith) – 3:20
10. "Majesty" (Stu Garrard, Smith) – 4:19
11. "I Surrender All (with special guest Coalo Zamorano)" (Judson W. Van DeVenter) – 3:51
12. "Grace" (Smith, Smith) – 4:21
13. "Intro to Help Is On The Way" – 1:44
14. "Help Is On The Way (with special guest Israel Houghton
    Israel Houghton
    -Other recordings :* "Champions for Christ" - Hi5 * "Where Are the Fathers?" from He-Motions * "Send Me to the Nations" from A Wing & A Prayer...
    
    ) " (Black, Israel Houghton, Smith, Smith) – 5:16
15. "The River Is Rising" (Smith) – 5:41

Awards

The album won a Dove Award for Praise & Worship Album of the Year at the 40th GMA Dove Awards. The title song was also nominated for Worship Song of the Year.

Personnel

• Traci Sterling Bishir – production coordination
• Michael Blanton – executive producer
• Michelle Box – A&R
• Rob Burrell – engineer, mixing
• Chaz Corzine – associate producer
• Jim Daneker – keyboards, organ, programming
• Matt Smallbone;- bass
• Ben Gowell;- guitars
• Adam Lester;- guitars
• Christa Black;- vocals, violin and acoustic guitar
• Michael Olson – drums
• Louis Deluca – photography
• Bob Ezrin – executive producer
• Terry Hemmings – executive producer
• Stephen Jackson – backing vocals
• Jason McArthur – A&R
• Fiona Mellett – backing vocals
• Michael Mellett – backing vocals, choir director
• Tim Parker – design
• Matt Payne – drum line
• Ron Roark – design
• Michael W. Smith – arranger, drums, producer, vocals
• Spence Smith – drum line
• Trish Townsend – stylist
• Hank Williams – mastering
• Coalo Zamorano – vocals, soloist