WOW Hits 2009
Encyclopedia
WOW Hits 2009 is a two-disc compilation album
composed of some of the biggest hits on Christian radio
during the previous year. Disc one features more of the adult contemporary hits, while disc two features the CHR–pop
and rock
hits.
The album reached number 1 on Billboard's Top Christian Albums chart in 2008, and also #31 on the Billboard 200
chart. It was certified as gold on 20 January, 2009 by the Recording Industry Association of America
(RIAA), and then went platinum on 30 April, 2010.
Bonus Track:
Bonus Tracks:
Compilation album
A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...
composed of some of the biggest hits on Christian radio
Christian radio
Christian radio is a category of radio formats that focus on transmitting programming with a Christian message. In the United States, where it is more established, many such broadcasters play popular music of Christian influence, though many programs have talk or news programming covering...
during the previous year. Disc one features more of the adult contemporary hits, while disc two features the CHR–pop
Contemporary hit radio
Contemporary hit radio is a radio format that is common in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Australia that focuses on playing current and recurrent popular music as determined by the Top 40 music charts...
and rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
hits.
The album reached number 1 on Billboard's Top Christian Albums chart in 2008, and also #31 on the Billboard 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...
chart. It was certified as gold on 20 January, 2009 by the Recording Industry Association of America
Recording Industry Association of America
The Recording Industry Association of America is a trade organization that represents the recording industry distributors in the United States...
(RIAA), and then went platinum on 30 April, 2010.
Disc one
- "Every ManEvery Man"Every Man" is a song by the Christian rock band Casting Crowns. It was released as their second single off of their 2007 album The Altar and the Door."Every Man" was also featured by the compilation WOW Hits 2009.-Chart positions:...
" - Casting CrownsCasting CrownsCasting Crowns is a Grammy Award and Dove Award winning Contemporary Christian/Christian Rock band. Casting Crowns was started in 1999 by youth pastor Mark Hall at First Baptist Church in Downtown Daytona Beach, Florida as part of a youth group. He now serves as a lead vocalist...
- 4:47 - "God With UsGod with Us (song)"God With Us" is a song written and performed by MercyMe. The song is lyrically a worship song, inspired by a question used by lead singer Bart Millard's pastor....
" - MercyMeMercyMeMercyMe is an American Christian rock band founded in Greenville, Texas. The band consists of vocalist Bart Millard, keyboardist James Bryson, percussionist Robby Shaffer, bassist Nathan Cochran and guitarists Michael Scheuchzer and Barry Graul....
- 5:50 - "Call My NameCall My Name (Third Day song)"Call My Name" is the first single from contemporary Christian band Third Day's album Revelation. It was released in 2008. It was the fifth most-played song on R&R magazine's Christian CHR chart for 2008....
" - Third DayThird DayThird Day is a Grammy award-winning Christian rock band formed in Marietta, Georgia during the 1990s. The band was founded by lead singer Mac Powell, guitarist Mark Lee and former member Billy Wilkins. The other band members are bassist Tai Anderson and drummer David Carr...
- 4:03 - "Jesus Messiah" - Chris TomlinChris TomlinChristopher 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...
- 4:48 - "Let It FadeLet It Fade"Let It Fade" is a song by contemporary Christian musician Jeremy Camp from his album Beyond Measure. The song was released as a single in early 2008, and in April it became a number 1 hit in the U.S. on Christian adult contemporary radio....
" - Jeremy CampJeremy CampJeremy Thomas Camp is a contemporary Christian musician from Lafayette, Indiana. Camp has released seven albums, four of them RIAA-certified as Gold and two are live albums, and 17 number-one hit songs...
- 3:44 - "You Are EverythingYou Are Everything (Matthew West song)"You Are Everything" is a single by Christian musician Matthew West, from his 2008 album Something to Say. It was a #1 hit in early and mid 2008, and was 2008's most-played song of the year on American contemporary Christian radio....
" - Matthew WestMatthew WestOn July 26, 2002, only a week or two before signing a record contract with Universal South Records, West had an injury to his left arm which threatened his musical career and guitar playing. He says, "I locked myself out of my house. But I'd done that before, and I had a way of breaking in through...
- 3:51 - "Cinderella" - Steven Curtis ChapmanSteven Curtis ChapmanSteven Curtis Chapman is an American musician, songwriter, record producer, actor, author, and social activist.After starting his career in the late 1980s as a singer/songwriter of contemporary Christian music, Chapman has since been recognized as one of the most prolific singers in the genre,...
- 4:25 - "How You Live (Turn Up The Music)How You Live (Turn Up The Music)"How You Live " is a song written by Cindy Morgan for Point of Grace's seventh studio album How You Live. It is the third single from the album and the group's first release in the country music market...
" - Point of GracePoint of GracePoint of Grace is an all-female Contemporary Christian music group. The trio consists of Shelley Breen, Denise Jones, and Leigh Cappillino. The group started out as a quartet in 1991, with original members Breen and Jones, as well as Terry Jones and Heather Payne...
- 4:27 - "Mighty To Save (Live)" - Michael W. SmithMichael W. SmithMichael 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...
- 7:40 - "All Because of Jesus" - FeeFee (band)Fee is a Christian rock and Contemporary worship music band from Alpharetta, Georgia, United States named for the group's founder and front-man Steve Fee...
- 4:58 - "Set The World On Fire" - Britt NicoleBritt NicoleBrittany Nicole Waddell is a Christian music artist who performs under the name Britt Nicole. She is signed to EMI CMG/Sparrow.-Childhood:Britt Nicole was born on August 2nd 1985....
- 3:38 - "Your Grace Is Enough" - Matt MaherMatt MaherMatthew "Matt" Guion Maher is a contemporary Christian music artist, songwriter, and worship leader originally from Newfoundland, Canada, who later relocated to Tempe, Arizona. He has written and produced five solo albums to date...
- 4:25 - "Song of Hope (Heaven Come Down)" - Robbie Seay BandRobbie Seay BandRobbie Seay Band is a Christian rock/worship band located in Houston, Texas. The band leads worship at Ecclesia, a church in the Neartown area of Houston where Robbie's brother, Chris Seay, is the teaching pastor...
- 5:27 - "In Better Hands" - Natalie GrantNatalie GrantNatalie Grant is a singer-songwriter of contemporary Christian music. Her work has gained prominence, including four consecutive Dove Awards for best female artist, and with her signature song, Held...
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Bonus Track:
- "Sound of Your Name" - Above The Golden StateAbove the Golden StateAbove the Golden State is an American Christian rock band from Portland, Oregon. Their self-titled debut album, Above the Golden State, was released on July 22, 2008 through Sparrow Records. The band's first single from the album was "Sound of Your Name", which was included in WOW Hits 2009 as a...
- 3:26
Disc two
- "Everything GloriousEverything Glorious (song)"Everything Glorious" is a song by Contemporary Christian band David Crowder Band from their fourth studio album, Remedy. It was released as the album's lead single in 2007...
" - David Crowder*Band - 3:46 - "This Is HomeThis Is Home"This Is Home" is a song written and recorded by the alternative rock band Switchfoot, and is featured on the soundtrack for the 2008 film The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian. The song was featured during the end credits of the film. It was the 17th most-played song on U.S...
" - SwitchfootSwitchfootSwitchfoot is an American rock band from San Diego, California. The band's members are Jon Foreman , Tim Foreman , Chad Butler , Jerome Fontamillas , and Drew Shirley .After early successes in the Christian rock scene, Switchfoot first gained mainstream...
- 3:54 - "Friend Like ThatFriend Like That"Friend Like That" is the first single from Hawk Nelson's third album, Hawk Nelson Is My Friend. It was released on Christmas Eve of 2007. This song is on the Digital Praise PC game Guitar Praise...
" - Hawk NelsonHawk NelsonHawk Nelson is a Christian rock band from Peterborough, Ontario. The band has become very popular in the Christian music scene and was voted "Favorite New Artist" by CCM Magazine in their February 2006 Reader's Choice Awards. In 2006 Hawk Nelson won a No...
- 2:48 - "The Best ThingThe Best Thing"The Best Thing" is the second single off Relient K's fifth studio album, Five Score and Seven Years Ago. The band's manager announced it on their messageboard on March 17, 2007 along with Capitol announcing it on several websites . The song was performed on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on April...
" - Relient KRelient KRelient K is an American rock band formed in 1998 in Canton, Ohio by Matt Thiessen, Brian Pittman, and Matt Hoopes during the band's junior year in high school and their time at Malone University...
- 3:27 - "Love Is Here" - Tenth Avenue NorthTenth Avenue NorthTenth Avenue North is an American contemporary Christian music band from West Palm Beach, Florida. They took their name from a major east-west road in Palm Beach County.The group was formed while attending Palm Beach Atlantic University...
- 4:00 - "Washed By The WaterWashed by the Water"Washed by the Water" is a 2007 song by the Christian rock band Needtobreathe from their second studio album The Heat. It was released as a radio single at the end of 2007, becoming a #1 hit in the spring of 2008. It was the sixth most-played song on R&Rs Christian CHR chart for...
" - NEEDTOBREATHENeedtobreatheNeedtobreathe is an American rock band from Seneca, South Carolina. The band has charted on mainstream rock/pop charts, but have had their greatest number of singles on Christian music charts...
- 3:27 - "Give Me Your EyesGive Me Your Eyes"Give Me Your Eyes" is a song by contemporary Christian musician Brandon Heath from his second album, What If We. It was released in July 2008 as the album's lead single and quickly gained success. It sold nearly 6,000 downloads in the first week, and became 2008's highest-debuting Christian track...
" - Brandon HeathBrandon HeathBrandon Heath is a contemporary Christian musician from Nashville, Tennessee. He has released three studio albums: Don't Get Comfortable , What If We and "Leaving Eden" . He is best known for the No. 1 "I'm Not Who I Was" and "Give Me Your Eyes". He was nominated four times at the Dove Awards of...
- 3:52 - "I'm Letting Go" - Francesca BattistelliFrancesca BattistelliFrancesca Battistelli is an American Christian musician from New York City, New York. She was originally an independent artist and had released an independent album, Just a Breath, in 2004. Her first studio album on Fervent Records, My Paper Heart, was released on July 22, 2008...
- 2:53 - "Lose My SoulLose My Soul"Lose My Soul" is a single from tobyMac's 2007 album Portable Sounds, and features guest performers Kirk Franklin and Mandisa. "Lose My Soul" wasn't an instant hit. Over a year after the song was originally released, the song hit number 2 on the Christian Billboard charts...
" - tobyMacTobyMacToby McKeehan , better known by his stage name TobyMac , is a Christian recording artist, music producer, hip-hop/pop artist, singer-songwriter, and author....
- 4:15 - "Jesus Loves You" - Stellar KartStellar KartStellar Kart is a Christian pop punk band from Phoenix, Arizona, USA . The band is signed to INO Records and released its first album in February 2005. Some of the singles from their debut album, All Gas. No Brake - including "Finish Last" and "Life Is Good" - have been played on Christian radio...
- 3:07 - "Count Me In" - LeelandLeelandLeeland is a Christian rock band from Baytown, Texas. The band was formed in 2004, although lead singer Leeland Mooring had been writing songs beforehand. Leeland is composed of Leeland Mooring , Jack Mooring , Casey Moore , Shelly Mooring and Mike Smith...
- 3:58 - "Unbreakable" - FireflightFireflightFireflight is an American Christian rock band formed in Eustis, Florida in 1999. The band is signed by Flicker Records. They have played in Shoutfest, Revelation Generation, and have been featured on The Scars Remain tour with Disciple, Family Force 5, and Decyfer Down...
- 3:20 - "Already Over" - RedRed (band)Red is an American rock band from Nashville, Tennessee, formed in 2004. The band's lineup consists of singer Michael Barnes, guitarist Anthony Armstrong, bassist Randy Armstrong and drummer Joe Rickard. They are known for their Christian rock music which incorporates other sounds such as...
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Bonus Tracks:
- "All Along" - Remedy DriveRemedy DriveRemedy Drive is a Christian contemporary band with from Nashville, Tennessee. The band is composed of lead vocalist David Zach, guitarist Dave Mohr, bassist Corey Horn, and drummer Timmy Jones. They have recorded five independent studio albums, one independent live album and released their first...
- 3:07 - "Sleeping In" - NeverthelessNevertheless (band)Nevertheless, often abbreviated as NTL, was a Christian power-pop band from Chattanooga, Tennessee. They disbanded at the end of 2009. Their song "Live Like We're Alive" reached the top 5 of the R&R Christian Rock Chart., Their song "The Real," was played on Contemporary Christian Music radio...
- 3:55