Hillsong Worship

Hillsong Worship
Also known as Hillsong (1983–1992)
Hillsong Live (1992–2014)
Hillsong Worship (2014–present)
Origin Sydney, NSW, Australia
Genres Praise & worship
Years active 1983 (1983)–present
Labels Sony, Integrity, Epic, Columbia, Sparrow, Hillsong
Associated acts Hillsong United, Hillsong Young & Free
Website hillsong.com/worship/
Members
Past members

Hillsong Worship (formerly Hillsong Live) is an Australian Christian music praise & worship group from Sydney, Australia, where they started making music in 1983, at Hillsong Church. Twelve have charted on the Billboard magazine charts in the US. The band has some notable members, including Darlene Zschech, Marty Sampson, Brooke Fraser, Reuben Morgan, and Joel Houston.

Background

The group formed in 1983 out of Sydney, Australia, where they were located at Hillsong Church, while now they are spread across the globe.[1][2] Their members have gone on to individually successful careers, the likes of Darlene Zschech, Marty Sampson, Brooke Fraser, Reuben Morgan, and Joel Houston.[2] The group was called Hillsong Live, until June 2014, when they took the name, Hillsong Worship.[3]

History

Hillsong Worship released his first album Spirit and Truth in 1988.[4] Then, Show Your Glory in 1990,[5] The Power of Your Love in 1992, Stone's Been Rolled Away in 1993, People Just Like Us in 1994, Friends in High Places in 1995, God Is in the House in 1996, All Things Are Possible in 1997, and Touching Heaven Changing Earth in 1998, By Your Side in 1999, For This Cause in 2000, You Are My World in 2001, Blessed in 2002, Hope in 2003, For All You've Done in 2004, God He Reigns in 2005, Mighty to Save in 2006, Saviour King in 2007, This Is Our God in 2008, Faith + Hope + Love in 2009, A Beautiful Exchange in 2010, God Is Able in 2011, Cornerstone in 2012, Glorious Ruins in 2013, No Other Name, their first as Hillsong Worship, in 2014, and Open Heaven / River Wild in 2015.[6] All of the group's albums since 2004 have charted in Australia. The group has also seen twelve albums chart on the Billboard magazine charts, where there have been placements on the Christian Albums and the Heatseekers Albums charts (those were For All You've Done, God He Reigns, and Mighty to Save).[7] Their albums Saviour King, This Is Our God, Faith + Hope + Love, A Beautiful Exchange, God Is Able, Cornerstone, Glorious Ruins, No Other Name, and Open Heaven / River Wild have charted on the Billboard 200 and Christian Albums charts.[7] Two of their albums, For All You've Done and Open Heaven / River Wild, have reached number one on the Australian ARIA Albums Chart.

Their albums have been recorded by the labels Hillsong Music, Sony Music, Integrity Music, Epic Records, Columbia Records, and Sparrow Records.[6]

Members

The following have been or are currently members of Hillsong Worship[2][8]

Discography

List of selected albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions[7][9]
AUS US US
Chr
US
Heat
Spirit and Truth
  • Released: 1988
  • Formats:

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Unknown Unknown
Show Your Glory
  • Released: 1990
  • Formats:
Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
The Power of Your Love
  • Released: 1992
  • Formats:
Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Stone's Been Rolled Away
  • Released: 1993
  • Formats:
Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
People Just Like Us
  • Released: 1994
  • Formats:
Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Friends in High Places
  • Released: 1995
  • Formats:
Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
God Is in the House
  • Released: 1996
  • Formats:
Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
All Things Are Possible
  • Released: 1997
  • Formats:
Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Touching Heaven Changing Earth
  • Released: 1998
  • Formats:
Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
By Your Side
  • Released: 1999
  • Formats:
Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
For This Cause
  • Released: 2000
  • Formats:
Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
You Are My World
  • Released: 2001
  • Formats:
Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Blessed
  • Released: 2002
  • Formats:
4 Unknown Unknown Unknown
Hope
  • Released: 2003
  • Formats:
3 Unknown Unknown Unknown
For All You've Done 1 11 18
God He Reigns
  • Released: 3 July 2005
  • Formats: CD, digital download
2 11 18
Mighty to Save
  • Released: 2 July 2006
  • Formats: CD, digital download
25 18 10
Saviour King
  • Released: 1 July 2007
  • Formats: CD, digital download
6 114 5
This Is Our God
  • Released: 5 July 2008
  • Formats: CD, digital download
2 55 2
Faith + Hope + Love
  • Released: 4 August 2009
  • Formats: CD, digital download
12 47[10] 2
A Beautiful Exchange
  • Released: 29 June 2010
  • Formats: CD, digital download
3 40 1
God Is Able
  • Released: 5 July 2011
  • Formats: CD, digital download
3 35 1
Cornerstone
  • Released: 3 July 2012
  • Formats: CD, digital download
2 32 1
Glorious Ruins
  • Released: 2 July 2013
  • Formats: CD, digital download
3 18 2
No Other Name
  • Released: 27 June 2014
  • Formats: CD, digital download
2 13 1
Open Heaven / River Wild
  • Released: 16 October 2015
  • Formats: CD, digital download
1 25 1
Let There Be Light
  • Released: 14 October 2016
  • Formats: CD, digital download
2 14 1

References

  1. Cross Rhythms. "Hillsong Worship". Cross Rhythms. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 Ankeny, Jason. "Hillsong : Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
  3. Christine D. Johnson, charismanews.com, Hillsong Live Changes Name to Reflect Worshipful Style, USA, June 10, 2014
  4. Justin Beaumont, Christopher Baker, "Postsecular Cities: Space, Theory and Practice", A&C Black, UK, 2011, pages 59-60
  5. Hillsong Music Australia, Who Is Hillsong Music Australia?, Australia, retrieved 09/01/2016
  6. 1 2 "Hillsong : Discography". AllMusic. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
  7. 1 2 3 Billboard. "Hillsong : Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
  8. Hillsong Worship. "About". Facebook. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  9. "australian-charts.com - Discography Hillsong". Hung Medien. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
  10. Per Billboard

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