Contemporary worship music

Modern genre of music sung in many churches

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July 2024 Went on the Praise Party tour in July and August, performing with various contemporary worship and Christian music acts.
July 12 2024 Released their live album 'When Wind Meets Fire'.
2023 Maverick City Music released 'Kingdom Book One', which was recognized in the NAACP Image Awards nomination or recognition process.
2023
Maverick City Vol. 3 Part 1
Album concluded its chart run with #49 on US Christian Albums and #6 on US Gospel Albums year-end charts.
2023
Maverick City, Vol. 3 Pt. 2
Album ranked #46 on the US Gospel Albums Billboard year-end chart.
2023
Maverick City Vol. 3 Part 1
Maverick City Vol. 3 Part 1 ranked #49 on the US Christian Albums Billboard chart and #6 on the US Gospel Albums Billboard year-end chart.
October 17 2023 At the GMA Dove Awards, Maverick City Music won Contemporary Gospel Album of the Year for Kingdom Book One (Deluxe), following their multiple Grammy Award wins earlier that year.
May 19 2023 Released live album 'Can You Imagine?', which debuted at the top of the Billboard Top Christian Albums chart on June 3.
2022 Maverick City Music was nominated for the Grammy Award for the song 'Wait on You'
2022
A Very Maverick Christmas
A Very Maverick Christmas album charted at #72 on US Christian Albums and #25 on US Gospel Albums charts.
2022
Maverick City, Vol. 3 Pt. 2
Album ranked #21 on the US Gospel Albums Billboard year-end chart.
2022
A Very Maverick Christmas
The single 'Mary Did You Know?' peaked at number 23 on the US Hot Christian Songs chart and number 11 on the Hot Gospel Songs chart.
2022
A Very Maverick Christmas
The album received a GMA Dove Award nomination for Christmas / Special Event Album of the Year at the 2022 GMA Dove Awards.
2022
Maverick City Vol. 3 Part 1
The album remained strong, ranking #18 on the US Christian Albums Billboard chart and maintaining #4 on the US Gospel Albums Billboard year-end chart.
2022 Won their first Grammy Award for the album 'Old Church Basement' in the Best Contemporary Christian Music Album category.
December 2 2022
A Very Maverick Christmas
Maverick City Music released the radio version of 'Mary Did You Know?'
November 25 2022
A Very Maverick Christmas
Maverick City Music's single 'Mary Did You Know?' impacted Christian radio in the United States.
September 30 2022 Released 'To Not Worship You' single.
September 9 2022 Released 'Better Days Coming' single.
April 29 2022 Released studio album 'Are We There Yet?'.
March 4 2022 Released live album 'Lion', which debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard Christian Albums chart and No. 80 on the Billboard 200.
2021 Released 'Hymns For Life' album, continuing his musical career in worship music.
2021
Maverick City, Vol. 3 Pt. 2
Album ranked #12 on the US Gospel Albums Billboard year-end chart.
2021
Maverick City, Vol. 3 Pt. 2
The album was nominated for the Billboard Music Award for Top Gospel Album at the 2021 Billboard Music Awards.
2021
Maverick City Vol. 3 Part 1
Maverick City Vol. 3 Part 1 continued to perform well, ranking #22 on the US Christian Albums Billboard chart and maintaining #4 on the US Gospel Albums Billboard year-end chart.
2021
Maverick City Vol. 3 Part 1
Maverick City Music won the Billboard Music Award for Top Gospel Album for 'Maverick City Vol. 3 Part 1'.
November 30 2021
A Very Maverick Christmas
Maverick City Music released their eighth live album 'A Very Maverick Christmas' via Tribl Records, featuring guest appearances by 13 artists including Naomi Raine, Todd Galberth, and Kim Walker-Smith.
May 3 2021
Maverick City Vol. 3 Part 1
Maverick City Music released the radio version of 'Promises' featuring Joe L Barnes and Naomi Raine as the second single from the album. The song achieved notable success by reaching number one on both the Hot Christian Songs and Hot Gospel Songs charts.
April 30 2021 Collaborated with Maverick City Music on the album 'Old Church Basement', which debuted at No. 1 on Billboard's Christian Albums chart and No. 30 on the Billboard 200.
2020
Maverick City Vol. 3 Part 1
Maverick City Vol. 3 Part 1 reached #15 on the UK Christian & Gospel Albums chart and #2 on the US Gospel Albums Billboard chart.
2020
Maverick City Vol. 3 Part 1
The album was nominated for the GMA Dove Award for Gospel Worship Album of the Year at the 2020 GMA Dove Awards.
2020
Maverick City Vol. 3 Part 1
The single 'Promises' reached number one on the Hot Christian Songs and Hot Gospel Songs charts, and peaked at number 11 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart.
2020
Maverick City, Vol. 3 Pt. 2
Maverick City Vol. 3 Pt. 2 appears on the UK Christian & Gospel Albums chart, peaking at position 8.
2020
Maverick City, Vol. 3 Pt. 2
The album ranks 81st on the US Christian Albums (Billboard) year-end chart.
2020
Maverick City, Vol. 3 Pt. 2
Album ranked #38 on the US Gospel Albums Billboard year-end chart.
2020
A Very Maverick Christmas
Maverick City Music released their first Christmas-themed album, Maverick City Christmas.
2020
Maverick City Vol. 3 Part 1
The album ranked #43 on the US Christian Albums Billboard year-end chart and #4 on the US Gospel Albums Billboard year-end chart.
2020
Maverick City Vol. 3 Part 1
The album 'Maverick City Vol. 3 Part 1' was nominated for the GMA Dove Award for Gospel Worship Album of the Year at the 2020 GMA Dove Awards.
October 9 2020
Maverick City, Vol. 3 Pt. 2
Maverick City Music released their second live album, Maverick City, Vol. 3 Pt. 2, featuring worship leaders Amanda Lindsey Cook, Naomi Raine, Aaron Moses, Chandler Moore, Maryanne J. George, Osby Berry, Brandon Lake, and Nate Moore.
September 24 2020
Maverick City, Vol. 3 Pt. 2
Maverick City Music released the official music video of 'Be Praised' featuring Naomi Raine and Aaron Moses, and announced the album's release date.
August 21 2020
Maverick City Vol. 3 Part 1
Maverick City Music released their debut radio single 'Man of Your Word', featuring Chandler Moore and KJ Scriven, to Christian radio stations in the United States. The song later peaked at number 18 on the Hot Christian Songs chart and spent twenty-six non-consecutive weeks on the chart.
June 19 2020
Maverick City, Vol. 3 Pt. 2
Maverick City Music released the official music video of 'The Story I'll Tell' featuring Naomi Raine, signaling its inclusion in Maverick City Vol. 3 Pt. 2.
May 1 2020 Released 'Graves Into Gardens', their twelfth album, which debuted at No. 1 on Billboard's Christian albums chart and No. 34 on the Billboard 200.
April 17 2020
Maverick City Vol. 3 Part 1
Maverick City Music released their debut live album 'Maverick City Vol. 3 Part 1' independently, featuring multiple worship leaders including Chandler Moore, Bri Babineaux, Majesty Rose, and others.
2019 Released 'The Heart of Christmas' album and received a Juno Award nomination for his previous album 'Grateful'.
2019 Won GMA Canada Covenant Award for Inspirational Album of the Year for 'Grateful'.
2019 U.S. radio network Air1 changes its format to focus primarily on worship music, shifting from its previous format of Christian hits.
2018 Maverick City Music was launched through seventeen songwriting camps, bringing together over one hundred Christian artists and songwriters, resulting in the creation of over one hundred songs and a label. Founders Tony Brown and Jonathan Jay aimed to create space for diversity by including marginalized creatives.
October 5 2018 Released 'Best News Ever' single.
March 23 2018 Released EP 'So Will I (100 Billion X)'. Received four nominations at the GMA Dove Awards, winning Recorded Worship Song of the Year for 'So Will I (100 Billion X)'.

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