{"id":987,"date":"2009-11-25T17:00:46","date_gmt":"2009-11-25T17:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/gospelsoundcheck\/2009\/11\/casting-crowns-sets-record-wit.html"},"modified":"2009-11-25T17:00:46","modified_gmt":"2009-11-25T17:00:46","slug":"casting-crowns-sets-record-wit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/gospelsoundcheck\/2009\/11\/casting-crowns-sets-record-wit.html","title":{"rendered":"Casting Crowns sets record with latest debut, Until The Whole World Hears"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"CastingCrowns.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/118\/import\/CastingCrowns.jpg\" width=\"170\" height=\"135\" class=\"mt-image-right\" style=\"float: right;margin: 0 0 20px 20px\" \/><\/span>Casting Crowns rocked the music charts this week with with the blockbuster debut of the band&#8217;s fourth studio album, <em>Until The Whole World Hears<\/em>. The album scanned 167,432 copies its first week, making it No. 1 on the Nielsen SoundScan Current Contemporary Christian Album Chart and No. 4 on Billboard&#8217;s Top 200 chart. That makes Casting Crowns the third strongest album debut in the nation on Billboard&#8217;s Top 200 Chart, behind John Mayer and Norah Jones.<br \/>\nHow awesome is <em>that?<\/em><br \/>\nIn addition, Casting Crowns is the only artist in the Billboard 200&#8217;s Top 5 to demonstrate an upward sales trend from its last release. The band&#8217;s last album, <em>The Altar and The Door<\/em>, scanned 130,000.<br \/>\nThis week the band sold 234,000 units cumulatively across its catalog, including another strong sales week of its recent RIAA certified Gold 2008 Christmas album <em>Peace On Earth<\/em>, which scanned 56,099 this week alone.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\nWth millions of fans, record-setting sales, tour and radio success, and national media attention, Casting Crowns is actually a part-time band. As highlighted in a 2008 Billboard magazine article, the seven band members work in student ministry in the Atlanta area, with lead vocalist Mark Hall serving as a full-time youth pastor at Eagles Landing church. Casting Crowns tours and records around its weekly commitment to mentoring teenagers..<br \/>\nDuring the 2005 Dove Awards, Mark Hall made a few comments about the success of the band that are worth repeating here:<br \/>\n&#8220;A teenager will do just about whatever it takes to have someone sit down with them at lunch.&#8221;<br \/>\nMark Hall, Casting Crowns, talking about how his job as a youth pastor is much more important to him than success as a band<br \/>\n&#8220;When I wake up in the morning, I&#8217;m going to play with my kids. I doubt they&#8217;ll care much about these &#8230; These things aren&#8217;t going to mean a hill of beans in five years, but how good a dad I am will.&#8221;<br \/>\nMark Hall, Casting Crowns, talking about his Dove awards for Songwriter of the Year; Song of the Year; and Group of the Year<br \/>\nYou can find out more about <a href=\"http:\/\/castingcrowns.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Casting Crowns on the band&#8217;s website.<\/a><br \/>\n<i>Got a gospel or Christian music news tip? <a href=\"mailto:joanne@joannebrokaw.com\">Send me an email!<\/a><\/i><br \/>\n<i><a href=\"http:\/\/feedburner.google.com\/fb\/a\/mailverify?uri=GospelSoundcheck&amp;loc=en_US\">Click here to subscribe to Gospel Soundcheck by email <\/a>and have the Gospel Soundcheck headlines delivered daily to your email inbox. 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