Collaborative Project Breaks Worldwide Record On Apple Music
With Most First-Day Album Streams For Christian/Gospel Genre,
And Most Album Streams In A Day In The U.S. From A Christian Group With Spotify;
Tops Billboard Christian And Gospel Album Charts, Ranks No. 31 On Billboard Top 200
11 May 2021 – Nashville, TN – Old Church Basement, the collaborative album from GRAMMY®-nominated and Billboard No. 1 worship groups Elevation Worship and Maverick City Music has made history, setting a new worldwide record for the most first-day streams for a Christian and Gospel album on Apple Music. Additionally, on Spotify, the 13-song project broke the U.S. record for the most streams in a day for an album by a Christian group and was No. 4 out of all U.S. albums its first weekend of release. It also tops both Billboard’s Christian and Gospel Album charts and ranks at No. 31 on its Top 200 Overall chart.
Old Church Basement, released April 30, is a powerful collection that aims to bring listeners back to a pure place of worship and features vocals from Chandler Moore, Brandon Lake, Naomi Raine, Chris Brown, Dante Bowe, Tiffany Hudson, Joe L Barnes, and Amanda Lindsey Cook. Listen to the new album here. Leading up to its release, the album’s first single, “Jireh” dropped March 26, followed by “Talking to Jesus” on April 9 and “Wait On You” out on April 23.
“Before any lights and a stage, for a lot of us, it was just a few chords on an acoustic guitar or piano in a youth room with a few of our friends,” says Chris Brown from Elevation Worship. “But that’s where we fell in love with God’s presence. Our hope is that this collection of songs makes it easy for you to return to that pure-hearted place of worship within you.”
Naomi Raine of Maverick City Music adds, “Old Church Basement is a reminder that God is still good and the church is still God’s idea. It’s an invitation to come back to a community that is solely after His heart, that just wants the simplicity of the Good News that Jesus brought and the genuine love and fellowship that we can have because of Him.”
Old Church Basement Tracklist:
- Old Church Basement (feat. Dante Bowe)
- Jireh (feat. Chandler Moore & Naomi Raine)
- Talking To Jesus (feat. Brandon Lake)
- Wait On You (feat. Dante Bowe & Chandler Moore)
- Wait On You (Reprise) [feat. Dante Bowe & Chandler Moore]
- Million Little Miracles (feat. Joe L Barnes)
- Shall Not Want (feat. Chandler Moore)
- Come Again (feat. Brandon Lake & Chandler Moore)
- Used To This (feat. Naomi Raine & Brandon Lake)
- Names (feat. Tiffany Hudson)
- Mercy (feat. Chris Brown)
- Before and After (feat. Amanda Lindsey Cook)
- Build Your Church (feat. Naomi Raine & Chris Brown)
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