Music|May 25, 2021 02:45 EDT
Maverick City Music Takes Home ‘Top Gospel Album’ at Billboard Music Awards for 'Maverick City Vol. 3 Part 1'
Congratulations to Maverick City Music, who took home Top Gospel Album at the Billboard Music Award for their April 2020 release of "Maverick City Vol. 3 Part 1." The Billboard No.1 worship group earned double-nods in their winning category and was also a contender for Top Gospel Artist.
This Sunday, May 30th, the collective will perform at the K-Love Fan Awards, where they lead the pack with four nominations, including Group of the Year, Artist of the Year, Breakout Single of the Year and Worship Song of the Year.
Maverick City Music recently made headlines with their newest release "Old Church Basement," a collab album with Elevation Worship, which broke streaming records at both Apple Music and Spotify. On Apple Music, the group set a new worldwide record for the most first-day streams for a Christian and Gospel album, and on Spotify, the album 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.
Old Church Basement was released April 30 and 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.
This upcoming fall, Maverick City Music will embark on its first-ever tour and the 90 minute shows will feature electrifying performances with collective members Dante Bowe, Chandler Moore, Naomi Raine, Joe L. Barnes, Aaron Moses and more. Capacity for the venues ranges from 3,000-8,000, and all Covid-related protocol will be observed. Currently, 11 out of the 12 tour dates are sold out. Learn more about the tour and tickets: https://tourlink.to/maverickcitytour