Toby McKeehan ( born Kevin Michael McKeehan; October 22, 1964), better known by his stage name TobyMac, is a Christian recording artist, music producer, hip-hop/pop artist, singer-songwriter, and author.
TobyMac was one of the first and best-known Christian rappers. He was first known for being a member of the Christian vocal trio DC Talk, staying with them from 1987 until their announced hiatus in 2000. He has since continued a successful solo career with the release of five studio albums: Momentum, Welcome to Diverse City, Portable Sounds, Tonight, Eye on It, as well as two remixed albums of the first two albums titled Re:Mix Momentum and Renovating Diverse City respectively, and one remix album for albums number three and four titled Dubbed and Freq’d: A remix Project. He also has a full-length Christmas album Christmas in Diverse City. Tobymac became only the third Christian artist to have a No. 1 debut on Billboard’s Top 200 chart with Eye on It.
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STACIE ORRICO
Stacie Joy Orrico ( born March 3, 1986 ) is an American singer, songwriter, and occasional actress. In 1998, she signed to ForeFront Records when she was 12 years old, and recorded her first album, Genuine (2000), which sold 13,000 in its first week of release. After her first album, she signed to a new record label, Virgin Records, and started to record her self-titled album Stacie Orrico (2003). The album, which debuted at No. 59 on the Billboard 200, was certified gold with over 500,000 sales in the U.S. The first single “Stuck” reached No. 52 on Billboard Hot 100, but achieved greater success worldwide. Her second single (There’s Gotta Be) More to Life debuted at No. 30 on the Billboard Hot 100. Her self-titled album has achieved sales worldwide of over 3.5 million. In the same year, she made her first television appearance as an actress in two episodes of American Dreams.
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POINT OF GRACE
Point of Grace is an all-female Contemporary Christian music group. The trio consists of Shelly Breen, Denise Jones, and Leigh Cappillino. The group started out as a quartet in 1991, with original members Breen and Jones, as well as Terry Jones and Heather Payne. In November 2003, Terry Jones decided she needed to spend more time with her family after giving birth to her third child, and lft the group, with Cappillino joining in March 2004 for their 2004 release I Choose You. In june 2008, Payne announced her retirement from the group, in order to spend more time with her husband and four children.
The group’s debut self-titled album was released in 1993; since then, they have been recognized as one of the top Contemporary Christian music bands in the United States. In 2003, they released their ninth album, 24 – a compilation of 24 previous hits.
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MARK SCHULTZ
Mark Mitchell Schultz (born September 16, 1970) is a contemporary Christian music artist. He has been nominated for numerous Dove Awards, winning his first at the 2006 Dove Awards when the CD/DVD Mark Schultz Live: A Night of Stories & Songs was named Long Form Music Video of the Year.
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KRYSTAL MEYERS
Krystal Nicole Meyers ( born July 31, 1988 in Orange County, California ) is an American Christian rock / Contemporary Christian singer-songwriter and musician. She has released three albums under Essential Records: Krystal Meyers, Dying for a Heart, and Make some Noise and is known best for her songs: “The Way to Begin”, “The Beauty of Grace” and “Hallelujah” and for her international crossover singles “Anticonformity” and “Make Some Noise”.