Star 93.3 artist, Casting Crowns is a Grammy award and Dove Award Christian band. The band
was created in 1999 by youth pastor Mark Hall at First Baptist Church in Downtown Daytona Beach, Florida as part of a
Youth Group. He also serves as a lead vocalist. Later
they moved to McDonough, Georgia and more members joined
creating the band now known as Casting Crowns. Some
members of the band currently work as ministers for
Eagles Landing First Baptist Church in McDonough, Georgia. Discovered by, among others, contemporary Christian
music legend Steven Curtis Chapman, Casting Crowns
received a recording contract and vaulted to popularity
in 2003 with their self-titled debut album
Casting Crowns. The album
quickly made them one of the fastest selling debut
artists in Christian music history.
Lifesong followed in 2005,
debuting at #9 on the
Billboard 200 Albums Chart. Both albums have
been certified Platinum. The band's third album
The Altar and the Door
debuted at #2 on the
Billboard 200 Albums Chart and #1 on the Hot
Christian Albums chart upon its release in August of
2007. Ten weeks after it came out it was certified Gold.
Casting Crowns has enjoyed tremendous success in the
United States. They have released eight singles to date,
seven of which have become consecutive number one hits
on various Christian music charts. "Voice
of Truth" spent a record-breaking
fourteen consecutive weeks at #1 beginning in 2003. “Lifesongâ€
spent nine weeks in the top spot, with “Praise You In
This Storm†remaining at #1 for seven weeks. Casting
Crowns broke their own record in 2007 when the single
"East To West" from
The Altar and the Door hit sixteen
consecutive weeks at #1. The song ended up enjoying the
top spot for a total of nineteen weeks, now their most
successful single to date. The group also just set a
record for the highest grossing Christian concert tour
of all-time! More than 500,000 saw the
Altar and the Door
Tour this past year.