Let There Be Light (album) explained

Let There Be Light
Type:live
Artist:Hillsong Worship
Cover:Let There Be Light (Official Album Cover) by Hillsong Worship.png
Border:yes
Recorded:5–8 July 2016
Venue:Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney
Genre:Contemporary worship music
Length:72:03
Label:Hillsong, Sparrow, Capitol
Producer:Michael Guy Chislett, Joel Houston, Brooke Ligertwood[1]
Chronology:Hillsong Worship live album
Prev Title:Open Heaven / River Wild
Prev Year:2015
Next Title:There Is More
Next Year:2018

Let There Be Light (stylised as let there be light.) is the 25th live album of Hillsong Worship, which consists of several worship pastors from Australian church Hillsong Church. The album was recorded during the 2016 Hillsong Conference at the Qudos Bank Arena from 4 July until 7 July 2016 and was released on 14 October 2016, under Hillsong Music, Sparrow Records and Capitol Christian Music Group.

Their music captures the heart and sound of Hillsong Church globally and represents the coming together of the Hillsong worship team from around the world; including Reuben Morgan, Marty Sampson, Joel Houston, Brooke Ligertwood, Ben Fielding, Taya Smith, Dave Ware, Annie Garratt and many more.[2]

Background

In March 2016, "Grace to Grace" was released and served as a single for Easter.[3]

In July worship leader Ben Fielding said, "We've been intentional about writing songs that will translate across the Church globally." From many of the Hillsong global campuses such as Sydney, London, New York and Los Angeles, songs were written, re-written and collaborated on in the lead up to the album recording.

"The collaborations have been more through relationship this year, and it has felt less segmented. We've been writing in the studio and there would be people from three different campuses in three different countries there. Each would be representing their own congregation's unique sound, but working together to create something that will translate for all campuses."[4]

The title of the album is a reference to .

Theme

Rich Langton, who oversees the pastoral care of the creative team in Australia, said, "Jesus is the light of the world and we carry that too."[4]

Awards and accolades

On 9 August 2017, it was announced that Let There Be Light would be nominated for a GMA Dove Award in the Worship Album of the Year and the Long Form Video of the Year categories at the 48th Annual GMA Dove Awards. In addition to the album's nomination, the song "What a Beautiful Name" was nominated for a GMA Dove Award in the Song of the Year and Worship Song of the Year categories.[5] On 17 October 2017, "What a Beautiful Name" won both GMA Dove Awards for Song of the Year and the Worship Song of the Year at a ceremony held at the Allen Arena in Nashville, Tennessee, with composers Brooke Ligertwood and Ben Fielding receiving the awards.[6]

Track listing

Notes

Charts

Year-end charts

Chart (2016)Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[8] 85
Chart (2017)Position
US Christian Albums (Billboard)[9] 9
Chart (2018)Position
US Christian Albums (Billboard)[10] 17
Chart (2019)Position
US Christian Albums (Billboard)[11] 23
Chart (2020)Position
US Christian Albums (Billboard)[12] 31
Chart (2021)Position
US Christian Albums (Billboard)[13] 37
Chart (2022)Position
US Christian Albums (Billboard)[14] 41
Chart (2023)Position
US Christian Albums (Billboard)[15] 38

Personnel

Credits adapted from Zendesk and AllMusic.[1] [16]

Vocals

Composer

Technical, strings and horns

Event production

Album administration

Album artwork

Project handling and management

Album Production

Executive

International releases

There are several international releases (translation) version of the album releases in 2017:

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Let There Be Light Album Credits. Zendesk.
  2. Web site: Hillsong Worship New Record "Let There Be Light" Coming October 2016 . The Christian Beat . 17 July 2016 . 10 October 2016 . Longs, Herb.
  3. Web site: Hillsong Worship Releases Easter Single "Grace To Grace". Newreleasetoday.com. 22 March 2022.
  4. Web site: Behind The Light – Hillsong Worship Album Recording 2016. Christiantoday.com.au. 22 March 2022.
  5. Web site: 2017 Nominees The 49th Annual GMA Dove Awards . 9 August 2017 . . 27 December 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171225132324/http://doveawards.com/awards/2017-nominees/ . 25 December 2017 . dead .
  6. Web site: 2017 Winners The 49th Annual GMA Dove Awards . 9 August 2017 . . 27 December 2017 . 9 October 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181009160324/http://doveawards.com/awards/2017-winners/ . dead .
  7. Web site: BEHOLD (THEN SINGS MY SOUL) : Words and music by Joel Houston. D9nqqwcssctr8.cloudfront.net. 22 March 2022.
  8. Web site: ARIA Top 100 Albums 2016. Australian Recording Industry Association. 6 January 2017.
  9. Top Christian Albums - Year-End Billboard . . Billboard-Hollywood Reporter Media Group . May 2, 2020.
  10. Top Christian Albums - Year-End Billboard . . Billboard-Hollywood Reporter Media Group . May 2, 2020.
  11. Top Christian Albums - Year-End Billboard . . Billboard-Hollywood Reporter Media Group . May 2, 2020.
  12. Top Christian Albums - Year-End Billboard . . Billboard-Hollywood Reporter Media Group . December 5, 2020.
  13. Top Christian Albums – Billboard . . Year-End Chart . December 2, 2021.
  14. Top Christian Albums – Billboard . . Year-End Chart . December 4, 2022.
  15. Top Christian Albums – Billboard . . Year-End Chart . February 11, 2024.
  16. Web site: Let There Be Light by Hillsong Worship. AllMusic.com.

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Let There Be Light (album)".

Except where otherwise indicated, Everything.Explained.Today is © Copyright 2009-2024, A B Cryer, All Rights Reserved. Cookie policy.