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No Other Name
Type:live
Artist:Hillsong Worship
Cover:HillsongNoOtherNameTimesSquare.jpg
Border:yes
Released:1 July 2014
Recorded:February–July 2014
Venue:Allphones Arena, Sydney
Genre:Contemporary worship music
Label:Capitol, Hillsong, Sparrow.
Producer:Michael Guy Chislett
Prev Title:Glorious Ruins
Prev Year:2013
Next Title:Open Heaven / River Wild
Next Year:2015

No Other Name is the 23rd worship album by Hillsong and was released on 1 July 2014.[1] This live album is named after the 2014 Hillsong Conference.[2] The recording team for this album includes Reuben Morgan, Ben Fielding, Annie Garratt, Jad Gillies, David Ware, Jay Cook, Joel Houston, Matt Crocker, Taya Smith, Hannah Hobbs and Marty Sampson, among others.[3]

The album peaked at No. 2 on the ARIA Albums Chart[4] and has since been certified gold by the Australian Recording Industry Association for sales exceeding 35,000 copies. In the United States, the album has sold 61,000 copies as of September 2015.[5] Both "This I Believe (The Creed)" and "Broken Vessels (Amazing Grace)" have charted into the Christian sect of iTunes top 40. Although "This I Believe (The Creed)" wasn't released as a single, it has received radio airplay.

History

On February, Hillsong Worship through their page announced that they are working and recording a new album to be released for July 2014, and some of those songs include "This I Believe" and "Calvary".[6] [7] [8]

In March they announced that they are working on the cover of the new album, joking that they didn't even know the name of it at all.[9]

On 3 April, they released the album's first single, a song titled "Calvary" as an Easter single.[10] Then, on 23 April, Cass Langton of Hillsong Church, posted a blog on Hillsong Collected, in which she talks about the new recording, announcing that Michael Chislett was producing the album. Meanwhile, Jay Argaet shot the new album cover on 23 April in Times Square, NYC.[11]

On 5 May, they revealed the album name by posting the cover artwork of the album, which is a picture Times Square screens showing the text, "No Other Name, Jesus".[12] [13] [14]

Recording

The album recording started on February. While, the live DVD has been recorded at the Allphones Arena on Hillsong Conference 2014.[11]

Awards and accolades

This album was No. 2 on the Worship Leaders Top 20 Albums of 2014 list.[15]

The song, "This I Believe (The Creed)", was No. 2 on the Worship Leaders Top 20 Songs of 2014 list.[16]

Singles

"Calvary" was the first single and was released on 3 April 2014 on their website. An acoustic, pre-release version of the song, sung by Reuben Morgan, was made available for free download.

"No Other Name" was released on 11 July 2014 on Christian FM stations.

Chart positions and reception

Year-end

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hillsong Albums and Discography . 2023-09-27 . AllMusic . en.
  2. News: Hillsong Conference 2014: NO OTHER NAME.. Hillsong Team on Hillsong Collected. Hillsong Team. 3 July 2013. 5 June 2016.
  3. News: From The Studio To The Streets. Hillsong LIVE on YouTube. Hillsong TV, Ben Fielding & Michael Guy Chislett. 23 April 2014. 5 May 2014.
  4. Web site: Discography Hillsong . Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung) . Hung . Steffen . 9 July 2014 .
  5. https://web.archive.org/web/20150917090733/http://hitsdailydouble.com/new_album_releases . 17 September 2015 . Upcoming Releases . Hits Daily Double . HITS Digital Ventures .
  6. News: New Album Recording. Hillsong International Leadership College On Facebook . 23 February 2014 . 5 May 2014.
  7. News: Singing New Songs. Hillsong LIVE On Facebook . 18 March 2014 . 5 May 2014.
  8. News: Working On The New Album. Hillsong LIVE On Facebook. 28 February 2014. 5 May 2014.
  9. News: Building New Artowrk. Hillsong LIVE On Facebook . 31 March 2014. 5 May 2014.
  10. News: "Calvary" Release . Hillsong Live On Facebook . Hillsong Live . 3 April 2014. 25 April 2014.
  11. News: From The Studio To The Streets. Hillsong Collected. Cass Langton. 23 April 2014. 5 May 2014.
  12. News: No Other Name. Hillsong LIVE on Facebook. 5 May 2014. 5 May 2014.
  13. News: Hillsong Takes Over New York City's Times Square With 'Jesus,' 'No Other Name' Campaign . The Christian Post CP CHURCH & MINISTRY . Nicola Menzie. 7 May 2014. 10 May 2014.
  14. News: Hillsong's Times Square Billboards Proclaim 'Jesus', 'No Other Name' in NYC . The Gospel Herald . Leah Marieann Klett. 7 May 2014. 10 May 2014.
  15. Web site: Worship Leader . Worship Leader (magazine) . Top 20 Albums of 2014 . Worship Leader . August 11, 2015 . November/December 2014 . 67 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150925234742/http://media.worshipleader.com/lib/2014nov/html5/index.html?page=67 . 25 September 2015 . dead .
  16. Web site: Worship Leader . Worship Leader (magazine) . Top 20 Songs of 2014 . Worship Leader . November 5, 2015 . November/December 2014 . 64–5 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181019094017/http://media.worshipleader.com/lib/2014nov/html5/index.html?page=64 . 19 October 2018 . dead .
  17. Web site: 2014 Top 40 Official Christian & Gospel Albums Chart Archive. Official Charts Company. 11 July 2014.
  18. Web site: End of Year Charts – ARIA Top 100 Albums 2014. ARIA Charts. Australian Recording Industry Association. 7 January 2015.