Planetshakers Explained

Planetshakers
Background:group_or_band
Origin:Adelaide, Melbourne, Australia
Genre:Contemporary worship music, contemporary Christian music
Years Active:2000–present
Label:Planetshakers Ministries International, Integrity, Venture3Media
Associated Acts:Planetboom

Planetshakers is a contemporary worship music band, a central part of Planetshakers Church in Melbourne, Australia.

With over 30 albums, the band toured annually to the US, UK, Europe, South Africa, Asia, South America, Australia and New Zealand for some years,[1] and has been nominated for several Dove Awards.[2]

History

Formed in Adelaide, South Australia, for the first Planetshakers Conference at Paradise Community Church (now known as Influencers Church) in Adelaide in 1997,[3] the band is now based in Melbourne, Victoria at Planetshakers Church, which is under the leadership of senior pastors Russell and Samantha Evans.[4]

Guy Sebastian, member of the Planetshakers band from 2002 to 2005, was a worship leader and background vocals, recording albums for Planetshakers Church at Paradise Community Church conferences. He went on to win the first Australian Idol and has become a highly popular artist.[5] [6] [7]

Michael Guglielmucci

It was reported in 2008 that Michael Guglielmucci, a pastor at the church and former bass player in the Planetshakers band, had fraudulently claimed he was dying of cancer,[8] [9] and received money from supporters who believed his illness was real.[10] He wrote "Healer", a song of encouragement for believers who were suffering from cancer, for the album Saviour of the World, which was released in June (2007).[11] Guglielmucci explained his actions as being a result of a long-term pornography addiction.[12] The track had also been added to the Hillsong album This Is Our God (2008),[13] but later removed from the album.[14]

Members

The following are current and former members:[15] [16] [17]

Current

Former

Awards

In 2002, the album Open Up the Gates, was nominated for Dove Award "Worship Album of the Year".[18] [19]

, released in March 2014, reached No. 3 on the Billboard Top Heatseekers chart[20] and No. 16 in on the Billboard Christian Albums chart.[21] The video of the song "Endless Praise" was nominated for Dove Award Long Form Video of the Year 2014.[22]

The album, Nada Es Imposible, in Spanish which was released in June 2014, reached position No. 17 on the Billboard "Latin Pop Albums" chart[23] and was nominated by the Arpa Awards in three categories: best group or duo album, album rock or hard rock and producer of 2014.[24]

The video of the song "This is Our Time" was nominated for the Dove Award Long Form Video of the Year 2014.[25]

The video of the song "Let's Go" was nominated for the Dove Award Long Form Video of the Year 2015.[26]

The video of the song "Overflow" was nominated for Dove Award Long Form Video of the Year 2016.[27]

Planetshakers was nominated for the Dove Award in the category: "Spanish Language Album of the Year" for Sé Quién Eres Tú (featuring Su Presencia).[28]

Planetshakers (featuring Su Presencia) have been nominated by the Arpa Awards in 2016 in the category: "Best song in participation" "Sé quién eres tú".[29]

Discography

Most of the albums were recorded live at the Planetshakers Conference, and released by Planetshakers Ministries International, Integrity and Venture3Media.

Albums

EPs

Singles

Other singles

Planetshakers Kids

In 2013, they presented their first children's music production—Planetshakers Kids—as well as their first children's album, Nothing Is Impossible. The album was nominated for a GMA Dove Award for "Best Album of the Year for Children's Music".[30]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Planetshakers Music. Planetshakers. 5 March 2018. Planetshakers. 5 March 2018.
  2. Web site: https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20150304032300/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/151030/20150304-1423/www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2006/s1825436.htm . Praise pit to faith . Hutchison . Tracee . Tracee Hutchison . . Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) . 4 March 2015 . 11 January 2007 . 1 July 2015 .
  3. Web site: About Planetshakers . Daystar Television. 2 February 2022.
  4. Web site: Planetshakers Music . Planetshakers . 3 February 2022.
  5. News: Young believers pray and sway to a new beat . Lallo . Michael . . 8 April 2007 . 1 July 2015 .
  6. Web site: Paradise Community Church . New Release Today . 22 August 2021.
  7. Web site: Rhema on Planetshakers . Rhemadev . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080914042424/http://rhemadev.co.za/september/worship.html . 14 September 2008 .
  8. News: Smith . Sharon . Chart-topping pastor's cancer lie . 1 . Adelaide, Australia . 29 August 2008 . 7News.
  9. News: Wheatley . Kim . Go to police, church tells lying pastor; praise to the fraud . 1–2 . The Advertiser . Adelaide, Australia . 22 August 2008 .
  10. News: Wheatley . Kim . 11 September 2008 . Porn pastor unlikely to face charges | The Advertiser . The Advertiser . 21 February 2014.
  11. News: That's Sir Conman to you, copper: 2008's bizarre rap sheet . Melbourne, Australia . The Age . Mark . Russell . 16 November 2008.
  12. News: 28 August 2008 . ABC News . Fake cancer preacher admits porn addiction . 21 February 2014.
  13. Web site: Hillsong Pastor Michael Guglielmucci on Today Tonight - YouTube . https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211222/HcswYwQczPc . 22 December 2021 . live. www.youtube.com.
  14. Web site: Hillsong Music Australia - This Is Our God - CD /DVD - Pre Order Now and receive free shipping! Released July 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20080407094047/http://www.hillsong.com/music/product.php?xProd=4603. dead. 7 April 2008. 7 April 2008.
  15. Web site: About the Planetshakers Band Members . Daystar . 18 September 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180918193719/http://www.daystar.com/events/planetshakers-awakening/planetshakers-awakening-band-bios/ . 18 September 2018 . dead .
  16. Web site: About the Band Members . Daystar . 18 September 2018.
  17. Web site: About the Band . Daystar . 2 May 2019.
  18. Web site: Russ Hutto . Review: Nothing Is Impossible by Planetshakers . The Worship Community . 7 October 2019.
  19. Web site: Open Up The Gates. New Release Today. 27 January 2015.
  20. Planetshakers Chart history. Billboard. 22 September 2016.
  21. Planetshakers Chart history. Billboard. 22 September 2016.
  22. Web site: Alekz Aminadab Mundo. Se revelaron los nominados de la 45 edición de los Dove Awards.. 16 August 2014. Onda Exclusiva. 22 September 2016. es.
  23. Planetshakers Chart history. Billboard. 19 June 2017.
  24. Web site: Premios Arpa. XI EDICIÓN PREMIOS ARPA. Premios Arpa. Academia Nacional de la Música y las Artes Cristianas. 23 September 2016. es.
  25. Web site: The Christian Beat. 46th Annual GMA Dove Awards Full Nominations List. 12 August 2015. The Christian Beat. 7 January 2018.
  26. Web site: GMA DOVE AWARDS. LONG FORM VIDEO OF THE YEAR – CAT 43. 10 November 2015. GMA DOVE AWARDS. 22 September 2016. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20161114211659/http://doveawards.com/2016-nominees/. 14 November 2016.
  27. Web site: GMA DOVE AWARDS. LONG FORM VIDEO OF THE YEAR – CAT 38. 12 September 2017. GMA DOVE AWARDS. 12 September 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171225132324/http://doveawards.com/awards/2017-nominees/. 25 December 2017. dead.
  28. Web site: GMA DOVE AWARDS. SPANISH LANGUAGE ALBUM OF THE YEAR – CAT 28. 12 September 2017. GMA DOVE AWARDS. 12 September 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171225132324/http://doveawards.com/awards/2017-nominees/. 25 December 2017. dead.
  29. Web site: Premios Arpa . Lista Oficial de Nominados XIII Edición Premios ARPA . Premios Arpa . Academia Nacional de la Música y las Artes Cristianas . 29 September 2019 . es.
  30. Web site: THE 45TH ANNUAL GMA DOVE AWARDS NOMINEES ANNOUNCED TODAY AT LIPSCOMB'S ALLEN ARENA IN NASHVILLE . . 23 October 2019.