| Passion | |
| Alias: | Passion Music |
| Origin: | Atlanta, Georgia, US |
| Genre: | Contemporary worship music, contemporary Christian music |
| Years Active: | –present |
| Current Members: |
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Passion is a contemporary worship music band, a central part of Passion Conferences in Atlanta, Georgia.Passion band have released 28 albums over the span of two decades under the name Passion. Most of the Passion albums are live albums, recorded during performances in conferences or tours. Passion Conferences also owns sixstepsrecords, a record label that includes Crowder and Passion.[1] Sixstepsrecords artists form the core group of artists performing at the Passion Gatherings, including Chris Tomlin, David Crowder, Charlie Hall, Matt Redman, Christy Nockels, Kristian Stanfill, Melodie Malone, Brett Younker, and Jimi Cravity. Other artists that have performed at Passion Gatherings include Lecrae, Hillsong United, Jesus Culture, Kari Jobe, Tenth Avenue North, Shane and Shane, SonicFlood, Gungor, Rend Collective, and Sean Curran of Bellarive.
Passion's first record, Our Soul's Desire, was released in 1997 under Star Song Records. After Star Song artists transferred to Sparrow Records,[2] Passion released two more live albums, including 1999's Better Is One Day, which saw Passion charting on the Billboard Christian Albums chart for the first time.[3] In 2000, Passion Conferences founded sixstepsrecords as a division of Passion Conferences.[4] As partners of Sparrow Records, a division of Capitol CMG, sixstepsrecords has many prominent contemporary Christian musicians under their label.[5] [6] Their first album on the newly created label, The Road to One Day, became the first Passion album to chart on the Billboard 200.[7] Since the creation of sixstepsrecords, Passion has released more than twenty more live albums and two studio albums, nine of which have consecutively charted at No. 1 on the Billboard Christian Albums chart.[8] The lead single off of 2012's live album White Flag, "One Thing Remains", became Passion's first No. 1 song on the Billboard Christian Songs chart.[9] Passion's Let The Future Begin (2013) and Take It All (2014) both peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard 200, making them Passion's highest charting albums.
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Christ [10] | US [11] | |||
| 1997 | Our Soul's Desire
| — | — | |
| 1998 | Live Worship from the 268 Generation
| — | — | |
| 1999 | Better Is One Day
| 4 | — | |
| 2000 | One Day Live
| 12 | 158 | |
| 2002 | Our Love Is Loud
| 4 | 77 | |
| 2003 | Sacred Revolution: Songs from OneDay 03
| 5 | 107 | |
| 2004 | Hymns Ancient and Modern
| 8 | 163 | |
| 2005 | How Great Is Our God
| 2 | 74 | |
| 2006 | Everything Glorious
| 2 | 69 | |
| 2008 | God of This City
| 3 | 74 | |
| 2010 |
| 1 | 15 | |
| 2011 |
| 1 | 11 | |
| 2012 |
| 1 | 5 | |
| 2013 |
| 1 | 4 | |
| 2014 |
| 1 | 4 | |
| 2015 | [12]
| 1 | 18 | |
| 2017 | Worthy of Your Name[13]
| 1 | 32 | |
| 2018 | Whole Heart
| 1 | 37 | |
| 2019 | Follow You Anywhere
| 3 | — | |
| 2020 | Roar (Live from Passion 2020)
| 5 | — | |
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Christ | US | US Latin Pop [14] | |||
The Road to One Day
| 3 | 139 | — | ||
| 1 | 19 | — | ||
Glorioso Día
| — | — | 12 | ||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Christ | US | ||||
| 2005 | Passion 05
| — | — | ||
| 2006 | Passion: The Early Session
| — | — | [15] | |
| 2006 | The Best of Passion (So Far)
| 9 | 168 | [16] [17] | |
| 2007 | Live From Passion07
| — | — | ||
| 2008 | A Generation United for His Renown
| — | — | [18] [19] | |
| 2014 | Passion: The Essential Collection
| 9 | 133 | [20] | |
| Single | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Christ. [21] | US Christ. Airplay [22] | US Christ. Digital [23] | ||||
| "White Flag" | 2012 | 8 | 3 | Passion: White Flag | ||
| "One Thing Remains" | 1 | 6 |
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| "The Lord Our God" | 2013 | 18 | — | Passion: Let the Future Begin | ||
| "In Christ Alone" | 2014 | 32 | 25 | — | ||
| "My Heart Is Yours" | 13 | 12 | 32 | Passion: Take It All | ||
| "Even So Come" | 2015 | 7 | 3 | — |
| Even So Come" (radio version / live) [digital single] |
| "Remember" | 2016 | 16 | 16 | 27 | Passion: Salvation's Tide Is Rising | |
| "Simple Pursuit" | 41 | 27 | — | |||
| "Glorious Day" | 2017 | 25 | 19 | 14 |
| Worthy of Your Name |
| "God, You're So Good" | 2018 | — | 42 | — | Whole Heart | |
| "God, You're So Good" | — | — | — | non-album single | ||
| "Follow You Anywhere" | 2019 | 45 | 38 | — | Follow You Anywhere | |
| "Step Into the Light" | — | — | — | Bigger Than I Thought | ||
| "Behold the Lamb" | — | — | — | Follow You Anywhere | ||
| "There's Nothing That Our God Can't Do" (live) | 32 | 31 | — | Roar (Live from Passion 2020) | ||
| "King of Glory" (live) | 44 | — | — | |||
| "Way Maker" (live) | 2020 | 39 | — | 9 | ||
| Single | Year | Peak chart positions | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Christ | US Christ Digital [25] | Album | ||||
| "Burning In My Soul" | 2013 | — | 41 | Passion: Let The Future Begin | ||
| "Come As You Are" | 2014 | 43 | 24 | Passion: Take It All | ||
| "Salvation's Tide" | 2016 | — | 46 | Salvation's Tide Is Rising | ||
| "Worthy of Your Name" | 2017 | 27 | 8 | Worthy of Your Name | ||
| "This We Know" | 35 | 22 | ||||
| "How Great Is Your Love" | 50 | — | ||||
| "Whole Heart" | 2018 | 48 | — | Whole Heart | ||
| "Reckless Love" | 31 | — | ||||
| "Welcome The Healer" | 2019 | 42 | — | Follow You Anywhere | ||
| "Bigger Than I Thought" | 44 | — | ||||