MercyMe
MercyMe is an American CCM - band (Contemporary Christian Music) from Greenville , Texas . The group consists of singer Bart Millard, keyboardist James Bryson, drummer Robin Shaffer, bassist Nathan Cochran and guitarists Michael Scheuchzer and Barry Graul.
Career
The band was formed in 1994 and released six independent albums before signing with INO Records in 2001. The group first achieved general awareness with the single I Can Only Imagine and the debut album Almost There . Since then, the group has released another five studio albums. The publications have been awarded gold and platinum several times, and a best-of album has also been released. MercyMe has received multiple Grammy Award nominations.
Discography
Studio albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 US
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Christian
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| 1995 | Pleased to meet you | - | - |
First published: 1995
|
| 1997 | Traces of Rain | - | - |
First published: 1997
|
| 1998 | Traces of Rain Volume II | - | - |
First published: 1998
|
| 1999 | The need | - | - |
First published: 1999
|
| 1999 | The Worship Project | - | - |
First published: 1999
|
| 2000 | Look | - | - |
First published: 2000
|
| 2001 | Almost there |
US37  × 3
(96 weeks)US |
Christian1 (... week) Christian |
First published: August 14, 2001
Sales: +3,000,000 |
| 2002 | Spoken For |
US41  (29 weeks)US |
Christian2 (91 weeks) Christian |
First published: October 1, 2002
Sales: + 500,000 |
| 2004 | Undone |
US12 (30 weeks)US |
Christian1 (97 weeks) Christian |
First published: April 20, 2004
Sales: + 500,000 |
| 2006 | Coming up to breathe |
US13 (24 weeks)US |
Christian1 (85 weeks) Christian |
First published: April 25, 2006
Sales: + 500,000 |
| 2007 | Coming Up to Breathe: Acoustic | - |
Christian22 (3 weeks) Christian |
First published: January 30, 2007
|
| All That Is Within Me |
US15th (26 weeks)US |
Christian1 (83 weeks) Christian |
First published: November 20, 2007
Sales: + 500,000 |
|
| 2008 | iTunes Originals | - | - |
First published: March 18, 2008
|
| 2010 | The Generous Mr. Lovewell |
US3 (45 weeks)US |
Christian1 (95 weeks) Christian |
First published: May 4th, 2010
Sales: + 500,000 |
| 2011 | The Worship Sessions | - |
Christian33 (1 week) Christian |
First published: August 30, 2011
|
| 2012 | The Hurt & The Healer |
US7 (31 weeks) US |
Christian1 (78 weeks) Christian |
First published: May 22, 2012
|
| 2014 | Welcome to the New |
US4th (51 weeks)US |
Christian1 (187 weeks) Christian |
First published: April 8, 2014
Sales: + 500,000 |
| 2017 | Lifer |
US10 (12 weeks) US |
Christian1 (... week) Christian |
First published: May 31, 2017
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- ↑ Biography at Allmusic (English)
- ↑ http://christianmusic.about.com/cs/festivalsevents/a/aaimaginetour.htm
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from June 20, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Chart sources: US
Web links
- Official website
- Official MySpace page
- MercyMe at Allmusic (English)