name | What If... |
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director | Dallas Jenkins |
writer | Chuck KonzelmanAndrea Gyertson NasfellCary Solomon |
starring | Kevin SorboKristy SwansonDebby RyanCaeden LovatoJohn RatzenbergerKristin MinterToni TrucksStelio Savante |
music | Jeehun Hwang |
cinematography | Todd Barron |
editing | Frank Reynolds |
studio | Jenkins EntertainmentPure Flix Entertainment |
released | |
country | |
language | English |
gross | }} |
If Ben wants to get back to his old life, he must first learn to appreciate the value of faith and family, and perhaps rediscover the love of his life. In the tradition of It's a Wonderful Life and The Family Man, What If... tells the story of a man whose glimpse into what he’s missing reminds him of what he truly wants.
Category:Christian films Category:Films about wish-fulfillment Category:Independent films Category:2010 films
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Demetri Martin (born May 25, 1973) is an American comedian, actor, artist, musician, writer and humorist. Martin is best known for his work as a stand-up comedian, contributor on The Daily Show and for his Comedy Central show Important Things with Demetri Martin.
Since late 2005, he has been credited as a contributor on The Daily Show, on which he has appeared as the named "Senior Youth Correspondent" and on which he hosts a segment called "Trendspotting". He has used this segment to talk about so-called hip trends among youth such as hookahs, wine, guerilla marketing and Xbox 360. A piece about social networking featured his profile on MySpace. On March 22, 2007, Demetri made another appearance on The Daily Show, talking about the Viacom lawsuit against Google and YouTube.
He has recorded a comedy CD/DVD titled These Are Jokes, which was released on September 26, 2006. This album also features Saturday Night Live member Will Forte and stand-up comedian Leo Allen.
Martin returned to The Daily Show on March 22, 2006, as the new Youth Correspondent, calling his segment "Professional Important News with Demetri Martin". In 2007, he starred in a Fountains of Wayne music video for "Someone to Love" as Seth Shapiro, a character in the song. He also starred in the video for the new Travis single "Selfish Jean", in which he wears multiple t-shirts with lyrics written on them.
On September 2, 2007, Martin appeared on the season finale of the HBO series Flight of the Conchords. He appeared as a keytar player named Demetri.
He also had a part in the movie The Rocker (2008) starring Rainn Wilson. Martin played the part of the videographer when the band in the movie was making their first music video.
In 2009, he hosted and starred in his own television show called Important Things With Demetri Martin on Comedy Central. Later in June, it was announced his show had been renewed for a second season. The second season premiered, again on Comedy Central, on February 4, 2010. Martin has stated that Important Things will not return for a third season.
Prior to completing work on his second season, Martin starred in the comedy-drama film Taking Woodstock (2009), directed by Ang Lee, which premiered at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival. In the film Martin plays Elliot Tiber, a closeted gay artist who has given up his ambitions in the city to move upstate and help his old-world Jewish family run their Catskill Mountains motel. The film is based on the book written by Tiber.
On April 25, 2011, Martin released his first book, titled This Is a Book.
Martin also signed a blind script deal with CBS in October 2010 to produce, write, and star in his own television series.
After CBS was shown the pilot for the series, they decided not to air it.
On August 11, 2011, Fox ordered a presentation of a new animated show they might air.
The title of the special comes from a lengthy palindromic poem that Martin wrote; the words "if I" are at the center of the poem.
Martin moved to Santa Monica, California in 2009.
Year | ! Title | ! Role | Notes |
2002 | Analyze That | Personal Assistant | |
2003 | If I| | Himself | British television special, also writer |
2004 | 12:21| | Himself | short film, also writer |
2004 | Late Night with Conan O'Brien| | Himself | 1 episode, series writer |
2007 | "Someone to Love (Fountains of Wayne song)Someone to Love" || | Seth Shapiro | Fountains of Wayne music video |
2007 | Flight of the Conchords (TV series)Flight of the Conchords || | Demetri | Season 1, Episode 12 |
2008 | The Rocker (film)The Rocker || | Kip (a music video producer) | |
2009 | Paper Heart| | Himself | |
2009 | Post Grad| | Ad Exec | |
2009 | Moon People| | lead role and writer | |
2009 | Taking Woodstock| | Elliot Tiber | lead role |
2009–2010 | Important Things with Demetri Martin| | Himself / Various | lead role, writer, series creator, executive producer, and composer |
2011 | Take Me Home Tonight (film)Take Me Home Tonight || | Goldman Sachs Employee | supporting role |
2011 | Contagion (film)Contagion || | ||
2011 | Conan| | Himself | guest |
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name | Jason Derülo |
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birth name | Jason Joel Desrouleaux |
background | solo_singer |
birth date | September 21, 1989 |
origin | Miami, Florida, United States |
genre | R&B;, pop, dance |
occupation | Singer-songwriter, dancer, choreographer, actor |
years active | 2007–present |
label | Warner Bros.,Beluga Heights |
associated acts | The Black Eyed Peas, Lady GaGa, Birdman, Diddy-Dirty Money, Lil Wayne, Big Boi, Kid Cudi |
website | }} |
Jason Joel Desrouleaux (born , 1989), better known by his stage name Jason Derülo, is an American singer-songwriter, actor and dancer. After producing records for several artists and writing songs for Cash Money Records, co-founder of the label Birdman, Young Money Entertainment owner Lil Wayne and rapper Diddy, Derülo signed to minor recording label Beluga Heights. After Beluga Heights became part of the Warner Music Group, Derülo released his debut single, "Whatcha Say" in May 2009. The song became a huge digital hit, selling over five million digital downloads, gaining an RIAA certification of double platinum, and reaching number 1 in the US and New Zealand. Derülo released his second single, "In My Head", in December 2009. His debut album, Jason Derülo, was released in 2010.
Derülo has been performing since the age of five. He wrote his first song, "Crush on You", at age eight and was heard singing part of the song on a Galaxy FM interview. Derülo spent his youth studying opera, theater, and ballet. He attended Dillard Center for the Arts in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and graduated from the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York.
At age 12, Derülo met his future manager, Frank Harris, a law school student who was helping him improve his basketball skills.
In a HitQuarters interview, Rotem highlighted Derülo's dedication to his art by saying, "Jason Derülo has one of the most impressive work ethics I've ever come across – he just keeps knocking out songs in the studio. That's an amazing quality."
Derülo's music career began in 2006, when he was featured on Birdman's song "Bossy", which was featured on his album, 5 * Stunna.
Derülo's debut album, Jason Derülo, was released on , 2010. He spent six weeks promoting the album in his appearances as one of the opening acts for Lady Gaga's 2009–2010 The Monster Ball Tour. The third single of the album is "Ridin' Solo," which was released worldwide on , 2010. By July, the single had reached number nine in the Billboard Hot 100. Derülo has also recently been featured in a song by new artist Will Roush called "Turn it Up," which also features Stat Quo and Young Buck. He also collaborated with UK singer Pixie Lott on a song called "Coming Home" which will be on Lott's new album Turn It Up Louder to be released in the United States in 2011.
Jason Derülo first charted within the top ten of the UK and Irish Albums Charts in early March 2010.
Television | |||
Year | Show | Role | ! Notes |
2011 | Himself | Guest Star, 1 episode |
Year | Organisation | Award | Result |
rowspan="3" | Choice Breakout Male Artist | ||
rowspan="2" | |||
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Most Popular International Artist | |||
NAACP Image Award | |||
rowspan="2" | |||
50 Most Performed Songs of the Year ("Replay") | |||
Choice Male Artist | |||
Choice R&B;/Hip-Hop Track ("Don't Wanna Go Home") | |||
Choice Summer: Music Star Male | |||
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name | Victoria Justice |
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background | solo_singer |
birth date | February 19, 1993 |
origin | Hollywood, Florida, U.S. |
instrument | Vocals, piano |
genre | Electropop, pop, dance pop |
occupation | Actress, singer, songwriter, dancer |
years active | 2003–present |
label | Columbia RecordsSony Music Entertainment |
website | VictoriaJustice.net |
notable instruments | }} |
Aside from acting, Justice is involved in her musical career. She has performed several songs for the soundtrack to the Nickelodeon musical Spectacular!, in which she starred. She has recorded a number of songs for the Victorious series. Justice has announced the release of her debut album, which is expected to be released sometime during the summer of 2011.
thumb|left|170px|Victoria Justice in June 2007 During the same year, Justice was awarded a main cast role in the Nickelodeon series Zoey 101 as Lola Martinez, a new student who is also an aspiring actress. When she found out she had earned the role, she said "I was extremely happy; I was bouncing up and down and screaming. That was a really great moment." The season 2 episode that introduced Justice's character debuted on September 11, 2005. Justice also had roles in two other films that year. She had a cameo appearance in the R-rated film When Do We Eat?, as well as earning the role of Rose in the Hallmark television film Silver Bells, the following of which has become a Hallmark Hall of Fame film.
In 2006, while filming episodes for Zoey 101, Justice made a guest appearance on an episode of the series Everwood, in the episode "Enjoy the Ride". Justice made her theatrical film debut that year, when she was given a cameo role in the film Unknown. The film was a financial failure, and received mixed reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film currently has a 39% approval rate, and only has a 44% approval rate on metacritic.
2006 also saw Justice in her first major theatrical role, when she was awarded the supporting role of Holly in the thriller film The Garden. The film was met with negative reviews from critics, with Tex Massacre of Bloody Disgusting giving the film a score of 3 out of 10, stating, "Overflowing with way too much exposition, and a barrage of scenes that offer little more than the actors looking pensive, The Garden felt like five movies – five long strange never-ending tales that were designed to suck the very soul from my body. Perhaps it felt that way because it took me 5 sittings to finally make it through the film!"
2007 and 2008 saw Justice focusing on the third and fourth seasons of Zoey 101, which was coming to a close. Justice released her debut single midway through 2007, while she was still filming Zoey 101. The song was a cover of the Vanessa Carlton song, "A Thousand Miles". The song failed to make an impact on any charts, had little promotion, and no music video was filmed or released. When being interviewed about in 2010 about her musical career, Justice has stated "My family could always tell, ever since I was little, that [music is] something that's always come natural to me and that I've always wanted to do. It's something that's just been in my blood. Ever since I was little, I was taking tap classes, jazz classes, hip-hop classes, acting classes. I just always wanted to cultivate that and do that more. But, the moment where I actually realized, "Woah, this is something that I can actually do for the rest of my life and maybe be successful at," was actually the pilot of Victorious when I did the performance number for the first time. I just remember standing on stage and seeing all these people looking at me and I was nervous. And then, the music started and I started dancing around and really feeling it and having an amazing time, and that's when it clicked for me that this is what I want to do for the rest of my life." May 2, 2008 saw the airing of the final episode of the series.
2009 proved to be a successful year for Justice. She announced plans to guest star on an episode of Nickelodeon's series The Naked Brothers Band. The TV special, titled Valentine Dream Date featured Justice portraying herself. Justice made no plans of going back into the recording studio until 2009, when she starred in the Nickelodeon musical, Spectacular!. Justice's character performs three songs during the course of the film. When being interviewed about the song writing process, Justice stated "It was really fun. This is the first time that people are going to hear me sing officially. There was a YouTube video where I covered “A Thousand Miles” by Vanessa Carlton, which I did just for fun with my singing coach. Somehow that got leaked online, and I guess people liked it. But this is the first time that my voice will be on any soundtrack and people are actually going to hear me sing in the studio. It’s really cool and I can’t wait for people to hear it! The songs are really catchy and you can dance around to them. When we were filming, that’s all me, Simon [Curtis], Avan [Jogia] and Andrea [Lewis], would listen to! We would dance around to the songs all the time and practice the moves." She also stated "I completed the songs pretty quickly. I sang three songs that were all duets with Simon, and I finished them in 2 days. I practiced them a long time before, because I wanted to be prepared. So for the 2 weeks before that, I was rehearsing every single day, like 10 times a day. It’s a good idea [to memorize the lyrics] because you’re more prepared. I definitely did, but I don’t think everyone does." Justice starred alongside Nolan Funk and Simon Curtis in the musical film, which aired on Nickelodeon on February 16, 2009. The film has become one of Nickelodeon's most popular movies, attracting an audience 3.7 million viewers on its premiere night. The film received a generally positive review from several critics. Common Sense Media said in their review that "With SPECTACULAR!, Nickelodeon attempts to loosen the iron grip Disney established on tween-targeted modern-day musicals with High School Musical and its sequels. Spectacular! definitely has some similarities to HSM – including a talented cast, upbeat song-and-dance numbers, and age-appropriate content for tweens – but there are also some marked differences. Nikko is a bit of a bad boy, mouthing off to his older brother (who acts as his guardian) and flaunting a major superiority complex with the choir members. Courtney's also guilty of some errors in judgment, including allowing her passion for upstaging Ta-Da – and lead singer Royce (Simon Curtis), who defected from Spectacular! – to lead to promising Nikko money that belonged to the group. But rather than weighing the story down, these character flaws actually benefit the overall package. They allow the characters to evolve – and, in the end, that's what tweens will take away from this story. Spectacular! can't boast the same pure star power of its popular Disney rival, but it does offer equally kid-friendly entertainment with strong positive overtones. Though parents will find the story predictable and more than a little cheesy, tweens are sure to embrace it and the messages it sends." The film has a 76% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes as of 2011.
After the success of The Naked Brothers Band special in which Justice guest starred, producers insisted on placing her in yet another episode. The episode, titled "The Premiere", debuted on April 11, 2009. Shortly afterward, it was announced that Victoria Justice would be guest starring on a special episode of the hit television series iCarly. The episode, which aired on August 8, 2009 saw Justice portraying ring fighter Shelby Marx. After Carly jokingly states she could beat Marx in a fight, Marx goes to Carly's home and challenges her. The plan is to rig the fight, so no one really is hurt. The fight is set to air on TV as well. However, after Carly's enemy, Nevel, intervenes, the fight turns real. The special was later released onto a DVD of the same name, which features not only the episode, but also has three other iCarly episodes, including "iDate a Bad Boy", "iCarly Awards", and "iLook Alike". The DVD also includes Big Time Audition, the pilot movie of Big Time Rush. September 26 saw the release of the True Jackson, VP episode "True Crush", which featured an appearance by Justice. On its original airdate, the show received 3.6 million viewers.
On November 30 Justice appeared as herself on the latest Nickelodeon show, called BrainSurge. The game show saw Justice competing as a celebrity contestant as part of a series special. Justice announced that year that she would be working on a thriller film, set for theatrical release. It was later announced the film would feature Dylan Sprouse and Cole Sprouse, who star on the Disney series The Suite Life of Zack & Cody as well as its spin-off series The Suite Life On Deck. The film is about two cousins, Will and Clayton, who witness a murder, but out of fear decide not to tell anyone. They and their friend Betsy (Justice), whose father has been wrongfully accused of the crime, go on a journey to find the real killer, and at the same time redeem themselves. Unlike initial plans of a theatrical release, the film had a limited preview release on December 12, 2009 and was returned to post production. Despite this, the film's worldwide release has been canceled.
Justice guest-starred on the Nickelodeon television series, The Troop, in which she portrays an Eris Fairy who has been running around the school breaking up couples in love in the episode "Speed."
Justice returned to the recording studio to record music for the series in 2010. She recorded the series first featured song, which also serves as the theme song, titled "Make It Shine". The single had little success charting in the U.S., however it did manage to reach 16 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 singles chart. Several other songs have been featured in the series, including "You're the Reason", "Finally Falling", "Beggin' on Your Knees","Best Friend's Brother" and "Tell Me That You Love Me". Justice performed her third official single, "Freak the Freak Out", during the Victorious special episode of the same name. The single became her third song to receive an official release, after "A Thousand Miles" and "Make It Shine" and was officially released on November 22, 2010. The single has become her first song to chart on any major chart, when it debuted at 78 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. Justice performed the song live for the first time at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
Justice later guest-starred on the animated series The Penguins of Madagascar, voicing the character of Stacy in the episode "Badger Pride". Justice starred in the 2010 Nickelodeon television movie The Boy Who Cried Werewolf, playing Jordan Sands, a girl who is transformed into a werewolf following her move to a creepy manor. The film was a major success for the network, drawing in 5.8 million viewers for the premiere. The film received generally positive reviews from critics. The film currently holds a 69% approval rate on Rotten Tomatoes based on 24 reviews. Felix Vasques Jr. of CinemaCrazed gave the film a positive review as well, stating "The Boy Who Cried Werewolf ends up being a surprisingly solid family horror comedy that isn't as soapy or girly as I originally assumed it would be. Within the pandering to preteens salivating after Justice, there is also a solid however flawed and derivative story and some wicked special effects." It has been confirmed that in 2011 the cast of iCarly, along with the cast of Victorious will be doing a crossover episode, titled iParty with Victorious. This will mark the second time Justice has guest starred for iCarly, first as Shelby Marx.
In a 2010 interview with the Associated Press, she stated that she is recording an album but will take her time with the process, rather than rush it, and write the songs on the album. But, she is very excited waiting for it. In March 2011 The Hollywood Reporter confirmed that Justice had landed the lead role in the coming of age comedy Fun Size.
colspan="4" style="background: LightSteelBlue;" | Film | |||
Year | Film | Role | ! Notes | |
rowspan="3" | 2005 | Mary (2005 film)>Mary | Stella | |
When Do We Eat? (2006 film)When Do We Eat? | |
Young Nikky | ||
Silver Bells (film)Silver Bells | |
Rose | ||
rowspan="2" | 2006 | The Garden| | Holly | |
Unknown (2006 film)Unknown | |
Daughter | ||
rowspan="2" | 2009 | Spectacular!| | Tammi Dyson | |
The Kings of Appletown | Betsy | |||
2010 | The Boy Who Cried Werewolf (2010 film)The Boy Who Cried Werewolf || | Jordan Sands | Lead role | |
colspan="4" style="background: LightSteelBlue;" | Television series | |||
! Year | ! Title | ! Role | ! Notes | |
2005–2008 | Zoey 101 | Lola Martinez (Zoey 101)>Lola Martinez | ||
2010–present | Victorious| | List of Victorious characters>Victoria "Tori" Vega | Lead role | |
colspan="4" style="background: LightSteelBlue;" | Television guest appearances | |||
! Year | ! Title | ! Role | ! Episode(s) | |
2003 | Gilmore Girls | Jill #2 | ||
2005 | The Suite Life of Zack & Cody| | Rebecca | List of The Suite Life of Zack & Cody episodes#ep2>"The Fairest of Them All" (Season 1, episode 2) | |
2006 | Everwood| | Thalia Thompson | "Enjoy the Ride" (Season 4, episode 18) | |
rowspan="4" | 2009 | The Naked Brothers Band (TV series)The Naked Brothers Band || | Herself | "Valentine Dream Date (TV special) |
[[iCarly | ||||
True Jackson, VP | ||||
BrainSurge | Herself | |||
2010 | The Troop| | Eris Fairy | List of The Troop episodes#ep15>Speed" (Season 1, episode 15) | |
2010 | 2010 Kids' Choice Awards| | Herself | (with the cast of Victorious) | |
2010 | The Penguins of Madagascar| | Stacy | "Badger Pride" (Season 2, episode 14) | |
2010 | 7 Secrets With Victoria Justice| | Herself | Television Special | |
2011 | Nick News| | Herself | Episode: Lies We Tell In Middle School | |
2011 | 2011 Kids' Choice Awards| | Herself | Performed Beggin' On Your Knees, Nominated for "Favorite Television Actress", (with the cast of Victorious) | |
2011 | BrainSurge| | Herself | ||
2011 | iCarly| | Tori Vega | "iParty with Victorious" (Season 3, episode 11–13, crossover) |
+ | Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||
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! scope="row" | * Released: February 3, 2009 | * Format: CD, digital download | * Label: Nick Records | 44 | |
! scope="row" | * Released: August 2, 2011 | * Format: CD, digital download | * Label: Sony Music Entertainment | 5 | |
Title | Year | Peak chart Positions | Album |
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"A Thousand Miles" | – | ||
Title | Year | Peak chart Positions | Album |
US | |||
"Make It Shine" | 116 | align="center" rowspan=5 | |
"Freak the Freak Out" | 50 | ||
"Beggin' on Your Knees" | 58 | ||
"Best Friend's Brother" | 86 | ||
"I Want You Back" | 108 |
Title | Year | Positions | Album |
US | |||
"Leave It All to Shine" (iCarly cast & Victorious cast featuring Miranda Cosgrove & Victoria Justice) | 2011 | 124 | |
style="background-color: #BCBCBC" | Year | Award | Category | Recipient(s) | Result |
2010 | J-14's Teen Icon Awards | Iconic TV Actress| | Victorious | ||
2011 | 2011 Kids' Choice Awards| | Favorite TV Actress | Victorious | ||
2011 | Imagen Awards| | Best Young Actress/Television | Victorious | ||
2011 | ALMA Awards| | Favorite TV Actress – Leading Role in a Comedy | Victorous |
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name | Chris Tomlin |
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background | solo_singer |
birth name | Christopher Dwayne Tomlin |
born | May 04, 1972 |
origin | Grand Saline, Texas U.S. |
instrument | Piano Guitar |
genre | CCMContemporary worship music |
occupation | Singer, songwriter, instrumentalist worship leader |
years active | 1998–present |
label | sixstepsrecords/Sparrow Records |
website | www.christomlin.com |
notable instruments | }} |
He was awarded Male Vocalist of the Year at the 2006, 2007, and 2008 GMA Dove Awards. He was also named Artist of the Year in 2007. Tomlin released his seventh studio album, And If Our God Is for Us..., on November 16, 2010. He is one of the members of Compassionart, a charity founded by Martin Smith (and Smith's wife, Anna) of the band Delirious?.
Tomlin wrote his first worship song at age fourteen. He entered college planning to study physical therapy, but ended up not pursuing that career, as he has stated that he felt God's calling to something else.
In the mid-1990s Tomlin was a worship leader at the Dawson McAllister Youth Conferences, as well as at various church camps in Texas.
After attending Tyler Junior College and Texas A&M; University, Tomlin continued to play and write songs, and in 1997, youth speaker Louie Giglio asked if he would be interested in working with the Passion Conferences. Tomlin has played a key role in the movement ever since.
Although he is a solo artist, Tomlin travels around with a consistent band lineup. He also writes many of his songs with the members of his band. His band, in which he performs vocals, acoustic guitar, and piano, consists of Daniel Carson (electric guitar, backup vocals), Jesse Reeves (bass guitar, backup vocals), Travis Nunn (drums), and Matt Gilder (piano, keys). Tomlin and the band developed while working with the Harvest Ministry at The Woodlands United Methodist Church in The Woodlands, Texas in the late 1990s.
According to Christian Copyright Licensing International's list of the top 25 worship songs in the US in August 2007, Tomlin held 5 spots with songs he has either written or co-written with other songwriters: "How Great Is Our God" (#1), "Forever" (#5), "Holy Is the Lord" (#7), "We Fall Down" (#12), and "Indescribable" (#22). In 2008, Tomlin held 6 spots on 20 The Countdown Magazine's top 20 praise and worship songs: "We Fall Down" (#14), "Forever" (#10), "Holy is the Lord" (#8), "Indescribable" (#6), "Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone)" (#3), and "How Great is our God" (#1).
Tomlin has toured with several prominent contemporary Christian music artists, such as opening for Delirious? during his first ever tour, and as a supporting act of Steven Curtis Chapman during his All Things New Tour. Tomlin has also headlined several tours, such as headlining the Chris Tomlin Indescribable Tour, which featured world renowned worship artist Matt Redman, and speaker Louie Giglio, and headlining the See the Morning Tour. From April to October 2007, Tomlin toured with Louie Giglio and Matt Redman on his "How Great Is Our God" tour. In 2008, Tomlin toured with Passion Conferences on its world tour. In early 2009, he headlined the Hello Love tour with Israel Houghton and New Breed. In summer of 2010, he co-headlined the "Hello Tonight" tour with TobyMac.
Tomlin has also been featured at many conferences and music festivals. Among these, he has played at Grand Saline's annual Salt Festival. Hillsong's 2007 conference, and the 2008 Compassionart International Songwriting retreat, which was dedicated to writing songs whose revenue would support charities serving the poorest of the world's poor. Other prominent songwriters included were Matt Redman, Martin Smith, Stuart Garrard, and Steven Curtis Chapman. In 2009, Tomlin played at the Harvest Crusade at Anaheim Angels Stadium.
At the end of 2006, Tomlin launched an online music website resource called Frequency which Tomlin described as "a place to serve God and his people in worship." In 2007, he partnered with Larry Tardy to create a new site under a similar name, Frequency Worship. The original site featured chord charts for some of Chris' songs, some instructional videos for those songs, and a message board meant for worship leaders. Since the updated launch in August 2008, Frequency has included chord charts for many popular worship songs, instructional videos, planning software for worship leaders, articles written by other artists, and more, branching out into all of worship music.
On June 14, 2007, Tomlin's version of the song "Indescribable" was used as the official wake-up call for Mission Specialist Patrick Forrester on Space Shuttle mission STS-117.
In May 2008, it was announced that Tomlin and his band would move from The Austin Stone Community Church, the church he helped plant with senior pastor Matt Carter in Austin, Texas to start a new church with Louie Giglio in Atlanta, Georgia.
In 2009, Tomlin released a Christmas album, Glory in the Highest: Christmas Songs of Worship. It includes three original Christmas songs and features duets with Matt Redman, Christy Nockels, and Audrey Assad. The album peaked at #9 on the Billboard 200 list and at #1 for Holiday albums.
In March 2010, Tomlin and his band announced through their Twitter accounts the recording of a new studio album slated for a November 2010 release. On August 30, Tomlin announced on his Twitter that the title would be And If Our God Is for Us... The first single "I Will Follow" was released to radio on August 23.
In May 2011, Tomlin announced to his hometown that he and Lauren are expecting their first child.
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Singles - Billboard (North America)
Year | Title | Peak Chart Positions | Album | |
Top Heatseekers>US Heat | ! Hot Christian Songs | |||
2004 | 2 | |||
2 | ||||
style="text-align:left" | 14 | 1 | ||
2006 | 1 | |||
2 | ||||
2 | ||||
2008 | 2 | |||
50 | 2 | |||
6 | ||||
style="text-align:left" | 28 | |||
9 | 1 | |||
14 | 2 | |||
11 | ||||
1 Currently active on the charts
Year | ! Award | ! Result |
!rowspan="1" | Praise & Worship Album of the Year (Arriving) | |
!rowspan="10" | Artist of the Year | |
Male Vocalist of the Year | ||
Song of the Year ("Holy Is the Lord") | ||
Worship Song of the Year ("Holy Is the Lord") | ||
Worship Song of the Year ("How Great Is Our God") | ||
Worship Song of the Year ("Indescribable")1 | ||
Special Event Album of the Year ("WOW Christmas: Green")* | ||
!rowspan="9" | Artist of the Year | |
Male Vocalist of the Year | ||
Song of the Year ("Made to Worship") | ||
Pop/Contemporary Recorded Song of the Year ("Made to Worship") | ||
Pop/Contemporary Album of the Year (See The Morning) | ||
Worship Song of the Year ("Holy Is the Lord") | ||
Worship Song of the Year ("Made to Worship") | ||
Praise & Worship Album of the Year (See The Morning) | ||
!rowspan="6" | Artist of the Year | |
Male Vocalist of the Year | ||
Song of the Year ("Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone)") | ||
Worship Song of the Year ("Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone)") | ||
Worship Song of the Year ("How Great Is Our God") | ||
Special Event Album of the Year ("Music Inspired By the Motion Picture Amazing Grace")* | ||
!rowspan="7" | Artist of the Year | |
Male Vocalist of the Year | ||
Song of the Year ("Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone)") | ||
Worship Song of the Year ("Jesus Messiah") | ||
Contemporary Gospel Recorded Song of the Year ("How Great Is Our God")2 | ||
!rowspan="4" | Song of the Year ("I Will Rise") | |
Worship Song of the Year ("I Will Rise") | ||
Christmas Album of the Year (Glory in the Highest: Christmas Songs of Worship) | ||
!rowspan="5" | Artist of the Year | |
Male Vocalist of the Year | ||
Song of the Year ("Our God") | ||
Worship Song of the Year ("Our God") | ||
Special Event Album of the Year (Passion: Awakening)* | ||
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