Bart Millard, best known as the lead singer of the multi-platinum band MercyMe, is having a great week. On the heels of wrapping a national promo tour, his second solo effort, Hymned Again, just entered the Christian SoundScan charts at No.9, and reached the No. 3 spot on the iTunes© Christian chart.
Last week, Millard hit the road on a promo tour that took him to Dallas, where he spent time with K-LOVE morning show hosts, Jon and Sherry Rivers, KCBI and GodTube, as well as Tucson, Ariz. (Family Life Communications), and Las Vegas, Nev. (S.O.S radio), Sacramento, Calif. (KLOVE/Air1), and ultimately Chicago, Ill., where local radio and media joined Millard at Wrigley Field for a Chicago Cubs game. Baseball is one of Millard’s favorite passtimes and is something he posts many video blogs about at mercyme.org
On top of that, MercyMe’s latest single, “You Reign” just hit No.1 on the R&R AC-Monitored and CRW AC charts, also retaining its No. 1 at Soft AC/Inspo. The single also currently is riding high at No. 7 on CRW’s CHR chart and No. 16 R&R’s CHR chart.
While Hymned, Millar’s 2005 debut solo project, was named one of Billboard and ChristianMusicToday.com’s Top Ten albums of 2005, Hymned Again, also has received its share of critical acclaim.
Millard currently wrapped a full summer schedule with MercyMe supporting their latest hit project, All that is Within Me. The band will be touring this fall, as well, dates for which are available here. Millard also just taped a special Hymned Again episode of the Gospel Music Channel’s Kitchen Sink, which is scheduled to air on September 27.
