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MercyMe

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MercyMe is a multi-platinum selling contemporary Christian band, with numerous GRAMMY nominations, American Music Awards, a Billboard Music Award, multiple GMA Dove Awards and K-LOVE Fan Awards, and over 9 million albums sold worldwide. Their landmark song “I Can Only Imagine,” written by lead singer Bart Millard after losing his father to cancer, was the first digital single in Christian music history to be certified platinum, and now 4x platinum. The song led to a breakout feature film and Millard’s best-selling book by the same name.

In 2009, Billboard named MercyMe's "Word Of God Speak" the No. 1 Song of the Decade and the group the No. 1 Artist of the Decade in both the Christian Songs and Christian AC Songs categories. The group has sold out venues throughout the US and Canada, including Radio City Music Hall and Red Rocks Amphitheater. MercyMe’s 2017 album, Lifer, went No. 1 on Christian Soundscan and No. 10 on the Billboard Top 200 overall chart during its first week.

Originally formed in 1994 in Greenville, Texas, the beloved band’s storied career speaks to the endurance of the members and the timelessness of their music. inhale (exhale) is MercyMe’s first book as a band.

Books by MercyMe