HOUGHTON AND SWITCHFOOT WIN BIG!

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The Grammy Results are out!

HOUGHTON AND SWITCHFOOT WIN BIG!

Congratulations to Israel Houghton and Switchfoot for their big wins at this year's Grammy Awards. Houghton took home Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel album marking his fourth win. Switchfoot also took home a win for Best Rock/Rap Gospel for their latest, Hello Hurricane. This is their first Grammy win.

Israel houghton TCM.jpg Integrity Music’s Israel Houghton is now a four-time GRAMMY Award winner after receiving the award for Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album for his critically acclaimed CD Love God. Love People. The 53rd Annual GRAMMY Awards were announced last night at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

The GRAMMY for Love God. Love People. makes four straight for the worship leader from Houston. Each of Houghton’s last four CDs have been honored with GRAMMY Awards. Last year he won for his solo debut CD The Power of One, and with his powerhouse musical ensemble New Breed, Houghton won a GRAMMY in 2008 for A Deeper Level and in 2007 for Alive in South Africa.

switchfoot TCM.jpg San Diego rock band Switchfoot has seen multi-platinum success over its vast career, which spans eight acclaimed albums, globally sold-out arena concerts and numerous music industry awards and honors that now include their first GRAMMY Award.

Switchfoot’s seventh studio album, Hello Hurricane, received a GRAMMY Award for Best Rock or Rap Gospel Album. Released November 10, 2009 on Atlantic and Credential Records, Hello Hurricane bowed at No. 13 on The Billboard 200, gathered two Top 10 Modern Rock radio singles with “Mess of Me” and “The Sound (John M. Perkins’ Blues),” and launched the band onto all the major late night network shows as it continues to gather widespread critical acclaim. Paste Magazine declared “Hello Hurricane will rock you like a...well, you know...” Alternative Press calls the record “a hope-giving affirmation of resurgence from a band who might have been down but were never out.” Rolling Stone says, “The group added some heft to its super catchy alternative rock,” while Relevant Magazine calls the recording “one of the best albums of Switchfoot’s career.”