Hillsong United
Hillsong United is a contemporary worship collective originating from Hillsong Church. Since forming in 1998 out of the church's youth ministry, the group has released fifteen live albums and six studio albums.
Band members are involved in Hillsong Church services and also play for the church. The band has toured in a number of countries, leading worship in various places and has an international influence.
History
Originally called United Live, Hillsong United was formed in 1998, originating from the youth ministry of Hillsong Church called Powerhouse Youth. The band released their first live album Everyday after Darlene Zschech—the worship pastor of the church—suggested for them to record their own CDs. Mentored by Zschech in their early years, the band was first led by Reuben Morgan. Joel Houston and Marty Sampson took over the leadership in 2002. The official UNITED logo was designed by drummer Luke Munns in 2002 for To the Ends of the Earth.After several live albums in the 2000s, Hillsong United released their first full studio album All of the Above in 2007.
The band released their third studio album Zion in February 2013. The album debuted at No. 5 on the Billboard 200 and topped Billboard's Top Christian Albums. The album features "Oceans ", which has been certified 4× Platinum in the U.S. and was awarded Top Christian Song at the 2016 Billboard Music Awards.
In 2014, Hillsong United was nominated for and won five GMA Dove Awards, including Song of the Year for "Oceans ". The band also received its first ever American Music Awards nomination that year, for Favorite Artist – Contemporary Inspirational, but did not win. 2015 saw the band nominated for a second consecutive year in the same category at the 43rd edition of the show. It was also nominated for the first time at that year's Billboard Music Awards in the Top Christian Artist and Top Christian Song categories; it won the former. The band was nominated again at the 2016 Billboard Music Awards, and garnered four nods across all three Christian categories, winning its second consecutive Top Christian Artist award, and its first for Top Christian Song with "Oceans ". The band won two Dove Awards, including Worship Album of the Year, for its fourth studio album Empires, at the 47th Gospel Music Awards held that October. In 2018, the band received four nominations at the 49th GMA Dove Awards including one for Artist of the Year—it won Recorded Worship Song of the Year for its single "So Will I ".
Members
- Joel Houston – worship leader, guitars, keyboards, percussion, bass
- Jonathon "JD" Douglass – worship leader, percussion, keyboards
- Jad Gillies – worship leader, guitars, percussion
- Matt Crocker – worship leader, guitars, percussion
- Michael Guy Chislett – guitars, keyboards, music director, producer
- Dylan Thomas – guitars, keyboards, music director
- Benjamin "Ben" Tennikoff – keyboard, programming, sampler
- Jihea Oh – bass guitar
- Dan McMurray – drums, percussion
- Jeriana Baptiste – worship leader
- Tahisha Hunt – worship leader
Former members of the band are:
- Reuben Morgan – worship leader, guitars
- Marty Sampson – worship leader, guitars
- Brooke Fraser – worship leader, guitars
- Taya Gaukrodger – worship leader
- Benjamin William Hastings – worship leader, guitars, keyboards
- Raymond Badham – guitars
- Marcus Beaumont – guitars
- Nigel Hendroff – guitars
- Nathan Taylor – guitars
- Timon Klein – guitars
- Matt Tennikoff – bass guitar
- Adam Crosariol – bass guitar
- Simon Kobler – drums, percussion
- Brandon Gillies – drums, percussion
- Gabriel Kelly – drums, percussion
- Rolf Wam Fjell – drums, percussion
- Luke Munns – drums, percussion
- David George – piano, keyboards, synthesizer
- Peter James – piano, keyboards, synthesizer
- Kevin Lee – piano, keyboards, synthesizer
- Peter King – piano, keyboards, synthesizer
- Dave Ware – worship leader
- Tulele Faletolu – worship leader
- Annie Garratt – worship leader
- Sam Knock – worship leader
- Holly Dawson – worship leader
- Jill McCloghry – guitar, vocals
- Michelle Fragar – worship leader
Discography
Studio albums
Live albums
Soundtrack albums
Others
Singles
Other charted and certified songs
Videography
- 2004: More Than Life
- 2005: Look to You
- 2006: United We Stand
- 2007: All of the Above
- 2008: The I Heart Revolution: With Hearts As One
- 2010: The I Heart Revolution: We're All in This Together
- 2012: Live in Miami
- 2013: Zion Acoustic Sessions
- 2016: Of Dirt and Grace: Live from the Land