Saddleback Pastor Rick Warren once stated that there is no such thing as Christian music, only Christian lyrics. That is basically true. The thing that makes Christian music Christian music is the words, not the sound. Christian music exists in many different styles: rock, r&b, rap, country, folk, alternative, and any other style you can think of. The purpose of this page is to give you links to a number of Christian music artists and sites.
Here are a few Artist photos.
(Popular song / credit in Parentheses) Many of these sites offer free music and video clips, so enjoy! January 2004 additions are in bold.
Official Artist Websites
Audio Adrenaline (Big House)
Avalon
Caedmon's Call (Folk sound)
Jeremy Camp (Christian Contemporary)
Carman (The Champion)
DC Talk (you know them!)
Kirk Franklin (Stomp, Revolution)
Amy Grant (Father's Eyes)
Gretchen (a hard band from tennessee)
Jars of Clay (Flood)
Chris Keith (Our own music minister)
KJ-52 (Its pronounced "five two")
Kutless (hard Christian Music)
Rachael Lampa (Blessed)
Crystal Lewis (Come Just As You Are, Harvest Crus.)
Mercy Me (I Can Only Imagine)
Newsboys (Take Me to Your Leader)
Nicole C Mullen (Redeemer!)
Nichole Nordeman (This Mystery)
Stacy Orrico (Don't look at me)
Paul Coleman Trio (from Snow Camp)
Plumbline (Do You Hear the Mountains Tremble...)
Plus One ("boy band" The Promise)
P.O.D. (Payable on Death)
Point of Grace (Circle of Friends)
Jami Smith (Your Love is Deep)
Michael W. Smith (Friends)
OC Supertones (Chase the Sun)
Out of Eden (Lovely Day, Christian R&B girl group)
Rebecca St James (Wait for Me)
John Reuben (Christian Rap)
Seventh Day Slumber (Wait for Me)
Sonic Flood (alternative Praise)
Steven Curtis Chapman (My Turn Now)
Superchic (Superchick)
Stryper (heavy Christian rock band)
The Swift (Alternative worship, Student Conference band)
Switchfoot (aka sledgefoot!...alternative!)
Timber (At the Student Conference)
Third Day
Jaci Velasquez (On My Knees)
Joy Williams(Surrender - female pop sound)
Yesterday's Beggar (cool worship band from Biola)
Zoe Girl (girl band)
Other Good Music Links
Christian Bestseller's list (with music clips)
Yes Music Page - A cool page with lots of music information
Help!
I know there are many more artists out there. This is just a starting line-up. It is better for you to visist these artists than Madonna, Janet Jackson, etc. We'll have more sites listed soon.
Feel free to email pastorbill@iyouthgroup.com with other artists and sites you would like to see listed.