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| {{Infobox music genre | |||
| | name = Contemporary Christian music | |||
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| | stylistic_origins = ], ], ], ] | |||
| | cultural_origins = Late 1960s, United States | |||
| | instruments = ], ], ], ], ], ], ] | |||
| | popularity = 1970s to present | |||
| | derivatives = ] | |||
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| | subgenres = ] – ] – ] | |||
| | fusiongenres = ] | |||
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| '''Contemporary Christian music''' (or '''CCM'''—and occasionally "'''inspirational music'''") is a genre of modern ] which is lyrically focused on matters concerned with the ]. Today, the term is typically used to refer to ], ], or ] styles. Artists representing the genre include | |||
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| ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ] and ]. Historically, ], ], ], ], ] and ] have also belonged to this genre. | |||
| The industry is represented by the ] ], ] Hot Christian AC (Adult Contemporary), Christian CHR, Soft AC/Inspirational, and Christian Digital Songs charts. On the ], the genre is represented as part of the Christian and gospel genre.<ref>In the US iTunes store, the section is entitled ''Christian & Gospel''. In the UK iTunes store, it's ''Gospel''. Canada's and Australia's iTunes section is entitled ''Inspirational''.</ref> | |||
| Alternative sub-genres such as ], ], ] and ], although not normally considered CCM, can also come under the genre's umbrella.<ref name="Powell_Fe">{{cite book |last=Powell |first=Mark Allan |title=Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music |year=2002 |publisher=Hendrickson Publishers |location=], ] |isbn=1-56563-679-1 |edition=First printing}}</ref> ] is also incorporated in modern CCM. ] is both recorded and performed during ]s. | |||
| Several mainstream artists, such as ], ], ], ], ], ] and ], have dealt with Christian themes in their music, yet are not part of the CCM industry.<ref name="Powell_Fe"/> | |||
| == History == | |||
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| The genre became known as Contemporary Christian music as a result of the ] revival in the latter 1960s and early 1970s, and was originally called "]". "About that time, many young people from the sixties' counterculture professed to believe in Jesus. Convinced of the bareness of a lifestyle based on drugs, free sex, and radical politics, ']s' became 'Jesus people'".<ref>Frame, John M. Contemporary Worship Music. Phillipsburg, NJ: P&R Publishing, 1997.</ref> Of course there were people who felt like Jesus was another "trip".<ref>John M. Contemporary Worship Music. Phillipsburg, NJ: P&R Publishing, 1997.</ref> It was during the 1970s Jesus movement that Christian music started to become an industry within itself.<ref>{{cite book | last = Powell | first = Mark Allan | title = Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music | publisher = Hendrickson Publishers | year = 2002 | location = Peabody, Massachusetts | page = 10 | isbn = 1-56563-679-1 | quote = By the '80s, the special-interest network that Jesus music had spawned had developed into a multimillion-dollar industry. Contemporary Christian music had its own magazines, radio stations, and award shows. The Jesus movement revival was over.}} | |||
| </ref> "Jesus Music" started by playing instruments and singing songs about love and peace, which then translated into love of God. Paul Wohlegemuth, who wrote the book ''Rethinking Church Music'' said, " 1970s will see a marked acceptance of rock-influenced music in all levels of church music. The rock style will become more familiar to all people, its rhythmic excesses will become refined, and its earlier secular associations will be less remembered."<ref>Baker, Paul. Page 140. ''Contemporary Christian Music: Where it came from What it is Where It's Going''. Westchester, Illinois: Crossway Books, 1985. Print.</ref> | |||
| Though there were Christian albums in the 1960s that contained contemporary-sounding songs, there were two albums recorded in 1969 that are considered{{By whom|date=November 2010}} to be the first complete albums of "Jesus rock": '']'' (1969) by ] initially released on ],<ref name="John J. Thompson 2000">John J. Thompson, ''Raised by Wolves: The Story of Christian Rock & Roll'' (2000):49.</ref> and ''Mylon – We Believe'' by ], released by Cotillion, which was LeFevre's attempt at blending ] with ].<ref>{{cite web|last=Oord|first=Bill|title=Mylon LeFevre Biography|url= http://www.tributetomylon.com/biography.htm|accessdate=June 26, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | last = Powell | first = Mark Allan | title = Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music | publisher = Hendrickson Publishers | year = 2002 | location = Peabody, Massachusetts | page = 520 | isbn = 1-56563-679-1 | quote = Musically, the 1970 album ''Mylon'' (a.k.a. ''We Believe'') is deservedly a Christian clasic, a raw example of down-home southern rock. A dominant organ, spicy guitars, and generous use of fmeale background vocals give the project a funky-and-gritty combination of R&B soul and roots rock.}} </ref> | |||
| Pioneers of this movement also included {{Citation needed span|],|date=February 2013|reason=John Michael Talbot was instrumental in Jesus music, but had become a monk by the mid-70s and was not influential in the formation of CCM}} ], ], {{Citation needed span|],|date=February 2013|reason=Also influential in Jesus music, but not CCM.}} ], {{Citation needed span|],|date=February 2013|reason=Instrumental in Christian rock music of the 1980s, but barely on the scene in the 1970s}} ] ], ] and ], among others. The small Jesus music culture had expanded into a multi-million-dollar ] by the 1980s.<ref name="Powell_Fe">"By the '80s, the special-interest network that Jesus music had spawned had developed into a multimullion-dollar industry. Contemporary Christian music had its own magazines, radio stations, and award shows. The Jesus movement revival was over:" p. 10</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.canadianchristianity.com/cgi-bin/bc.cgi?bc/bccn/0303/artccm |title=It's a long way from 'Jesus music' to CCM industry |publisher=Canadianchristianity.com |date= |accessdate=January 26, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://pe.ag.org/News2003/4636_ccm.cfm |title=News Digest |publisher=Pe.ag.org |date=March 16, 2003 |accessdate=January 26, 2013}}</ref> Many CCM artists such as ],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/278956/amy-grant/chart |title=Amy Grant - Chart history |publisher=Billboard |date= |accessdate=2013-05-08}}</ref> ],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/301417/dc-talk/chart |title=dc Talk - Chart history |publisher=Billboard |date= |accessdate=2013-05-08}}</ref> ],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/310914/michael-w-smith/chart |title=Michael W. Smith - Chart history |publisher=Billboard |date= |accessdate=2013-05-08}}</ref> ],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/280882/stryper/chart |title=Stryper - Chart history |publisher=Billboard |date= |accessdate=2013-05-08}}</ref> and ]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/304227/jars-clay/chart |title=Jars of Clay - Chart history |publisher=Billboard |date= |accessdate=2013-05-08}}</ref> found ] success with ] ] radio play. | |||
| Beginning in July 1978, '']'' began covering "Contemporary Christian Music" artists and a wide range of spiritual themes until it launched online publications in 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.todayschristianmusic.com/ccm-magazine/ |title=CCM Magazine |publisher=TodaysChristianMusic.com |date= |accessdate=January 26, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ccmmagazine.com/magazines/ |title=CCM Magazine Subscription Options |publisher=CCMMagazine.com |date= |accessdate=January 26, 2013}}</ref> | |||
| ==Controversy== | |||
| Contemporary Christian music has been a topic of controversy in various ways since its beginnings in the 1960s.<ref name="Powell_Fe"/> The Christian college ] discourages its dormitory students from listening to CCM.<ref name="BJU_Hall">{{cite web |url=http://www.bju.edu/become-a-student/accepted-students/expectations/residence.php |title=BJU ~ Residence Hall Life |accessdate=March 21, 2009 |publisher=] }}</ref> Others simply find the concept of Christian pop/rock music to be an unusual phenomenon, since rock music has historically been associated with themes such as sexual ], ], ] and ] use, and other topics normally considered antithetical to the teachings of Christianity.<ref name="Powell_Fe"/> This controversy caused by evangelical pop music was explored by Gerald Clarke in his ]<!-- stylized TIME --> magazine article "New Lyrics for the Devil's Music".<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,141289,00.html | work=Time | title=New Lyrics for the Devil's Music | first=Gerald | last=Clarke | date=June 24, 2001}}</ref> | |||
| Some writers from the ] tradition assert that CCM violates the ] and the ] because it adds man-made inventions, lyrics and instrumental music to what he asserts to be the biblically appointed way of worshipping God.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://reformedonline.com/view/reformedonline/music.htm | title=Musical Instruments in the Public Worship of God | first=Brian | last=Schwertley}}</ref> An example of ] is the ], in which there is only the ] singing of the psalms.{{Citation needed|date=May 2013}} | |||
| Contemporary Christian musicians and listeners have sought to extend it into settings where religious music traditionally might not be heard.{{Vague|date=January 2013}} ]'s song "]" was a crossover success despite having a clear Christian message.<ref name="FOXNewsJuly062003">{{cite web|url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,91175,00.html|title=Christian Rock Crosses Over|last=Adams|first=Ramsay|date=July 6, 2003|publisher=]|accessdate=October 6, 2010}}</ref> | |||
| Paul Baker, author of ''Contemporary Christian Music'', addressed the question, "Is the music a ministry, or is it entertainment? The motives, on both sides, were nearly always sincere and well intentioned, rarely malicious."<ref>Baker, Paul. Page 133. Contemporary Christian Music: Where it came from What it is Where It's Going. Westchester, Illinois: Crossway Books, 1985. Print.</ref> | |||
| "The responsibility of the church is not to provide escape from reality," according to Donald Ellsworth, the author of ''Christian Music in Contemporary Witness'', "but to give answers to contemporary problems through legitimate, biblical means."<ref>Ellsworth, Donald. Christian Music in Contemporary Witness: Historical Antecedents and Contemporary Practices. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Book House, 1979. Print.</ref> Thus, when lyrics are biblically-based, CCM can relate to issues faced in modern society with modern music.{{Citation needed|date=May 2013}} | |||
| Many studies on ] show that churches have grown in size after changing the type of style.<ref>http://hirr.hartsem.edu/research/fastfacts/fast_facts.html#WebsiteGrowth</ref> ], a consultant for preaching and worship within the ], made a statement about how many churches that changed styles to using more contemporary Christian music, appeared to have a quicker growth.<ref>Miller, Steve. Page 3. The Contemporary Christian Music Debate. Wheaton, Illinois: Tyndale Publishers, 1993. Print.</ref> | |||
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| ==Notes== | |||
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| ==Further reading== | |||
| *Alfonso, Barry. ''The Billboard Guide to Contemporary Christian Music''. Billboard Books, 2002. | |||
| *{{cite book |last=Beaujon |first=Andrew |title=Body Piercing Saved My Life: Inside the Phenomenon of Christian Rock |url=http://www.bodypiercingsavedmylife.com/ |year=2006 |publisher=Da Capo Press |location=], ] |isbn=0-306-81457-9 }} | |||
| *{{cite book |last=Di Sabatino |first=David |title=The Jesus People Movement: An Annotated Bibliography and General Resource |series=Bibliographies and Indexes in Religious Studies, Number 49 |year=1999 |publisher=Greenwood Press |location=] |isbn=0-313-30268-5}} | |||
| *{{cite book |last=Du Noyer |first=Paul |title=The Billboard Illustrated Encyclopedia of Music |year=2003 |publisher=Billboard Books |location=] |isbn=0-8230-7869-8 |chapter=Contemporary Christian Music |pages=422–423 }} | |||
| *{{cite book |last=Granger |first=Thom |title=] |location=] |publisher=CCM Books |year=2001}} | |||
| *{{cite book |last=Hendershot |first=Heather |title=Shaking the World for Jesus: Media and Conservative Evangelical Culture |year=2004 |publisher=] |location=], ] |isbn=0-226-32679-9 |chapter=Why Should the Devil Have all the Good Music? Christian Music and the Secular Marketplace}} | |||
| *{{cite book |last=Howard |first=Jay R |coauthors=Streck, John M. |title=Apostles of Rock: The Splintered World of Contemporary Christian Music |year=1999 |publisher=The ] |location=], ] |isbn=0-8131-9086-X }} | |||
| *{{cite book |last=Joseph |first=Mark |title=The Rock and Roll Rebellion: Why People of Faith Abandoned Rock Music-- And Why They're Coming Back |location=Nashville |publisher=Broadman & Holman |year=1999}} | |||
| *{{cite book |last=Joseph |first=Mark |title=Faith, God & Rock 'n' Roll |location=London |publisher=Sanctuary |year=2003}} | |||
| *{{cite book |last=Kyle|first=Richard |authorlink=Richard G. Kyle|title=Evangelicalism : an Americanized Christianity |year=2006 |publisher=Transaction Publishers |location=], ] |isbn=0-7658-0324-0 |chapter=If You Can't Beat 'em Join 'em |pages=281–286 }} | |||
| *{{cite book |last=Lucarini |first=Dan |title=Why I left the Contemporary Christian Music Movement |publisher=Evangelical Press}} | |||
| *{{cite book |last=Miller |first=Steve |title=The Contemporary Christian Music Debate |year=1993 |publisher=Tyndale House}} | |||
| *{{cite book |last=Powell |first=Mark Allan |title=Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music |year=2002 |publisher=Hendrickson Publishers |location=], ] |isbn=1-56563-679-1}} | |||
| *Romanowski, William D. ''Eyes Wide Open: Looking for God in Popular Culture''. Brazos Press, 2001. | |||
| *Young, Shawn David, Hippies, Jesus Freaks, and Music (Ann Arbor: Xanedu/Copley Original Works, 2005. ISBN 1-59399-201-7. | |||
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