North Point Worship, formerly known as North Point InsideOut, is an American contemporary worship music band from Alpharetta, Georgia. Their group formed at North Point Community Church in 2012, a non-denominational congregation, a church established by Pastor Andy Stanley. The group released, No One Higher in 2012 and Hear in 2015 with North Point Music. Nothing Ordinary: Part 1 released in June 2017 and Nothing Ordinary: Part 2 released in October 2017 were recorded with Centricity Music. Two of those albums both charted on the Billboard magazine charts, with the Hear album placing on the Billboard 200 chart. The group is best known for their 2015 hit "Death Was Arrested" featuring Seth Condrey. It peaked at No. 6 on the Billboard Christian Digital Song Sales for four consecutive weeks.
North Point Worship Band | |
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| Origin | Alpharetta, Georgia |
| Genres | |
| Years active | 2012–present |
| Labels | North Point Music, Centricity Music |
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Background
editNorth Point Worship started as a musical entity in 2012, with their first album, No One Higher, that was released in 2012.[1][2] This album was their breakthrough release on the Billboard magazine charts, where it peaked at No. 20 on the Christian Albums and No. 19 on the Heatseekers Albums charts.[3] Their subsequent album, Hear, was released in 2015, by North Point Music,[4][5] where this peaked on the Billboard 200 at No. 193 and on the Christian Albums at No. 2.[3] The album was placed at No. 1 on the Worship Leader Top 5 Community Funded/Indie Releases of 2015 list,[6] and the song, "Trust It All", was placed at No. 11 on their Top 20 Songs of 2015 list.[7] North Point InsideOut recorded their third album at Infinite Energy Arena in Gwinnett County, Atlanta, on March 26. They signed a deal with Centricity Music to digitally release their Nothing Ordinary EP on April 7, 2017.
They recorded seven new singles in April 2018: "Unshakable Love", "On My Way Back Home", "Not the Same", "Changed", "All the World", "By My Side" and "Wide Open". They released their fourth studio album, North Point InsideOut, on November 16, 2018. "Here I Am", was released on June 21, 2019.
In 2020, North Point InsideOut renamed itself North Point Worship and announced its intention of releasing 12 new songs that year.
Discography
editLive Albums
edit| Title | Album details[3] | Peak chart positions | ||
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| US | US Christ. |
US Heat | ||
| No One Higher |
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— | 20 | 19 |
| Hear |
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193 | 2 | — |
Extended plays
edit| Title | Album details[3] | Peak chart positions | ||
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| US | US Christ. |
US Heat | ||
| Nothing Ordinary |
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— | — | — |
| Ring the Bells |
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— | — | — |
| North Point InsideOut |
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— | — | — |
| Abundantly More |
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— | — | — |
Singles
edit| Year | Single | Chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||
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| US Christ [8] |
US Christ Air. [9] |
US Christ. Digital | ||||
| 2015 | "Death Was Arrested" (featuring Seth Condrey) |
12 | 17 | 6 | Nothing Ordinary (EP) | |
| 2018 | "Every Beat" (featuring Seth Condrey) |
— | 29 | — | ||
| "Emmanuel (Hope of Heaven)" (featuring Seth Condrey) |
44 | 32 | — | Ring the Bells (EP) | ||
| 2019 | "Anchor of Peace" (featuring Desi Raines) |
— | — | — | Abundantly More (EP) | |
| "Here I Am" (featuring Kaycee Hines) |
— | — | — | |||
| "Mucho Mas"[11] (featuring Seth Condrey) |
— | — | — | Non-album singles | ||
| 2020 | "Sons and Daughters" (featuring Brett Stanfill and Lauren Lee) |
— | — | — | Find a Reason | |
| 2022 | "Deliverer" | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |
| "In Jesus Name (God of Possible)" (with Katy Nichole) |
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| "This Is My Song" (with Mac Powell and Heath Balltzglier) |
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InsideOut ministry
editThe InsideOut ministry is the high school department of North Point Ministries.[12] Thousands of high school students in the metro Atlanta area come to North Point's eight locations on Sunday nights[13] – Browns Bridge Church, Buckhead Church, Decatur City Church, East Cobb Church, Gwinnett Church, Hamilton Mill Church, North Point Community Church, and Woodstock City Church.[14] Every Sunday, along with church music, students listen to their campuses' pastor, go to small group, and later eat dinner with their friends.[15] InsideOut also has several student retreats every year.[16] The North Point Worship band gets to share new songs with students every retreat.[citation needed]
References
edit- ^ Cummings, Tony (December 12, 2013). "Review: No One Higher - North Point InsideOut". Cross Rhythms. Retrieved November 12, 2015.
- ^ Andre, Jonathan (September 14, 2012). "Reviews - North Point Inside:Out - No One Higher". Indie Vision Music. Retrieved November 12, 2015.
- ^ a b c d Billboard. "North Point InsideOut : Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved November 12, 2015.
- ^ Monger, James Christopher (June 9, 2015). "Hear - North Point InsideOut : Review". AllMusic. Retrieved November 12, 2015.
- ^ Andre, Joshua (June 5, 2015). "Music Reviews: North Point Inside Out – HEAR". 365 Days of Inspiring Media. Retrieved November 12, 2015.
- ^ Staff. "2015 Top Community Funded/Indie Releases". Worship Leader (November/December 2015): 60–1. Retrieved November 12, 2015.
- ^ Staff. "2015 Top Songs". Worship Leader (November/December 2015): 62–3. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved November 12, 2015.
- ^ "North Point InsideOut – Chart history (Hot Christian Songs)". Billboard. Archived from the original on May 19, 2018. Retrieved March 2, 2018.
- ^ "North Point InsideOut – Chart history (Christian Airplay)". Billboard. Archived from the original on May 19, 2018. Retrieved March 2, 2018.
- ^ "American certifications – North Point Worship". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved June 5, 2023.
- ^ "Mucho Mas (feat. Seth Condrey) (Single) by North Point InsideOut". NewReleaseToday. Retrieved August 24, 2019.
- ^ "InsideOut". northpoint.org. Retrieved 2024-10-25.
- ^ "InsideOut Events". brownsbridge.org. Retrieved 2024-10-25.
- ^ "Locations". InsideOut. Retrieved 2024-10-25.
- ^ "InsideOut". brownsbridge.org. Retrieved 2024-10-25.
- ^ "Upcoming Events". InsideOut. Retrieved 2024-10-25.