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(For your listening pleasure, this blog post contains streams of Mandisa’s Only the World, off the Mandisa album True Beauty. It also contains Mandisa’s Only the World lyrics. GannsDeen.com does not offer Mandisa mp3’s for download. If you like what you hear, please leave a comment in the Comments box.)

American Idol Season 5 finalist Mandisa Hundley’s new single is titled Only The World. The Only The World CD single will be available for purchase online May 22 via Sparrow Records. Mandisa’s debut album, True Beauty, follows on July 31.

Fans will remember Mandisa for her off-the-hook performances of I’m Every Woman by Chaka Khan, Never by Heart, and I Don’t Hurt Anymore by Dinah Washington. The Season 5 finalist competed alongside eventual winner Taylor Hicks, and other finalists Katharine McPhee, Elliott Yamin, Chris Daughtry, and Paris Bennett.

Mandisa’s Only The World debut single has already been serviced to contemporary Christian radio. The Only The World CD single out on May 22 will include the title track of Mandisa’s debut album, True Beauty. Producers who worked on Mandisa’s debut album include CCM hitmaker Brown Bannister, most popular known for his work with Avalon and Steven Curtis Chapman; Andrew Ramsey and Shannon Sanders, whose roster of musical talent includes India.Arie; Christopher Stevens, most renowned for his TobyMac production; and Shaun Shankel, collaborator of Amy Grant.

Mandisa performed at the 38th Annual GMA Dove Awards April 25 with Kirk Franklin and TobyMac on Lose Your Soul. She is scheduled to perform at several major summer Christian music festivals.

We also encourage you to purchase Mandisa’s Only The World legally on iTunes or your favorite digital single store. Visit MandisaOfficial.com or www.myspace.com/mandisa for more information.

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(For your listening pleasure, this blog post contains a stream of CC Jones’ Worth It All from the J Moss album, Worth It All. It also contains CC Jones’ Worth It All lyrics. GannsDeen.com does not offer mp3’s for download. If you like what you hear, please leave a comment in the Comments box.)

With an earnest delivery reminiscent of Jennifer Knapp and a songwriting style that is naked in its honesty, CC Jones is a refreshing new find in Contemporary Christian music. Her debut album, Worth It All, says much in its devotion to Christ and is readily radio-friendly. The carrier single off the album, the title track, was written by Jones after realizing what was in store for her once she returned to the Father. A failed suicide attempt and an ever-increasing awareness of an unimaginable love makes this modern-day love song to God even more real and worth listening to.

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(For your listening pleasure, this blog post contains a stream of J Moss’ Operator from the J Moss album, V2. It also contains J Moss’s Operator lyrics. GannsDeen.com does not offer mp3’s for download. If you like what you hear, please leave a comment in the Comments box.)

James Moss, or J Moss, is one of the most dynamic forces in gospel music today. As one-third of superstar gospel production team PAJAM (together with Paul D. Allen and Water Kearney), he’s done some spectacular work with Michelle Williams of Destiny’s Child, Hezekiah Walker, Dru Hill, Boyz II Men, Kelly Price, and Patti LaBelle, among others. His new album, V2, debuted at #1 on Billboard’s Top Gospel Albums chart, and has remained there to date for five consecutive weeks. Moss’ Operator is a clever hiphop jam, combining spiritual lyrics and verses with the secular need to call someone (in this case, God!) for help.

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(For your listening pleasure, this blog post contains a stream of Chris Tomlin’s How Can I Keep From Singing from the album, See The Morning. It also contains Chris Tomlin’s Every Time I Breathe lyrics. GannsDeen.com does not offer mp3’s for download. If you like what you hear, please leave a comment in the Comments box.)

Christian singer Chris Tomlin’s latest single, How Can I Keep From Singing, is exploding at Inspo radio, up a notch this week to #2. His previous single, Made to Worship, topped that chart. A song of wonderment at God’s glory, How Can I Keep From Singing is set to become another standard at Inspo radio, and possibly worship services across the globe. As far as setting CCM radio ablaze is concerned, Tomlin still can’t do no wrong.

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(For your listening pleasure, this blog post contains a stream of Big Daddy Weave’s Every Time I Breathe from the album, Every Time I Breathe. It also contains lyrics of Big Daddy Weave’s Every Time I Breathe. GannsDeen.com does not offer mp3’s for download.)

Christian rock band Big Daddy Weave may have some hard-rocking songs up its record sleeves, but its ballads still earn it tons of airplay. (Kinda like MercyMe). Their latest radio single, Every Time I Breathe, is a powerful long song to God for His omnipresence and mercy.

Every Time I Breathe is now #4 on Radio and Records’ Christian AC chart. Every Time I Breathe increased in airplay by over 160 spins over the previous week, earning it Most Increased Plays status for that week on that chart. Another hit in the making for Big Daddy Weave? You betcha.

Big Daddy Weave Every Time I Breathe mp3

Lyrics after the jump.

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American Idol Season 4 winner Carrie Underwood has set a record with the debut of her single, I’ll Stand By You, sung live during the American Idol Gives Back television special. The digital single debuted at #6 on the Billboard Hot 100, making it the first iTunes exclusive to debut in the Billboard Hot 100’s Top 10. I’ll Stand By You, a revival of the Pretenders original, is Underwood’s second Top 10 single, after her #1 debut single Inside Your Heaven.

I’m still hoping Before He Cheats, her third single from Some Hearts, will be able to rustle up enough airplay to reach the Top 10. It peaked at #11 last week.

The version of I’ll Stand By You we’re streaming for you isn’t exactly Carrie Underwood’s iTunes version; it’s a high-quality grab of the audio played during her video segment that night (which I imagine is still the version downloadable from iTunes). It’s still of excellent quality. Thanks to rJ for the song.

Carrie Underwood’s I’ll Stand By You mp3

(For your listening pleasure, this blog post contains streams of The Cover Girls’ Wishing On A Star. GannsDeen.com does not offer mp3’s for download.)

In 1992, freestyle girl group The Cover Girls released Wishing On A Star, a remake of an original by Rose Royce. Lifted off their third album, Here It Is, the Michelle Valentine-fronted Cover Girls took Wishing On A Star to #9, making it the group’s second Top 10 hit and first gold record. It was one of my favorite tracks of 1992.

The Cover Girls’ Wishing On A Star mp3

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(For your listening pleasure, this blog post contains streams of Rush of Fools’ Undo and Glory Revealed’s By His Wounds. It also contains a link to Rush of Fools’ Undo video. GannsDeen.com does not offer mp3’s for download.)

Two hit Christian songs are finding themselves playing non-stop on my iPod uNano. These are Rush of Fools‘ Undo and By His Wounds by Glory Revealed, which is the collective name of Third Day’s Mac Powell, Casting Crowns’ Mark Hall, Backstreet Boys vocalist turned Christian singer Brian Littrell, and Steven Curtis Chapman.

Rush of Fools’ Undo mp3

Undo is an amazing song of surrender to Jesus Christ. The song is currently #1 on Billboard’s Hot Christian Songs. Visit the Rush of Fools website to learn more about this God-anointed band and their critically acclaimed debut album.

Glory Revealed’s By His Wounds mp3

Meanwhile, By His Wounds, a song that honors Christ for His sacrifice on the cross, is #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 Christian Adult Contemporary. This powerhouse recording is taken from Glory Revealed: The Word of God in Worship, a CD that features songs crafted directly from scripture.

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(For your listening pleasure, this blog post contains streams of Jaime Jamgochian’s Lift Up The Name. GannsDeen.com does not offer mp3’s for download.)

Jaime Jamgochian’s new single Lift Up The Name may have peaked at #4 on the Radio and Records’ Inspo charts last week, but this duet with Scott Krippayne does anything but fall short. Jamgochian’s follow-up to her #1 Inspo hit Hear My Worship is a vibrant and anthemic song of praise to Jesus Christ.

Scott Krippayne, meanwhile, is an accomplished singer and songwriter. A song penned by him and pastor Jason Peabody , This Is My Now, was the winning song on American Idol 2007, performed by both American Idol finalists Blake Lewis and Jordan Sparks. (Listen to This Is My Now by Jordan Sparks and This is My Now by Blake Lewis on Rickey.org.)

I had the most incredibly bad week of my life last week. I can honestly say that without exaggeration. It was the worst week of my life. I got through it though, by God’s grace, comfort through Psalm 37:4, and this song to get me by. I hope it refreshes you too.

Jaime Jamgochian’s Lift Up The Name mp3

Last night, I witnessed something I had never seen on American Idol before, courtesy of contestant Blake Lewis.

The Seattle native took Bon Jovi’s You Give Love a Bad Name and spun it completely on its head. Lewis changed the tempo. He changed the way it was sung. He beat-boxed. He popped a totally different sound and showed himself to be more than a one-trick pony.

In going with this arrangement, in going with this idea, in taking this risk, Lewis elevated himself above the glorified karaoke contest that American Idol has become in the past few weeks. By far, Blake Lewis’ You Give Love A Bad Name has become arguably the most original take on any song in the history of American Idol.

For this version alone, which we know was Lewis’ brainchild, with little prodding from producers or coach Jon Bon Bovi, Lewis deserves to be in the Final Two. Lewis adds a feeling of down-home reality and charm, and he will definitely add an unpredictability to the finals. Like Elliott Yamin before him, Lewis is not afraid of taking risks, and obviously puts a lot of thought into his song choices and arrangements. Barring the Simon-anointed final of Melinda Doolittle and Jordin Sparks, a Lewis-Doolittle or Lewis-Sparks final will be mouth-watering.

(We assume, of course, hehehe, that the dreaded fourth-place elimination shocker will have Lakisha Jones’ name on it. After her past month’s performances, we would welcome it.)

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