Worship Rock
tagStarted 1995Peak 2005-2018Last big hit still active
Located in 3 routes
Congregational worship songs delivered with full rock-band weight: chiming delay-soaked guitars, four-on-the-floor builds, soaring unison choruses and lyrics aimed directly at God in second person. Designed to be both an album experience and a live, hands-raised stadium singalong, with dynamic quiet-loud arcs that crest into wall-of-sound climaxes.
History
Crystallized around Australia's Hillsong and the U.S. Passion movement in the late 1990s and 2000s, turning Sunday-morning singalongs into rock productions. Hillsong United's 2013 'Oceans' spent a record 61 weeks atop Billboard's Hot Christian Songs, cementing worship rock as the genre's commercial center and the default sound of modern church bands worldwide.
Defining artists
Essential listening
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oceans_(Where_Feet_May_Fail)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contemporary_worship_music
- https://www.worshiptogether.com/