Andrew Carlton is an American

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 Contemporary Christian music

Contemporary Christian music

Contemporary Christian music is a genre of modern popular music which is lyrically focused on matters concerned with the Christian faith...

 artist and singer/songwriter. He is a graduate of the University of Tennessee

University of Tennessee

The University of Tennessee is a public land-grant university headquartered at Knoxville, Tennessee, United States...

 where he was the costumed mascot, Smokey. His single "Jesus, Hold Me" spent 13 weeks on Billboard's Christian chart before hitting #18 and becoming the highest charting single by an independent artist in 2007. But most people know him from his hit radio single "Hold Me Up."

Andrew has toured with other Contemporary Christian music

Contemporary Christian music

Contemporary Christian music is a genre of modern popular music which is lyrically focused on matters concerned with the Christian faith...

 artists Rebecca St James, Aaron Shust

Aaron Shust

Aaron Michael Shust is an American Contemporary Christian Music artist on the Centricity Music label. Shust was named the songwriter of the year at the GMA Dove Awards of 2007, and his song "My Savior My God" received the Song of the Year award.-Biography:Shust grew up near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania...

, and Newsong

NewSong

NewSong is a Contemporary Christian Music group that was founded in 1981, at Morningside Baptist Church in Valdosta, Georgia. They have had eight GMA Dove Award nominations. They are the founders of the Winter Jam Tour Spectacular, the United States' largest annual Christian music tour. It began in...

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Discography

• 2007 I Know Better (Bakertown)
• 2004 Falling In (Flying Leap)
• 1999 Hold Me Up (Audio X)
• 1998 It's a Swing Thing (Rugged)

External links

• Official Website
• Official MySpace Site
• Official Twitter Site