Tenth Avenue North
Encyclopedia
Tenth Avenue North is an American
contemporary Christian music
(CCM) band from West Palm Beach, Florida
. They took their name from a major east-west road in Palm Beach County
.The group was formed while attending Palm Beach Atlantic University. The band features Mike Donehey on vocals and acoustic guitar
, Jeff Owen on electric guitar
and backup vocals, Ruben Juarez III on bass guitar and backup vocals, and drummer Jason Jamison.
before their major label debut. Their debut album, Over and Underneath
, was released on May 20, 2008 on Reunion Records
, and the band began a tour in promotion of the album near that time. Their song "Love Is Here" hit the Top 20 on the U.S. Contemporary Christian Music
chart, and reached #3 by June 21, 2008. It spent 13 weeks on Billboard
s Christian Songs chart, peaking at #3. It ended 2008 as the 12th most-played song on Christian Hit Radio
according to R&R magazine's
Christian CHR
chart for the year.
The band's next single, "By Your Side
", was released in late August 2008, and eventually became a #1 hit on Christian CHR
radio in 2009; according to R&R
's chart, it stayed at the top position for three weeks by February 13, 2009. It spent 48 weeks on the Billboard Christian Songs chart, peaking at #2. It won the GMA Dove Award for Song of the Year at the 41st award ceremony in April 2010. "Hold My Heart" was released as a single in 2009 and spent 44 weeks on the Christian Songs chart, peaking at #4.
The band's next album, The Light Meets The Dark, came out on May 11, 2010. The first single from that album, "Healing Begins", was released on March 2, 2010, and spent 29 weeks on the Billboard Christian Songs chart. The band performed at First Baptist Church of West Palm Beach on May 14, 2010 in addition to the release of their new album and to further promote the new album.
The band has toured with David Crowder Band
, Casting Crowns
and MercyMe
and headlines their own dates throughout the United States. They won the "New Artist of the Year" award at the 40th GMA Dove Awards in April 2009.
On March 1, 2011, the band released "Tenth Avenue North Live: Inside and In Between - The Shows, The Songs, The Story" a live album featuring video footage of concerts and live recordings of their biggest hits thus far.
On February 14, 2011, the band announced via their e-mail newsletter that they are busily writing new songs and working on a new album, to be called High Noon, due out sometime in mid-2012.
On September 29, 2011, the band announced that while they are touring with Third Day they will be allowing fans to come and sing on their new album at stops on the tour.
Tenth Avenue North sponsors children through Compassion International and encourages other people to do so. Mike Donehey says, “One of the things we love most about Compassion is that it’s not about Compassion. If you go to one of their sites you won’t see a Compassion banner, but instead you’ll see the church in that area giving to their community exactly what it needs. The empowering of the local church to be the hands and feet of Jesus is what we want to be about, and its what we feel Compassion does best.”
Inside & In Between (March 1, 2011)
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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...
(CCM) band from West Palm Beach, Florida
West Palm Beach, Florida
West Palm Beach, is a city located on the Atlantic coast in southeastern Florida and is the most populous city in and county seat of Palm Beach County, the third most populous county in Florida with a 2010 population of 1,320,134. The city is also the oldest incorporated municipality in South Florida...
. They took their name from a major east-west road in Palm Beach County
Palm Beach County, Florida
Palm Beach County is the largest county in the state of Florida in total area, and third in population. As of 2010, the county's estimated population was 1,320,134, making it the twenty-eighth most populous in the United States...
.The group was formed while attending Palm Beach Atlantic University. The band features Mike Donehey on vocals and acoustic guitar
Acoustic guitar
An acoustic guitar is a guitar that uses only an acoustic sound board. The air in this cavity resonates with the vibrational modes of the string and at low frequencies, which depend on the size of the box, the chamber acts like a Helmholtz resonator, increasing or decreasing the volume of the sound...
, Jeff Owen on electric guitar
Electric guitar
An electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
and backup vocals, Ruben Juarez III on bass guitar and backup vocals, and drummer Jason Jamison.
History
Tenth Avenue North released three independent albums and an EPExtended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
before their major label debut. Their debut album, Over and Underneath
Over and Underneath
Over and Underneath is the first major label studio album from Christian pop rock band Tenth Avenue North. It was released on May 20, 2008 and peaked at #130 on the Billboard 200 in April 2009. The album features two number 1 hit singles: "Love Is Here" and "By Your Side".-Release:Over and...
, was released on May 20, 2008 on Reunion Records
Reunion Records
Reunion Records is a Christian music record label based in Brentwood, Tennessee and operating under the Provident Label Group. The label was founded in 1982 by Dan Harrell and Mike Blanton.-History:...
, and the band began a tour in promotion of the album near that time. Their song "Love Is Here" hit the Top 20 on the U.S. 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...
chart, and reached #3 by June 21, 2008. It spent 13 weeks on Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
s Christian Songs chart, peaking at #3. It ended 2008 as the 12th most-played song on Christian Hit Radio
Contemporary Christian music
Contemporary Christian music is a genre of modern popular music which is lyrically focused on matters concerned with the Christian faith...
according to R&R magazine's
R&R (magazine)
R&R was a weekly music trade publication that followed the radio industry and tracked the monitoring of current songs by format, station and audience cumes...
Christian CHR
Contemporary Christian music
Contemporary Christian music is a genre of modern popular music which is lyrically focused on matters concerned with the Christian faith...
chart for the year.
The band's next single, "By Your Side
By Your Side (Tenth Avenue North song)
"By Your Side" is a song by contemporary Christian band Tenth Avenue North from their debut album Over and Underneath. It was released as the album's lead single in August 2008, and reached number 1 on R&Rs Christian contemporary hit radio chart in January 2009. In 2010, "By Your Side" won the...
", was released in late August 2008, and eventually became a #1 hit on Christian CHR
Christian CHR
Christian CHR is a radio format that is common in the United States and Australia focusing on playing current and recent music as determined by the Christian Top 40....
radio in 2009; according to R&R
R&R (magazine)
R&R was a weekly music trade publication that followed the radio industry and tracked the monitoring of current songs by format, station and audience cumes...
's chart, it stayed at the top position for three weeks by February 13, 2009. It spent 48 weeks on the Billboard Christian Songs chart, peaking at #2. It won the GMA Dove Award for Song of the Year at the 41st award ceremony in April 2010. "Hold My Heart" was released as a single in 2009 and spent 44 weeks on the Christian Songs chart, peaking at #4.
The band's next album, The Light Meets The Dark, came out on May 11, 2010. The first single from that album, "Healing Begins", was released on March 2, 2010, and spent 29 weeks on the Billboard Christian Songs chart. The band performed at First Baptist Church of West Palm Beach on May 14, 2010 in addition to the release of their new album and to further promote the new album.
The band has toured with David Crowder Band
David Crowder Band
The David Crowder Band is a six-piece Christian Modern Worship band from Waco, Texas.-Band history:The band began when David Crowder, from Texarkana, Texas, realized that almost half of the students at Baylor University were not attending church...
, Casting Crowns
Casting Crowns
Casting Crowns is a Grammy Award and Dove Award winning Contemporary Christian/Christian Rock band. Casting Crowns was started in 1999 by youth pastor Mark Hall at First Baptist Church in Downtown Daytona Beach, Florida as part of a youth group. He now serves as a lead vocalist...
and MercyMe
MercyMe
MercyMe is an American Christian rock band founded in Greenville, Texas. The band consists of vocalist Bart Millard, keyboardist James Bryson, percussionist Robby Shaffer, bassist Nathan Cochran and guitarists Michael Scheuchzer and Barry Graul....
and headlines their own dates throughout the United States. They won the "New Artist of the Year" award at the 40th GMA Dove Awards in April 2009.
On March 1, 2011, the band released "Tenth Avenue North Live: Inside and In Between - The Shows, The Songs, The Story" a live album featuring video footage of concerts and live recordings of their biggest hits thus far.
On February 14, 2011, the band announced via their e-mail newsletter that they are busily writing new songs and working on a new album, to be called High Noon, due out sometime in mid-2012.
On September 29, 2011, the band announced that while they are touring with Third Day they will be allowing fans to come and sing on their new album at stops on the tour.
Charity
Tenth Avenue North are partners with Compassion International. According to Compassion International, this is what their mission is: “Compassion International exists as a Christian child advocacy ministry that releases children from spiritual, economic, social and physical poverty and enables them to become responsible, fulfilled Christian adults.”Tenth Avenue North sponsors children through Compassion International and encourages other people to do so. Mike Donehey says, “One of the things we love most about Compassion is that it’s not about Compassion. If you go to one of their sites you won’t see a Compassion banner, but instead you’ll see the church in that area giving to their community exactly what it needs. The empowering of the local church to be the hands and feet of Jesus is what we want to be about, and its what we feel Compassion does best.”
Current members
- Mike Donehey – lead vocalsLead vocalistThe lead vocalist is the member of a band who sings the main vocal portions of a song. They may also play one or more instruments. Lead vocalists are sometimes referred to as the frontman or frontwoman, and as such, are usually considered to be the "leader" of the groups they perform in, often the...
, acoustic guitarAcoustic guitarAn acoustic guitar is a guitar that uses only an acoustic sound board. The air in this cavity resonates with the vibrational modes of the string and at low frequencies, which depend on the size of the box, the chamber acts like a Helmholtz resonator, increasing or decreasing the volume of the sound...
(2000–Present) - Jeff Owen – guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, background vocalsBacking vocalistA backing vocalist or backing singer is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists...
(2005–Present) - Jason Jamison – drums/BongoesDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
(2000–Present) - Ruben Juarez III - bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, backing vocals (2009–Present) - Brendon Shirley - keysKEYSKEYS is a radio station serving the Corpus Christi, Texas area with a sports format. It broadcasts on AM frequency 1440 kHz and is licensed to Malkan AM Associates, L.P.-History:...
(2009-Present)
Former members
- Bryan Homan – bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, background vocals (2000–2005) - Andrew Middleton – electric guitarElectric guitarAn electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
, acousticAcoustic musicAcoustic music comprises music that solely or primarily uses instruments which produce sound through entirely acoustic means, as opposed to electric or electronic means...
, lead vocals (2002–2006) - Daniel Zayas – electric guitarElectric guitarAn electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
, keyboardKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
, background vocals (2003–2006) - Scott Sanders - BassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, keyboardKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
, background vocals (2006–2009)
Awards
GMA Dove Awards| Year | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 Dove Awards of 2009 The 40th Annual GMA Dove Awards were held on April 23, 2009 recognizing accomplishments of musicians for the year 2008. The show was held at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville, Tennessee, and was hosted by Rebecca St... |
New Artist of the Year | |
| 2010 | Group of the Year | |
| Song of the Year ("By Your Side By Your Side (Tenth Avenue North song) "By Your Side" is a song by contemporary Christian band Tenth Avenue North from their debut album Over and Underneath. It was released as the album's lead single in August 2008, and reached number 1 on R&Rs Christian contemporary hit radio chart in January 2009. In 2010, "By Your Side" won the... ") |
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| 2011 | Group of the Year | |
| Song of the Year ("Hold My Heart") | ||
| Pop/Contemporary Album of the Year (The Light Meets the Dark The Light Meets the Dark The Light Meets the Dark is the second major label studio album from Christian pop rock band Tenth Avenue North. It was released on May 11, 2010 by Reunion Records.-Background:... ) |
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Independent Albums
- 2002: Broken Down (independent)
- 2003: Don't Look Back (independent)
- 2005: Speaking of Silence (independent)
- 2006: God With Us EP (independent)
Studio albums
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
US Rock |
US Christian |
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| 2008 | Over and Underneath Over and Underneath Over and Underneath is the first major label studio album from Christian pop rock band Tenth Avenue North. It was released on May 20, 2008 and peaked at #130 on the Billboard 200 in April 2009. The album features two number 1 hit singles: "Love Is Here" and "By Your Side".-Release:Over and...
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39 | 37 | 2 | |||
| 2010 | The Light Meets the Dark The Light Meets the Dark The Light Meets the Dark is the second major label studio album from Christian pop rock band Tenth Avenue North. It was released on May 11, 2010 by Reunion Records.-Background:...
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15 | 7 | 1 | |||
| "—" denotes the album didn't chart. | |||||||
- High Noon Mid-2012
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak Chart Positions | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| US Christian Hot Christian Songs Christian Songs is a Billboard chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.... |
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| 2008 | "Love Is Here" | 3 | Over and Underneath |
| "By Your Side By Your Side (Tenth Avenue North song) "By Your Side" is a song by contemporary Christian band Tenth Avenue North from their debut album Over and Underneath. It was released as the album's lead single in August 2008, and reached number 1 on R&Rs Christian contemporary hit radio chart in January 2009. In 2010, "By Your Side" won the... " |
2 | ||
| 2009 | "Hold My Heart" | 4 | |
| 2010 | "Healing Begins" | 4 | The Light Meets The Dark |
| "Strong Enough to Save" | 3 | ||
| "You Are More You Are More "You Are More" is a song by the Christian band Tenth Avenue North, released as the second single from their 2010 album The Light Meets the Dark.-Content:... " |
1 | ||
| "The Truth Is Who You Are" | — | ||