"I've heard Chris say that he feels his calling is to give voice to the worshipping church," remarks President, EMI Christian Music Group/Label Group Peter York.
"It's a calling he remains faithfully committed to in his concerts and on his recordings, and it's a continual pleasure & privilege to watch his songs inspire people of all cultures and bring the hope of the gospel to millions of people throughout the world."
Following his 2006 RIAA Gold-certified record, See the Morning, Tomlin's latest project communicates what he describes as the "need to introduce ourselves to love again".
Produced by Ed Cash (Steven Curtis Chapman, Amy Grant, Bebo Norman), Hello Love endeavours to give voice to the church to worship their Creator. This is evident throughout the album on songs like "Love", "God of This City", "Sing, Sing, Sing", and "I Will Rise" to name a few.
Tomlin is currently performing new songs and old favourites on Passion's first world tour, just returning from South Africa, and still to hit Mexico City, Vancouver, Seoul, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Sydney.
"With the inception of sixstepsrecords, and our initial signing of Chris Tomlin, our desire was to serve him as a friend, worship leader, artist and a songwriter," comments sixsteps' Louie Giglio.
"Eight years later it's a little overwhelming to present both gold and platinum albums to Chris on the same day, each markers of the favour God has placed on his life and the wave of worship his songs has spawned in the global church. It is a great privilege to thank him and honour God in this way."
With seven No 1 radio singles, two Grammy nominations, 14 Dove Awards, one platinum and one gold album to his credit, Chris Tomlin is among the most well-known and influential artists in contemporary Christian music.
Referred to by Time Magazine as "the most often sung artist anywhere", Tomlin additionally has 10 Top 100 CCLI songs with 4 in the top 25.
ASCAP's 2007 Songwriter of the Year, Tomlin's "How Great Is Our God" was his first No 1 on the CCLI Top 25. The award-winning song moved to No 1 after becoming one of the fasting rising modern day hymns in CCLI chart history.
