Casting Crowns (album)

Casting Crowns (album)

Casting Crowns is the first studio album by American Christian rock band Casting Crowns. Released on October 30, 2003 through Beach Street Records and produced by Mark A. Miller and Steven Curtis Chapman, the album incorporates a pop rock and rock sound, with instrumentation mainly consisting of guitar, keyboard, and violin. Casting Crowns received positive reviews from music critics, many of whom praised the album's lyrics and production quality. It was nominated for Pop/Contemporary Album of the Year at the 35th GMA Dove Awards, while its singles were nominated for and received various awards.

Preceded by lead single "If We Are the Body", which peaked at number one on the Radio & Records Christian AC and Christian CHR charts, Casting Crowns debuted at number 198 on the Billboard 200. The album eventually peaked at number 59 on that chart, also peaking at number two on the Billboard Christian Albums chart and at number one on the Billboard Heatseekers Albums chart. Two other singles, "Who Am I" and "Voice of Truth", also went to number one. The album ranked as one of the best-selling Christian albums of 2004 and 2005 in the United States and was the eleventh best-selling Christian album of the 2000s in the United States. Casting Crowns' has been certified 2x Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), one of eight Christian albums to reach that milestone.