Career
In 1986, musician, songwriter, singer, author, speaker and pastor, Marcos founded CanZion Producciones when he recorded his first project, “Canción a Dios”. Today he has recorded 30 projects that are available on cassette, CD, and (his latest projects) on DVD. He has sold over 10,000,000 copies of his records in México, the United States and Latin America.
In 1994, Marcos founded CanZion Institute, a school dedicated to the preparation of worship leaders and music ministers. Today there are over 3,000 students attending the 28 campuses of the Institute in 10 different countries throughout the United States, Latin America, and Europe.
Marcos has written ten books including Adoremos, which has recently been translated to English, Portuguese and French and Qué hacemos con estos músicos in Portuguese. Between 2009 and 2012, more than 3,000,000 people have attended Marcos's concerts in some of the main venues of Latin America. Concerts have been held in such places as "El Estadio Veléz Sarsfield" in Argentina, "Figali Convention Center" in Panama,"El Estadio Nacional de Cuzcatlán" in El Salvador, "El Estadio Monumental" in Ecuador, "El Estadio El Campín" in Colombia, "El Palacio de los Deportes" and "El Estadio Azteca" in México City, just to name a few.
Since the year 2000, Marcos has participated in over 100 leadership conferences and seminars organized by LIDERE, a company dedicated to the equipping of leaders and pastors.
In 2001, Marcos received the Award by the People for his outstanding musical career; the award was presented by Ritmo Latino.
On September 15, 2002, Marcos was appointed the Senior Pastor of the Hispanic congregation at Lakewood Church, one of the largest churches in the United States. The Hispanic congregation of Lakewood Church has an active and growing congregation of more than 6,000 people and a TV program which airs every week in over 20 countries and can be watched live on the internet.
In September 2003, Marcos also received a Latin Grammy in the category of Best Christian Album, for “Sana Nuestra Tierra” (“Heal Our Land”). In November of that same year, Marcos recorded “Recordando Otra Vez” (“Remembering Once Again”), at the LA Sports Arena. This recording brought CanZion into the secular market because of its distribution agreement with Sony, who already had a solid plan for promotion and marketing in this area. Included in Marcos’ schedule is his frequent attendance to The White House, for diverse events in representation of the Evangelical Hispanic Community.
In 2004, Marcos received his second Latin Grammy for Best Christian Album for the recording of “Recordando Otra Vez”.
On November 2, 2006, Witt received his third Latin Grammy for Best Christian Album for the recording of "Dios es Bueno" (God is Good).
On October 31, 2006, he released "Alegría" (Joy) which was recorded live in the country of Chile. On April 26, 2007, the album "Alegría" won a Latin Billboard Award for Best Christian/Gospel Album of the Year. Running up with the nominees: Salvador, Jaci Velasquez and Fernando Ortega.
On October 2, 2007, he released his most recent recording "Sinfonía del Alma" (Symphony from the Soul) which he recorded and dedicated for his father who had recently died a year earlier.
On November 8, 2007, Witt received his fourth Latin Grammy for Best Christian Album for the recording of "Alegría" (Joy).
On November 15, 2012, Marcos Witt received his fifth Latin Grammy for Best Christian Album for the recording of "25 Concierto Conmemorativo" (25 Memorial Concert).
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