Mercy Me To Release New Album 'The Hurt And The Healer'
Rock/worship outfit Mercy Me will release their eighth studio album 'The Hurt And The Healer' on 24th April 2012. The band's lead singer Bart Millard announced the title on Twitter recently, saying "MercyMe's next album is officially titled 'The Hurt and The Healer' due out this Spring."
He later added "Today I finished singing the first single for our upcoming album. The album and single are both titled 'The Hurt & The Healer'".
MercyMe have won 8 Dove Awards, 2 American Music Awards and had numerous Grammy Award nominations. They have sold over 6 million units and are one of the few Contemporary Christian music groups to have had all of their recordings certified Gold or Platinum.
The band's previous album, 'The Generous Mr. Lovewell', released in May 2010, peaked at number 3 on the main Billboard 200 chart, their highest chart placing to date. The album, named after a fictional character who encourages people to 'Love well', included the singles 'All Of Creation', 'Beautiful', and 'Move'.
