THE CITY HARMONIC Is Best Selling New Artist On Billboard's Top Current Digital Singles Chart

June 24, 2011 - PRLog -- The City Harmonic’s hit radio single “Manifesto,” from the band’s critically acclaimed Introducing The City Harmonic EP, continues to win fans at radio, retail and video outlets as the band powerfully delivers the hit single on main stages across the U.S.  Inspiring and unifying thousands of festival goers to loudly respond to the pulse and message of the music, The City Harmonic is the only new artist featured in the top 10 (at No. 9) of Billboard's Top Current Digital Singles Chart for Christian music.

Having served as the theme music for a National Day of Prayer promotional campaign, been heard at Major League Baseball stadiums, and spending months on the Billboard National Audience chart while breaking into the Top 20 as all the major Christian networks (K-Love, Air1, HIS Radio, etc.) and many top stations across the country continue to play the single, “Manifesto” has become a breakout hit for The City Harmonic.  Over 60,000 digital copies of the song have been sold so far, and more than 686,000 people have viewed the “Manifesto” video at www.youtube.com/thecityharmonic.  An additional 70 video outlets have added “Manifesto,” with more outlets joining the crowd every week.  

“The City Harmonic is the only new artist to break this year into the top of the charts, which has the industry buzzing that they should be considered 2011’s ‘New Artist of the Year’,” says Steve Nicolle, Kingsway Music VP North America.

Having already been enthusiastically received at Ichthus Festival, Big Ticket Festival and Alive Festival, the band’s upcoming events include Sonshine Music Festival (July 14-16), Creation Northwest (July 23), Ignite Festival (July 29), Kingdom Bound (August 1), Soulfest (August 3-6) and others (see full itinerary below).  Music fans around the world can also check out the band playing “Manifesto” and other songs from Introducing The City Harmonic tonight via Livestream from Cincinnati’s The Underground beginning at 7:00 pm EST / 6:00 pm CST.  The concert will be streamed live at http://www.livestream.com/theug (see embed code for your website below).

As “Manifesto” continues to gather momentum, it is the sentiment of unity and the heart of the gospel that The City Harmonic intended to capture with the song.  “We went into the studio with copies of several ancient Christian creeds printed off. Before long we had them spread all over the control room and were frantically writing things down and massaging the words, trying to find a way to capture the heart and the ideas in just a few words,” says The City Harmonic frontman Elias Dummer. “We really wanted to keep it simple and universal.”

The most recent stations to become “believers” in the song, adding it to rotation, include: WBFJ-FM (Winston-Salem), KGBI FM (Omaha, NE) and WCVK FM (Bowling Green, KY).  With the song continuing its ascent, RELEVANT, CCM, Music Remedy, Worship Leader, Colossal Pop, Examiner.com, NewReleaseTuesday.com, Hollywood Jesus, Amazon.com, IndieVisionMusic.com and many more have weighed in and found The City Harmonic EP compelling on multiple levels, with many giving the band five star rankings and naming them “Ones To Watch” in 2011.

The City Harmonic is about “getting people in on the act—hearts pounding and feet moving.” The band, consisting of front man Elias Dummer, bassist Eric Fusilier, guitarist Aaron Powell and drummer Josh Vanderlaan, isn’t as interested in finding fans as they are looking for participants in the journey.

With the band’s name partly derived from the sense that in communal worship we catch a fleeting glimpse of the world that we pine for, Introducing The City Harmonic is just a taste of what’s to come from this creative Canadian foursome. The release of a full-length album will be announced soon, and it will continue the journey—songs and stories that tell of hope, unity and seeking a greater kingdom.

Promoters interested in booking The City Harmonic should contact Elite Talent Agency at www.eta-live.com, booking@eta-live.com, 615-983-6600, or Fax: 615-983-6601. The City Harmonic current tour dates include:

June 22, 2011   Alive Festival, Mineral City, OH
June 23, 2011   Big Ticket Festival, Ionia, MI
June 24, 2011   The Underground, Avera, GA
June 25, 2011   Cocke County High School, Newport, TN      
June 26, 2011   Memorial Baptist Church, Newport, TN      
July 14-16, 2011   Sonshine Music Festival, Willmar, MN
July 23, 2011   Creation West, Enumclaw, WA
July 26, 2011   Mile High Calvary, Highlands Ranch, CO
July 29, 2011   Ignite Festival 2011, Zion, IL
July 31, 2011   Word of Life Ministries, Greensburg, PA      
August 1, 2011   Kingdom Bound (Darien Lake), Corfu, NY
August 3- 6, 2011   Soulfest 2011, Gunstock Mountain Resort
August 11, 2011   Snohomish Community Church, Snohomish, WA
August 17, 2011   Neighborhood Church, Modesto, CA      
September 1, 2011   Free Chapel, Irvine, CA
September 3, 2011   Visalia Fox Theatre, Visalia, CA      
September 4, 2011   Joshua Fest , Amador County Fairgrounds, Plymouth, CA
September 9, 2011   Ignite Festival Farm, Meadville, PA      
September 15, 2011   Redeemer University College, Ancaster, ON   
September 16, 2011   UMEI Christian High School, Leamington, ON
September 30, 2011   Muskoka Woods Camp, Rosseau, ON
November 11, 2011   Willoughby Hills Friends Church, Willoughby Hills, OH
November 18, 2011   National Missions Conference, Atlanta, GA   

* Tour dates subject to change.

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About The Underground:
The Underground (www.theug.com) is a state-of-the-art club venue, which provides top-quality, live entertainment from local and national music acts and experiments in music, media and community.

More information on The City Harmonic can be found at:

www.thecityharmonic.com; www.facebook.com/thecityharmonic; www.myspace.com/thecityharmonic; www.youtube.com/thecityharmonic; twitter.com/thecityharmonic

About Kingsway:
Tracing its music heritage to 1969, Kingsway today is known as a leader in Worship Music. As the creator of Thank You Music, and later in partnership with EMI, its catalogue includes songs such as “Here I Am to Worship,” “In Christ Alone,” “Everlasting God” and “Blessed Be Your Name” to name a few.

Kingsway’s songs are sung in more than 300,000 churches worldwide accounting for over 30% of CCLI’s (Church Copyright Licensing International) bestseller list. With writers and artists like Tim Hughes, Matt Redman, Delirious?, Graham Kendrick and Stuart Townend, Kingsway is dedicated to feeding the Church with songs that will change the world. As the music arm of David C Cook, a non-profit organization located in Colorado Springs, CO, a significant portion of the profits that Kingsway and David C Cook generate are used to provide discipleship and music materials free of charge to church leaders in developing parts of the world who wouldn’t be able to get them any other way.