Matthew West
Matthew West is a five-time GRAMMY® nominee, a multiple ASCAP Christian Music Songwriter/Artist of the Year winner and a 2018 Dove Award Songwriter of the Year (Artist) recipient. He has received an American Music Award, a Billboard Music Award, a K-LOVE Fan Award and named Billboard’s Hot Christian Songwriter of the Year. A recipient of the Rich Mullins Impact Award, West also received a Primetime Emmy® Award nomination for Original Music & Lyrics for the title track for the feature film “The Heart of Christmas.” He has been awarded a RIAA Gold certification for his single “Hello, My Name Is” and RIAA Platinum certification for the song “The Motions.” In addition to his own recording career, he has co-hosted the K-LOVE Fan Awards five times and has more than 130 songwriting credits to his name, including cuts by Rascal Flatts, Scotty McCreery, Michael W. Smith, Amy Grant, Mandisa, Danny Gokey and others, along with back-to-back No. 1 songs by Casting Crowns including their recent single, “Nobody,” which West is featured. West’s most recent project “Brand New” addresses the question every believer asks at some point on his or her Christian journey: When I feel far away from my brand-new moment, can I go back to it? “The answer,” West assures, “is yes. …Honestly, that’s the status of my spiritual life right now.” Along with a brand-new vibrancy in his faith, Brand New represents a theme of newness in West’s life and career. The album will be the first to release on West’s new imprint Story House Music, a division of West’s management group Story House Collective and a joint venture with Provident Label Group. In addition to the new management business and a new label, West also built a new recording studio. http://matthewwest.com