Aaron Shust
{{Short description|American contemporary Christian music artist}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2012}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Aaron Shust
| image = Aaron Shust Lifest 2017.jpg
| caption = Aaron Shust performing in 2017
| birth_name = Aaron Michael Shust{{cite web|author=Aaron Shust |url=http://aaronshust.blogspot.com/2008/04/thank-you-break-and-cleveland.html |title=SHUSTLOG: Thank you, Break, and Cleveland |publisher=Aaronshust.blogspot.com |date=April 11, 2008 |access-date=July 29, 2012}}
| alias =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1975|10|31}}
| birth_place = Chicago, Illinois, U.S.{{cite web |author=Christian Music Review |url=http://www.christianmusicreview.org/aaronshust.html |title=Artist Profile [Aaron Shust] |publisher=Christianmusicreview.org |access-date=July 29, 2012 |archive-date=April 29, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120429015537/http://www.christianmusicreview.org/aaronshust.html |url-status=dead }}
| death_date =
| origin =
| instrument = {{hlist|Vocals|guitar|piano}}
| genre = {{hlist|CCM|Christian rock|praise and worship}}
| occupation =
| years_active = 2005–present
| label = Centricity Music
| associated_acts =
| website = {{URL|www.aaronshust.com/}}
| current_members =
| past_members =
}}
Aaron Michael Shust (born October 31, 1975) is an American contemporary Christian music artist formerly on the Brash Music and Centricity Music labels, and now on his own label. Shust was named the Songwriter of the Year at the GMA Dove Awards of 2007, and his song "My Savior My God" received the Song of the Year award.[http://www.doveawards.com/categories/ Results of the 2007 GMA Dove Awards] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080210082954/http://www.doveawards.com/categories/ |date=February 10, 2008 }}. Retrieved April 27, 2007
Biography
Shust was born in Chicago, Illinois and grew up near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He studied music theory at Toccoa Falls College in Georgia. While there, he studied Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Johann Sebastian Bach. He also became influenced by U2 and Bob Marley.{{cite web |url=http://aaronshust.com/about.html |title=About Aaron at his official website |publisher=Aaronshust.com |date=March 9, 2011 |access-date=July 29, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425064950/http://aaronshust.com/about.html |archive-date=April 25, 2012 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }} He began performing at churches and coffeehouses while attending college.
Shust began leading worship at Perimeter Church, Duluth, Georgia in 2000 until 2005, and recorded his album, Anything Worth Saying, in 2004 with producer, Dan Hannon, who delivered the album along with a stack of others to Brash Music for consideration. Helen Colwell Adams, [https://lancasteronline.com/features/entertainment/dove-award-winner-aaron-shust-performs-thurday-at-manor-church/article_4891aa12-e4df-5219-8af0-a561ae055716.html Dove Award winner Aaron Shust performs Thurday at Manor Church], lancasteronline.com, USA, April 16, 2008 Brash Music signed Shust shortly thereafter.
The song "My Savior My God" peaked at No. 1 on six charts simultaneously by April 17: Radio and Records (R&R) Christian adult contemporary (AC) radio chart as played on the Weekend Top 20,As played on the January 7, 2007 Weekend Top 20 countdown R&R Christian AC monitor chart, CRW's AC radio chart, Billboard Hot Christian songs radio chart and Billboard Hot Christian AC chart. The song spent 30 weeks in the Top 5 on the R&R Christian AC chart in 2006.[http://www.1cubed.com/display.php?ID=243§ionID=30 Biography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930064653/http://www.1cubed.com/display.php?ID=243§ionID=30 |date=September 30, 2011 }} at 1cubed.com. Retrieved January 8, 2007 Digital downloads of the song have topped 75,000 copies. The single was the second most played song of 2006 on Christian CHR radio as played on the Weekend 22.As played on the January 7, 2007 Weekend 22 countdown It was the No. 1 song of 2006 on 20 The Countdown Magazine. The song was awarded Song of the Year at the 2007 Annual GMA Dove Awards in Nashville.
According to the Nielsen Soundscan report, Anything Worth Saying was the 5th best-selling "Praise and Worship" album of 2006. However, it only sold 300 copies its first week.{{Citation needed|date=June 2008}}
At the GMA Dove Awards of 2007 in Nashville, Tennessee, Shust was awarded three Dove Awards: Song of the Year ("My Savior, My God"), Songwriter of the Year, and New Artist of the Year.
Shust's second studio album, Whispered and Shouted, was released on June 5, 2007, and sold 5,000 copies its first week of release.{{Citation needed|date=February 2008}}
In 2009, Shust's third album, Take Over, was released, including the Christian radio hit, "To God Alone".{{cite web|url=http://www.jesusfreakhideout.com/news/2009/08/05.AARON%20SHUSTS%20TAKE%20OVER%20RELEASES%20TO%20CRITICAL%20ACCLAIM.asp |title=Music News, August 2009: AARON SHUST'S TAKE OVER RELEASES TO CRITICAL ACCLAIM |publisher=Jesusfreakhideout.com |date=August 5, 2009 |access-date=July 29, 2012}}
On October 21, he released a Christmas EP.
In 2011, he became a worship leader at his childhood church in Aliquippa. Katherine Weber, [https://www.christianpost.com/news/aaron-shust-seeks-gods-grace-for-guidance-video.html Aaron Shust Seeks 'God's Grace' for Guidance], christianpost.com, USA, December 27, 2011
In August 2011, Shust's fourth album, This Is What We Believe, was released. The album was produced by Ed Cash.{{cite web|last=Hess |first=Tyler |url=http://christianmusiczine.com/aaron-shust-this-is-what-we-believe-album-art-tracklisting/ |title=Aaron Shust – This Is What We Believe (Album Art, Tracklisting) |publisher=Christianmusiczine.com |date= June 11, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120515074030/http://christianmusiczine.com/aaron-shust-this-is-what-we-believe-album-art-tracklisting/|archive-date=May 15, 2012|url-status=usurped|access-date=March 25, 2016}}
On March 10, 2017, Shust released his first live album, Love Made a Way, which was produced by Nathan Nockels.{{cite web |url=http://www.newreleasetoday.com/albumdetail.php?album_id=17128 |title = Love Made a Way (Live) by Aaron Shust {{!}} CD Reviews And Information {{!}} NewReleaseToday}} Four singles released from the album were a studio version of "You Redeem", "Belong", a live version of his 2004 song "My Savior My God", and a radio version of "Resurrecting". The album failed to chart, but "You Redeem" peaked at No. 37 on the Hot Christian Songs chart.{{Cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/275386/aaron-shust/chart?sort=date&f=355 |title=Aaron Shust - Chart history | Billboard |magazine=Billboard |access-date=September 13, 2017 |archive-date=May 4, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180504060021/https://www.billboard.com/artist/275386/aaron-shust/chart?sort=date&f=355 |url-status=dead }}
Personal life
When he is not recording or touring, Shust lives outside of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with his wife, Sarah and their sons, Daniel, Nicky, and Michael.{{cite web |url=http://aaronshust.com/about.html |title=This Is What We Believe |publisher=Aaron Shust |date=March 9, 2011 |access-date=November 12, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425064950/http://aaronshust.com/about.html |archive-date=April 25, 2012 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }} He also leads worship at his home church in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania.
Discography
=Studio albums=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |
| rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Album details ! colspan="4"| Peak chart positions |
|---|
| style="font-size:smaller;"
!style="width:3em; font-size:90%"|US !style="width:3em; font-size:90%"| US ! style="width:40px;"| US ! style="width:40px;"| US |
| 2005
| style="text-align:left;"| Anything Worth Saying
| 63 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2007
| style="text-align:left;"| Whispered and Shouted
| 151 | 5 | — | 17 |
| 2009
| style="text-align:left;"| Take Over
| 197 | 15 | — | 21 |
| 2011
| style="text-align:left;"| This Is What We Believe
| — | 15 | — | — |
| 2013
| style="text-align:left;"| Morning Rises
| — | 14 | — | — |
| 2014
| style="text-align:left;"| Unto Us
| — | — | — | — |
| 2015
| style="text-align:left;"| Doxology
| — | — | — | — |
| 2017
| style="text-align:left;"| Love Made a Way
| — | —{{efn|group=upper-alpha|Love Made a Way did not enter the Billboard Top Christian Albums chart, but peaked at No. 39 on the Billboard Christian Album Sales chart.{{cite magazine|url=https://billboard.com/music/aaron-shust/chart-history/ILS|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191101001900/https://www.billboard.com/music/aaron-shust/chart-history/ILS|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 1, 2019|title=Aaron Shust Chart History – Christian Album Sales|magazine=Billboard|access-date=November 25, 2019}}}} | — | — |
| 2019
| style="text-align:left;"| Nothing to Fear
| — | —{{efn|group=upper-alpha|Nothing to Fear did not enter the Billboard Top Christian Albums chart, but peaked at No. 31 on the Billboard Christian Album Sales chart.}} | — | — |
| colspan="10" style="font-size:8pt"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart |
=Singles=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |
| rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Title ! colspan="4"| Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:12em;"| Certifications ! rowspan="2"| Album |
|---|
| style="font-size:smaller;"
! width="38"| US Bub. ! width="38"| US ! width="38"| US ! width="38"| US |
| rowspan="2"| 2005
| style="text-align:left" | "Change The Way" | — | colspan="2" | — | — | | rowspan="5" style="text-align:left" | Anything Worth Saying |
| style="text-align:left" | "Matchless"
| — | colspan="2" | 26 | 22 | |
| rowspan="3" | 2006
| style="text-align:left" | "My Savior My God" | — | colspan="2" | 1 | 1 | |
| style="text-align:left" | "Give It All Away"
| — | colspan="2" | 7 | 10 | |
| style="text-align:left" | "More Wonderful"
| — | colspan="2" | — | — | |
| rowspan="2" | 2007
| style="text-align:left" | "Give Me Words to Speak" | — | colspan="2" | 5 | 3 | | rowspan="3" style="text-align:left" | Whispered and Shouted |
| style="text-align:left" | "Long Live the King"
| — | colspan="2" | — | — | |
| rowspan="3"| 2008
| style="text-align:left" | "Watch Over Me" | — | colspan="2" | 12 | 10 | |
| style="text-align:left" | "God Has Come to Earth"
| — | colspan="2" | 30 | 22 | | style="text-align:left" | Christmas EP |
| style="text-align:left" | "Create Again"
| — | colspan="2" | — | 25 | | style="text-align:left" | Whispered and Shouted |
| rowspan="3" | 2009
| style="text-align:left" | "To God Alone" | — | colspan="2" | 22 | 24 | | rowspan="2" style="text-align:left" | Take Over |
| style="text-align:left" | "Come and Save Us"
| — | colspan="2" | — | — | |
| style="text-align:left" | "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel"
| — | colspan="2" | 1 | 2 | | style="text-align:left" | Christmas EP |
| 2010
| style="text-align:left" | "Take Over" | — | colspan="2" | 48 | — | | rowspan="1" style="text-align:left" | Take Over |
| 2011
| style="text-align:left" | "My Hope Is in You" | 23 | colspan="2" | 1 | 1 | | rowspan="3" style="text-align:left" | This Is What We Believe |
| rowspan="2" | 2012
| style="text-align:left" | "Risen Today" | — | colspan="2" | 28 | 22 | |
| style="text-align:left" | "We Are Free"
| — | colspan="2" | 25 | 21 | |
| 2013
| style="text-align:left" | "God of Brilliant Lights" | — | colspan="2" | 15 | 13 | | rowspan="2" style="text-align:left" | Morning Rises |
| rowspan="3"| 2014
| style="text-align:left" | "No One Higher" | — | 27 | 24 | 24 | |
| style="text-align:left" | "Rejoice"
| — | — | 30 | — | | rowspan="2" style="text-align:left" | Unto Us |
| style="text-align:left" | "Unto Us"
| — | — | 29 | 24 | |
| 2016
| style="text-align:left" | "Ever Be" | — | 11 | 3 | 8 | | rowspan="3" style="text-align:left" | Love Made a Way |
| rowspan="2"| 2017
| style="text-align:left" | "You Redeem" | — | 37 | 34 | — | |
| style="text-align:left" | "Resurrecting"
| — | — | 43 | — | |
| 2018
| style="text-align:left" | "Zion" | — | — | — | — | | rowspan="2" style="text-align:left" | Nothing to Fear |
| 2019
| style="text-align:left" | "This I Know" | — | — | — | — | |
| 2020
| style="text-align:left" | "Never Alone" | — | — | — | — | | |
| 2020
| style="text-align:left" | "All of Jesus for All the World" | — | — | — | — | | |
| 2021
| style="text-align:left" | "Isaiah 53" | — | — | — | — | | |
Awards and nominations
=GMA Dove Awards=
| class="wikitable" |
| style="width:60px;"| Year
! Award ! Result |
|---|
| rowspan="6"| 2007
| New Artist of the Year |{{won}} |
| Male Vocalist of the Year
|{{nom}} |
| Song of the Year ("My Savior My God")
|{{won}} |
| Songwriter of the Year
|{{won}} |
| Pop/Contemporary Recorded Song of the Year ("My Savior My God")
|{{nom}} |
| Worship Song of the Year ("My Savior My God")
|{{nom}} |
| | 2008
| Pop/Contemporary Album of the Year (Whispered and Shouted) |{{nom}} |
Notes
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References
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External links
- {{Official website|1=http://www.aaronshust.com/}}
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| title = GMA's New Artist of the Year
| years = 2007
| before= The Afters
| after = Brandon Heath
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