Josh Baldwin
{{short description|American Christian musician and worship pastor}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Josh Baldwin
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| background = solo_singer
| birth_name = Joshua Aaron Baldwin
| alias =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1979|7|8}}
| birth_place = Albemarle, North Carolina, U.S.
| origin = Charlotte, North Carolina
| death_date =
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| genre = {{Flatlist|
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| occupations = {{Flatlist|
- Singer
- songwriter
- worship pastor
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| instruments = {{Flatlist|
- Vocals
- guitar
- drums
}}
| years_active = 2008–present
| label = {{Flatlist|
- Watershed Music
- Bethel Music
}}
| current_member_of = * Bethel Music
| website = {{URL|joshbaldwin.com}}
}}
Joshua Aaron Baldwin (born July 8, 1979) is an American Christian singer, songwriter and worship pastor. A member of the Bethel Music collective,{{cite web |url= https://www.christiantoday.com/article/bethel-music-introduces-new-artist-josh-baldwin/51158.htm |title= Bethel Music introduces new artist Josh Baldwin {{!}} Christian News on Christian Today |last= Ong |first= Czarina |date= April 21, 2015 |website= Christian Today |access-date= July 30, 2018}} Baldwin also serves as a worship leader at Bethel Church in Redding, California.{{cite web |url= https://bethelmusic.com/artists/josh-baldwin/ |title= Josh Baldwin - Bethel Music |website= Bethel Music |access-date= July 30, 2018}}
Josh Baldwin started serving as a worship leader at MorningStar Fellowship Church after attending the ministry school there. He independently released Changing, his first album, in 2008. In 2010, Baldwin then joined Queen City Church in Charlotte, North Carolina, serving as worship pastor. Baldwin released Rivers in 2014, earning him his first Billboard chart appearance with a placement on the US Heatseekers Albums.
Josh Baldwin signed with Bethel Music in 2014, and moved to Redding, California to join Bethel Church. Baldwin made his first feature on a Bethel Music collective release, Have It All (2016), with the song "Praises (Be Lifted Up)". Baldwin then released The War Is Over, his first solo effort with the label in mid-2017 to critical acclaim and the album debuted in the top-three sector of the American and British Christian music charts.
Bethel Music and Josh Baldwin released the song "Stand in Your Love" in 2018, as the lead single to Victory (2019). The song reached the top ten of the US Christian Songs chart, Baldwin's first entry on the chart. It also garnered Baldwin's first nominations for the 2019 K-Love Fan Awards in the Breakout Single of the Year and Worship Song of the Year categories.{{cite web |url= http://www.thechristianbeat.org/index.php/news/6035-casting-crowns-danny-gokey-for-king-country-lauren-daigle-lead-k-love-fan-awards-nominations |title= Casting Crowns, Danny Gokey, for KING & COUNTRY & Lauren Daigle Lead K-LOVE Fan Awards Nominations |last= Longs |first= Herb |date= May 13, 2019 |website= The Christian Beat |access-date= May 23, 2019}}
Early life
Joshua Aaron Baldwin was born on July 8, 1979, to William Baldwin, a pastor, and Kathy Baldwin in Albemarle, North Carolina. Baldwin shared that his father was also a worship leader and is "very much into music," and grew up playing drums for him and other worship leaders.{{cite web |url= https://www.ccmmagazine.com/features/josh-baldwin-moving-forward/ |title= Josh Baldwin – Moving Forward – CCM Magazine |last= Conner |first= Matt |date= June 15, 2017 |website= CCM Magazine |publisher= Salem Communications |access-date= July 30, 2018}} He started leading worship and playing guitar during his high school years, learning at Albemarle High School. Baldwin, at nineteen-twenty years, was studying at Lee University when he first realized that he wanted to be a worship leader after leading at a youth camp in North Carolina, thus dropping out of Lee University and enrolled at MorningStar Ministry School, attending together with John Mark McMillan and Jonathan David Helser.
Career
Josh Baldwin started his career with MorningStar in early 2008, featuring on two albums: Worship and Warfare, Vol. 3 with the song "After You"; and Jesus Broken with "Love You Only".{{cite web |url= https://leonardjonesmusic.com/album/worship-warfare-iii |title= Worship & Warfare III {{!}} Leonard Jones |website= Bandcamp |access-date= August 2, 2018}}{{cite web |url= https://store.morningstarministries.org/products/jesus-broken |title= Jesus [Broken] {{!}} MorningStar Ministries |website= MorningStar Ministries |access-date= August 2, 2018}} He was a part of MorningStar Fellowship Church for nine years,{{cite web |url= https://www.morningstarministries.org/biographies/josh-baldwin |title= Josh Baldwin Biography {{!}} MorningStar Ministries |website= MorningStar Ministries |access-date= August 2, 2018}} and he also travelled with artists Rita Springer and Suzy Yaraei working as a drummer.{{cite web |url= https://www.allmusic.com/artist/josh-baldwin-mn0003498068/biography |title= Josh Baldwin {{!}} Biography & History {{!}} AllMusic |last= Monger |first= Timothy |website= AllMusic |publisher= All Media Network |access-date= July 30, 2018}} Baldwin served as the worship minister at MorningStar in Wilkesboro, North Carolina. On September 3, 2008, Josh Baldwin independently released his debut album, Changing.{{cite web |url= https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001H9DVAY |title= Changing by Josh Baldwin on Amazon Music - Amazon.com |date= September 3, 2008 |website= Amazon.com |access-date= August 2, 2018}} Baldwin then moved to Charlotte, North Carolina, to serve as worship pastor of Queen City Church.
On September 17, 2013, Josh Baldwin launched a Kickstarter funding campaign to raise $12,000 for a new worship album's mixing, mastering, printing, and artwork to be completed.{{cite web |url= https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/402454470/josh-baldwins-new-worship-album |title= JOSH BALDWIN'S NEW WORSHIP ALBUM! by Josh Baldwin — Kickstarter |last= Baldwin |first= Josh |date= September 17, 2013 |website= Kickstarter |access-date= July 30, 2018}} The campaign was a success, with 202 backers pledging $12,635, with a twenty two day period that ended on October 10, 2013. Baldwin released Rivers, his sophomore album on January 28, 2014, in partnership with Watershed Music.{{cite web |url= https://www.amazon.com/Rivers-Josh-Baldwin/dp/B00GQP9MAC |title= Rivers by Josh Baldwin on Amazon Music - Amazon.com |date= January 28, 2014 |website= Amazon.com |access-date= August 2, 2018}} Rivers peaked at No. 44 on the Heatseekers Albums chart issued by Billboard,{{cite magazine |url= https://www.billboard.com/charts/heatseekers-albums/2014-02-15 |title= Heatseekers Albums Chart {{!}} Billboard |date= February 15, 2014 |magazine= Billboard |publisher= Billboard-Hollywood Reporter Media Group |access-date= July 31, 2018}} his first entry on a Billboard's chart. In 2014, Baldwin went on to sign a record deal with Bethel Music during a week-long visit with his wife to Redding, California after discussions with Brian Johnson, whom he knew since meeting in 2007. On March 11, 2016, Bethel Music then released its eighth live album dubbed Have It All,{{cite web |url= http://www.thechristianbeat.org/index.php/news/1810-bethel-music-s-have-it-all-becomes-worship-ministry-s-highest-billboard-top-albums-debut |title= Bethel Music's "Have It All" Becomes Worship Ministry's Highest Billboard Top Albums Debut |last= Longs |first= Herb |date= March 21, 2016 |website= The Christian Beat |access-date= August 1, 2018}} with Baldwin performing a live cover of his song, "Praises (Be Lifted Up)".{{cite web |url= http://www.thechristianbeat.org/index.php/news/1690-bethel-music-have-it-all-feature-story |title= Bethel Music "Have It All" Feature Story |last= Williams |first= Lindsay |date= February 22, 2016 |website= The Christian Beat |access-date= August 1, 2018}}
Josh Baldwin released his first album with Bethel Music, The War Is Over, on May 26, 2017.{{cite web |url= http://www.louderthanthemusic.com/product.php?id=2427 |title= Louder Than The Music - Josh Baldwin - The War is Over |last= Wright |first= Jay |website= Louder Than The Music |access-date= August 2, 2018}} The War Is Over earned sales of 3,000 equivalent album units in its opening week, and thus debuted at No. 2 on the US Christian Albums chart dated June 17, 2017, issued by Billboard.{{cite magazine |url= https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7825549/charlie-wilson-im-blessed-hot-gospel-songs-chart |title= Charlie Wilson 'Blessed' With a Hot Gospel Songs Chart-Topper {{!}} Billboard |last= Asker |first= Jim |date= June 8, 2017 |magazine= Billboard |publisher= Billboard-Hollywood Reporter Media Group |access-date= August 2, 2018}} The album also debuted at No. 3 on the Official Christian & Gospel Albums Chart in the United Kingdom. "Get Your Hopes Up" was released as the first single from the album.{{cite web |url= http://daily.plaympe.com/josh-baldwin-get-your-hopes-up-album-version/ |title= Josh Baldwin - Get Your Hopes Up (album version) - Daily Play MPE®Daily Play MPE® |date= June 1, 2017 |website= Daily Play MPE® |publisher= Destiny Media Technologies Inc. |access-date= August 1, 2019}}
On July 19, 2018, Bethel Music and Josh Baldwin published the song "Stand in Your Love" on YouTube.{{cite web |url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFizRY8w0-I |title= NEW SONG: Stand In Your Love - Josh Baldwin {{!}} Live From Heaven Come 2018 |date= July 19, 2018 |website= YouTube |publisher= YouTube, LLC |access-date= August 1, 2019}}{{cite web |url= http://www.hallels.com/articles/19744/20180722/bethel-musics-josh-baldwin-releases-new-song-stand-in-your-love-listen-here.htm |title= Bethel Music's Josh Baldwin Releases New Song "Stand In Your Love" (Listen Here) : News : Hallels |last= Yap |first= Timothy |date= July 21, 2018 |website= Hallels |access-date= August 1, 2019}} They subsequently released "Stand in Your Love" on August 10, 2018,{{cite web |url= http://www.breathecast.com/articles/singer-songwriter-josh-baldwin-releases-new-single-stand-in-your-love-38001/ |title= Singer-Songwriter Josh Baldwin Releases New Single "Stand In Your Love" : Music : BREATHEcast |last= Lundin |first= Marcus |date= August 11, 2018 |website= BREATHEcast |access-date= August 1, 2019}} as the first single from the Bethel Music's album, Victory (2019).{{cite web |url= http://www.hallels.com/articles/20707/20190125/bethel-music-delivers-victory-today.htm |title= Bethel Music Delivers "VICTORY" Today : News : Hallels |last= Yap |first= Timothy |date= January 25, 2019 |website= Hallels |access-date= August 1, 2019 |quote= "Stand In Your Love" from Josh Baldwin is proving to be a progressing radio hit. The track found on VICTORY is currently No. 5 at AC Indicator, No. 7 at AC Monitored and No. 7 at Christian Airplay.}} The single was a hit as it became his first entry on the US Christian Songs chart,{{cite magazine |url= https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8494645/lauren-daigle-ties-carrie-underwood-record |title= Lauren Daigle Ties Carrie Underwood For No. 1 Record On Hot Christian Songs Chart {{!}} Billboard |last= Asker |first= Jim |date= January 23, 2019 |magazine= Billboard |publisher= Billboard-Hollywood Reporter Media Group |access-date= January 24, 2019 |quote= NEW TOP 10s: "Stand in Your Love" by Bethel Music's Josh Baldwin becomes his first top 10 on Hot Christian Songs (11-10). It hikes by 7 percent hike to 7.9 million impressions and holds at No. 7 on Christian Airplay.}} and peaked at No. 7. It garnered nominations for 2019 K-Love Fan Awards in the Breakout Single of the Year and Worship Song of the Year categories.{{cite web |url= https://freeccm.com/2019/05/16/news-k-love-fan-awards-nominations-announced-voting-now-open/ |title= News: K-LOVE Fan Awards Nominations Announced; Voting Now Open {{!}} Freeccm.com |last= Young |first= Abby |date= May 16, 2019 |website= Freeccm.com |access-date= August 1, 2019}} On July 19, 2019, Josh Baldwin released "Let the Redeemed" as a single.{{cite web |url= https://www.newreleasetoday.com/news_detail.php?newsid=4059 |title= Bethel Music's Josh Baldwin Returns with 'Let the Redeemed' |date= July 19, 2019 |website= NewReleaseToday |publisher= NRT Media, Inc |access-date= July 21, 2019}}
Personal life
Discography
= Albums =
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of albums, with selected chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:14em;"| Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:20em;"| Album details ! scope="col" colspan="4"| Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:20em;"| Sales |
| scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"|US Christ. {{cite magazine |url= https://www.billboard.com/artist/josh-baldwin/chart-history/ill/ |title= Josh Baldwin Chart History {{!}} Billboard |magazine= Billboard |version= Christian Albums |publisher= Billboard-Hollywood Reporter Media Group |access-date= July 30, 2018}} ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"|US ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"|US ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"|UK |
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| scope="row" | Changing
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|| — || — || — || — | |
| scope="row" | Rivers
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|| — || — || 44 || — | |
| scope="row" | The War Is Over
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|| 2 || 8 || — || 3{{cite web |url= http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/christian-and-gospel-albums-chart/20170602/christ/ |title= Official Christian & Gospel Albums Chart Top 20 {{!}} Official Charts Company |date= June 8, 2017 |website= Official Charts Company |access-date= July 30, 2018}} |
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| scope="row" | Evidence
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|| 41 || — || — || — | |
| scope="row" | Where the Glory Is
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|| — || — || — || — | |
| scope="row" | Made for More
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|| 50 || — || — || — | |
| colspan="7" style="font-size:90%"| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart |
= Extended plays =
- Live at Church (EP) (2020)
= Singles =
== As lead artist ==
== As featured artist ==
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|+ List of featured singles and peak chart positions |
| rowspan="2" style="width:14em;"| Single
! rowspan="2"| Year ! colspan="3"| Chart positions ! rowspan="2"| Album |
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! width="45"| US ! width="45"| US ! width="45"| US |
| scope="row"| "I Don't Have Much" {{small|(Mission House featuring Josh Baldwin, Taylor Leonhardt and Jess Ray)}} | 2021 | — || — || — | {{non-album single}} |
| scope="row"| "God You Are" {{small|(We Are Messengers featuring Josh Baldwin)}} | 2022 | 28 || 27 || 22 |
| colspan="6" style="font-size:90%"| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart |
= Other appearances =
Awards
= GMA Dove Awards =
See also
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References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Official website}}
- {{URL| bethelmusic.com/artists/josh-baldwin | Josh Baldwin's profile}} on Bethel Music
- {{URL| www.allmusic.com/artist/josh-baldwin-mn0003498068 | Josh Baldwin}} on AllMusic
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