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Hillsong Young & Free

Hillsong Young & Free

Australian worship music group


Hillsong Young & Free (also known as Hillsong Y&F or simply Young & Free or Y&F) is an Australian contemporary worship music group from Sydney, Australia, where they started making Christian music in 2012 at Hillsong Church. They have released four live albums: We Are Young & Free (2013), Youth Revival (2016), III Live (2018), and All of My Best Friends (2020); they have also released four studio albums: Youth Revival Acoustic (2017), III (2018), III (Studio Sessions) (2019), and III (Reimagined) (2019). Additionally, the group have released three EPs: This Is Living (2015), We Are Young & Free (The Remixes) - EP (2015), and Out Here on a Friday Where It Began (2021).

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Background

The group formed in 2012 out of Sydney, Australia, where they were located at Hillsong Church. Their members are worship leaders Aodhan King, Alexander Pappas, Tyler Douglass, Renee Sieff, Ben Tan, and Melodie Wagner. Hillsong United (launched in 1998), the original group, began when the members were all relatively young, since it was started as part of the youth ministry at Hillsong Church. As they started to mature, have families of their own, and take on adulthood, many people at the church felt there was a need for a new group that would aim its message at younger people with a stimulating new sound.[1][2][3][4]

History

Hillsong Young & Free released their first live album, We Are Young & Free, on 1 October 2013.[5][6][7] The album debuted and peaked at No. 6 on the ARIA Albums Chart in Australia,[8] also charting on several Billboard charts in the United States, peaking at No. 22 on the Billboard 200 and No. 1 on the Christian Albums chart.[9] Their subsequent release, an extended play, This Is Living, was released on 11 January 2015.[10][11][12] The release charted on the Billboard 200 at No. 38 and No. 1 on the Christian Albums chart. Their second extended play, The Remixes, was released on 4 December 2015. Their second live album, Youth Revival, was released on 26 February 2016.[13][14][15][16] On 6 December 2016, it was announced that Hillsong Young & Free was nominated for a Grammy Award in the Best Contemporary Christian Music Album category for Youth Revival.[17][18] Hillsong Young & Free featured on the track "Marching On" from Rend Collective's album Good News, which was released on 19 January 2018.[19] In 2020, Young & Free's album All of My Best Friends was nominated for the 63rd Grammy Award in the Best Contemporary Christian Music Album category.[20]

Discography

Albums

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EPs

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Singles

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Music videos

  • "Alive" (2013)[37]
  • "Wake" (2013)[38]
  • "Back to Life" (2013)[39]
  • "Gracious Tempest" (special performance) (2014)[40]
  • "This Is Living" (2015)
  • "Where You Are" (2016)[41]
  • "Real Love" (2016)[42]
  • "Falling Into You" (2016)[43]
  • "Love Won't Let Me Down" (2017)[44]
  • "P E A C E" (2018)[45]
  • "Let Go" (2018)[46]

References

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  10. Armstrong, Jeremy (24 February 2016). "Hillsong Young & Free: Youth Revival". Worship Leader. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
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  12. Major, Chris (29 February 2016). "Hillsong Young & Free's "Youth Revival:" Unrivaled, Contagious & Game Changing". The Christian Beat. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
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  14. "Good News by Rend Collective on Apple Music". iTunes. 19 January 2018. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  15. "Hillsong Young & Free". GRAMMY.com. 15 December 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  16. Hallels. "Listen to Hillsong Young and Free's New Single "Let Go" Here". hallels.com. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
  17. Hillsong Young & Free (28 October 2018), PREMIERE: III (Live at Hillsong Conference) - Hillsong Young & Free, retrieved 1 November 2018
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  19. "NZ Hot Singles Chart". Recorded Music NZ. 2 March 2020. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
  20. "Today's Christian Music Countdown (Australia)". Woodlands Media. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
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  22. Hillsong Young & Free (28 August 2013), Wake (Live from Summercamp) - Hillsong Young & Free, retrieved 28 August 2018
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  25. Hillsong Young & Free (22 January 2016), Where You Are (Music Video) - Hillsong Young & Free, retrieved 28 August 2018
  26. Hillsong Young & Free (25 February 2016), Real Love (Live) - Hillsong Young & Free, retrieved 28 August 2018
  27. Hillsong Young & Free (18 May 2016), Falling Into You (Live) - Hillsong Young & Free, retrieved 28 August 2018
  28. Hillsong Young & Free (18 August 2017), Love Won't Let Me Down (Music Video) - Hillsong Young & Free, retrieved 28 August 2018
  29. Hillsong Young & Free (22 February 2018), P E A C E (360 Lyric Video) - Hillsong Young & Free, retrieved 28 August 2018
  30. Hillsong Young & Free (25 May 2018), Let Go (Music Video) - Hillsong Young & Free, retrieved 28 August 2018

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