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Don Moen 
Don Moen in San Juan Capistrano, California 2009Background information Birth name Donald James Moen Born June 29, 1950 Origin Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States Genres CCM, Contemporary worship music, Gospel Occupations Singer-songwriter, worship leader, musician, producer, pastor, businessman, radio host
Former Integrity Music occupations:
President of Integrity Music, President of Integrity Label Group, Executive Vice President of Integrity Media, Integrity Music producer, Integrity Music executive producer, Integrity Media creative directorInstruments Vocals, Piano, Keyboards, Violin, Guitar Years active 1984–present Labels Integrity Music, Hosanna! Music, Integrity Asia, Sparrow, Star Song, Word, Epic, Columbia, Sony Website Official website Don Moen (born June 29, 1950 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is an American singer-songwriter, pastor, and producer of Christian worship music.
Before Moen was hired to work for Integrity Music, he attended Oral Roberts University and became a Living Sound musician for Terry Law Ministries and traveled with Terry Law for ten years.[1] He produced 11 volumes for the Hosanna! Music series of worship albums. His first album under his own name, Worship with Don Moen, was released in 1992. His music has total global sales of over five million units.[2]
Moen worked for Integrity Media for over 20 years, serving as creative director and president of Integrity Music, president of Integrity Label Group, and an executive producer of Integrity Music albums.[2] He left Integrity Media in 2008 to start a new initiative, The Don Moen Company.[3] The Don Moen Company acquired MediaComplete, the church software company that created MediaShout. Moen became a radio host for Don Moen & Friends in 2009. Moen received a Dove Award for his work on the musical God with Us in addition to amassing nine nominations for his songs. Moen is also a prolific songwriter, having worked with Claire Cloninger, Paul Overstreet, Martin J. Nystrom, Randy Rothwell, Ron Kenoly, Bob Fitts, Debbye Graafsma, Paul Baloche, Tom Brooks, among many others. He has also worked with talented musicians, Abraham Laboriel, Alex Acuna, Paul Jackson, Jr. and Carl Albrecht. His name is associated with some of the most well-known songs in Contemporary Christian Music.[4]
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Notable recordings
Moen's first album for Hosanna! Music, Give Thanks, became the label's bestseller. He followed this with a number of successful albums of his own including two, En Tu Presencia and Trono De Gracia, in Spanish. On an Asian tour in 1999 he recorded The Mercy Seat at Singapore Indoor Stadium in Singapore and Heal Our Land at Yoido Park in South Korea, which was released in 2000. One of Moen's albums, I Will Sing, was recorded at Christian Broadcasting Network.
God Will Make a Way: The Best of Don Moen was released in 2003 and features 19 greatest hits. The title song was written for his wife's sister and her husband, who lost their oldest son in an auto accident while three other children were seriously injured. Moen's album, Hiding Place, became his first studio album which was recorded at Paragon Studios in Franklin, Tennessee and was released in the autumn of 2006. I Believe There Is More released on fall 2008. His third studio recording titled Uncharted Territory (funded successfully through Kickstarter), plus his Christmas recording, are expected to release on 2011.
Discography
- Released: 1986
- Format: CD, tape, digital download
- Label: Integrity Music, Hosanna! Music, Sparrow, Epic, Sony
- Producer: Tom Brooks, Michael Coleman (Executive), Ed Lindquist (Executive)
- Certification: Gold
Steadfast Love
- Released: 1988
- Format: CD, tape, digital download
- Label: Integrity Music, Hosanna! Music, Sparrow, Columbia, Sony
- Producer: Tom Brooks, Michael Coleman (Executive), Ed Lindquist (Executive), Don Moen (Executive)
Bless the Lord
- Released: 1989
- Format: CD, tape, digital download
- Label: Integrity Music, Hosanna! Music, Sparrow-Star Song, Columbia, Sony
- Producer: Tom Brooks, Michael Coleman (Executive), Ed Lindquist (Executive)
- Released: 1990
- Format: CD, tape, digital download
- Label: Integrity, Hosanna! Music, Sparrow-Star Song, Columbia, Sony
- Producer: Tom Brooks, Michael Coleman (Executive), Ed Lindquist (Executive)
- Released: 1990
- Format: CD, tape, digital download
- Label: Integrity, Hosanna! Music, Sparrow-Star Song, Columbia, Sony
- Producer: Tom Brooks, Michael Coleman (Executive), Ed Lindquist (Executive)
- Released: 1992
- Format: CD, tape, video, VCD
- Label: Integrity, Hosanna! Music, Word
- Producer: Tom Brooks, Michael Coleman (Executive), Ed Lindquist (Executive)
- Released: 1993
- Format: CD, tape, video, VCD
- Label: Integrity, Hosanna! Music, Sparrow
- Producer: Tom Fettke, Tom Hartley (Executive)
- Certification: Dove Award
Trust in the Lord - Live Worship with Don Moen
- Released: 1994
- Format: CD, tape, video, VCD, digital download
- Label: Integrity, Hosanna! Music, Columbia, Sony
- Producer: Mark Gasbarro, Don Moen (Producer and Executive Producer), Michael Coleman (Executive)
- Released: 1994
- Format: CD, tape
- Label: Integrity, Hosanna! Music
- Producer: Tom Hartley, Michael Coleman (Executive), Don Moen (Executive)
- Released: 1995
- Format: CD, tape, digital download
- Label: Integrity, Hosanna! Music, Columbia, Sony
- Producer: Don Harris, Michael Coleman (Executive), Don Moen (Executive)
- Released: 1996
- Format: CD, tape, digital download
- Label: Integrity, Hosanna! Music, Columbia, Sony
- Producer: Steven V. Taylor, Chris Long (Executive), Michael Coleman (Senior Executive), Don Moen (Senior Executive)
- Released: 1996
- Format: CD, tape, digital download
- Label: Integrity, Hosanna! Music, Integrity Asia, Columbia, Sony
- Producer: Tom Brooks, Don Harris, Michael Coleman (Executive), Don Moen (Executive)
- Released: 1997
- Format: CD, tape, digital download
- Label: Integrity, Hosanna! Music, Columbia, Sony
- Producer: Tom Brooks, Don Moen (Executive), Chris Long (Executive)
God for Us
- Released: 1998
- Format: CD, tape, digital download
- Label: Integrity Music, Hosanna! Music, Columbia, Sony
- Producer: Tom Fettke, Don Moen (Executive), Randy Vader (Executive)
God Is Good - Worship with Don Moen
- Released: 1998
- Format: CD, tape, video, DVD, VCD
- Label: Integrity, Hosanna! Music
- Producer: Tom Brooks, Don Moen (Executive), Chris Thomason (Executive)
- Released: 1999
- Format: CD, tape, digital download
- Label: Integrity, Hosanna! Music, Columbia, Sony
- Producer: Isaac Hernandez, Tom Brooks, Don Harris, Don Moen (Executive), Chris Thomason (Executive), Dario Navac (Executive)
More of You, Lord - Praise with Don Moen Volume 2
- Released: 1999
- Format: CD, tape
- Label: Integrity, Hosanna! Music, Integrity Asia
- Producer: Tom Brooks, Russell Fragar, Don Harris, Chris Springer, Darlene Zschech, Don Moen (Executive), Chris Thomason (Executive)
Give Thanks
- Released: 1999
- Format: VCD
- Label: Integrity Music, Hosanna! Music, Integrity Asia
- Producer: Steve Merkel, Tom Brooks, Mark Gasbarro, Don Moen (Executive), Chris Thomason (Executive)
- Released: 2000
- Format: CD, tape, digital download
- Label: Integrity, Hosanna! Music, Integrity Asia, Columbia, Sony
- Producer: Tom Brooks, Don Moen (Executive), Chris Thomason (Executive)
Heal Our Land
- Released: 2000
- Format: CD, tape
- Label: Integrity Music, Hosanna! Music, Integrity Asia
- Producer: Tom Brooks, Don Moen (Executive), Paul Wilbur (Executive)
- Released: 2000
- Format: CD, tape, video, DVD, VCD, digital download
- Label: Integrity, Hosanna! Music, Epic, Sony
- Producer: Paul Mills, Don Moen (Executive), Chris Thomason (Executive)
- Released: 2001
- Format: CD, tape, digital download
- Label: Integrity, Hosanna! Music, Columbia, Sony
- Producer: Tom Fettke, Don Moen (Executive), Randy Vader (Executive)
God Will Make a Way: The Best of Don Moen
- Released: 2003
- Format: CD, tape, digital download
- Label: Integrity, Hosanna! Music, Epic, Sony
- Producer: Tom Brooks, Don Harris, Paul Mills, Don Moen (Executive), Chris Thomason (Executive)
- Released: 2003
- Format: CD, tape, digital download
- Label: Integrity, Hosanna! Music, Columbia, Sony
- Producer: Miguel Angel "Malin" Villagran, Tom Brooks, Paul Mills, Don Moen (Executive), Keith Manwaring (Executive), Dario Navac (Executive)
- Released: 2004
- Format: CD, tape, video, DVD, VCD, digital download
- Label: Integrity Music, Hosanna! Music, CBN, Epic, Columbia, Sony
- Producer: David Hamilton, Don Moen (Executive), Chris Thomason (Executive)
Arise: The Worship Legacy of Don Moen
- Released: 2006
- Format: Digital download
- Label: Integrity, Hosanna! Music, Columbia, Sony
- Producer: David Hamilton, Don Moen (Executive)
Hiding Place
- Released: 2006
- Format: CD, digital download
- Label: Integrity, Hosanna! Music, Columbia, Sony
- Producer: David Hamilton, Don Moen (Executive)
- Released: 2008
- Format: CD, digital download
- Label: Integrity, Hosanna! Music, Columbia, Sony
- Producer: Don Moen, Michael Coleman (Executive)
With a Thankful Heart: The Best of Don Moen
- Released: 2011
- Format: CD
- Label: Integrity, Hosanna! Music, Integrity Asia
- Producer: Tom Brooks, David Hamilton, Don Harris, Paul Mills, Don Moen, Andy Skarda (Executive)
Uncharted Territory
- Released: 2011
- Format: CD
- Label: Don Moen Records
- Producer: Don Moen
Other recordings
- Hatiku (1995)
- Behold the Lamb (1997)
- Healing (1998)
- The Smithton Outpouring (1999)
- Hope Changes Everything (2000)
- Mas de Ti (2000)
- Sing for Joy (2002)
- Amor Sin Limites (2004)
- American Worship Gathering (2005)
- Arise: A Celebration of Worship (2006)
- Cool Worship (2010)
- A Little Boy's Prayer (2010)
Awards and nominations
Year Association Category Result 1992 Dove Awards Song of the Year "God Will Make A Way" Nominated Dove Awards Creator - Children's Musical Album of the Year I'm a Helper Nominated 1993 Dove Awards Artist - Inspirational Album of the Year Worship with Don Moen Nominated 1994 Dove Awards Creator - Musical Album of the Year God with Us Won 1995 Dove Awards Creator - Musical Album of the Year Mighty Cross Nominated 1998 Dove Awards Creator - Musical of the Year Emmanuel Has Come Nominated 1999 Dove Awards Creator - Musical of the Year God for Us Nominated 2001 Dove Awards Spanish Language Album of the Year En Tu Presencia Nominated 2003 Dove Awards Country Recorded Song of the Year "God Is Good All the Time" Nominated Dove Awards Creator - Musical of the Year God in Us Nominated 2004 Dove Awards Spanish Language Album of the Year Trono de Gracia Nominated Gold Certification
- 1986
- "Give Thanks"
Ray DeVries Church Ministry Award
- 2002
See also
References
- ^ http://www.donmoen.com/gen/pt.aspx?sn=1046&p1=1081
- ^ a b Swartzendruber, Jay (February 2007). "Industrybeat: Moen of Many Hats". CCM Magazine 29 (8): 22. ISSN 1524-7848.
- ^ http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/articles/news/Moens_Move/32921/p1/
- ^ http://www.integritymusic.com/music/nrp/makeaway.html
External links
- Give Thanks (1986)
- Steadfast Love (1988)
- Bless the Lord (1989)
- Christmas (1990)
- Eternal God (1990)
- Worship with Don Moen (1992)
- God with Us (1993)
- Trust in the Lord – Live Worship with Don Moen (1994)
- Mighty Cross (1994)
- Rivers of Joy (1995)
- Emmanuel Has Come (1996)
- Let Your Glory Fall (1997)
- God for Us (1998)
- God Is Good – Worship with Don Moen (1998)
- En Tú Presencia (1999)
- The Mercy Seat (2000)
- Heal Our Land (2000)
- I Will Sing (2000)
- God in Us (2001)
- Trono de Gracia (2003)
- Thank You Lord (2004)
Studio albums - Hiding Place (2006)
- I Believe There Is More (2008)
- Uncharted Territory (2011)
- TBA Untitled Christmas Album (2011)
Compilation albums - Praise with Don Moen (1996)
- More of You, Lord – Praise with Don Moen Volume 2 (1999)
- God Will Make a Way: The Best of Don Moen (2003)
- With a Thankful Heart: The Best of Don Moen (2011)
EP - Arise: The Worship Legacy of Don Moen (2006)
Videography - Worship with Don Moen (1992)
- Trust in the Lord – Live Worship with Don Moen (1994)
- God with Us (1995)
- God Is Good – Worship with Don Moen (1998)
- Give Thanks (1999)
- I Will Sing (2000)
- Thank You Lord (2004)
Other - Hatiku (1995)
- Behold the Lamb (1997)
- Healing (1998)
- The Smithton Outpouring (1999)
- Hope Changes Everything (2000)
- Mas de Ti (2000)
- Sing for Joy (2002)
- Amor Sin Limites (2004)
- American Worship Gathering (2005)
- Arise: A Celebration of Worship (2006)
- Cool Worship (2010)
- A Little Boy's Prayer (2010)
Categories:- 1950 births
- American Christians
- American male singers
- American performers of Christian music
- American pianists
- American singer-songwriters
- American singers
- American violinists
- Christian religion-related songwriters
- Columbia Records artists
- Contemporary Christian music
- Contemporary worship music
- Epic Records artists
- Living people
- Musicians from Alabama
- Musicians from Minnesota
- Musicians from Tennessee
- Oral Roberts University alumni
- People from Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Songwriters from Minnesota
- Spanish-language singers
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