MercyMe is an American contemporary Christian music band founded in Edmond, Oklahoma.
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10 Facts About MercyMe
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MercyMe has won 8 Dove Awards and has had many Grammy Award nominations.
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The group's name, "MercyMe", originated during Millard's time as a youth ministry intern in Florida.
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In 2003, guitarist Barry Graul, who had previously been with the Christian hard rock band Whitecross, joined MercyMe, giving MercyMe a second guitarist to provide greater depth on their third studio album, Undone.
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MercyMe released a live video album, MercyMe Live, in 2004, which eventually was certified platinum by the RIAA.
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In 2005, MercyMe launched a tour with Jeremy Camp, The Afters and Monk and Neagle in support of their album, Undone.
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In support of Coming Up to Breathe, MercyMe headlined the "Coming Up to Breathe Tour", along with Audio Adrenaline and Phil Wickham, seeing half their shows sell out two weeks into the tour.
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In 2005, MercyMe participated in a benefit concert at Belmont University with various other country, gospel and contemporary Christian artists for the people affected by the Asian tsunami.
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In 2009, MercyMe conducted a tour in partnership with Compassion International and Imagine A Cure in order to raise money to help kids with diabetes through Imagine A Cure and people with medical needs around the world through Compassion International.
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