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Sunday News Roundup (24th-30th November 2014)

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Here’s the next instalment of “Sunday News Roundup”, this time from the 24th til the 30th November. Enjoy reading the scoop on the latest news!

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Top 10 Most Overplayed Songs on Radio Over the Last 15 Years

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Another week, another Top 10 blog post. Since we have started this top 10 series, we have talked about many topics, from worship artists, movie trilogies and franchises, activities to undertake in Australia and high sugar foods, to superheroes, things to do at the beach, and original and traditional Christmas carols, as well as top 10 music videos of the year. Now this topic, though it may seem a little critical, is equally as valid- what are the top 10 most overplayed songs on Christian radio throughout the last 15 years?

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Sunday News Roundup (17th-23rd November 2014)

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Here’s the next instalment of “Sunday News Roundup”, this time from the 17th til the 23rd November. Enjoy reading the scoop on the latest news!

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The 45th GMA Dove Awards Winners Analysis

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As I mentioned earlier in an analysis post about the nominations, the GMA Dove Awards is one of my most favourite time of the year in terms of Christian music, along with the announcing of the WOW Hits list, and the K-Love Fan Awards nominations. For those of who are not sure as to what the Dove Awards are, let me give you a quick run-down.

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Sunday News Roundup (29th September-5th October 2014)

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Here’s the next instalment of “Sunday News Roundup”, this time from the 29th September til the 5th October. Enjoy reading the scoop on the latest news!

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Sunday News Roundup (7th-13th July 2014)

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Here’s the next installment of “Sunday News Roundups”, this time from the 7th to the 13th of July. Enjoy reading the scoop on the latest news!

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MercyMe – Shake

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MercyMe, one of my favourite bands of all time, recently released a music video for their song ‘Shake’, the first radio single from their most recent album Welcome To the New. The video, which premiered in November 2013, featuring the five members of the band singing in a diner and dancing 50s style, complete with the whole package of suits, weird dance moves, and a whole lot of criticism that comes along with making a music video (because frankly, whenever someone makes a video, there’s always positive and negative comments). Just looking through the comments on the youtube link page makes me understand more fully that there are some people who just want to comment negatively because they can. With comments like the dancing was lewd and suggestive, to other comments that felt the dancing was over the top, or the song wasn’t explicit enough when it comes to singing about Christ’s love; ‘Shake’ has possibly been one of the most controversial CCM songs within the last few months.

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