Israel Houghton

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Israel Houghton
Background information
Born	1972
Origin	Lyric Tenor
Genre(s)	CCM, gospel
Occupation(s)	singer, songwriter, producer, arranger, composer
Voice type(s)	Lyric Tenor
Years active	1997-present
Label(s)	Integrity Music
Associated acts	Aaron Lindsey Martha Munizzi Mary Alessi
Website	NewBreedMusic.com

Israel Houghton is a Grammy Award winning, Christian worship leader and singer, mostly known for his cross-cultural style of Christian music that fuses elements from Gospel music, Jazz and Rock. Houghton is usually credited as Israel & New Breed and currently signed to Integrity Music.

Contents 1 Musical career 1.1 Recording career 1.2 Production career 1.3 Other performances 2 Discography 2.1 Other recordings 3 Awards 4 Personal life 5 Notes 6 References 7 External links

[edit] Musical career

[edit] Recording career

His project Alive in South Africa, recorded live in Cape Town, received a Grammy Award for "Best Traditional Gospel Album" in 2007 and two songs from the album, "Not Forgotten" and "Turn It Around", received a Dove Award for "Contemporary Gospel Recorded Song" in 2006 and 2007 respectively. Both his album Live from Another Level and rendition of "Again I Say Rejoice" received a Dove Award in 2005.

[edit] Production career

Israel produced an album by Michael Gungor called "Bigger Than My Imagination". This album was acclaimed as "one of the year's best worship albums" in a 2003 Christianity Today review. ^[1]

[edit] Other performances

He has served as worship leader for the Promise Keepers and Champions for Christ events, as well as the Hillsong Conference 2006. Israel also serves as a worship leader (alongside of Cindy Cruise) at Lakewood Church in Houston, TX, pastored by Joel Osteen.

Israel and New Breed accompanied Alicia Keys at the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards for a performance of George Michael's "Freedom '90."

Israel and New Breed performed at the 50th Annual Grammy Awards, taking part in a segment saluting Gospel music, alongside the likes of Aretha Franklin and BeBe Winans.

[edit] Discography

It has been suggested that Real (Israel & New Breed album) and Live From Another Level be merged into this article or section. (Discuss)

[edit] Other recordings

• "Where Are the Fathers?" from He-Motions (EMI Gospel, 2004)
• "Send Me to the Nations" from A Wing & A Prayer (EMI Gospel, 2003)
• Lakewood Live: We Speak to Nations (Integrity, 2002)
• Lakewood Live: Cover the Earth (Integrity, 2004)
• Lakewood Live: The Gift
• Lakewood Live: Free to Worship

[edit] Awards

Year	Award-giving body	Award
2005[2]	Stellar Awards	Male Vocalist of the Year for Live from Another Level
2005	Stellar Awards	Contemporary Gospel Album of the Year for Live from Another Level
2004 [3]	Dove Awards	CD of the Year for Live from Another Level
2004	Dove Awards	Contemporary Gospel Song of the Year for "Again I Say Rejoice"
2008[4]	Grammy Awards	Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album for " A Deeper Level"

[edit] Personal life

He is of mixed heritage (black and white), married with four children. his wife

[edit] Notes

[edit] References

• "Dove Award Recipients for 2005". Published by the Gospel Music Association. Retrieved 2007-02-06.
• "Dove Award Recipients for 2006". Published by the Gospel Music Association. Retrieved 2007-02-06.
• "38th Annual Dove Award Recipients". Published by the Gospel Music Association. Retrieved April 26, 2007.
• "49th Annual GRAMMY Awards Winners List". Published by The Recording Academy. Retrieved 2007-02-13.
• Powell, Mark Allan (2002). Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music, First printing, Peabody, Massachusetts: Hendrickson Publishers, 438. ISBN 1-56563-679-1. 

[edit] External links

• New Breed Music
• Biography by Israel's Label
• CBN Interview with Israel Houghton
• Israel & New Breed at Allmusic
• Israel Houghton at the Internet Movie Database

Persondata
NAME	Houghton, Israel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Worship leader
DATE OF BIRTH	1972
PLACE OF BIRTH
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH