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| Released | August 16, 2005 | |||
| Studio | Oxford Sound (Nashville, Tennessee) | |||
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| Length | 42:06 | |||
| Label | INO | |||
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Hymned, No. 1 (sometimes simply called Hymned) is the first solo album from MercyMe singer Bart Millard. The album features modern takes on popular Christian hymns. The album was released on August 16, 2005.
Millard has said that the album is inspired by hymns his grandmother, Ruby Lindsey, used to sing when he was a boy. [3] [4] MercyMe guitarist Barry Graul plays acoustic and electric guitars on most of the songs on the album.
Choir on "Precious Lord"
The album peaked at #12 on Billboard's Christian Albums and #13 on Billboard's Heatseekers Albums. [5]
In 2006, the album won a Dove Award for Inspirational Album of the Year at the 37th GMA Dove Awards in a tie with Amy Grant's Rock of Ages... Hymns and Faith . [6]
| Chart (2005) | Peak position |
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| US Christian Albums (Billboard) [7] | 12 |
| US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [8] | 13 |
| US Billboard 200 [9] | 126 |

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