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Let There Be Light
Live album by
Hillsong Worship
Released14 October 2016 (2016-10-14)
Recorded5–8 July 2016
VenueQudos Bank Arena, Sydney
GenreContemporary worship music
Length72:03
LabelHillsong, Sparrow, Capitol
ProducerMichael Guy Chislett, Joel Houston, Brooke Ligertwood[1]
Hillsong Worship live album chronology
Open Heaven / River Wild
(2015) 		Let There Be Light
(2016) 		There Is More
(2018)
Hillsong Worship chronology
Open Heaven / River Wild
(2015) 		Let There Be Light
(2016) 		The Peace Project
(2017)
Singles from Let There Be Light
  1. "Grace to Grace"
    Released: 17 March 2016[2]
  2. "What a Beautiful Name"
    Released: 6 January 2017[3]

Let There Be Light (stylised as let there be light.) is the 25th live album of Hillsong Worship, which consists of several worship pastors from Australian church Hillsong Church. The album was recorded during the 2016 Hillsong Conference at the Qudos Bank Arena from 4 July until 7 July 2016 and was released on 14 October 2016, under Hillsong Music, Sparrow Records and Capitol Christian Music Group.

Their music captures the heart and sound of Hillsong Church globally and represents the coming together of the Hillsong worship team from around the world; including Reuben Morgan, Marty Sampson, Joel Houston, Brooke Ligertwood, Ben Fielding, Taya Smith, Dave Ware, Annie Garratt and many more.[4]

Background

In March 2016, "Grace to Grace" was released and served as a single for Easter.[5]

In July worship leader Ben Fielding said, "We've been intentional about writing songs that will translate across the Church globally." From many of the Hillsong global campuses such as Sydney, London, New York and Los Angeles, songs were written, re-written and collaborated on in the lead up to the album recording.

"The collaborations have been more through relationship this year, and it has felt less segmented. We've been writing in the studio and there would be people from three different campuses in three different countries there. Each would be representing their own congregation's unique sound, but working together to create something that will translate for all campuses."[6]

The title of the album is a reference to Genesis 1:3.

Theme

Rich Langton, who oversees the pastoral care of the creative team in Australia, said, "Jesus is the light of the world and we carry that too."[6]

Awards and accolades

On 9 August 2017, it was announced that Let There Be Light would be nominated for a GMA Dove Award in the Worship Album of the Year and the Long Form Video of the Year categories at the 48th Annual GMA Dove Awards. In addition to the album's nomination, the song "What a Beautiful Name" was nominated for a GMA Dove Award in the Song of the Year and Worship Song of the Year categories.[7] On 17 October 2017, "What a Beautiful Name" won both GMA Dove Awards for Song of the Year and the Worship Song of the Year at a ceremony held at the Allen Arena in Nashville, Tennessee, with composers Brooke Ligertwood and Ben Fielding receiving the awards.[8]

Track listing

Standard edition[9]
No.TitleWriter(s)Worship leader[citation needed]Length
1."Behold (Then Sings My Soul)"Joel Houston[10]
6:46
2."Love So Great"
[11]		David Ware5:19
3."Look To the Son"
[12]		Jonathon Douglass4:36
4."Crowns"
  • Michael Fatkin
  • Scott Groom
  • Benjamin Hastings
[13]		Benjamin Hastings4:57
5."What a Beautiful Name"
  • Ben Fielding
  • Brooke Ligertwood
[14]		Brooke Ligertwood5:41
6."Your Word"Chris Davenport[15]Jad Gillies7:00
7."Let There Be Light"
[16]		Matt Crocker7:31
8."In Control"
  • Fielding
  • Aodhan King
[17]		Ben Fielding5:07
9."Grace To Grace"
  • Davenport
  • Houston
[18]		Taya Smith7:06
10."Elohim"Sampson[19]Marty Sampson,[20] Hannah Hobbs4:29
11."I Will Boast in Christ"
  • S. Ligertwood
  • Morgan
[21]
  • Reuben Morgan
  • Annie Garratt
4:52
12."As It Is (In Heaven)"
  • Houston
  • Fielding
[22]		Joel Houston, Taya Smith8:39
Total length:72:03
Digital deluxe edition[23]
No.TitleWorship leader[citation needed]Length
13."What a Beautiful Name" (Acoustic)Brooke Ligertwood4:14
14."In Control" (Acoustic)Ben Fielding4:31
15."I Will Boast in Christ" (Acoustic)
  • Reuben Morgan
  • Brooke Ligertwood
5:15
16."Elohim" (Acoustic)Marty Sampson6:48
17."Behold New Roads" (featuring Brian Houston) 19:57
Total length:112:48
Notes

Charts

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[45] Gold 500,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Personnel

Credits adapted from Zendesk and AllMusic.[1][46]

Vocals

Composer

Technical, strings and horns

Event production

Album administration

Album artwork

Project handling and management

Album Production

Executive

International releases

There are several international releases (translation) version of the album releases in 2017:

References

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