People (Hillsong United album)


People is the fourteenth live album from Australian contemporary worship music band Hillsong United. The album was recorded on 18 November 2018 at Hills Campus in Sydney and released on 26 April 2019, under Hillsong Music and Capitol Christian Music Group. To promote the album, Hillsong United toured the United States for the first time in three years, and also released an accompanying film. The album debuted at No. 6 on the Australian ARIA Albums Chart, No. 2 on the US Billboard 200, as well as the Canadian Albums Chart.
On 20 July 2019, Hillsong United teamed up with Spotify to release four acoustic songs from the album, along with four music videos. On 1 May 2020, a studio version of "Another In the Fire", featuring Taya Gaukrodger, was released as a single.

Background

, leader of Hillsong United, stated that part of the message of the album is "accepting that we are flawed – but that God is madly in love with us". Jonathan Douglass further explained that the title of the album is "self-explanatory", saying its intention is "to connect with people and actually unite people".

Accolades

PublicationAccoladeRank
'Top 50 Albums of 201910
'Top 10 Worship Albums of 20192

Commercial performance

In Australia, People debuted on the ARIA Albums Chart at No. 6.
In the United States, People sold 107,000 equivalent album units in its opening week, thus debuting at No. 2 on the mainstream Billboard 200 chart. Being their third top ten appearance on Billboard 200, the album is the highest ranking appearance for Hillsong United on the chart beating out the No. 5 debuts by Empires and Zion, while breaking their best sales week record, formerly held by Empires. The album concurrently registered at No. 1 on Billboard Christian Albums chart.

Track listing

Tour

Hillsong United toured the United States in early to mid-2019 to promote the album. Amanda Lindsey Cook and Mack Brock were the opening acts of the tour. The tour performed at venues in 29 U.S cities, including the Staples Center in Los Angeles and Madison Square Garden in New York City. The tour was extended, ending at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia for the annual Passion Conferences on December 31, 2019.

Personnel

Credits from Zendesk.
Hillsong United
Additional musicians
Additional vocals

Weekly charts

Year-end charts