Planetshakers


Planetshakers is the contemporary worship music band, a central part of Planetshakers Church in Melbourne, Australia.
With over 30 internationally acclaimed albums, the band tours annually to the US, UK, Europe, South Africa, Asia, South America, Australia and New Zealand and has seen much success having been nominated for multiple Dove Awards.

History

Formed in Adelaide for the first Planetshakers Conference in 1997, the band has a goal to spread contemporary worship music worldwide. They are now based in Melbourne at Planetshakers Church, under the leadership of Senior Pastors Russell and Sam Evans.
The 2002 Australian Idol winner Guy Sebastian is a former member of the band, taking both lead and backup vocal parts on the 2002 and 2003 albums and conferences.
It was reported in 2008 that Michael Guglielmucci, former bass player in the Planetshakers band, had fraudulently claimed he was dying of cancer. During this time Guglielmucci received money from supporters who believed his illness was real. Guglielmucci wrote the "Healer" song for the album "Saviour of the World" was released in June 2007. "Healer" is a song of encouragement for believers who were suffering from cancer. Guglielmucci explained his actions as being a result of a long-term pornography addiction.

Members

The following are current and former members:

Awards

In 2002, the album Open Up the Gates, was nominated for Dove Award "Worship Album of the Year".
, released in March 2014, reached No. 3 on the Billboard Top Heatseekers chart and No. 16 in on the Billboard Christian Albums chart.
The video of the song "Endless Praise" was nominated for Dove Award Long Form Video of the Year 2014.
The album, Nada Es Imposible, in Spanish which was released in July 2014, reached position No. 17 on the Billboard "Latin Pop Albums" chart and was nominated by the Premios Arpa in three categories: best group or duo album, album rock or hard rock and producer of 2014.
The video of the song "This is Our Time" was nominated for the Dove Award Long Form Video of the Year 2014.
The video of the song "Let's Go" was nominated for the Dove Award Long Form Video of the Year 2015.
The video of the song "Overflow" was nominated for Dove Award Long Form Video of the Year 2016.
Planetshakers was nominated for the Dove Award in the category: "Spanish Language Album of the Year" for Sé Quién Eres Tú.
Planetshakers have been nominated by the Premios Arpa in 2016 in the category: "Best song in participation" "Sé quién eres tú".

Discography

Most albums are recorded live at Planetshakers conference, and released by Integrity and Venture3Media: