BarlowGirl

BarlowGirl
BarlowGirl with fan (from left to right: Lauren, fan, Rebecca and Alyssa).
BarlowGirl with fan (from left to right: Lauren, fan, Rebecca and Alyssa).
Background information
OriginElgin, Illinois, U.S.
Genres
Years active1999–2012
LabelsFervent
Past members
  • Alyssa Barlow
  • Lauren Barlow
  • Rebecca Barlow
WebsiteArchive of BarlowGirl.com

BarlowGirl was an American Christian rock and Contemporary Christian Music (CCM) all-female band from Elgin, Illinois. The band was composed of sisters Alyssa (lead vocals, bass guitar, keyboards), Lauren (co-lead vocals, drums) and Rebecca (guitar, backing vocals) Barlow. The band is best known for its radio singles "Never Alone" in 2004 and "I Need You to Love Me" in 2006, breaking records for the longest-charting No. 1 song on the Radio and Records Christian Hit Radio (CHR) chart[1] and obtaining millions of views for their music videos on YouTube.[2][3] The band also saw continued success with their Home for Christmas album.[4] The band exceeded sales of one million compact discs by the end of 2008[5][6] and finished its career with over 1 million digital song downloads and 1.3 million compact disc sales.[7][8]

In October 2012, BarlowGirl announced that they were "retiring the band".[9]

  1. ^ Biography at YourMusicZone.com. Retrieved July 16, 2007 Archived September 26, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ BarlowGirl. "barlowgirlmusic". Retrieved February 3, 2017 – via YouTube.
  3. ^ Word Records. "WordLabelGroup". Retrieved February 3, 2017 – via YouTube.
  4. ^ "BarlowGirl Chart History". Billboard. December 15, 2018. Archived from the original on December 19, 2018. Retrieved December 18, 2018.
  5. ^ The M Collective (February 20, 2008). "WINTER JAM 2008 ATTRACTS MORE FANS THAN EVER BEFORE". Jesus Freak Hideout. Nashville, TN. Retrieved February 3, 2017.
  6. ^ Bozeman Media (July 21, 2009). "MILLION-SELLING AND TEN-TIME DOVE NOMINATED, BARLOWGIRL, TO RELEASE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED FOURTH PROJECT SEPTEMBER 22, 2009, LOVE & WAR". Jesus Freak Hideout. Nashville, TN. Retrieved February 3, 2017.
  7. ^ Barlow, Vincent. "Vince Barlow". LinkedIn. Retrieved February 3, 2017.
  8. ^ "GMA Music Awards". BarlowGirl.com. February 2, 2006. Archived from the original on February 12, 2006. Retrieved January 13, 2017.
  9. ^ "A Note From BarlowGirl". BarlowGirl. October 24, 2012. Archived from the original on November 3, 2012. Retrieved October 24, 2012.