Citizen Way

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Citizen Way
Citizen Way St. James MO 2014-02-09.jpg
Background information
Origin Elgin, Illinois
Genres Contemporary Christian music, Christian rock, worship
Years active 2004 (2004)–present
Labels Fair Trade
Website citizenwaymusic.com
Members
  • David Blascoe
  • Ben Calhoun
  • Josh Calhoun
Past members
  • Ben Blascoe

Citizen Way, formerly known as The Least of These, is a contemporary Christian music and Christian rock band from Elgin, Illinois.[1] The band is composed of David Blascoe, Ben Calhoun and Josh Calhoun. Ben Blascoe recently retired from the band in 2015.[1][2]

The band released their debut single "Should've Been Me" on the record label Fair Trade Services. The song was released on June 26, 2012,[3][4] and it has charted on numerous Christian song charts. This song has reached as high as No. 8 on K-LOVE's Top Songs list for the weeks of October 14, October 21 and 28, 2012, and it debuted on that list the week of July 8, 2012 at the No. 15 position.[5]

Their second single, "Nothing Ever (Could Separate Us)", was released in June 2013,[6] and it has also charted on numerous Christian song charts. This song debuted at No. 17 on K-LOVE's Top Songs list for the week of June 9, 2013.[7]

The band's third single, "How Sweet the Sound", was released on September 27, 2013,[8] and has gone on to become their first No. 1 single. It has charted on Christian AC Indicator and Soft AC/Inspirational, reaching No. 1 on the Christian Soft AC/Inspirational chart on April 3, 2014.[9] The single spent four weeks atop the Christian Soft AC/Inspirational chart.[10]

Background

Citizen Way is from Elgin, Illinois, and are made up of two sets of brothers Ben Blascoe on bass guitar, David Blascoe on drums, Ben Calhoun on vocals and guitar and Josh Calhoun on guitars, keys and vocals.[1][2][11] Their original band name was The Least of These, when they were at Judson University together.[11] This band has been together since 2004.[11][12]

Discography

Albums

Year Album Peak chart positions
Top
Christian[13]		 Top
Heatseekers[14]
2013 Love Is the Evidence
  • Released: April 23, 2013
  • Label: Fair Trade
  • Format: CD, Digital download
 22 4
2016 2.0
  • Released: March 11, 2016
  • Label: Fair Trade
  • Format: CD, Digital download
 9 –

Singles

Year Title Peak Chart Positions
US Christian Songs[15] US Christian Digital US Christian AC US Christian AC Indicator US Christian CHR US Christian Soft AC/ US Christian Airplay[16]
2012 "Should've Been Me" 14 24 10[17] 4[18] — 11[19] —
2013 "Nothing Ever (Could Separate Us)" 13 — 16 7 23 17 —
2014 "How Sweet the Sound" 11 10 2 3[20] 35 1[21] 5
2016 “When I’m With You" 22[22] 17 — — — — —

References

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External links

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