Casting Crowns - Healer (Deluxe) (2022) Hi Res

The prolific and chart-topping CCM group Casting Crowns' highly anticipated album Healer is releasing in early 2022. Healer follows the band's 2018 release, Only Jesus, which was met with astonishing success producing two No. 1 radio singles, including the group's 15th career No. 1 radio single, a GRAMMY nomination, a 2019 Dove Award, two 2020 Dove Award nominations, and two Billboard Music Awards nominations for "Top Christian Album" and "Top Christian Song" ("Nobody" ft. Matthew West). Two songs from Only Jesus, ("Only Jesus" and "Nobody") have been certified gold by the RIAA. The first single from Healer, "Scars In Heaven", impacted fans and broke the global first-day streaming record for a Christian song debut on Amazon Music.

This new album will cause a variety of emotions for listeners as they experience the deep, thoughtful lyrics, the uplifting worship songs, and more. The tracks include songwriting collaborations with notable artists such as Matthew West, Brooke Ligertwood from Hillsong Worship, and Kristian Stanfill and Brett Younker from Passion, and more. Casting Crowns continues to deliver songs that are timely and relevant to their listener's lives, and this album is no exception.

“I was walking through the world being shut down, just like everybody else,” shares Mark Hall. “I’ve been a youth pastor for over twenty years and here I was counseling teenagers who’d just lost their senior year, lost their friend groups, felt hopeless for the future. As I started working on this record, I realized all the songs I was writing dealt with healing in some way, something we all need. And more than that, we need a Healer. This whole album is about healing, about how God meets us where we are and what His healing looks like.”

Listening through the album, it’s clear the band’s intention is to show that healing comes in many different colors and sizes. With songs that feel both familiar and brand new, Healer is a scripture-filled push forward, challenging the listener to seek true healing from Jesus, the only Healer we need. Recently Hall spoke with American Songwriter for their November/December issue.

Leading up to the new release, Casting Crowns has released selections from the album including the poignant song “Scars In Heaven” and the powerful anthem “The Power of the Cross.” As a group that has been known to break records, “Scars in Heaven,” broke the global first-day streaming record for a Christian song debut on Amazon Music, received top playlist positioning at all major digital service providers.