Don Moen

Don Moen (born June 29, 1950 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is an American singer-songwriter, pastor, and producer of Christian worship music.

Moen produced 11 volumes for the Hosanna! Music series of worship albums. His first album under his own name, Worship with Don Moen, was released in 1992. His music has total global sales of over five million units and he is currently creative director and president of Integrity Music, president of Integrity Label Group, and an executive producer of Integrity Music albums. Moen received a Dove Award for his work on the musical God with Us in addition to amassing nine nominations for his songs. Moen is also a prolific songwriter, having worked with Claire Cloninger, Paul Overstreet, Martin J. Nystrom, Randy Rothwell, Ron Kenoly, Bob Fitts, Debbye Graafsma, Paul Baloche, Tom Brooks, among many others. He has also worked with talented musicians, Justo Almario, Abraham Laboriel, Alex Acuna, and Carl Albrecht. His name is synonymous with some of the biggest praise and worship songs in the Church today. He was a student at Oral Roberts University. He lives in Mobile, Alabama, with his wife Laura and their five children.

Notable recordings

Moen's first album for Hosanna! Music, Give Thanks, became the label's bestseller. He followed this with a number of successful albums of his own including two, En Tú Presencia and Trono De Gracia, in Spanish. On an Asian tour in 1999 he recorded The Mercy Seat at Singapore Indoor Stadium in Singapore and Heal Our Land at Yoido Park in South Korea, which was released in 2000. One of Moen's albums, I Will Sing, was recorded at Christian Broadcasting Network.

God Will Make a Way - The Best of Don Moen was released in 2003 and features 19 greatest hits. The title song was written for his wife's sister and her husband, who lost their oldest son in an auto accident while three other children were seriously injured. Moen's most recent album, Hiding Place, became his first studio album which was recorded at Paragon Studios in Franklin, Tennessee and was released in the autumn of 2006.

Discography

''Give Thanks''

* Released: 1986
* Format: CD, tape
* Label: Integrity Music/Hosanna! Music
* Producer: Tom Brooks, Michael Coleman (Executive), Ed Lindquist (Executive)
* Certification: Gold
* Tracks: Fifteen

''Steadfast Love''

* Released: 1988
* Format: CD, tape
* Label: Integrity Music/Hosanna! Music
* Producer: Tom Brooks, Michael Coleman (Executive), Ed Lindquist (Executive), Don Moen (Executive)
* Tracks: Fourteen

''Bless the Lord''

* Released: 1989
* Format: CD, tape
* Label: Integrity Music/Hosanna! Music
* Producer: Tom Brooks, Michael Coleman (Executive), Ed Lindquist (Executive)
* Tracks: Fourteen

''Christmas''

* Released: 1990
* Format: CD, tape
* Label: Integrity Music/Hosanna! Music
* Producer: Tom Brooks, Michael Coleman (Executive), Ed Lindquist (Executive)
* Tracks: Seventeen

''Eternal God''

* Released: 1990
* Format: CD, tape
* Label: Integrity Music/Hosanna! Music
* Producer: Tom Brooks, Michael Coleman (Executive), Ed Lindquist (Executive)
* Tracks: Thirteen

''Worship with Don Moen''

* Released: 1992
* Format: CD, tape, video
* Label: Integrity Music/Hosanna! Music
* Producer: Tom Brooks, Michael Coleman (Executive), Ed Lindquist (Executive)
* Tracks: Twelve

''God with Us''

* Released: 1993
* Format: CD, tape, video
* Label: Integrity Music/Hosanna! Music
* Producer: Tom Fettke, Tom Hartley (Executive)
* Certification: Dove Award
* Tracks: Seventeen

''Trust in the Lord - Live Worship with Don Moen''

* Released: 1994
* Format: CD, tape, video
* Label: Integrity Music/Hosanna! Music
* Producer: Mark Gasbarro, Don Moen (Producer and Executive Producer), Michael Coleman (Executive)
* Tracks: Seven

''Rivers of Joy''

* Released: 1995
* Format: CD, tape
* Label: Integrity Music/Hosanna! Music
* Producer: Don Harris, Michael Coleman (Executive), Don Moen (Executive)
* Tracks: Fourteen

''Emmanuel Has Come''

* Released: 1996
* Format: CD, tape
* Label: Integrity Music/Hosanna! Music
* Producer: Steven V. Taylor, Chris Long (Executive), Michael Coleman (Senior Executive), Don Moen (Senior Executive)
* Tracks: Ten

''Praise with Don Moen''

* Released: 1996
* Format: CD, tape
* Label: Integrity Music/Hosanna! Music/Integrity Asia
* Producer: Tom Brooks, Don Harris, Michael Coleman (Executive), Don Moen (Executive)
* Tracks: Ten

''Let Your Glory Fall''

* Released: 1997
* Format: CD, tape
* Label: Integrity Music/Hosanna! Music
* Producer: Tom Brooks, Don Moen (Executive), Chris Long (Executive)
* Tracks: Eleven

''God for Us''

* Released: 1998
* Format: CD, tape
* Label: Integrity Music/Hosanna! Music
* Producer: Tom Fettke, Don Moen (Executive), Randy Vader (Executive)
* Tracks: Nine

''God Is Good - Worship with Don Moen''

* Released: 1998
* Format: CD, tape, video, DVD
* Label: Integrity Music/Hosanna! Music
* Producer: Tom Brooks, Don Moen (Executive), Chris Thomason (Executive)
* Tracks: Eleven
* Bonus tracks: Twelve (Asia version)

''En Tú Presencia''

* Released: 1999
* Format: CD, tape
* Label: Integrity Music/Hosanna! Music
* Producer: Isaac Hernandez, Tom Brooks, Don Harris, Don Moen (Executive), Chris Thomason (Executive), Dario Navac (Executive)
* Tracks: Twelve

''More of You, Lord - Praise with Don Moen Volume 2''

* Released: 1999
* Format: CD, tape
* Label: Integrity Music/Hosanna! Music/Integrity Asia
* Producer: Tom Brooks, Russell Fragar, Don Harris, Chris Springer, Darlene Zschech, Don Moen (Executive), Chris Thomason (Executive)
* Tracks: Eleven

''The Mercy Seat''

* Released: 2000
* Format: CD, tape
* Label: Integrity Music/Hosanna! Music/Integrity Asia
* Producer: Tom Brooks, Don Moen (Executive), Chris Thomason (Executive)
* Tracks: Twelve

''Heal Our Land''

* Released: 2000
* Format: CD, tape
* Label: Integrity Music/Hosanna! Music/Integrity Asia
* Producer: Tom Brooks, Don Moen (Executive), Paul Wilbur (Executive)
* Tracks: Fourteen

''I Will Sing''

* Released: 2000
* Format: CD, tape, video, DVD
* Label: Integrity Music/Hosanna! Music
* Producer: Paul Mills, Don Moen (Executive), Chris Thomason (Executive)
* Tracks: Nineteen

''God in Us''

* Released: 2001
* Format: CD, tape
* Label: Integrity Music/Hosanna! Music
* Producer: Tom Fettke, Don Moen (Executive), Randy Vader (Executive)
* Tracks: Ten

''God Will Make a Way - The Best of Don Moen''

* Released: 2003
* Format: CD, tape
* Label: Integrity Music/Hosanna! Music
* Producer: Tom Brooks, Don Harris, Paul Mills, Don Moen (Executive), Chris Thomason (Executive)
* Tracks: Nineteen
* Bonus tracks: Five (Bonus DVD)

''Trono de Gracia''

* Released: 2003
* Format: CD, tape
* Label: Integrity Music/Hosanna! Music
* Producer: Miguel Angel "Matin" Villagran, Tom Brooks, Paul Mills, Don Moen (Executive), Keith Manwaring (Executive), Dario Navac (Executive)
* Tracks: Twelve

''Thank You Lord''

* Released: 2004
* Format: CD, tape, video, DVD
* Label: Integrity Music/Hosanna! Music/CBN
* Producer: David Hamilton, Don Moen (Executive), Chris Thomason (Executive)
* Tracks: Fourteen

''Hiding Place''

* Released: 2006
* Format: CD
* Label: Integrity Music/Hosanna! Music
* Producer: David Hamilton, Don Moen (Executive)
* Tracks: Twelve

TBA

* Released: Fall 2008
* Format: CD
* Label: Integrity Music/Hosanna! Music

Other recordings

* Mighty Cross (1994)
* Healing (1998)
* God Will Make a Way - Songs of Hope (1999)
* The Smithton Outpouring (1999)
* Mas de Ti (2000)
* Sing for Joy (2002)
* Arise (2006)

Awards

Dove Awards Winner

* 1994
o Creator - Musical Album of the Year "God with Us"

Dove Awards Nominated

* 1992
o Song of the Year "God Will Make A Way"
o Creator - Children's Musical Album of the Year "I'm A Helper"

* 1993
o Artist - Inspirational Album of the Year "Worship with Don Moen"

* 1995
o Creator - Musical Album of the Year "Mighty Cross"

* 1998
o Creator - Musical of the Year "Emmanuel Has Come"

* 1999
o Creator - Musical of the Year "God for Us"

* 2001
o Spanish Language Album of the Year "En Tú Presencia"

* 2003
o Country Recorded Song of the Year "God Is Good All The Time"
o Creator - Musical of the Year "God in Us"

* 2004
o Spanish Language Album of the Year "Trono de Gracia"

Source http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_moen