Matthew West is a five-time GRAMMY® nominee, NSAI's 2022 Songwriter-Artist of the Year, ASCAP's 2023 Golden Note Award recipient, and a multiple ASCAP Christian Music Songwriter/Artist of the Year winner. He has received an American Music Award, a Billboard Music Award, K-LOVE Fan Awards, GMA Dove Awards, and has been named Billboard's Hot Christian Songwriter of the Year. A recipient of the Rich Mullins Impact Award, West also received a Primetime Emmy® Award nomination for Original Music & Lyrics for the title track for the feature film "The Heart of Christmas." Dubbed "one of Christian music's most prolific singer-songwriters" (Billboard), West has been awarded RIAA Gold and Platinum certifications and notched 34 number one songs combined as an artist and songwriter.
In addition to his own recording career, he has co-hosted the K-LOVE Fan Awards seven times and has more than 250 songwriting credits to his name, including cuts by Anne Wilson, Rascal Flatts, Scotty McCreery, Michael W. Smith, Amy Grant, Mandisa, Danny Gokey, Casting Crowns and others. He has 15 studio albums under his belt, the latest released in 2023, a double album - MY STORY YOUR GLORY. Composed of 22 tracks, the first part of the double album, MY STORY, embodies the countless stories fans have shared with the songwriter over the years as well as personal experiences and the second part, YOUR GLORY, marks his first official Gospel worship album. West's most recent single "Don't Stop Praying" released earlier this year marks his biggest streaming single debut in West's 20-year career.
Adding author to his list of accolades, West has written seven books to date: "Give This Christmas Away," "The Story Of Your Life," "Forgiveness," "Today Is Day One", "Hello, My Name Is, "The God Who Stays" and his latest, "My Story Your Glory 30-Day Devotional" with one more slated for 2024. He is also passionate about providing hope and healing through the power of prayer and story. Along with his father, Pastor Joe West, they founded popwe, a non-profit ministry helping others to craft, share, and live a more meaningful life. Please visit popwe.org for more information.
Awesome!| Posted June 30, 2009
"Something to Say" started as my favorite, then "The Motions" began to play on the radio. I love that song! Something about it speaks to me. The best part.....my 3 yr old daughter sings to the songs!
amazing| Posted June 30, 2009
continue the great work! you've continued to be an inspiration to the Christian community. i can't wait to hear more from you! God Bless.
your fan,
Lailanie
Great artist| Posted June 29, 2009
He's one of those artists who snuck up on me. Hear a song of his on the radio and think "Hey, I like that song." Then another, and another. Picked up Something to Say recently when it was super-cheap and really love the album. Really excited now that he'll be at Kingdom Bound the same night I'll be going.
More| Posted June 27, 2009
"The Motions" is one of my favorite songs, but i love the song "More" even more. Matthew West has done a great work with this song. I cry everytime i hear, because i realize how much God loves me. If anyone has never heard it i would recommend listening to it. Matthew West is a great artist.
Acoustic EP| Posted June 26, 2009
Matthew West rocks but his new acoustic EP is awesome. I would love to hear more acoustic versions and remixes of his other tunes in the future. Check out his acoustic work!
Ah-mazing!| Posted June 25, 2009
"You got somethin' to say?" Well so do I! Matthew West has really changed my life. It's good to know that there is someone out there that I can relate to as far as not being able to do things you love because of disabilities. Matthew West had some kind of problem with his throat, causing him not to be able to sing for a while, and I have a problem with my ear, causing me not to be able to sing or play instruments or do band for a while. I have had 5 ear surgeries and in August, it will be 6. I pretty much didn't have an inner ear as of September 2008, so they're fixing it, and hopefully, I will be able to get back to doing things to bring Christ glory =]
Mathew Who?| Posted June 24, 2009
If you asked me a year ago who Mathew West was I would say "Mathew who?" but just recently I found out how much I like his music, songs like Only Grace and The Motions. His songs are catchy and his lyrics are beautiful. Now if you asked me about him I'd say "Mathew woo-hoo". (wow that was a really corny joke, lol)
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