Citizen Way

Citizen Way
Background information
Origin Elgin, Illinois
Genres Contemporary Christian music, Christian rock, worship
Years active 2004 (2004)–present
Labels Fair Trade
Website www.citizen-way.com
Members
  • David Blascoe
  • Ben Calhoun
  • Daniel Olsson
Past members
  • Ben Blascoe
  • Josh Calhoun

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 Daniel Olsson. Ben Blascoe retired from the band in 2015.[1][2] The band relocated to Nashville, Tennessee in 2016 and Josh Calhoun left after that time.

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, founded by 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] They relocated to Nashville, Tennessee in 2016.[13] As of 2018, the band consists of Ben Calhoun, David Blascoe, who now also performs synthesizer duties, and Daniel Olsson as guitarist and background vocalist.

Discography

Albums

Year Album Peak chart positions
Top
Christian[14]		 Top
Heatseekers[15]
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 Christ
[16]		 US
Christ Digital
[17]		 US
Christ AC
[18]		 Christian AC Ind.
[19]		 US Christian CHR
[20]		 US Christian Soft AC
[21]		 US Christian Airplay
[22]
2012 "Should've Been Me" 14 24 10 4 — 11 —
2013 "Nothing Ever (Could Separate Us)" 13 — 16 7 23 17 —
2014 "How Sweet the Sound" 11 10 2 3 35 1 5
2016 "When I’m with You" 22 17 10 — 16 — —
2017 "I Will" 46 — — 23 — 6 39
"Bulletproof" 9 4 4 1 1 — 7
2018 "WaveWalker" 35 — 25 17 — — 38

References

  1. 1 2 3 Citizen Way (February 1, 2012). "Citizen Way: Info". Facebook. Retrieved November 8, 2012.
  2. 1 2 K-LOVE. "Biography: Citizen Way". K-LOVE. Retrieved November 8, 2012.
  3. ↑ Citizen Way (June 26, 2012). "Should've Been Me". Amazon.com. Retrieved November 8, 2012.
  4. ↑ Citizen Way (June 26, 2012). "Should've Been Me". iTunes. Retrieved November 8, 2012.
  5. ↑ K-LOVE (October 14, 2012). "Top Songs". K-LOVE. Retrieved November 8, 2012.
  6. ↑ Anna Dinger (June 26, 2013). "Nothing Ever". mstarz.com. Retrieved June 3, 2014.
  7. ↑ K-LOVE (June 9, 2013). "Top Songs". K-LOVE. Retrieved June 3, 2014.
  8. ↑ DailyPlayMPE (August 28, 2013). "How Sweet the Sound". daily.plaympe.com. Retrieved June 3, 2014.
  9. ↑ Billboard (April 3, 2014). "Soft AC/Inspirational 2014-04-03". Billboard.biz. Retrieved June 3, 2014.
  10. ↑ Billboard (April 26, 2014). "Soft AC/Inspirational". Billboard.biz. Retrieved June 4, 2014.
  11. 1 2 3 Judson University. "Citizen Way". judsonu.edu. Retrieved November 8, 2012.
  12. ↑ Lusk, Caroline (March 31, 2016). "Citizen Way – From Day 1 to 2.0". CCM Magazine. Retrieved March 31, 2016.
  13. ↑ "Citizen Way starts anew in Nashville". Retrieved April 3, 2018.
  14. ↑ Billboard (May 11, 2013). "Christian Albums: Page 3". Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved May 2, 2013.
  15. ↑ Billboard (May 11, 2013). "Heatseekers Albums: Page 1". Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved May 2, 2013.
  16. ↑ "Citzen Way Album & Song Chart History (Christian Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved June 5, 2018.
  17. ↑ "Citizen Way Album & Song Chart History (Christian Digital Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved June 5, 2018.
  18. ↑ "Citizen Way Album & Song Chart History: Billboard Chart Archive". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved June 5, 2018.
  19. ↑ "Citizen Way Album & Song Chart History: Billboard Chart Archive". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved June 5, 2018.
  20. ↑ "Citizen Way Album & Song Chart History: Billboard Chart Archive". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved June 5, 2018.
  21. ↑ "Citizen Way Album & Song Chart History: Billboard Chart Archive". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved June 5, 2018.
  22. ↑ "Citizen Way Album & Song Chart History: Billboard Chart Archive". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved June 5, 2018.
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