Don Moen
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| Born | Minneapolis |
| Nationality | United States of America |
| Genres | contemporary Christian music |
| Instruments | violin · piano · voice |
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Don Moen | |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Donald James Moen |
| Born | June 29, 1950 |
| Genres | Contemporary worship music, contemporary Christian music |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, piano, keyboards, violin |
| Years active | 1984–present |
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| Website | donmoen |
Donald James Moen (born June 29, 1950) is an American singer, pianist, and songwriter of Christian worship music.
Early and personal life[edit | edit source]
Moen grew up in Minneapolis, Minnesota where he attended high school in 1968. Moen attended Oral Roberts University, a Christian liberal arts school.
Moen married Laura in 1973. After, he worked for Integrity Media for over 20 years, serving as creative director and president of Integrity Music, president of Integrity Label Group, and an executive producer of Integrity Music albums. He left Integrity Media in December 2007 to start a new initiative, The Don Moen Company. The Don Moen Company acquired MediaComplete, the church software company that created MediaShout. Moen became a radio host for Don Moen & Friends in 2009. Moen received a Dove Award for his work on the musical God with Us in addition to nine nominations for his songs.
Moen also 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 worked with musicians, Justo Almario, Carl Albrecht, Abraham Laboriel, Alex Acuña, Paul Jackson, Jr., Lenny LeBlanc and Chris Graham.[citation needed] He was a catalyst in launching the careers of Paul Baloche, Darlene Zschech, Israel Houghton, and Hillsong United.
He 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.
Moen's first album for Hosanna! Music, Give Thanks, became the label's bestseller. Produced by Tom Brooks, Give Thanks went on to be certified Gold by the RIAA. Moen followed this with a number of albums of his own including two, En Tu Presencia and Trono De Gracia, in Spanish. God with Us won the Dove Award for Best Musical. On an Asian tour in 1999 he recorded The Mercy Seat at Singapore Indoor Stadium 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 sister-in-law and her husband, whose oldest son died in an auto accident while their other three children survived but were seriously injured. Moen's Hiding Place became his first studio album which was recorded at Paragon Studios in Franklin, Tennessee, and was released in the autumn of 2006. I Believe There Is More released in late 2008. His third studio recording titled Uncharted Territory (funded successfully through Kickstarter) released on March 27, 2012. His Christmas album, Christmas: A Season of Hope, was released on October 22, 2012, and some songs were recorded at a studio in Czech Republic.[citation needed] Moen released Hymnbook as a celebration of reaching over 1 million likes on his Facebook page.
Discography[edit | edit source]
- Released: 1986
- Format: CD, tape, download
- Label: Integrity Music, Hosanna! Music, Sparrow, Epic, Sony
- Producer: Tom Brooks, Michael Coleman (Executive), Ed Lindquist (Executive)
- Certification: Gold
Steadfast Love
- Released: 1988
- Format: CD (HM-016CD), tape (HM016), download
- Label: Integrity Music, Hosanna! Music, Sparrow, Columbia, Sony
- Producer: Tom Brooks, Michael Coleman (Executive), Ed Lindquist (Executive), Don Moen (Executive)
Bless the Lord
- Released: 1989
- Format: CD (HM-024CD), tape (HM-024), download
- Label: Integrity Music, Hosanna! Music, Sparrow-Star Song, Columbia, Sony
- Producer: Tom Brooks, Michael Coleman (Executive), Ed Lindquist (Executive)
Christmas
- Released: 1990
- Format: CD, tape, download
- Label: Integrity, Hosanna! Music, Sparrow-Star Song, Columbia, Sony
- Producer: Tom Brooks, Michael Coleman (Executive), Ed Lindquist (Executive)
Eternal God
- Released: 1990
- Format: CD, tape, download
- Label: Integrity, Hosanna! Music, Sparrow-Star Song, Columbia, Sony
- Producer: Tom Brooks, Michael Coleman (Executive), Ed Lindquist (Executive)
Worship with Don Moen
- Released: 1992
- Format: CD, tape, video, VCD, download
- Label: Integrity, Hosanna! Music, Word
- Producer: Tom Brooks, Michael Coleman (Executive), Ed Lindquist (Executive)
God with Us
- Released: 1993
- Format: CD, tape, video, VCD, download
- Label: Integrity, Hosanna! Music, Sparrow, Columbia, Sony
- Producer: Tom Fettke, Tom Hartley (Executive)
- Certification: Dove Award
Trust in the Lord – Live Worship with Don Moen
- Released: 1994
- Format: CD, tape, video, VCD, download
- Label: Integrity, Hosanna! Music, Columbia, Sony
- Producer: Mark Gasbarro, Don Moen (Producer and Executive Producer), Michael Coleman (Executive)
Mighty Cross
- Released: 1994
- Format: CD, tape, download
- Label: Integrity, Hosanna! Music
- Producer: Tom Hartley, Michael Coleman (Executive), Don Moen (Executive)
Rivers of Joy
- Released: 1995
- Format: CD, tape, download
- Label: Integrity, Hosanna! Music, Columbia, Sony
- Producer: Don Harris, Michael Coleman (Executive), Don Moen (Executive)
Emmanuel Has Come
- Released: 1996
- Format: CD, tape, download
- Label: Integrity, Hosanna! Music, Columbia, Sony
- Producer: Steven V. Taylor, Chris Long (Executive), Michael Coleman (Senior Executive), Don Moen (Senior Executive)
Praise with Don Moen
- Released: 1996
- Format: CD, tape, download
- Label: Integrity, Hosanna! Music, Integrity Asia, Columbia, Sony
- Producer: Tom Brooks, Don Harris, Michael Coleman (Executive), Don Moen (Executive)
Let Your Glory Fall
- Released: 1997
- Format: CD, tape, download
- Label: Integrity, Hosanna! Music, Columbia, Sony
- Producer: Tom Brooks, Don Moen (Executive), Chris Long (Executive)
God for Us
- Released: 1998
- Format: CD, tape, download
- Label: Integrity Music, Hosanna! Music, Columbia, Sony
- Producer: Tom Fettke, Don Moen (Executive), Randy Vader (Executive)
God Is Good – Worship with Don Moen
- Released: 1998
- Format: CD, tape, video, DVD, VCD, download
- Label: Integrity, Hosanna! Music
- Producer: Tom Brooks, Don Moen (Executive), Chris Thomason (Executive)
En Tu Presencia
- Released: 1999
- Format: CD, tape, download
- Label: Integrity, Hosanna! Music, Columbia, Sony
- Producer: Isaac Hernandez, Tom Brooks, Don Harris, Don Moen (Executive), Chris Thomason (Executive), Dario Navac (Executive)
More of You, Lord – Praise with Don Moen Volume 2
- Released: 1999
- Format: CD, tape
- Label: Integrity, Hosanna! Music, Integrity Asia
- Producer: Tom Brooks, Russell Fragar, Don Harris, Chris Springer, Darlene Zschech, Don Moen (Executive), Chris Thomason (Executive)
Give Thanks
- Released: 1999
- Format: VCD
- Label: Integrity Music, Hosanna! Music, Integrity Asia
- Producer: Tom Brooks, Mark Gasbarro, Steve Merkel, Don Moen (Executive), Chris Thomason (Executive)
The Mercy Seat
- Released: 2000
- Format: CD, tape, download
- Label: Integrity, Hosanna! Music, Integrity Asia, Columbia, Sony
- Producer: Tom Brooks, Don Moen (Executive), Chris Thomason (Executive)
Heal Our Land (Don Moen & Paul Wilbur)
- Released: 2000
- Format: CD, tape, video, download
- Label: Integrity Music, Hosanna! Music, Integrity Asia
- Producer: Tom Brooks, Don Moen (Executive), Chris Thomason (Executive)
- Released: 2000
- Format: CD, tape, video, DVD, VCD, download
- Label: Integrity, Hosanna! Music, Epic, Sony
- Producer: Paul Mills, Don Moen (Executive), Chris Thomason (Executive)
God in Us
- Released: 2001
- Format: CD, tape, download
- Label: Integrity, Hosanna! Music, Columbia, Sony
- Producer: Tom Fettke, Don Moen (Executive), Randy Vader (Executive)
God Will Make a Way: The Best of Don Moen
- Released: 2003
- Format: CD, tape, download
- Label: Integrity, Hosanna! Music, Epic, Sony
- Producer: Tom Brooks, Don Harris, Paul Mills, Don Moen (Executive), Chris Thomason (Executive)
Trono de Gracia
- Released: 2003
- Format: CD, tape, download
- Label: Integrity, Hosanna! Music, Columbia, Sony
- Producer: Miguel Angel "Malin" Villagran, Tom Brooks, Paul Mills, Don Moen (Executive), Keith Manwaring (Executive), Dario Navac (Executive)
- Released: 2004
- Format: CD, tape, video, DVD, VCD, download
- Label: Integrity Music, Hosanna! Music, CBN, Epic, Columbia, Sony
- Producer: David Hamilton, Don Moen (Executive), Chris Thomason (Executive)
23 Nonstop Best Songs
- Released: 2005
- Format: CD
- Label: Integrity Music, Hosanna! Music, Integrity Asia, Maranatha (Indonesia)
- Producer: Tom Brooks, Don Harris, Don Moen (Executive)
Arise: The Worship Legacy of Don Moen
- Released: 2006
- Format: Download
- Label: Integrity, Hosanna! Music, Columbia, Sony
- Producer: David Hamilton, Don Moen (Executive)
Hiding Place
- Released: 2006
- Format: CD, download
- Label: Integrity, Hosanna! Music, Columbia, Sony
- Producer: David Hamilton, Don Moen (Executive)
I Believe There Is More
- Released: 2008
- Format: CD, download
- Label: Integrity, Hosanna! Music, Columbia, Sony
- Producer: Don Moen, Michael Coleman (Executive)
With a Thankful Heart: The Best of Don Moen
- Released: 2011
- Format: CD
- Label: Integrity, Hosanna! Music, Integrity Asia
- Producer: Tom Brooks, David Hamilton, Don Harris, Paul Mills, Don Moen, Andy Skarda (Executive)
Uncharted Territory
- Released: 2011
- Format: CD, download
- Label: Don Moen Records, in:ciite, EMI Christian Music Group
- Producer: Don Moen (Producer and Executive Producer), Chris Thomason (Executive)
Hymnbook
- Released: 2012
- Format: CD, download
- Label: Don Moen Records
- Producer: Don Moen (Producer and Executive Producer), Tom Lane
Christmas: A Season of Hope
- Released: October 22, 2012
- Format: CD, download
- Label: Don Moen Records, in:ciite, EMI Christian Music Group
- Producer: David Hamilton, Don Moen (Executive), Chris Thomason (Executive)
- Released: March 5, 2013
- Format: CD, download
- Label: Integrity, Hosanna! Music, Columbia, Sony
- Producer: Tom Brooks, David Hamilton, Paul Mills, Steve Merkel, Don Moen, C. Ryan Dunham (Executive)
Hymns of Hope
- Released: Fall 2013
- Format: CD, download
- Label: Don Moen Records
- Producer: David Hamilton, Don Moen (Executive)
By Special Request: Volume One
- Released: 2015
- Format: CD, download
- Label: Don Moen Records
- Producer: Don Moen (Producer and Executive Producer)
God Will Make a Way: A Worship Musical
- Released: 2016
- Format: CD, download
- Label: Don Moen Records, Brentwood Benson
- Producer: Don Moen, Russell Mauldin, Luke Gambill (Executive), Johnathan Crumpton (Executive)
Grace (Don Moen & Frank Edwards)
- Released: 2016
- Format: Download
- Label: Don Moen Records
By Special Request: Volume Two
- Released: 2017
- Format: CD, download
- Label: Don Moen Records
- Producer: Don Moen (Producer and Executive Producer)
Jehovah Wezi Manga (Don Moen & the Mahotella Queens)
- Released: 2017
- Format: download
- Label: Content Connect Africa
Other recordings[edit | edit source]
- Hatiku (1995)
- Behold the Lamb (1997)
- Healing (1998)
- The Smithton Outpouring (1999)
- Hope Changes Everything (2000)
- Mas de Ti (2000)
- Sing for Joy: A Songwriter's Heart (2002)
- Amor Sin Limites (2004)
- American Worship Gathering (2005)
- Arise: A Celebration of Worship (2006)
- Hope Changes Everything (2007)
- Cool Worship (2010)
- A Little Boy's Prayer (2010)
- Marvin L. Winans Presents: The Praise & Worship Experience (2012)
- Bishop Jerry L. Maynard Presents: The Cathedral of Praise Choir (2012)
- Day and Night Worship (2015)
- We Will Stand (2015)
Awards and nominations[edit | edit source]
| Year | Association | Category | Result |
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| 1992 | Dove Awards | Song of the Year "God Will Make A Way" | Won |
| Dove Awards | Creator – Children's Musical Album of the Year I'm a Helper | Nominated | |
| 1993 | Dove Awards | Artist – Inspirational Album of the Year Worship with Don Moen | Won |
| 1994 | Dove Awards | Creator – Musical Album of the Year God with Us | Won |
| 1995 | Dove Awards | Creator – Musical Album of the Year Mighty Cross | Won |
| 1998 | Dove Awards | Creator – Musical of the Year Emmanuel Has Come | Nominated |
| 1999 | Dove Awards | Creator – Musical of the Year God for Us | Won |
| 2001 | Dove Awards | Spanish Language Album of the Year En Tu Presencia | Nominated |
| 2003 | Dove Awards | Country Recorded Song of the Year "God Is Good All the Time" | Nominated |
| Dove Awards | Creator – Musical of the Year God in Us | Nominated | |
| 2004 | Dove Awards | Spanish Language Album of the Year Trono de Gracia | Nominated |
| 2015 | Gospel Music Association | Global Lifetime Achievement Award | Won |
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