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Beautiful Love (The Afters song)
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Wikipedia article
"'Beautiful Love'" is the hit single from the debut album by Christian rock band The Afters, 'I Wish We All Could Win'. The song was later used by MTV as the theme song to its reality show '8th and Ocean'.
Critical success
*Certified Gold by the RIAA for Digital Sales in 2006.
:The single's presence in the TV show '8th & Ocean' prompted a six-week surge in which 'Beautiful Love' was downloaded 90,000 times.[http://www.cbn.com/cbnmusic/news/011207afters.aspx Dove Award Winning New Artist The Afters Celebrate Top Downloaded Digital Song], cbnmusic.com - published January 11, 2007 (retrieved March 14, 2008)
*Nielsen SoundScan named 'Beautiful Love' as the top downloaded song on the inspirational chart for 2006.
*No. 1 R&R Christian CHR single
*'Beautiful Love' spent 9+ weeks on the iTunes top-100 downloaded songs chart (peaking at #14)
Charts
*Peaked on the 'Billboard' Hot 100 chart at #55
*Peaked on the Billboard Pop 100 chart at #43
*Peaked on the Billboard Hot Digital Songs chart at #23
Awards
*In 2006, the song was nominated for a Dove Award for Rock/Contemporary Recorded Song of the Year at the 37th GMA Dove Awards.[http://christianmusic.about.com/od/doves/a/06gmanoms.htm 37th Annual GMA Dove Awards Nominations & Winners] on About.com; Jones, Kim
*In 2005, the song won the mtvU Award for Best Streaming Video.
Television and film
*"Beautiful Love" was used as the theme song for the MTV reality series '8th & Ocean'.
*Song appeared in 'Just My Luck'.
References
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