"Beautiful Love" is the debut single by Christian rock band the Afters, released in 2005 from the debut album 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.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.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.
Certifications
References
External links CBN overview [ Billboard Charts]