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Michael W. Smith

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The next Michael W. Smith concert is scheduled for Thursday, May 15, 2025 at Blue Gate Performing Arts Center in Shipshewana, IN, United States. See all 33 upcoming concerts

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Top Songs By Michael W. Smith

Surrounded (Fight My Battles)Michael W. Smith

Listen to Love God Love People (feat. Michael W. Smith) by Danny Gokey, see lyrics, music video & more!

Love God Love People (feat. Michael W. Smith)Danny Gokey

Listen to Agnus Dei (Live) by Michael W. Smith, see lyrics, music video & more!

Agnus Dei (Live)Michael W. Smith

Listen to Waymaker (feat. Vanessa Campagna & Madelyn Berry) [Live] by Michael W. Smith, see lyrics, music video & more!

Waymaker (feat. Vanessa Campagna & Madelyn Berry) [Live]Michael W. Smith

Listen to Place In This World by for KING & COUNTRY & Michael W. Smith, see lyrics, music video & more!

Place In This Worldfor KING & COUNTRY & Michael W. Smith

Listen to Above All by Michael W. Smith, see lyrics, music video & more!

Above AllMichael W. Smith

Listen to Open the Eyes of My Heart (Live) by Michael W. Smith, see lyrics, music video & more!

Open the Eyes of My Heart (Live)Michael W. Smith

Listen to Awesome God by Michael W. Smith, see lyrics, music video & more!

Awesome GodMichael W. Smith

Listen to Breathe (Live) by Michael W. Smith, see lyrics, music video & more!

Breathe (Live)Michael W. Smith

Listen to Place In This World by Michael W. Smith, see lyrics, music video & more!

Place In This WorldMichael W. Smith

Upcoming Concerts for Michael W. Smith

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Latest Release

Listen to Arms Around The Sun - Single by Michael W. Smith

ALBUMArms Around The Sun - SingleMichael W. Smith

More albums from Michael W. Smith

Listen to Every Christmas by Michael W. Smith

ALBUMEvery ChristmasMichael W. Smith

Listen to Christmas at Home by Michael W. Smith

ALBUMChristmas at HomeMichael W. Smith

Listen to Still, Vol. 1 by Michael W. Smith

ALBUMStill, Vol. 1Michael W. Smith

ALBUMLullabyMichael W. Smith

ALBUMSurroundedMichael W. Smith

ALBUMA Million LightsMichael W. Smith

Listen to The Spirit of Christmas by Michael W. Smith

ALBUMThe Spirit of ChristmasMichael W. Smith

Listen to Sovereign (Deluxe Edition) by Michael W. Smith

ALBUMSovereign (Deluxe Edition)Michael W. Smith

ALBUMGloryMichael W. Smith

ALBUMWonderMichael W. Smith

ALBUMStandMichael W. Smith

Listen to Healing Rain by Michael W. Smith

ALBUMHealing RainMichael W. Smith

Listen to It's A Wonderful Christmas by Michael W. Smith

ALBUMIt's A Wonderful ChristmasMichael W. Smith

Listen to The Second Decade 1993-2003 by Michael W. Smith

ALBUMThe Second Decade 1993-2003Michael W. Smith

Listen to Worship Again by Michael W. Smith

ALBUMWorship AgainMichael W. Smith

ALBUMWorshipMichael W. Smith

ALBUMFreedomMichael W. Smith

Listen to This Is Your Time by Michael W. Smith

ALBUMThis Is Your TimeMichael W. Smith

Listen to Christmastime by Michael W. Smith

ALBUMChristmastimeMichael W. Smith

Listen to Live the Life by Michael W. Smith

ALBUMLive the LifeMichael W. Smith

Listen to I'll Lead You Home by Michael W. Smith

ALBUMI'll Lead You HomeMichael W. Smith

Listen to Change Your World by Michael W. Smith

ALBUMChange Your WorldMichael W. Smith

Listen to Go West Young Man by Michael W. Smith

ALBUMGo West Young ManMichael W. Smith

ALBUMChristmasMichael W. Smith

ALBUMI 2 (Eye)Michael W. Smith

Listen to The Big Picture by Michael W. Smith

ALBUMThe Big PictureMichael W. Smith

Listen to Michael W. Smith 2 by Michael W. Smith

ALBUMMichael W. Smith 2Michael W. Smith

ALBUMProjectMichael W. Smith

Michael W. Smith's Popular Music Videos

Steadfast, Pt. 1 (Instrumental)

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Broken Pt. 2 (Instrumental)

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Shelter, Pt. 4

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Hope, Pt. 3 (Instrumental)

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Blessing, Pt. 5 (Instrumental)

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Shelter, Pt. 4 (Instrumental)

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Artist Playlists

Michael W. Smith Essentials

Powerful and poignant songs of worship from this CCM superstar.

Michael W. Smith Christmas Essentials

A blend of sacred and secular topped off with loads of holiday cheer.

Michael W. Smith: Deep Cuts

A gospel undercurrent ripples throughout the singer’s catalog.

Inspired by Michael W. Smith

The patron saint of CCM artists is blessed with crossover appeal.

About Michael W. Smith

Hometown

Kenova, WV, United States

Born

October 7, 1957

Genre

Christian

Michael Whitaker Smith is a self-motivating workaholic with a powerful voice, movie-star looks, and a roomful of Gospel Music Association Dove awards. The singer/songwriter parlayed his successful contemporary Christian music of the '80s into pop and adult-contemporary success in the '90s—peaking with his crossover hit "Place in This World"—before returning to the worship fold more or less exclusively since. Born in West Virginia in 1957, Smith received his big break from Amy Grant, who hired him as her featured keyboardist in 1981 and then tapped him as her opening act. Beginning with his 1983 solo debut, Michael W. Smith Project, Smith punctuated his big-voiced balladry with jazz-funk, techno-pop, jittery New Wave, and other sounds new to the CCM field—most notably on 1986’s The Big Picture, an innovative, hard-edged gem influenced by Talking Heads, U2, and Peter Gabriel. Smith's recordings of live, high-energy worship music became his bread and butter; he augmented those with a handful of Christmas albums, instrumental albums displaying a keen appreciation of Hollywood film-score styles, and Lullaby, the musical accompaniment to a children's book he co-wrote. In 2020, Smith enjoyed a non-holiday Christian Airplay hit with his cover of Nigerian gospel singer Simcha’s hit "Waymaker," a tune fans found hugely soothing during the global pandemic.