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world for over a decade. Hillsong Church's popularity in Christian praise and worship music stems from the inauguration of the Hillsong Conference in the late 1980s and the first publication of choruses written by Hills CLC members, especially Darlene Zschech. Their first live worship CD The Power of Your Love was released in 1992. Since then, live praise and worship albums have been produced each year. Christian groups around the world embrace Hillsong's music, including such songs as the "Power of Your Love" by Geoff Bullock and "Shout to the Lord" by Darlene Zschech. These and other Hillsong tunes are sung at churches worldwide. Originally published as "Hillsongs", Hillsong Church now produces its music through its own label Hillsong Music Australia. Hillsong Music has released over 40 albums since 1992, many of them achieving gold status in Australia, and one of them, People Just Like Us achieving platinum status. The church's 2004 live praise and worship album (featuring many members of the Hillsong United Team), For All You've Done, reached #1 in the mainstream Australian album charts when many copies were sold during Hillsong's annual conference
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Since the inception of the annual live praise and worship album in 1992, Hillsong has branched out and released other albums including the worship series, Hillsong United, worship for kids, Christmas albums and compilation albums. The worship series began as a compilation of songs and developed into a studio recorded albums. The Hillsong United series, lead by Joel Houston and the Hillsong United band, contains songs from the Hillsong United youth ministry. Hillsong Kids have released an annual worship for kids album since 2004. Hillsong music have released two Christmas albums, several compilation albums as well as recordings from Hillsong London, Hillsong Kiev and Youth Alive NSW. Even though they eschew traditional marketing techniques, Hillsong's music remains popular through strong word-of-mouth buzz amongst church-goers. If there ever was a Christian worship or prayer band that could move hearts and minds it's Hillsong.