1. Who are they? The Hillsong United band is a worship band that originated as a part of Hillsong Church. The band tours the world, performing at the various Hillsong church locations as well as general concert venues. They compose the songs for their own performances and for the other Hillsong Church worship teams that perform at weekly services.

2. Biography Hillsong United is an Australian Christian rock and worship band. They started as the youth ministry band from Hillsong Church in Australia. Their music is praise and worship with a contemporary style that is a mix of contemporary Christian music and mainstream rock. The band was formerly named "United Live" and was led by Reuben Morgan and Marty Sampson. United Live made its first album on 1999 when worship pastor, Darlene Zschech suggested to Reuben that they make an album. (This has been mentioned by Reuben in the United We Stand DVD in the documentary section) Following the advice, Reuben and Marty led the team to make their very first album, Everyday. The band has toured in a number of countries, and their 2006 release United We Stand was the best selling album of 2006 in Canada at Christian retail stores. (Cmspin.com) 3. Profile Hometown: Sydney, AustraliaYears: 1999 to PresentBand Members: Marty Sampson Joel Houston Jonathon Douglass Annie Garratt Bec Gilles Michelle Fragar Holly Dawson Brooke FraserJadwin Gilles 4. Current worship leaders(Vocals) Darlene Zschech Reuben Morgan Joel Houston Marty Sampson Jad Gillies Matt Crocker Annie Garratt Ben Fielding Jorim Kelly Peter Wilson Chantel Norman 5. Darlene Zschech Writer of Shout To The Lord, one of the most famous Christian songsin the world The most well-known of Hillsong's musicians The former worship pastor (19952007) The longest-serving member of Hillsong's worship team 6. Reuben Morgan has written the majority of Hillsong's newer songs leads the Hillsong Worship Team both in Hillsong's services and around the world. the worship pastor at Hillsong Church in London, UK. 7. God I want to be a part of what it is you are doing, if that means write a song, we will do our best to write the best songs we can. - Joel Houston 8. Discography 2011: Aftermath 2009: Tear Down The Walls 2008: The I Heart Revolution 2007: All Of The Above 2006: United We Stand 9. Discography II 2005: Look To You 2002: King Of Majesty 2004: More Than Life 2001: Best Friend 2003: To The Ends Of The Earth 2000: Everyday 10. Online media Presence The Hillsong United band updates their news such as new albums and tour schedules on their websites, and social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter, and their own blog. On their Facebook page, 4,767,245 likes and 133,787 talking about them were reported under the cover photo. (Although the numbers of like and following will keep changing, the numbers above show that they are well known.) 11. Audience The Hillsong United band has successfully found their audience. Since the Hillsong United band is a Christian band, the audience is mostly Christians. 12. How the Hillsong United Band communicate with their fans? The Hillsong United band updates their album post, music video, concert photos and video, tour sites and schedules, etc. On top of them, they sometimes share their photos in normal days, and Bible verses. 13. How the Hillsong United Band communicate with their fans? (Part 2) Through updating their news at social networking sites, the Hillsong United band engage effectively with their fans. Although the Hillsong United band posts their plans, and the music clip, photos, etc., what they are not doing when they post things is that they do not make comments after the initial post. So fans make comments on what the Hillsong United band posts. 14. Online & Physical spaces The contents of the social networking sites as in online spaces and the concert as in physical spaces are pretty similar. However, the main difference is all the things posted on the social networking sites are digitalized and all the things happening at the concert are live music. It is effective to have both online and physical spaces for the fans to see them more often and make them feel closer to the group. 15. How the Hillsong United Band communicate with their fans? (Part 3) Social networking sites are a big help for the Hillsong United band to engage with their audience consistently by updating their photos. Facebook is a good example of easy access in engaging with their audience consistently. Most people have their own accounts on Facebook. Fans can easily and consistently approach the Hillsong United bands page and get new information about the band through social networking sites. 16. Lastly I went to their world concert in South Korea in 2011 It was a great experience going to their concert. In the beginning of their concert, they mentioned that they wanted to worship God with us not that they just did the performances. Keeping this in mind, I praised with the Hillsong United band while standing up for about 3 hours!