Christian Artist Andy Cherry Appeared on the Voice

Contemporary Christian artist Andy Cherry appeared on Tuesday, Sept. 23, during the "blind auditions" segment of Season 7 of NBC's vocal competition The Voice.  Many know Cherry from his 2012 hit "Our God is Alive."

Before his performance, Cherry shared on the show about his career in Christian music, his being dropped from his record label, and his wife that stayed close by his side. Cherry's audition song choice was the 1985 hit "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" by Tears for Fears. 

Throughout the performance, the judges' expressions stayed focused and thoughtful, but none of them placed Cherry on one of four teams (Team Adam Levine, Team Gwen Stefani, Team Pharrell Williams or Team Blake Shelton).  He finished the song with evidence of disappointment on his face, but seemed positive through the next few moments on screen. In the end, none of the judges turned for Cherry, but left him with critique and advice for his music-related future.

Cherry's most successful single, "Our God's Alive," hit the airwaves in Spring of 2012.  The song peaked at the No. 2 top song position on Air 1 for the week of April 28, 2012. On K-LOVE, the song was peaked at No. 4 top song position for the week of April 8, 2012.  His album "Nothing Left to Fear" was co-produced by Jason Ingram, a songwriter who has written for Hillsong Worship, Bebo Norman, Brandon Heath and many others.   The album didn't have quite the success that was anticipated and Cherry was dropped from his record label, leaving "Our God's Alive" standing alone on national radio stations and fans disappointed.

Since then, Cherry released an independent EP, City of Light, earlier this year, but it remains to be seen what the South Carolina native's next move will be.
"Thank so much for all the support!" Cherry posted to social media after the episode aired. "It was disappointing not to get a chair to turn, but I'm not done yet. God Bless you all." 

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