Group Members | Michael Guy Chislett Matt Crocker Adam Crosariol Jonathon Douglass Jad Gillies Joel Houston Simon Kobler Taya Smith Benjamin Tennikoff Dylan Thomas Jihea Oh Taya Smith-Gaukrodger Benjamin Hastings |
Past Group Members | Brooke Fraser Annie Garratt Peter James Timon Klein Sam Knock Hayley Law Jill McCloghry Luke Munns Marty Sampson David Ware Reuben Morgan Adam Crosariol Michelle Fragar Marcus Beaumont Holly Watson Nigel Hendroff |
Music Genre(s) | Worship music contemporary Christian Christian rock |
Music Genre | Religious |
Origin | Sydney, Australia Sydney, NSW, Australia |
Year(s) Active | 1998–present |
Record Label | Hillsong |
Official Websites | hillsong.com |
Associated Acts | Hillsong Worship Hillsong Young & Free |
Hillsong United (stylised as Hillsong UNITED or UNITED) is a worship band that originated as a part of Hillsong Church. Formed in 1998 as part of Hillsong's youth ministry, the band consists of several rotating worship leaders from the church, including Joel Houston, Taya Smith-Gaukrodger, Matt Crocker, Jonathon Douglass, Jad Gillies and Benjamin Hastings. Due to several songs written by the youth ministry, Hillsong worship leader Darlene Zschech recommended that they record an album, which resulted in their debut extended play, One, which was released alongside the Hillsong Worship album Touching Heaven Changing Earth. Since then, the group has released fourteen live albums, as well as five studio albums (Sixteen albums in total). The band composes songs and performs in church services as well as concerts in worldwide tours.