Burn the Ships

Burn the Ships is the third studio album by For King & Country, an Australian Christian pop duo comprising brothers Luke Smallbone and Joel Smallbone, released via Word Entertainment on 5 October 2018. It features appearances from Moriah Peters and Courtney, the respective wives of Joel and Luke Smallbone. For King & Country collaborated with Matt Hales, Blake Kanicka, Seth Mosley and Tedd Tjornhom in the production of the album. Burn the Ships was supported by the release of four singles, "Joy", "God Only Knows", "Burn the Ships", and "Amen". The singles "Joy" and "God Only Knows" were certified gold, "God Only Knows" was also certified platinum in the United States by RIAA. The album was also marketed by two tours, Burn the Ships Album Release Tour and Burn the Ships World Tour. The album was a commercial success as it became For King & Country's highest charting debut on the US Billboard 200, launching at No. 7 with 62,000 equivalent album units sold in its first week, concurrently becoming the duo's first No. 1 entry on Billboard's Christian Albums chart. Burn the Ships garnered critical acclaim for their creativity, songwriting and the Smallbone brothers' vocal style. At the 2020 Grammy Awards, the album won the Best Contemporary Christian Music Album, while a remixed version of "God Only Knows" which features vocals from Dolly Parton won Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song. Background In February 2017, the duo announced that they had begun work on their third studio album in Los Angeles. The album was a follow-up to For King & Country's commercially successful, critically acclaimed second effort, Run Wild. Live Free. Love Strong. released in 2014. In the four years between the releases, the Smallbone brothers worked on and released the film Priceless and the film's soundtrack in 2016, which, according to Luke Smallbone in the pair's interview with Billboard, held them back from returning to the studio. The duo also headlined the 2016 Winter Jam Tour Spectacular and had their song, "Ceasefire" featured as a music video for the 2016 film, Ben-Hur and also featured on the soundtrack to the 2017 film, The Shack, with a cover of "Amazing Grace". Skillet and the duo joined forces for the joy.UNLEASHED The Tour which ran from mid-April through early May. When the tour concluded, the duo announced that they will release "Joy" as the first single from the album on 18 May 2018. For King & Country then released "Joy.", that day.