Michael W. Smith

=== Instrumental and live worship albums (2000–2003) ===

Nearly all of Smith's albums include at least one instrumental track, and in 2000 Smith recorded his first all instrumental album, ''[[Freedom (Michael W. Smith album)|Freedom]]''. The following year, Smith released his first all-worship music album, ''[[Worship (Michael W. Smith album)|Worship]]'', on September 11. This album was followed by a sequel, ''[[Worship Again]]'' in 2002. Both albums were recorded live in concert. ''Worship Again'' also includes a song that Smith wrote called "There She Stands", inspired by the [[September 11, 2001 attacks]]. He performed this song live for the 2004 [[Republican National Convention]],<ref name="ccm1 ">{{cite journal| last=Croteau | first=Roberta | title =Ready for His Close-up |journal=[[CCM Magazine]]| date=December 2004|url =http://www.ccmmagazine.com/search/11535181/ |access-date= August 15, 2009}}</ref> saying that President [[George W. Bush]], who he said is a fan and a family friend, had asked him to write a song about the attacks.<ref name="cbn">{{cite web|last=Woodland|first=Shannon|title=Mr. Smith Goes to Washington|url=http://www.cbn.com/cbnmusic/interviews/700club_mwsmith112404.aspx |publisher=CBN Music|access-date=November 10, 2011}}</ref>

In 2002, Smith released a live concert DVD titled ''Worship'', filmed live in [[Edmonton]], [[Alberta]] at YC Alberta. The concert includes songs from both ''Worship'' (2001) and ''Worship Again'' (2002). It immediately topped the Billboard video charts and went [[Music recording sales certification|gold]] in both the U.S. and Canada.

Smith won the Male Vocalist of the Year award at the [[GMA Music Awards]] in 2003.<ref name="about">{{cite web|title=GMA Dove Awards Male Vocalist of the Year History|url=http://christianmusic.about.com/od/doves/tp/gmamalevocalisthistory.htm|publisher=About.com|access-date=November 10, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120219062214/http://christianmusic.about.com/od/doves/tp/gmamalevocalisthistory.htm|archive-date=February 19, 2012}}</ref> The same year he also released his second greatest hits album, ''[[The Second Decade (1993–2003)]]'', which includes a new single called "Signs".