NewSong

===2003–2008===

In 2003, Donna VanLiere released ''The Christmas Blessing'', the second book in the series spawned by "The Christmas Shoes" song. It was a ''[[New York Times]]'' bestselling book, and was later made into a TV movie by [[CBS]]. It was the most watched TV movie in 2005, and had an appearance by NewSong, which showed them singing their holiday single "The Christmas Blessing". NewSong also received a Dove Award for Musical of the Year for ''The Christmas Shoes Musical''.{{citation needed|date=December 2023}}

In March 2004, NewSong announced that they were leaving Reunion Records and moving to Integrity Music. In November 2004, NewSong recorded their live worship album and DVD, ''Rescue: Live Worship'' at [[First Baptist Church of Woodstock]], which is the home church for several members in the band.{{citation needed|date=December 2023}}

The album was officially released in May 2005, and the DVD of the concert came out in September. In November, Scotty Wilbanks left to join the group [[Third Day]], and to produce bands. Also in 2005, NewSong was inducted into the [[Georgia Music Hall of Fame]].{{citation needed|date=December 2023}}

In March 2006, Michael O'Brien left to restart his solo career and Drew Cline was asked to fill in. In September, Eddie Carswell, Matt Butler, Billy Goodwin, and guest artist Drew Cline released ''The Christmas Hope'', featuring traditional Christmas carols, NewSong originals, and three songs to complement the book trilogy by Donna VanLiere. In November, ''The Christmas Shoes'' movie was released on DVD. ''The Christmas Hope'', the third TV movie installment of the trilogy, was released in December 2008 by CBS.{{citation needed|date=December 2023}}

The 2007 edition of the Winter Jam Tour Spectacular, which they founded in 1995, featured headliners [[Steven Curtis Chapman]] and [[Jeremy Camp]], with special guests [[Hawk Nelson]], [[Sanctus Real]], new artist [[Britt Nicole]], Speaker Tony Nolan, Presidential impersonator and comedian John Morgan and was attended by over 275,000 people and 37,000 made decisions for Christ. In March 2007, Christian solo artist Nate Sallie joined NewSong. In April, ''The Christmas Hope'' album was nominated for a Dove Award, for Best Christmas Album of the Year.{{citation needed|date=December 2023}}

The 2008 Winter Jam Tour Spectacular concluded its 34-city run on a high note with a nearly sold-out crowd at the Sommet Center in Nashville and ranked No. 4 among the Top 100 Tours logged by Pollstar over the first 90 days of this year. Winter Jam 2008 had a 16 percent increase to 311,836 fans coming to see [[MercyMe]], Skillet, [[BarlowGirl]], NewSong, and [[American Idol]]'s [[Mandisa]].{{citation needed|date=December 2023}}

On December 29, 2008, in an email to subscribers of his newsletter, Russ Lee announced that he will be rejoining NewSong as lead vocalist.{{citation needed|date=December 2023}}
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