TobyMac Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ====''Portable Sounds'' (2007β2008)==== McKeehan's third studio album, ''[[Portable Sounds]]'', was released in 2007 and sold 50,645 copies in its first week,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sisario |first=Ben |date=March 1, 2007 |title=Norah Jones Leads a Slow Race |page=1 |work=[[The New York Times]] |via=ProQuest}}</ref> debuting at No. 10 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]], and at No. 1 on the SoundScan Contemporary Christian Overall chart.<ref>{{Cite web |title=News |url=http://www.christianrock.net/news.asp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111028204500/http://christianrock.net/news.asp |archive-date=October 28, 2011 |access-date=October 23, 2011 |publisher=Christianrock.net}}</ref><ref>Mayfield, Geoff. "No Genre Immune From Year's Sluggish Start." ''Billboard'' 119.10 (2007): 47. ''Music Index''. Web. October 4, 2015.</ref> The album also received a Grammy nomination for [[Grammy Award for Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album|Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Grammys.com |url=http://www.grammy.com/GRAMMY_Awards/50th_show/list.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080213110551/http://www.grammy.com/GRAMMY_Awards/50th_show/list.aspx |archive-date=February 13, 2008}}</ref> He won rock/contemporary album of the year for "Portable Sounds" at the 39th annual GMA Dove Awards.<ref>Price, Deborah Evans. "The Open Road." ''Billboard'' 120.18 (2008): 9. ''Music Index''. Web. October 4, 2015.</ref> The songs "Made to Love" and "I'm For You" both hit No. 1 and were the second and third most played songs on Christian Hit Radio stations in 2007.<ref>[http://www.radioandrecords.com/Formats/Charts/YearEnd/07/Christian_CHR_songs.asp 2007 Year End Charts/Top Christian CHR songs] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090525095330/http://www.radioandrecords.com/Formats/Charts/YearEnd/07/Christian_CHR_songs.asp |date=May 25, 2009}}. [[R&R (magazine)|R & R magazine]]. Retrieved January 6, 2008.</ref> "Hype Man (truDog '07)" features his son Truett.<ref>Price, Deborah Evans. "Portable Sounds." ''Billboard'' 119.11 (2007): 51. ''Music Index''. Web. October 4, 2015.</ref> "Ignition" is being used by [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]/[[ESPN]] to promote its coverage of [[NASCAR]], and "Boomin'" has also been used to promote a new crime-drama, ''The Women's Murder Club'', on ABC, as well as others. In September 2007, his song "Feelin' So Fly" appeared in the film ''[[The Game Plan (film)|The Game Plan]]'', starring [[Dwayne Johnson|Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson]]. "Ignition" received worldwide exposure when it was used as the [[Arizona Cardinals]] entrance music during the pre-game of [[Super Bowl XLIII]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=TobyMac |url=http://trueartist.org/tobymac/tobymac_onesheet.pdf |access-date=November 18, 2018 |website=trueartist.org}}</ref> He was awarded two Dove Awards for his work on this album, including Artist of the Year. His music video featuring the song "Boomin" was awarded a Dove Award for Short Form Music Video of the Year. Around this time, he wrote his song, "New World" for "[[The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe]]" and co-wrote and recorded the song "What We Gonna Do?" for the [[VeggieTales]] film ''[[The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie]]''. "Feelin' So Fly" and "I'm for You" appear in [[Thrillville: Off the Rails]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Thrillville Off the Rails Soundtrack List |url=https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php/659-Thrillville-Off-the-Rails-Soundtrack-List |access-date=November 18, 2018 |website=forums.frontier.co.uk}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page