Almost There - Platinum Edition - MercyMe

During 2001, MercyMe debuted their first release on INO Records, Almost There. Track 5 on that album, I Can Only Imagine delivered an unabashedly strong message about what heaven might be like. It quickly became apparent that it was a message the post-September 11 nation needed desperately to hear. The no. 1 song, which nabbed several Dove Awards including the prestigious Song of the Year, garnered heavy airplay at Christian radio as well as mainstream pop, country and adult contemporary stations nationwide. Millions of radio listeners who may not have ever considered themselves fans of Christian music suddenly found themselves singing along to the song's irresistible chorus. The million-selling album Almost There on INO Records took its rightful place along mega-star pop acts on the Billboard top 200 pop charts for months.

This laid back worship band from Greenville, Texas quickly evolved from being Christian music's fastest-selling new act in 2001 to one of the most successful bands in all musical genres. Their inital debut, Almost There was certified Gold in less than a year, becoming the best-selling project of 2001 in the Christian music industry. To top it all off, they've earned an American Music Award nomination (and then a win in 2004 for Favorite Contemporary Inspirational Artist), and multiple GMA Music Awards including Song of the Year, Pop Song of the Year, Group of the Year, Artist of the Year and Songwriter of the Year for MercyMe frontman and Imagine scribe Bart Millard. Overall, MercyMe has sold 4 million records in a relatively short amount of time.

"I couldn't pick another song I'd rather have be with me the rest of my life because of what it meant to me," Millard says, adding "Imagine will always be a part of us and we'll play it every night."