Genre: Pop/Rock, Worship
For fans of: Bebo Norman, The Wallflowers, John Mayer, Chris Tomlin
Label: Brash Music

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One short year ago, Aaron Shust sat excitedly in the crowd at his first Dove Awards to enjoy performances by many of the artists he had long admired. Today, just twelve months later, he's returning to take the stage himself at his second Dove Awards show, carrying an armload of nominations that have followed his own smash hit single, "My Savior, My God."

Aaron's debut release, Anything Worth Saying, sold over 140,000 copies in the last year while "My Savior, My God" was downloaded over 85,000 times on iTunes and maintained the #1 spot on the Web site's "Inspirational" Chart for more than three months. With more radio airplay than any other song in 2006, "My Savior, My God" topped several radio charts and was named the #1 Song of the Year across multiple formats.

Even as everything was changing due to his overnight success, Aaron set to work on his anticipated sophomore release, Whispered and Shouted. Though the songwriting process was sometimes challenging amid a whirlwind of media interviews, tour dates, and meet-and-greets, Aaron remained focused on writing songs that lead people to worship Christ more deeply.

"Every time you go into the studio, you wonder if the songs you bring to the table are going to be able to speak to people's hearts and minds," Aaron says of Whispered and Shouted. "It's my offering to God, and I believe that He's pleased with it, and in the end, that's the only thing that's important."

It's easy for Aaron to keep that kind of perspective. He's still a new enough name on the music scene to confuse some fans. "The other night, I got introduced as 'Aaron Shoosh,'" he laughs. Touring with multi-Platinum artist MercyMe, Aaron has even had fans mistake him for a member of that mega group. "By default, the music business is an industry that fosters 'celebrity,'" he says. "Sometimes, Satan will whisper in my ear that I'm important, and that's so different from when the Spirit tells me that I'm valued. If I ever start to believe the wrong thing, God reminds me, 'Hey, I'm the Famous One, not you.'"

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