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"Beautiful Love" is the hit single from the debut album by Christian rock band The Afters, I Wish We All Could Win. The song was later used by MTV as the theme song to its reality show 8th and Ocean.

Critical success

• Certified Gold by the RIAA for Digital Sales in 2006.

The single's presence in the TV show 8th & Ocean prompted a six-week surge in which Beautiful Love was downloaded 90,000 times.

• Nielsen SoundScan named Beautiful Love as the top downloaded song on the inspirational chart for 2006.
• No. 1 R&R Christian CHR single
• Beautiful Love spent 9+ weeks on the iTunes top-100 downloaded songs chart (peaking at #14)

Charts

• Peaked on the Billboard Hot 100 chart at #55
• Peaked on the Billboard Pop 100 chart at #43
• Peaked on the Billboard Hot Digital Songs chart at #23

Awards

• In 2006, the song was nominated for a Dove Award for Rock/Contemporary Recorded Song of the Year at the 37th GMA Dove Awards.
• In 2005, the song won the mtvU Award for Best Streaming Video.

Television and film

• "Beautiful Love" was used as the theme song for the MTV reality series 8th & Ocean.
• Song appeared in Just My Luck.

Certifications

References

1. ^ Dove Award Winning New Artist The Afters Celebrate Top Downloaded Digital Song, cbnmusic.com - published January 11, 2007 (retrieved March 14, 2008)
2. 37th Annual GMA Dove Awards Nominations & Winners Archived 2011-07-07 at the Wayback Machine on About.com; Jones, Kim
3. "American single certifications – The Afters – Beautiful Love". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved November 14, 2024.

External links

• CBN overview
• Billboard Charts

• 2005 debut singles
• The Afters songs
• Television drama theme songs
• 2005 songs
• Epic Records singles