By Joel Langton
The 830 Times
The “God Loves You Frontera Tour” has a diverse lineup of singers that have sung to millions.
The lineup features Latino artists Marcos Witt, Inspirational Country artist Dennis Agajanian and praise/pop artist Taya.
Marcos Witt
Witt has recorded 30 albums, cassettes and DVDs since 1986. Witt has sold over 27,000,000 copies of his records in Mexico, the United States and Latin America.
Not only has he notched millions of sales but has won five Latin Grammy awards and a Dove award.
Starting in 2002, for ten years he served as pastor of the Spanish Christian congregation at the Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas, better known as Joel Osteen’s church. Witt has visited the White House for events as a representative of the evangelical Hispanic Community, according to his website.
As of 2023, Witt’s music and outreach efforts have been credited as a factor behind the surging growth of Latino evangelicalism across the United States and Latin America.
He was recently featured in a 10,000 word article on the cover of the New York Times magazine.
A very raw Tik Tok video of Witt performing in Eagle Pass Wednesday can be viewed here.
Taya
Singer Taya Gaukrodger, simply heralded as Taya in promotions, just released her second album, but has sung and toured with Australian Christian mega group Hillsong United.
She’s featured on the group’s song “Oceans” (video here) and is called by many, the most prolific song in the praise genre’s history. It’s been listened to 452,467,648 on streaming platforms and spent 61 weeks at #1 on the Billboard Top Christian Songs Chart. Nearly 5 million people per month listen to her on the Spotify platform.
Christian Contemporary Christian Music magazine highlighted her efforts with: “During her tenure with UNITED, as well as Hillsong Worship, TAYA has helped steward over one billion global career streams as well as performed live for over 10 million people in 12 different countries across six continents.”
She’s slotted to sing 10 dates on the Frontera Tour and then is headed to Europe, where she’ll have a seven-city tour.
Dennis Agajanian
Not only has Inspirational Country Artist Agajanian performed with Franklin Graham 200 times, but 40 times performed with Franklin’s father Billy Graham.
According to his website, The Inspirational Country Music Association has awarded him Musician of the Year seven times, Entertainer of the Year three times and the Living Legend award.
He’s performed with Johnny Cash, Charlie Daniels, Ricky Skaggs, Michael W. Smith, and Darius Rucker. In addition he has scored three motion pictures and three ABC television specials.
“We have never had a lineup of artists come through here that I’m aware of,” said Del Rio’s Joshua Guevara, a local Christian radio promoter for many years. “This lineup has sold millions of albums and in today’s age, there are days when they have millions of listeners on different platforms.
