Dove nominated artist Joy Williams is celebrating an unprecedented week at radio with the song “Hide” securing a record-setting 47 total adds on the Christian AC format, claiming the highest number of first-week adds ever on both R&R Indicator and CRW AC charts, with an impressive 60 percent more adds than Indicator’s previous record holder. Further, “Hide” ties the R&R Monitored chart’s all-time record for most adds. At the CHR format, the song receives an additional 18 adds this week with a total of 21 CHR stations on by add date.

“I am blown away by radio’s out-of-the box acceptance of this single,” notes Andrew Patton, vp of national promotions for Provident Label Group. “It clearly indicates Joy’s position in the CCM community. And ‘Hide’ is just the first of a string of hit singles from Genesis!” “Hide” is the first single from the highly anticipated new album Genesis co-written by Williams and produced by Matt Bronleewe. Genesis releases May 3 to Christian and general market retail.

In advance of the album release, Williams will be participating in GMA week activities, April 9 -13, including a whirl-wind schedule of radio and media interviews and concluding the week as the “Female Artist of the Year” nominee at the 36th Annual GMA Music Awards on April 13. In addition, Joy will grace the cover of Christian Music Planet’s May issue on stands May 2.

Joy Williams launched her career as a songwriter and vocalist at 17. Her albums released to date include 2001’s Joy Williams and 2002’s By Surprise which included the No. 1 single “Every Moment.” In 2002 she was voted “Best New Artist” in CCM Magazine’s Readers Choice Awards. For more information on Joy Williams, please visit www.joywilliams.com and www.reunionrecords.com.