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With the release of his Dove Award-winning debut album Happy (2003) came the success of his first radio single \"More\" which stayed at number one on Christian AC charts for nine weeks and received two Dove Award nominations. His second record History (2005) was followed by a 2006 re-release of the originally independent album Sellout. In 2007 he faced vocal issues which threatened his career and two months of prescribed vocal rest. West's third studio album Something to Say (2008) was released in January of the following year and also enjoyed chart success with number one hits \"You Are Everything\" and \"The Motions\".\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn addition to his main solo career, West has worked as a songwriter for many Christian musicians and groups such as Point of Grace, Mandisa and Natalie Grant as well as mainstream country acts Rascal Flatts and Billy Ray Cyrus.\u003c/p\u003e","musicPath":"/music/Matthew+West","playStationPath":"/stations/113285992/play","stationId":113285992,"bioPath":"/music/Matthew+West/_full_bio","similars":[{"musicPath":"/music/Hillsong+Young+Free","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/289/289d7de5070924ac76c0fc3e8599f837_md.jpg","artistName":"Hillsong Young \u0026 Free","artistId":303575,"station_id":379951972},{"musicPath":"/music/Seventh+Day+Slumber","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/229/229e70c3984d1f4b7cc4a211ee3229dc_md.jpg","artistName":"Seventh Day Slumber","artistId":14949,"station_id":124558589},{"musicPath":"/music/Chris+Rice","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/e23/e2393e8d3b2e854dd663fee31f02711b_md.jpg","artistName":"Chris Rice","artistId":12770,"station_id":113302786},{"musicPath":"/music/Relient+K","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/2d4/2d44041ef7bb35eb84b1dc974837acc7_md.jpg","artistName":"Relient K","artistId":7268,"station_id":113269389},{"musicPath":"/music/MercyMe","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/54c/54cde04e2f01ffc3518bad80087fad83_md.jpg","artistName":"MercyMe","artistId":10763,"station_id":113267771},{"musicPath":"/music/Plumb","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/3d4/3d40256e85ac0432e086741ca818ae86_md.jpg","artistName":"Plumb","artistId":11451,"station_id":113354198},{"musicPath":"/music/Cody+Carnes","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/a91/a9157cb8c2c8ba28db66c078e6484f9d_md.jpg","artistName":"Cody Carnes","artistId":437785,"station_id":400835234},{"musicPath":"/music/Andrew+Peterson","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/e1d/e1d60021b6202fb556c3c85109b687cf_md.jpg","artistName":"Andrew Peterson","artistId":13484,"station_id":113464714},{"musicPath":"/music/Group+1+Crew","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/b98/b988dbe2472b1295d51663e9522c44ac_md.jpg","artistName":"Group 1 Crew","artistId":12955,"station_id":113391733},{"musicPath":"/music/Jesus+Culture","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/c83/c8347f6e00d10488b177f0b03b2bc052_md.jpg","artistName":"Jesus Culture","artistId":56092,"station_id":259710570},{"musicPath":"/music/Mark+Schultz","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/633/633fb796c36aa559eec3689bc3fe9c7c_md.jpg","artistName":"Mark Schultz","artistId":12698,"station_id":113267067},{"musicPath":"/music/Jaci+Velasquez","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/769/7696fffade96a0a78e99ffff0e15630c_md.jpg","artistName":"Jaci Velasquez","artistId":11124,"station_id":113280002},{"musicPath":"/music/Kim+Walker+Smith","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/619/6191a4e499bb75375488ef23931f955c_md.jpg","artistName":"Kim Walker-Smith","artistId":127292,"station_id":284746685},{"musicPath":"/music/Jars+of+Clay","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/c1a/c1abb0580c83655564fb24d5ed2c0db8_md.jpg","artistName":"Jars of Clay","artistId":9648,"station_id":113303023},{"musicPath":"/music/Riley+Clemmons","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/51f/51f3383edeffa184eb92e2ca379eace4_md.jpg","artistName":"Riley Clemmons","artistId":372233,"station_id":395361595},{"musicPath":"/music/Planetshakers","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/63a/63aee3f200b2bb30176e806487740986_md.jpg","artistName":"Planetshakers","artistId":13870,"station_id":113449012},{"musicPath":"/music/Hollyn","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/c37/c37771f1a8ce71f306ffd15ddd2b9e74_md.jpg","artistName":"Hollyn","artistId":333515,"station_id":388888898},{"musicPath":"/music/Shane+Shane","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/873/873f155b0a2f7f94a10086225ba43d11_md.jpg","artistName":"Shane \u0026 Shane","artistId":59476,"station_id":261472670}]}