A magazine about contemporary
Christian music that's been around since 1978. Also, it's not just a magazine title anymore. Somewhere along the line, it became a term used for contemporary
Christian music that has
nothing to do with the magazine. CCM is in no way a genre of music. Rather, it's certain bands and artists within every single genre of music.
CCM includes these artists/bands, as well as hundreds of others:
pop - Bethany Dillon, ZOEgirl
AC pop - Micheal W. Smith, Steven Curtis Chapman
pop punk - Relient K, Hawk Nelson, Stellar Kart, MxPx
punk - Anberlin
emo - Showbread
hardcore - Underoath
metal - Norma Jean, Disciple, The Showdown
metalcore - Haste the Day
rap - The Cross Movement, KJ-52
rapcore - Thousand Foot Krutch, TobyMac
soft rock -
Jeremy Camp
crunk rock -
Family Force 5
stupid
poser bands - Switchfoot