They relocated to McDonough in 2001,[2] adding Chris Huffman on bass, Megan Garrett on keyboards and accordion, and drummer Andy Williams.

The augmented version of Casting Crowns released two independent albums on CD, both of which were well received in the Atlanta area.

Both independent albums were efforts on the part of Hall and the rest of the group as outreach projects for youth in the area.

[4] Miller took the group to record with co-producer Steven Curtis Chapman, himself a popular artist on the CCM musical scene.

The album was certified platinum in 2005;[5] in 2011, the group received their first gold certification for a single for the song "Who Am I" from their debut record.

[9] Casting Crowns broke their own record in 2007 when the single "East to West" from The Altar and the Door hit sixteen consecutive weeks at No. 1.

"Slow Fade" was also released as a single, and was included in the soundtrack of the Kendrick Brothers film starring Kirk Cameron Fireproof.

[citation needed] Casting Crowns is one of the rare American bands to ever have been invited to visit North Korea.

[12] Casting Crowns' fourth major studio album, Until the Whole World Hears, was released on November 17, 2009, debuting at No.

4 on the Billboard 200 and selling over 167,000 copies in its first week alone, setting a new record for the highest Christian album debut in history.

[citation needed] In 2012, Josh Mix joined the band, replacing guitar player Hector Cervantes.

Also, lead singer Mark Hall recorded the title song with Mike Donehey of Tenth Avenue North, Steven Curtis Chapman, and Mandisa.

In early 2015, Casting Crowns released the hymns-album, Glorious Day - Hymns of Faith, exclusively through Cracker Barrel Old Country Stores.

The album includes their Until the Whole World Hears singles "Glorious Day" and "Blessed Redeemer", and acoustic versions of "If We Are the Body" and "Praise You in This Storm" as well as eight hymns, mostly covers.

[25] On October 11, 2018, the band announced Only Jesus, scheduled for release on November 16, 2018, with a video introduction by Mark Hall and made the title track available to those on their fans list.

Andy Williams, the band's former drummer, died on July 9, 2021, at age 49 from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident on June 27.