He has released one independent album Desperate to See Your Glory in 2007, and six studio albums, The Hope and the Glory in 2010, Good News in 2012, DNA in 2014, Awaken to Love in 2016, Mystery in 2020 and Between The Joy And The Sorrow in 2022.
There has been four extended plays released from him, Really Good News in 2013, Spinning in 2014, a DNA one, in 2015 and Deconstruction, Vol.1 in 2019.
Ian Stephen Yates is from Liverpool, and is the preacher's son from Bootle Elim Pentecostal Church.
in 2016 he released Awaken to Love, which included co-writes with Matt Redman (No Longer I) and Nick Herbert (High Wire).
[19] He is married to Kate, and they reside in Liverpool, with their children, and Yates is part of the Elim Sound worship group.