“What a joy to be able to share my story with 225 Magazine right here in my hometown!” says DiChiarra. “It’s the ‘go-to’ magazine for our region, and I couldn’t be more blessed.”
The summer of 2021 has been a good one so far for DiChiara and Empowered.
The title cut from the band’s latest project, Three Days, hit No. 1 on IndieGospel.net’s Top 20 Chart in June. At the same time, “Rock Bottom,” the third single from the album, debuted on the same chart at No. 7, making it the third single from the album to enter these charts.
In total, the Three Days EP has now garnered seven No. 1’s on the IndieGospel.net charts over the past year.
In addition to the band’s current No. 1, their “Listen to the Children” single reached the No. 1 spot on Indiegospel.net’s Top 20 chart in December 2020. Their “Three Days” music video has reached the No. 1 spot on the IndieGospel.net Top 10 video chart three times: in December 2020, January 2021, and again in April 2021. Their “Listen to the Children” music video has reached the No. 1 spot twice, debuting at No. 1 on the IndieGospel.net Top 10 video chart in September 2020 and hit No. 1 again in January 2021.
“We are so humbled by the support of IndieGospel’s staff and by the fans of our music,” says DiChiara.
Songs from the album have also done well on Spotify, with “Listen to the Children” impacting with 89,979 spins, “Three Days” reaching 54,434, “Jeremiah 29:11” garnering 50,167, and “Rock Bottom” already coming in with 52,465 spins. This gives DiChiara & Empowered a total of 247,045 spins from the album Three Days.
DiChiara recently attended the National Religious Broadcaster’s Convention (NRB 2021), where he met and/or interviewed with multiple media outlets, including KSBJ’s Sunday Night Live! with Kim Wier, The Meeting House on Faith Radio, popular syndicated radio show Bill Martinez Live!, World Christian Broadcasting, MRG Media, Truth Network, the Healing Rain podcast on Charisma Podcast Networking, Let’s Just Talk! with Kathryn Raaker, and many more.
“I was continually blessed and humbled by the many awesome people that I met, both in meetings and in interviews,” says DiChiara of his experience at NRB. “It’s amazing to see what God will do and how He’ll show up when Christians come together for His purpose. Just a wow week!”
The Three Days project is the band’s first release since DiChiara nearly lost his life to a traumatic brain injury. His journey of healing makes the band’s accomplishments of 2020 and 2021 all the more significant.
