Citizen Way

Citizen Way, formerly known as The Least of These, is an American contemporary Christian music and Christian rock band from Elgin, Illinois.^[1] Ben Blascoe retired from the band in 2015.^[1][2] The band relocated to Nashville, Tennessee in 2016 and Josh Calhoun left after that time. In December 2019, David Blascoe posted on social media that he was departing the group as well.

Citizen Way
Background information
Also known as	The Least Of These
Origin	Elgin, Illinois, U.S.
Genres	Contemporary Christian music, Christian rock, worship
Years active	2004 (2004)–present
Labels	Fair Trade Services JetFeather
Members	Ben Calhoun
Past members	David Blascoe Ben Blascoe Josh Calhoun Daniel Olsson
Website	citizen-way.com

Background

Citizen Way is from Elgin, Illinois, founded by two sets of brothers Ben Blascoe on bass guitar, David Blascoe on drums, Ben Calhoun on vocals and guitar and Josh Calhoun on guitars, keys and vocals.^[1][2][3] Their original band name was The Least of These, when they were at Judson University together.^[3] This band has been together since 2004.^[3][4] They relocated to Nashville, Tennessee in 2016.^[5]

The band released their debut single, "Should've Been Me", on the Fair Trade Services label on June 26, 2012.^[6][7] Their second single, "Nothing Ever (Could Separate Us)", was released in June 2013.^[8] Their third single, "How Sweet the Sound", was released on September 27, 2013,^[9] and has gone on to become their first No. 1 single. It has charted on Christian AC Indicator and Soft AC/Inspirational, reaching No. 1 on the Christian Soft AC/Inspirational chart on April 3, 2014.^[10] The single spent four weeks atop the Christian Soft AC/Inspirational chart.^[11]

Discography

Albums

Year	Album	Peak chart positions
		US [12]	US Christ. [13]	US Heat. [14]
2013	Love Is the Evidence Release date: April 23, 2013 Label: Fair Trade Services Formats: CD, digital download	—	22	4
2016	2.0 Release date: March 11, 2016 Label: Fair Trade Formats: CD, Digital download	—[A]	9	—
2019	Love Is a Lion[15] Release date: October 18, 2019[16] Label: Fair Trade Formats: CD, digital download	—	—[B]	—

Singles

Year	Title	Peak chart positions					Album
		US Christ [17]	US Christian Airplay [18]	US Christ Digital [19]	US Christ AC [20]	Christian AC Ind. [21]
2012	"Should've Been Me"	14		—	10	4	Love Is the Evidence
2013	"Nothing Ever (Could Separate Us)"	13		—	16	7
2014	"How Sweet the Sound"	11	5	10	2	3
	"Evidence"	23	20	—	16	17
2016	"When I'm with You"	22	12	17	10	16	2.0
2017	"I Will"	46	39	—	—	23
	"Bulletproof"	9	7	4	4	1
2018	"WaveWalker" (featuring Bart Millard of MercyMe)	35	38	—	25	17	Love Is a Lion[15]
2019	"The Lord's Prayer"[22]	—	41	—	—	22
2021	"Love Has Won"	—	46	—	—	—

Promotional singles

Year	Title	Peak chart positions	Album
		US Christ [23]
2019	"Love Has Won"[16]	—	Love Is a Lion

Notes

1. 2.0 did not chart on the Billboard 200, but peaked at No. 94 on the Billboard Top Album Sales chart.^[12]
2. Love Is a Lion did not chart on the Billboard Top Christian Albums chart, but peaked at No. 30 on the Billboard Christian Album Sales chart.