Heaven on My Mind (album)

Heaven on My Mind is the tenth studio album by Christian hip hop musician tobyMac. The album was announced on January 10, 2025, and was released on March 7, 2025 on Forefront Records and Capitol CMG. The album's first single, "Nothin' Sweeter", reached No. 6 on the Billboard Hot Christian Songs chart, and spent nine weeks at No. 1 on the Christian Airplay chart.

Background

Heaven on My Mind is inspired partially by the death of tobyMac's son, Truett McKeehan. The song "Goodbye (For Gabe)" is a tribute to his touring member and occasional studio collaborator, Gabe Patillo, who died of cancer in April 2024.

TobyMac announced through Instagram that he would be releasing one song a month until Heaven on My Mind is released.

Reception

Critical

Speaking for Jesus Freak Hideout, Josh Balogh awarded the album a 4.5-out-of-5 star review, stating that Heaven on My Mind is one of tobyMac's top three best releases. In a second review from Jesus Freak Hideout, John DiBiase also gave the album 4.5-out-of-5 stars, calling the album "a solid album from start to finish" and one of the best of 2025. Reviewing for New Release Tuesday, Bill Pence gave the album a 5-out-of-5 star review, calling it a "strong effort from TobyMac".

Commercial

The album reached No. 157 on the Billboard 200, No. 10 on the Billboard Top Album Sales and Top Current Album Sales, and No. 1 on the Billboard Top Christian Albums.

Four singles were released off the album. The first single was "Nothin' Sweeter", released on June 7, 2024, and reached No. 6 on the Billboard Hot Christian Songs and No. 1 on the Christian Airplay and Adult Contemporary. The second single released was "a lil Church (Nobody's Too Lost)" was released on December 6, 2024, and reached No. 30 on the Hot Christian Songs chart. On January 10, 2025, "God Did It" was released. The song reached No. 35 on the Hot Christian Songs chart. The fourth single released off the album was "Can't Stop Me", which was released on February 7, 2025. While not released as a single, the title track, "Heaven on My Mind", reached No. 26 on the Billboard Hot Christian Songs.

Accolades

Track listing

Personnel

• TobyMac – songwriting, vocals, producer
• Bryan Fowler – producer, songwriting, programming, keyboards, bass, backing vocals
• Jeff Pardo – producer, songwriting, programming, keyboards, piano, synth pads, electric piano
• Jordan Mohilowski – producer, songwriting, backing vocals, guitar, keyboards, piano, programming, instrumentation, vocal editing
• Josiah Bell – producer, songwriting, engineering
• Juan Winans – producer, songwriting, engineering, backing vocals, guest vocals on "Rearview"
• Kyle Williams – producer, songwriting, backing vocals, vocal engineering, guitar, bass, instrumentation
• Micah Kuiper – producer, songwriting, engineering, vocal engineering, programming, guitar, bass, keyboards, backing vocals
• Tommee Profitt – producer, songwriting, programming, instrumentation
• Benji Cowart – producer, songwriting, backing vocals
• Justin Gray – songwriting, backing vocals
• Terrian – songwriting, backing vocals, guest vocals on "Resist (Keep the Devil Away)"
• Matthew West – songwriting, backing vocals
• Brent Milligan – bass
• David Curran – bass
• Justin Ostrander – guitar
• Tim Rosenau – guitar
• Scottie Mills – guitar
• Court Clement – guitar
• Matthew Ulrich – Hammond B-3 Organ, keyboards
• Sam Garner – piano
• Aaron Sterling – drums
• Jacob Arnold – drums
• Keith Everette Smith – horns, trumpet, horns arranger
• Steve Patrick – trumpet
• Barry Green – trombone
• Matt Jefferson – bass trombone
• Tyler Summers – saxophone
• Jimmy Bowland – baritone saxophone
• Mark Douthit – tenor saxophone
• Chris Bevins – vocoder
• Jon Reddick – backing vocals
• Andrew Thompson – backing vocals
• Calvin Nowell – backing vocals
• Janice Gaines – backing vocals
• Deondra Marowa – backing vocals
• Emoni Wilkins – backing vocals
• Madelyn Howze – backing vocals
• Maurice Staple – backing vocals
• Chuck Butler – vocal editing
• Doug Weier – mixing
• Nick Radovanovic – mixing
• Sean Moffitt – mixing
• Thomas Mann – mixing
• Atharva Dhenke – mastering
• Chris Gehringer – mastering
• Will Quinnell – mastering
• John DeNosky – additional engineering

Charts

Weekly

Year-end

References