(NASHVILLE, TENN.) -- Stryper frontman Michael Sweet appeared on Nashville's top-rated TV program Tennessee Mornings today to promote his new solo CD HIM, which was released in August. The show aired live on Nashville's FOX affiliate WZTV. Sweet performed the project's first radio single, "Take My Life," on the live broadcast, and then moved to the couch to talk about the new CD, the upcoming music video which is shooting this week in Nashville, and his band Stryper, with whom he is heading back into the studio next month.

As a member of Stryper for more than 20 years, Sweet has enjoyed success in both Christian and mainstream markets. Stryper has sold more than 8 million records worldwide, with several projects striking RIAA-certified gold. The group’s unprecedented 1986 album To Hell with the Devil went platinum and was named one of the "100 Greatest Albums in Christian Music" by CCM Magazine. Sweet’s previous solo efforts include a 1994 self-titled release; 1995’s Real; and Truth, which released in 2001. His first solo record was voted "Favorite Album" in the CCM Readers Awards, while Real was nominated for a Dove Award in the "Best Rock Album of the Year" category.

HIM was released August 1, 2006, by Infinity Music Distribution (a division of Central South Distribution, Inc.).