RIAA Digital Gold Single: “Beautiful Love”
mtvU Award (2005): Won Streaming Video for “Beautiful Love”
2009 GMA Music Award Nominations:
Song of the Year & Rock Contemporary Song of the Year for “Never Going Back To OK”
Rock Contemporary Album of the Year nomination for “Never Going Back to OK”
2006 GMA DOVE Award: New Artist of the Year
2009 GMA DOVE Award: For Rock Contemporary Album of the Year
2006 GMA DOVE Award Nominations:
Rock/Contemporary Album & Rock/Contemporary Song of the Year
Billboard Magazine: Review: “…engaging, pop/rock set marked by memorable songs, solid musicianship and abundance of personality.”
BOP: “Meet the Band” Artist
Popstar: “Fresh Faces”
RollingStone.com: “Beautiful Love” was featured on the video homepage for 3 weeks
Relevant Magazine: Featured Spotlight Artist
CCM Magazine: Named The Afters’ debut Top Album of 2005, “Never Going Back To OK” listed as Critic’s Pick in 2008
Christianity Today: Mentioned “Never Going Back to OK” as albums they liked of 2008
Seventeen.com: Featured The Afters and their “MySpace Girl” video in their BUZZ section
MySpace.com: Featured “MySpace Girl” video on front page and on top videos page.