This article presents notes on religion, media and music industry through the analysis of data about the worship group Before the Throne the Universal Church (UCKG), and a controversy involving both of them. The narrative shows the success of the band and recovers part of UCKG trajectory in order to help the understanding of the accusations of Edir Macedo against the band main singer. The text highlights the disputes between two business conglomerates. On the one hand, there is the UCKG that has Record TV looking for increasing its audience and the Line Records trying to remain in the Christian music market. On the other hand, there is the Globo Organization that has been approaching the evangelical people through music and has Som Livre distributing DT's material since 2009.
media; music industry; Before the Throne; Universal Church