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"Be Blessed" | ||||
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Single by Yolanda Adams | ||||
from the album Day By Day | ||||
Released | 2005 | |||
Length | 5:47 | |||
Label | Atlantic | |||
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Yolanda Adams singles chronology | ||||
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"Be Blessed" is a song by American singer Yolanda Adams, a single from her 2005 album "Day By Day". The song topped the Gospel Billboard chart making it one of the most successful Gospel songs of 2005.
At the 2006 Grammy Awards, Adams won Best Gospel Song for this song. That same year, it was also nominated for a Dove Award for Contemporary Gospel Recorded Song of the Year at the 37th GMA Dove Awards. [1]
A Dove Award is an accolade by the Gospel Music Association (GMA) of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the Christian music industry. The awards are presented annually. The awards have been held in Nashville, Tennessee every year except 2011 and 2012 when they were held in Atlanta, Georgia. The ceremonies feature live musical performances and are broadcast on TBN.
Music Inspired by The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe is a collection of songs by various Christian artists with the common theme of the book series The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis. The album was released in anticipation of the December 9, 2005 premiere of the film The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. By October 2005, the songs "Remembering You" by Steven Curtis Chapman and "Waiting for the World to Fall" by Jars of Clay were already being played on Contemporary Christian radio.
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Souls' Chapel is American country singer Marty Stuart's 12th studio album, and his second album with his band, the Fabulous Superlatives, released in 2005. This is also Stuart's second concept album. With this project, Stuart and his Superlatives devote the entire album to gospel songs. The album also features select songs in which Stuart's lead vocal performances are unprominent, and are showcased instead by those of the Superlatives' fellow members: 'Cousin' Kenny Vaughan (guitar), 'Handsome' Harry Stinson (drums) and 'Brother' Brian Glenn (bass). The album also features a guest appearance from Mavis Staples on the track 'Move Along Train'.
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