| Kirk Franklin discography | |
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| Studio albums | 13 |
| Compilation albums | 4 |
This is the discography of American gospel artist Kirk Franklin. In total, Franklin has won fifteen Grammy Awards, thirteen Dove Awards and twenty-eight Stellar Awards.
| Kirk Franklin discography | |
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| Studio albums | 13 |
| Compilation albums | 4 |
This is the discography of American gospel artist Kirk Franklin. In total, Franklin has won fifteen Grammy Awards, thirteen Dove Awards and twenty-eight Stellar Awards.
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||
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| US [1] | US R&B /HH [2] | US Gospel [3] | US Christ. [4] | JPN [5] | KOR (Int.) [6] | UK Christ. & Gospel [7] | UK R&B [8] | |||
| God's Property from Kirk Franklin's Nu Nation |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | – | — | |
| The Nu Nation Project | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
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| Kirk Franklin Presents 1NC | 58 | 21 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Hero |
| 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 119 | — | — | — |
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| The Fight of My Life | 33 | 7 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
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| Hello Fear | 5 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | 20 | — |
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| Losing My Religion | 10 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 27 | 2 | 24 | ||
| Long Live Love |
| 20 | 12 | 1 | — | — | — | 3 | — | |
| Father's Day | 148 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 13 | — | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||||
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [1] | US R&B /HH [2] | US Gospel [3] | US Christ. [4] | US Holiday [19] | ||||
| Kirk Franklin & the Family Christmas | 60 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
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| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [1] | US R&B /HH [2] | US Gospel [3] | US Christ. [4] | UK Christ. & Gospel [21] | ||||
| A Season of Remixes |
| — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Kirk Franklin Presents: Songs for the Storm Vol. 1 | 74 | 9 | 1 | 4 | — | |||
| Setlist: The Very Best of Kirk Franklin Live | — | 59 | 11 | — | — | |||
| The Essential Kirk Franklin | — | 50 | 1 | — | 10 | |||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||
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| US [1] | US R&B /HH [2] | US Gospel [3] | US Christ. [4] | UK Christ. & Gospel [26] | ||||
| Kirk Franklin & the Family (with The Family) | 58 | 6 | 1 | 1 | — |
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| Whatcha Lookin' 4 (with The Family) | 23 | 3 | 1 | 1 | — |
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| The Rebirth of Kirk Franklin | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | — |
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| Kingdom Book One (with Maverick City Music) |
| 151 | — | 2 | 2 | 5 | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [30] | US R&B /HH [31] | US Adult R&B [32] | US Gospel [33] | NLD [34] | NZ [35] | POL [36] | UK [37] | ||||
| "Why We Sing" (with The Family) | 1993 | — | — [upper-alpha 1] | 9 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Kirk Franklin & the Family |
| "Now Behold the Lamb" (with The Family) | 1995 | — | — [upper-alpha 2] | — | — | — | — | — | — | Kirk Franklin & the Family Christmas | |
| "Don't Give Up" (with Hezekiah Walker, Donald Lawrence & Karen Clark-Sheard as the Island Inspirational All-Stars) [41] | 1996 | — [upper-alpha 3] | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood: The Soundtrack | |
| "Melodies from Heaven" (with The Family) | — | — | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | Whatcha Lookin' 4 | ||
| "Stomp" (with God's Property featuring Cheryl "Salt" James) | 1997 | — [upper-alpha 4] | 1 | 2 | — | 88 | — | — | 60 | God's Property from Kirk Franklin's Nu Nation | |
| "You Are the Only One" (with God's Property) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Lean on Me" (featuring Mary J. Blige, Bono, R. Kelly, Crystal Lewis & The Family) | 1998 | 79 | 26 | 2 | — | 57 | 27 | 5 | — | The Nu Nation Project | |
| "Revolution" (featuring Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins) | — | 59 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Gonna Be a Lovely Day" | 1999 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Nobody" (with 1NC) | 2000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Kirk Franklin Presents 1NC | |
| "Thank You" (with Mary Mary) | 2001 | — | — [upper-alpha 5] | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | Kingdom Come: The Soundtrack | |
| "911" (with Bishop T.D. Jakes ) | 2002 | — | — [upper-alpha 6] | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | The Rebirth of Kirk Franklin | |
| "Brighter Day" | — | — [upper-alpha 7] | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Hosanna" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Wake Up" (with Trin-i-tee 5:7) | 2005 | — | — | — | 36 | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |
| "Looking for You" | 61 | 5 | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | — [upper-alpha 8] | Hero | ||
| "Imagine Me" | 2006 | — | 52 | 22 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
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| "Look at Me Now" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Kirk Franklin Presents: Songs for the Storm Vol. 1 | ||
| "September" | 2007 | — | — [upper-alpha 9] | 17 | 26 | — | — | — | — | Interpretations: The Music of Earth, Wind, & Fire | |
| "Declaration (This is It)" | — [upper-alpha 10] | 35 | 13 | 1 | — | — | — | — | The Fight of My Life | ||
| "Jesus" | 2008 | — | 96 | 39 | 4 | — | — | — | — | ||
| "I Smile" | 2011 | 85 | 12 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Hello Fear |
| "A God Like You" | — | — | — | 10 | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Before I Die" | — | 89 | 38 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Wanna Be Happy?" | 2015 | — | 38 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Losing My Religion |
| "123 Victory" (featuring Pharrell Williams) | 2016 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | ||
| "My World Needs You" (featuring Sarah Reeves, Tasha Cobbs & Tamela Mann) | 2017 | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | ||
| "If You Don't Mind" (with Ledisi) | — | — | — | 10 | — | — | — | — | Let Love Rule | ||
| "Love Theory" | 2019 | — | — [upper-alpha 11] | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Long Live Love |
| "Just for Me" | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | |||
| "OK" | — | — | — | 6 | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Millionaire (Good Like That)" (with Tauren Wells) | 2020 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Citizen of Heaven | |
| "Together" (with For King & Country and Tori Kelly) | — [upper-alpha 12] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Burn the Ships (Deluxe Edition: Remixes & Collaborations) | |
| "We Win" (with Lil Baby) | 2021 | — | — [upper-alpha 13] | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | Space Jam: A New Legacy (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | |
| "Fall in Love at Christmas" (with Mariah Carey and Khalid) | — [upper-alpha 14] | — [upper-alpha 15] | 18 | — | — | — | — | — [upper-alpha 16] | Non-album single | ||
| "All Things" [51] | 2023 | — | — | — | 5 | — | — | — | — | Father's Day | |
| "Try Love" | — | — | — | 8 | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Needs" | — | — | — | 19 | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Witness Me" (with Jacob Collier, Shawn Mendes and Stormzy) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Djesse Vol. 4 | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||||||||
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US R&B /HH [31] | US Adult R&B [32] | US Christ. [52] | US Gospel [33] | |||||
| "There He Is" (Trinitee 5:7 featuring Kirk Franklin) | 1999 | — | — | — | 1 | Spiritual Love | ||
| "Shelter in the Rain" (Stevie Wonder featuring Kirk Franklin) | 2005 | 93 | 25 | — | — | A Time to Love | ||
| "Ooh Child" (Donnie McClurkin featuring Kirk Franklin) | — | 36 | — | 13 | Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs | |||
| "Lose My Soul" (Tobymac featuring Kirk Franklin & Mandisa) | 2008 | — | — | 2 | — | Portable Sounds | ||
| "Made to Worship" (John P. Kee & New Life featuring Kirk Franklin) | 2013 | — | — | — | 16 | Life and Favor | ||
| "Never Alone" (Tori Kelly featuring Kirk Franklin) | 2018 | — | 25 | 14 | 1 | Hiding Place | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US R&B /HH [31] | US Adult R&B [32] | US Christ. [52] | US Gospel [33] | |||||
| "Jesus Is the Reason for the Season" (with The Family) | 1993 | — [upper-alpha 17] | — | — | — | Kirk Franklin & the Family Christmas | ||
| "Hero" (with Dorinda Clark Cole) | 2005 | — | — | — | 23 | Hero | ||
| "Help Me Believe" | 2009 | — | — | — | 23 | The Fight of My Life | ||
| "I Am" | 2011 | — | — | — | 27 | Hello Fear | ||
| "Road Trip" | 2015 | — | — | — | 23 | Losing My Religion | ||
| "Over" | — | — | — | 25 | ||||
| "Intercession" | 2016 | — | — | — | 19 | |||
| "Finish Line/Drown" (Chance The Rapper featuring T-Pain, Kirk Franklin, Eryn Allen Kane & Noname) | — [upper-alpha 18] | — | — | — | Coloring Book | |||
| "We Three Kings" | 2017 | — | — | — | 25 | The Star: The Story of the First Christmas | ||
| "Strong God" | 2019 | — | — | — | 17 | Long Live Love | ||
| "Father Knows Best" | — | — | — | 18 | ||||
| "Idols" | — | — | — | 19 | ||||
| "Forever / Beautiful Grace" | — | — | — | 22 | ||||
| "Kingdom" (with Maverick City Music) | 2022 | — | — | 17 | 5 | Kingdom Book One | ||
| "Bless Me" (with Maverick City Music) | — | — | 19 | 6 | ||||
| "Fear Is Not My Future" (with Maverick City Music featuring Brandon Lake & Chandler Moore) | — | — | 13 | 3 | ||||
| "Jealous" (with Maverick City Music featuring Chandler Moore & Lizzie Morgan) | — | — | 47 | — | ||||
| "Talkin Bout (Love)" (with Maverick City Music featuring Chandler Moore & Lizzie Morgan) | — | — | 13 | 3 | ||||
| "God's Got Us" (with Maverick City Music featuring Chandler Moore) | — | — | 50 | — | Kingdom Book One (Deluxe) | |||
| "Again" (with Chandler Moore, Tori Kelly, Jonathan McReynolds & Jekalyn Carr) | 2023 | — | — | 23 | — | Father's Day | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US R&B /HH [31] | US Adult R&B [32] | US Gospel [33] | ||||||
| "Are You Listening" (with Artists United for Haiti) | 2010 | 28 | 26 | 8 | ||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||
Live in Washington D.C.(Gospel Music Workshop of America Mass Choir album; Director [53] )
I Sing Because I'm Happy(Georgia Mass Choir album; Piano, Vocals [53] )
Live from Salt Lake City Utah(Gospel Music Workshop of America Mass Choir album; Director [53] )
You Can Make It If You Try(Carnell Murrell album; Director [53] )
Chief Cornerstone(Gospel Music Workshop of America Men's Choir album; Piano, Leader [53] )
Deliverance(Myrna Summers & DFW Choir album; Director [53] )
Holy One(Trinity Temple Full Gospel Mass Choir album; Soloist [53] )
Lost Without You: Soulful Songs for Love and Marriage(Various Artists album; Performer)
R. Kelly (R. Kelly album; Choir Director [53] )
Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (Original Soundtrack album; Producer [53] )
Get on the Bus (Original Soundtrack album; Keyboards, Vocals, Producer, Performer [53] )
Greatest Hits(Georgia Mass Choir album; Vocals [53] )
WOW 1997: The Year's 30 Top Christian Artists and Songs (Various Artists album; Producer [53] )
Brand New (Salt-n-Pepa album; Performer [53] )
Christmas Is...(Various Artists album; Performer [53] )
Finally Karen (Karen Clark-Sheard album; Critic [53] )
Glory of Gospel, Vol. 1: Best of Inspirational Music(Various Artists album; [53] )
Live in Indianapolis(Gospel Music Workshop of America Mass Choir album; Director [53] )
Soul Train Christmas Starfest(Various Artists album; Producer [53] )
Dancin' in the Spirit, Vol. 2: The Gospel Jam(Various Artists album; Vocals [53] )
GMWA Live Collectors Edition(Rev. James Cleveland album; Performer [53] )
Gospel Out-Takes: Good Cuts(Various Artists album; Vocals [53] )
Living the Dream: A Tribute to Martin Luther King Jr.(Various Artists album; Producer [53] )
MTV Jams(Various Artists album; Producer [53] )
The Prince of Egypt [Inspirational](Original Soundtrack album; Vocals, Producer, Performer [53] )
Spirit of Power: Inspirational Hits of Gospel(Various Artists album; Performer [53] )
Trin-I-Tee 5:7(Trin-i-tee 5:7 album; Producer [53] )
Live Praise and Worship from Christ for the Nation(Various Artists album; Soloist [53] )
M2K: Music for the Millennium(Various Artists album; Producer [53] )
Spiritual Love(Trin-i-tee 5:7 album; Performer [53] )
Touched by an Angel: The Christmas Album(Original Television Soundtrack album; Producer [53] )
Fearless(Crystal Lewis album; Vocals, Producer, Vocal Arrangement [53] )
Hallelujah Halloween XXX(Various Artists album; Soloist [53] )
His Woman His Wife(Original Soundtrack album; Keyboards, Producer [53] )
M2K Gospel 2000(Various Artists album; Performer [53] )
Play It to the Bone (Original Soundtrack album; Producer [53] )
Top 20 Gospel, Vol. 3: Gotta Tell the World(Various Artists album; Performer, Soloist [53] )
Whatever It Takes(Various Artists album; Background Coordinator [53] )
Boycott [HBO Film](Original Soundtrack album; Performer [53] )
Kingdom Come [Original Soundtrack](Original Soundtrack album; Producer [53] )
N.E. X-Perience, Vol. 1(Gary Mayes/Nu Era album; Inspiration [53] )
This Is Gospel: Meditation(Various Artists album; Performer [53] )
WOW Christmas [Red] (Various Artists album; Producer [53] )
WOW Gospel 2002(Various Artists album; Producer [53] )
Out the Box (Tonéx album; Piano, Guest Appearance [53] )
Re:Mix Momentum (Tobymac album; Guest Appearance [53] )
The Ringleader: Mixtape Volume III (DJ Maj album; Vocals, Guest Appearance [53] )
Shirley Caesar and Friends(Shirley Caesar album; [53] )
U Turn (Brian McKnight album; Vocals [53] )
WOW Gospel 2003 (Various Artists album; Producer [53] )
Even More(Anthony Evans album; Piano, Programming, Vocals, Producer, Guest Appearance [53] )
He-Motions(T. D. Jakes album; Script [53] )
Passion of the Christ: Original Songs Inspired by the(Various Artists album; Producer [53] )
WOW Gospel 2004 (Various Artists album; Producer [53] )
Day by Day (Yolanda Adams album; Producer [53] )
Gospel Legends [DVD](Various Artists album; Performer [53] )
Gospel Legends [Malaco 3 CD](Various Artists album; Performer, Soloist [53] )
The Gospel [Original Soundtrack](Original Soundtrack album; Producer [53] )
The Preacher's Wife: Original Soundtrack Album (Original Soundtrack album; Songwriter [53] [54] )
Men of Gospo, Vol. 1(Various Artists album; Producer [53] )
"Shelter in the Rain"(Stevie Wonder album; Vocal Arrangement, Vocal Producer [53] )
A Time to Love (Stevie Wonder album; Arranger, Producer [53] )
Wow #1s: 31 of the Greatest Christian Music Hits Ever (Various Artists album; Producer [53] )
Boyz in the Sink (VeggieTales album; Vocals, Performer, Guest Appearance [53] )
Dallas Fort Worth Mass Choir [601](Dallas Fort Worth Mass Choir album; Director [53] )
Georgia Mass Choir [DVD](Georgia Mass Choir album; Performer [53] )
Gospo Classics, Vol. 2(Various Artists album; Producer [53] )
Men of Gospo, Vol. 2(Various Artists album; Producer [53] )
Not in My Family: Songs of Healing and Inspiration(Various Artists album; Producer [53] )
Soul Togetherness 2006(Various Artists album; Producer [53] )
Collaborations [Circuit City Exclusive](Jill Scott album; Producer [53] )
Da T.R.U.T.H. and Friends Live!(Da' T.R.U.T.H. album; Guest Appearance [53] )
Essential Donnie(Donnie McClurkin album; Guest Appearance [53] )
Interpretations: Celebrating the Music of Earth, Wind & Fire (Various Artists album; Drums, Keyboards, Programming, Producer, Executive Producer [53] )
Noel(Josh Groban album; Arranger, Director [53] )
Patty Kark Christmas: At the Manger(Patty Kark album; Arranger [53] )
Portable Sounds (Tobymac album; Vocals (background) [53] )
Very Best of Praise and Worship, Vol. 2(Various Artists album; Producer [53] )
Celebration of Gospel: Taking You Higher(Performer [55] )
The Rance Allen Group: The Live Experience(Performer [55] )
WOW Gospel 2002: 12 Top Videos(Performer [55] )
Kirk Franklin: The Rebirth of Kirk Franklin(Executive Producer [55] )
Journeys in Black: Kirk Franklin(aka BET Journeys in Black: Kirk Franklin; Participant [55] )
The Nu Nation Tour
Kirk Dewayne Franklin is an American songwriter, choir director, gospel singer, and rapper. He is best known for leading urban contemporary gospel and Christian R&B ensembles such as The Family, God's Property, and One Nation Crew (1NC) among many others. He has won numerous awards, including 20 Grammy Awards. Variety dubbed Franklin as a "Reigning King of Urban Gospel", and is one of the inaugural inductees into the Black Music & Entertainment Walk of Fame.
Thomas Tyrone "Tye" Tribbett is an American gospel music singer, songwriter and a keyboardist. He is a choir director and founder of the Grammy-nominated and Stellar Award-winning gospel group Tye Tribbett & G.A.
American singer Brandy Norwood entered the music business as a backing vocalist for R&B boy bands such as Immature, prior to launching her own career in 1994. Her discography, as a solo artist, includes eight studio albums, one compilation album, one extended play, 42 singles, 46 album appearances and 25 soundtrack appearances. Norwood has sold over 8.6 million albums in the United States, and more than 40 million records worldwide. Additionally, she has won over 100 awards as a recording artist. In 1999, Billboard ranked Norwood among the top 20 of the Top Pop Artists of the 1990s.
This is a comprehensive listing of official releases by Faith Evans, an American R&B, hip hop and soul singer. As of January 2023, she has released eight studio albums, and thirty singles on Bad Boy Entertainment and Capitol Records.
Kurt Carr is an American gospel music composer and performer. While living in the city of Hartford, Connecticut, he served as Minister of Music at The First Baptist Church of Hartford located at the time on Greenfield Street. He is currently the Praise and Worship leader at The Fountain Of Praise in Houston, TX.
The discography of American R&B and gospel singer Fantasia, consists of seven studio albums and 24 singles. At the age of nineteen, she won the third season of American Idol, earning a record deal with 19 Entertainment and J Records. The season's coronation song, "I Believe", debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot 100. It also peaked at number one in Canada, in addition to reaching numbers four and twenty in Australia and New Zealand, respectively.
Hero is the eighth album by Kirk Franklin, released October 4, 2005 on GospoCentric Records.
American gospel singer Yolanda Adams has released 11 studio albums, 2 live albums and 6 compilation albums. Adams has been named as the "First Lady of Modern Gospel" by the media. With sales of nearly 10 million records worldwide, she was Billboard's Top Gospel Artist of the 2000s and has sold 4.5 million albums in the US since 1991. Five of her albums have reached number one on the US Billboard Top Gospel Albums chart. The Gospel Music Association inducted her into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame. Mountain High... Valley Low remains her best-selling album in the US, being certified Platinum by RIAA, while her albums Believe and Verity Presents: The Best of Yolanda Adams both reached gold status respectively.
God's Property is a collaboration studio album by God's Property, as well as Kirk Franklin's fourth album. It was released on May 27, 1997. At the time of its release, urban contemporary gospel had gained massive ground in the music industry, thus sending the album to its third position peak on the Billboard 200 album chart and making it the first gospel album to top the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, where it reached number one on five nonconsecutive weeks. With sales of 3 million units, it is one of the best-selling gospel albums of all time.
Tanya Trotter is an American actress, musician and author. She began her career as a teen actress, appearing in the 1993 film Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit. She went on to release her debut album Natural Thing (1994), which featured the songs "Through the Rain" and "I'm Gonna Make You Mine". Blount is currently one half of the Grammy-nominated duo The War and Treaty.
"Share Your Love with Me" is a song written by Alfred Braggs and Deadric Malone. It was originally recorded by blues singer Bobby "Blue" Bland. Over the years, the song has been covered by various artists, most notably Aretha Franklin who won a Grammy Award for her 1969 rendition. Other artists who covered the song include The Band in 1973, Kenny Rogers in 1981, and most recently, Van Morrison in 2016.
Kierra Valencia "Kiki" Sheard-Kelly is an American gospel singer and evangelist. She is the daughter of gospel singer Karen Clark-Sheard and COGIC Presiding Bishop J. Drew Sheard and the granddaughter of gospel choral director Mattie Moss Clark. After appearing on her mother's and aunt's albums, Sheard debuted to the music scene with the release of her debut album I Owe You in 2004. Her hit single You Don't Know was inspired by her mother almost losing her life in 2001 to a fatal blood clot. Sheard portrayed her mother in the hit Lifetime movie, The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel.
Interpretations: Celebrating the Music of Earth, Wind and Fire is a tribute album to the R&B band Earth, Wind & Fire produced by Maurice White and released in March of 2007 on Stax Records. The album reached No. 28 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.
American singer and actress Jennifer Hudson has released three studio albums, sixteen singles, five promotional singles and ten music videos. She has also made various contributions to other artist's albums and has appeared on the soundtrack for the 2006 musical film, Dreamgirls.
Dana Hammond is a record producer, composer, songwriter, drummer and bass guitarist.
Whisper a Prayer is the third studio album by British singer-songwriter Mica Paris. It was released on 8 June 1993 by 4th & B'way Records, her last for the label. Recording sessions for the album commenced in the spring of 1992 and concluded the following spring with Paris co-writing four of the twelve songs and producing one. Whisper a Prayer features writing and production from Narada Michael Walden, Rod Temperton and Terry Britten all of whom were top record producers at the time.
Best Days is the third studio album by American recording artist Tamela Mann, released on Mann's own independent record label Tillymann Music Group on August 14, 2012. Best Days debuted at number fourteen on the US Billboard 200 and topped the Top Gospel Albums chart, becoming Mann's highest charting album to date.
Christian R&B is a subgenre of rhythm and blues music consisting of tracks with Christian-based lyrics or by musicians typically known for writing such songs. Music in this genre intends to uplift, entertain, or to give a Christian perspective on a topic. Christian R&B could be considered a subgenre of gospel music, or a cross-genre under both gospel and R&B.
James Nelson Williams, known by the stage name D Train, is an American singer, songwriter, instrumentalist, producer and actor. He rose to fame in the early 1980s with the release of his first album "You're the One for Me", which spawned his first US Billboard Dance chart number-one hit, "You're the One for Me". His debut album would also chart with the hits "Keep On" and the much covered Burt Bacharach hit "Walk on By". He would go on to work with Eaves producing hits on the follow-up albums Music and Something's on Your Mind before being signed to Columbia Records, producing the albums Miracles of the Heart and In Your Eyes. The two parted ways in 1988 and D Train went on to perform on his own label, releasing the album 701 Franklin Ave.
Long Live Love is the twelfth studio album by American musician Kirk Franklin. RCA Inspiration, a division of RCA Records, alongside Fo Yo Soul Recordings released the album on May 31, 2019. It debuted at number-one on the US Top Gospel Albums chart, becoming his 13th release to top the chart, with 20,000 equivalent album units earned in its first week. With this, Franklin became the first artist to simultaneously top all five Billboard gospel charts: Top Gospel Albums, Hot Gospel Songs, Gospel Airplay, Gospel Streaming Songs and Gospel Digital Song Sales.