Testimony (Virtue album)

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Testimony
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Studio album by
ReleasedJune 20, 2006; February 3, 2015 (re-issue)
Recorded20052006, 2015
Genre Urban contemporary gospel
R&B
Length57:46
Label Darckchild Gospel, Mixed Bag Entertainment
Producer Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins
Virtue chronology
Nothing But The Hits
(2004)
Testimony
(2006)
Fearless
(2016)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Testimony is the sixth album by the gospel group Virtue. It includes the single "Follow Me" which peaked on the Billboard Hot Gospel Songs Chart at number four, [2] and remained on the chart for 42 weeks. The single then ranked number 23 on the Billboard Hot Gospel Songs (Year End) Chart of 2006. [3] The album was re-released nine years later in 2015 as Testimony Reloaded with two new songs, "You Are" and "You Deserve".

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Follow Me" - 3:42
  2. "Testimony" - 3:53
  3. "Medley: The Sky Is The Limit/Sky's The Limit" - 3:50 (Contains an interpolation from Sky's the Limit by The Notorious B.I.G. featuring 112)
  4. "123 Praise!" (featuring T-Bone) - 4:34
  5. "Give Him The Praise" - 3:33
  6. "Thank You Jesus" - 4:01
  7. "Fall Again" - 4:09
  8. "Nothing Ever Mattered" - 4:18
  9. "Get Up" - 5:10
  10. "Praises To You" (featuring Martha Munizzi) - 4:06
  11. "Praises To You (Reprise)" (featuring Martha Munizzi) - 1:51
  12. "Holy" - 5:22
  13. "Down With It" - 4:52
  14. "123 Praise!" (Remix) [bonus track] - 4:25

Testimony Reloaded

  1. "You Are" - 3:43
  2. "You Deserve" - 3:32

Chart history

Testimony

Chart (2006)Peak
position
US Top Gospel Albums (Billboard) [4] 23

Testimony: Reloaded

Chart (2015)Peak
position
US Top Gospel Albums (Billboard) [5] 21

Awards

In 2007, the album was nominated for a Dove Award for Urban Album of the Year at the 38th GMA Dove Awards. [6]

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