The Clark Sisters are an American gospel vocal group originally consisting of five sisters: Jacky Clark Chisholm, Denise "Niecy" Clark-Bradford, Elbernita "Twinkie" Clark, Dorinda Clark-Cole, and Karen Clark Sheard. The Clark Sisters are the daughters of gospel musician and choral director Dr. Mattie Moss Clark. They are credited for helping to bring gospel music to the mainstream and are considered pioneers of contemporary gospel.
Rascal Flatts was an American country music band founded in 1999 in Nashville, Tennessee. The band consisted of Gary LeVox, Jay DeMarcus, and Joe Don Rooney. DeMarcus is LeVox's second cousin, a brother-in-law of country music singer James Otto, and a former member of the contemporary Christian music duo East to West.
Commissioned is an American urban contemporary gospel group from Detroit, Michigan. Members included Fred Hammond, Keith Staten, Karl Reid, Mitchell Jones, Marvin Sapp, Marcus Cole and Montrell Darrett.
Me and My Gang is the fourth studio album by the American country music group Rascal Flatts, released on April 4, 2006 by Lyric Street Records. The album became the highest US debut of 2006, with 721,747 units and went double platinum in the first month of release. The album spent three weeks at number one on the Billboard 200 chart. It was the best selling album and the best selling country album of 2006. It has sold 4.918 million copies in the United States as of the chart dated March 24, 2012 and was certified 5× Platinum. This is the group's first album to be produced by Dann Huff.
I'll Lead You Home is a 1995 album by Michael W. Smith released by Reunion Records.
"You're the Inspiration" is a song written by Peter Cetera and David Foster for the group Chicago and recorded for their fourteenth studio album Chicago 17 (1984), with Cetera singing lead vocals. The third single released from that album, it reached No. 3 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart in January 1985 and also climbed to the top position on the Adult Contemporary chart at the same time. The song won honors for Cetera from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), in 1986 in the most-performed songs category.
Hero is the eighth album by Kirk Franklin, released October 4, 2005 on GospoCentric Records.
Go Tell Somebody, is the second album by American contemporary gospel music group Commissioned, released in 1986 on Light Records.
On the Winning Side is the third album by American contemporary gospel music group Commissioned, released in 1987 on Light Records.
Will You Be Ready? is the fourth album by the American contemporary gospel music group Commissioned, released in 1988. The album was nominated for a Grammy. It won a GMA Dove Award.
Ordinary Just Won't Do is the fifth album by American contemporary gospel music group Commissioned, released in 1989 on Light Records.
State of Mind' is the sixth album by American contemporary gospel music group Commissioned, released in 1990 on Verity Records. It was the last album with the original line-up of the group. Keith Staten and Michael Brooks left the group.
Number 7 is the seventh album by the American urban contemporary gospel group Commissioned, released in 1991 on Benson Records.
Matters Of The Heart is the eighth album by American contemporary gospel music group Commissioned, released in 1994 on Benson Records. It was the last album with Fred Hammond and Michael Williams, both of whom left after this album.
Irreplaceable Love is the ninth album by American contemporary gospel music group Commissioned, released on March 1, 1996 via Verity Records. It was the last album with Marvin Sapp.
The Commissioned Reunion Live is the eleventh overall album and first live album by the American contemporary gospel music group Commissioned, released on April 23, 2002 via Verity Records.
"Loves Me Like a Rock" is a song by the American singer-songwriter Paul Simon. It was the second single from his third studio album, There Goes Rhymin' Simon (1973), released on Columbia Records. It features background vocals from the Dixie Hummingbirds, a Southern black gospel group. Although the lyrics are not typically associated with gospel music, the Dixie Hummingbirds were eager to record the song with Simon, and they recorded their own version soon after for their 1973 album We Love You Like a Rock/Every Day and Every Hour.
Just Me is the tenth studio album by American singer Keith Sweat. It was released by Atco Records on May 13, 2008 in the United States. The album marked Sweat's debut with the label following his departure from Elektra Records. Just Me became his first regular album to top the US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums in a decade.
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.
Chris Tomlin & Friends is the thirteenth solo studio album by American contemporary Christian singer Chris Tomlin. The album was released via Sparrow Records and Capitol CMG on July 31, 2020. The album features guest appearances by Thomas Rhett, Florida Georgia Line, We the Kingdom, Lady A, Bear Rinehart, Needtobreathe, Brett Young, Cassadee Pope, Russell Dickerson, RaeLynn, Chris Lane, and Blessing Offor. Tomlin collaborated with Brian Kelley, Corey Crowder, Tyler Hubbard, Ed Cash, Dave Haywood, and David Garcia in handling the production of the album.
