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Virtue | |
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Origin | New Orleans, Louisiana United States |
Genres | Urban Gospel, Contemporary Christian, Inspirational/Worship |
Years active | 1997 – Present |
Labels | Verity Records (1997–2005) Darkchild Gospel (2006–2007) Mixed Bag Entertainment (2014 – Present) |
Members | Ebony Holland Heather Martin Karima Kibble |
Past members | Negelle Sumter (1995-2001) Shavonne Sampson (1995–1999) |
Virtue is an American gospel music group. The group currently consists of Ebony Holland, Karima Kibble and Heather Martin.
Virtue was formed in 1994 by Karima Trotter (Kibble), Ebony Trotter (Holland), Negelle Sumter, and Shavonne Sampson. All four women attended the historically Black Seventh-day Adventist institution, Oakwood University (then Oakwood College).
Their self-titled debut album, Virtue, was released on April 29, 1997 by Verity Records. The album peaked at number 18 on Billboard's Christian Albums, and number 6 on Billboard's Top Gospel Albums.
Virtue released several other albums throughout the late 1990s and early 2000s, including Get Ready (1999), Virtuosity (2001), Free (2003), and Testimony (2006).
After Testimony, no new content was released by the group for over 9 years. On the 26th of February 2016, the group released the album Fearless, their 7th studio album, which charted at number 3 on Billboard's Top Gospel Albums, their highest charting album to date.
Title | Album details | Chart positions | ||
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US Gospel [1] | US Christ. [2] | US Heat. [3] | ||
Virtue | 6 | 18 | — | |
Get Ready |
| 4 | 10 | 22 |
Virtuosity |
| 4 | 23 | 33 |
Free |
| 10 | 34 | — |
Testimony |
| 23 | — | — |
Fearless | 3 | — | — |
Title | Album details | Chart positions | ||
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US Gospel [1] | US Christ. [2] | US Heat. [3] | ||
Testimony Reloaded |
| 21 | — | — |
Title | Album details | Chart positions | ||
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US Gospel [1] | US Christ. [2] | US Heat. [3] | ||
Nothing But the Hits |
| — | — | — |
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||||
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US Gospel [12] | US Gospel Airplay [13] | |||||||||||
"Greatest Part Of Me" | 1997 | — | — | Virtue | ||||||||
"Let the Redeemed" | — | — | ||||||||||
"I Must Tell Jesus" | — | — | ||||||||||
"My Heart's With You" | 1999 | — | — | Get Ready | ||||||||
"Get Ready" | — | — | ||||||||||
"Love Me Like You Do" | — | — | ||||||||||
"Angels Watching Over Me" | — | — | ||||||||||
"Put Your War Clothes On" | — | — | ||||||||||
"He's Been Good" | 2001 | — | — | Virtuosity | ||||||||
"Till You Believe" | — | — | ||||||||||
"Gotta Worship" | — | — | ||||||||||
"Down on My Knees" | — | — | ||||||||||
"Healin'" | 2003 | — | — | Free | ||||||||
"Lord. I Lift My Hands" | — | — | ||||||||||
"You Just Be You" | — | — | ||||||||||
"Follow Me" | 2006 | 4 | 4 | Testimony | ||||||||
"You Are" | 2014 | — | 17 | Testimony Reloaded and Fearless | ||||||||
"Walk it Out" | 2015 | — | — | Fearless | ||||||||
"Miracle" | 2016 | — | 23 | |||||||||
"—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart. |
Virtue performed on the Sisters in the Spirit tour with Shirley Caesar, Yolanda Adams and Mary Mary. [14] They also performed on the Evolution II Tour 2003 with Byron Cage, Percy Bady Tonex, Lisa McClendon, and Corey Red & Precise. [15]
They appeared on the album Bridges: Songs of Unity and Purpose in a duet with Clay Crosse and sang background for Darwin Hobbs on the song So Amazing from his album Vertical.
Title (Artist) | Year | Album |
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"The First Noel" [16] (Virtue) | 1998 | The Real Meaning of Christmas, Vol. 2 |
"Together" [17] (Clay Crosse & Virtue) | 1999 | Bridges - Songs of Unity and Purpose |
"Can You Hear the Angels?" [18] (Virtue) | The Real Meaning of Christmas, Vol. 3 | |
"So Amazing" [19] (Darwin Hobbs featuring Virtue) [20] | 2000 | Vertical |
"So Amazing" [21] (Oakwood University USM Compilation featuring Virtue) | 2008 | The Experience |
Year | Award-giving body | Award Category | Song /Album Title |
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2003 | Dove Awards | Urban Album of the Year | Free |
2006 | Grammy Awards | Nominated for Gospel Album of the Year | Testimony |
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