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God's Property (album)
''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, ''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. Track listing Chart performance and RIAA certification The album debuted at #3 on the Billboard 200, ''Billboard'' 200 with first week sales of 119,000 copies, making it the highest charting gospel album at the time (until Marvin Sapp's ''Here I Am'' debuted at #2 in 2010). It was also #1 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart for 5 non-consecutive weeks making it the first gospel album ever to top that chart. It was also #1 on the Top Gospel Albums chart for 42 consecutive weeks also making it the longe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
God's Property
God's Property was a gospel choir known for its collaborations with Kirk Franklin, and other recording artists. Music career In 1992, God's Property Choir was organized and founded by Linda Ray Hall-Searight (a public school music teacher) in Dallas, Texas. She and her son, Grammy Awards winner Robert Sput Searight, and daughters Robin and Rachella Searight, were responsible for recruiting all of the original singers and musicians of this choir. Linda Searight groomed the choir into an exceptional performing organization, that was often featured on national television shows in the mid and late 1990s. The choir began to collaborate with Kirk Franklin in 1994, and sang backup on his 1995 album, ''Whatcha Looking' 4''. Franklin, produced and co-wrote most of the songs on the group's 1997 album (also produced by Scott "Shavoni" Parker and Buster & Kevin Bond). Kirk Franklin often worked out new material with the choir in the studio, and appeared with the choir on the ''Late Show wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |