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Nashville, TN (December 18, 2017) – RCA Inspiration continues to deliver an incredible year of inspiring artists and music, with top rankings for the label and artists spanning across 15 of Billboard’s 2017 Year-End Charts for Gospel, in addition to the magazine’s 2017 Year-End Charts for Songwriting, on Hot Gospel Songwriters with four artists on that chart. RCA Inspiration topped both of the Billboard 2017 Year-End Gospel Charts at #1 on Gospel Albums Imprints and Hot Gospel Songs Imprints, while Verity was also honored at #4 on Gospel Albums Imprints.
Its parent division Provident Label Group also garnered #1 honors on three of Billboard’s 2017 Year-End Gospel Charts, topping the Top Gospel Labels, Gospel Albums Labels, and Hot Gospel Songs Labels Charts. Kirk Franklin, Travis Greene, Donnie McClurkin, and Marvin Sapp garnered numerous Top 10 honors on Billboard’s 2017 Year-End Gospel Charts, while albums and songs from the label in years past have also remained beloved staples for countless fans throughout 2017. The late summer and fall new releases from Marvin Sapp and Travis Greene, as well as rising artists The Walls Group and Koryn Hawthorne, also made a splash on Billboard’s 2017 Year-End Gospel Charts.
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RCA Inspiration’s SVP and GM, Phil Thornton says, “The RCA Inspiration family is incredibly honored to be recognized across these year-end charts and celebrate the artists and creation of vital music that continues to make an empowering impact on listeners worldwide over this past year! We’re grateful to Billboard for the honors and celebrate all the fans who continue to support and experience this musical journey with us.”
Billboard 2017 Year-End Charts
Label Gospel Charts Honors
No. 1-GOSPEL ALBUMS IMPRINTS, RCA INSPIRATION
No. 1-HOT GOSPEL SONGS IMPRINTS, RCA INSPIRATION
No. 1-TOP GOSPEL LABELS, PROVIDENT LABEL GROUP
No. 1-GOSPEL ALBUMS LABELS, PROVIDENT LABEL GROUP
No. 1-HOT GOSPEL SONGS LABELS, PROVIDENT LABEL GROUP
No. 2-CHRISTIAN/GOSPEL ALBUMS LABELS, PROVIDENT LABEL GROUP
No. 2-GOSPEL ALBUMS DISTRIBUTORS, SONY MUSIC
No. 4-GOSPEL ALBUMS IMPRINTS, VERITY
Donnie McClurkin
No. 7–GOSPEL AIRPLAY ARTISTS
No. 7–HOT GOSPEL SONGS PRODUCERS
No. 8-HOT GOSPEL SONGWRITERS
No. 8–GOSPEL AIRPLAY SONGS, I Need You
No. 10–HOT GOSPEL SONGS ARTISTS
No. 12–TOP GOSPEL ARTISTS
No. 12–HOT GOSPEL SONGS, I Need You
No. 16-TOP GOSPEL ALBUMS, The Journey (Live)
No. 24–GOSPEL DIGITAL SONGS, I Need You
Fred Hammond
No. 7–GOSPEL STREAMING SONGS, No Weapons (Fred Hammond & Radical for Christ, Verity/RCA Inspiration/PLG)
No. 20-TOP GOSPEL ARTISTS
No. 22–TOP GOSPEL ALBUMS, Worship Journal Live
No. 27–HOT GOSPEL SONGS, Father Jesus Spirit
No. 28–GOSPEL AIRPLAY SONGS, Father Jesus Spirit
Kirk Franklin
No. 1-HOT GOSPEL SONGWRITERS
No. 2-TOP GOSPEL ARTISTS-MALE
No. 3–GOSPEL ALBUMS ARTISTS
No. 3–GOSPEL AIRPLAY SONGS, My World Needs You feat. Sarah Reeves, Tasha Cobbs, & Tamela Mann (Fo Yo Soul/RCA/RCA Inspiration/PLG)
No. 4–GOSPEL STREAMING SONGS ARTISTS
No. 4-TOP GOSPEL ALBUMS, Losing My Religion (Fo Yo Soul/RCA/RCA Inspiration/PLG)
No. 5-TOP GOSPEL ARTISTS
No. 8–GOSPEL DIGITAL SONGS ARTISTS
No. 9–GOSPEL AIRPLAY ARTISTS
No. 9–HOT GOSPEL SONGS PRODUCERS
No. 13–HOT GOSPEL SONGS, My World Needs You feat. Sarah Reeves, Tasha Cobbs, & Tamela Mann
No. 13–GOSPEL STREAMING SONGS, My Life is in Your Hands (God’s Property from Kirk Franklin’s Nu Nation, B-Rite/Gospo Centric/PLG)
No. 14–GOSPEL DIGITAL SONGS, My World Needs You feat. Sarah Reeves, Tasha Cobbs, & Tamela Mann
No. 14–GOSPEL STREAMING SONGS, Imagine Me (Fo Yo Soul/Gospo Centric/RCA/RCA Inspiration/PLG)
No. 16–GOSPEL STREAMING SONGS, Lean on Me featuring Mary J. Blige, Bono, R. Kelly, Crystal Lewis & The Family (Gospo Centric/Legacy)
No. 18-TOP GOSPEL ALBUMS, The Essential Kirk Franklin (Fo Yo Soul/Verity/Legacy)
No. 32–GOSPEL STREAMING SONGS, Wanna Be Happy? (Fo Yo Soul/RCA/RCA Inspiration/PLG)
No. 38–GOSPEL STREAMING SONGS, Now Behold the Lamb (Kirk Franklin and The Family, Gospo Centric/RCA/RCA Inspiration/PLG)
No. 44-TOP GOSPEL ALBUMS, Hello Fear (Fo Yo Soul/Verity/RCA Inspiration/PLG)
No. 46-TOP GOSPEL ALBUMS, The Nu Nation Project (Gospo Centric/RCA/RCA Inspiration/PLG)
Koryn Hawthorne
No. 50-HOT GOSPEL SONGS, Won’t He Do It
Marvin Sapp
No. 3–GOSPEL STREAMING SONGS ARTISTS
No. 5-TOP GOSPEL ARTISTS-MALE
No. 5–GOSPEL STREAMING SONGS, The Best in Me (Verity/Legacy)
No. 6–GOSPEL ALBUMS ARTISTS
No. 10–TOP GOSPEL ARTISTS
No. 10–GOSPEL DIGITAL SONGS ARTISTS
No. 13-TOP GOSPEL ALBUMS, Playlist: The Very Best of Marvin Sapp (Verity/Legacy)
No. 21–GOSPEL STREAMING SONGS, He Has His Hands on You (Verity/RCA Inspiration/Legacy)
No. 22–GOSPEL DIGITAL SONGS, Never Would Have Made It
No. 24-TOP GOSPEL ALBUMS, Close
No. 25–GOSPEL STREAMING SONGS, Praise Him in Advance (Verity/Legacy)
No. 31–HOT GOSPEL SONGS, Close
No. 37–GOSPEL AIRPLAY SONGS, Close
The Walls Group
No. 40-HOT GOSPEL SONGS, My Life
No. 49-TOP GOSPEL ALBUMS, The Other Side (Fo Yo Soul/RCA/RCA Inspiration/PLG)
Travis Greene
No. 1-TOP GOSPEL ARTISTS-MALE
No. 2-HOT GOSPEL SONGWRITERS
No. 2–GOSPEL DIGITAL SONGS ARTISTS
No. 3-TOP GOSPEL ARTISTS
No. 3-TOP GOSPEL ALBUMS, The Hill
No. 3–HOT GOSPEL SONGS ARTISTS
No. 3–HOT GOSPEL SONGS PRODUCERS
No. 3–GOSPEL DIGITAL SONGS, Made A Way
No. 4–GOSPEL ALBUMS ARTISTS
No. 4–GOSPEL AIRPLAY ARTISTS
No. 5–GOSPEL STREAMING SONGS ARTISTS
No. 9–HOT GOSPEL SONGS, Made A Way
No. 11–HOT GOSPEL SONGS, You Waited
No. 11–GOSPEL STREAMING SONGS, Intentional
No. 14-TOP GOSPEL ALBUMS, Crossover: Live from Music City
No. 15–GOSPEL AIRPLAY SONGS, You Waited
No. 18–GOSPEL DIGITAL SONGS, You Waited
No. 19–GOSPEL STREAMING SONGS, Made A Way
No. 23–GOSPEL DIGITAL SONGS, Intentional
No. 27–GOSPEL AIRPLAY SONGS, Made A Way
William Murphy
No. 9-HOT GOSPEL SONGWRITERS
No. 10–GOSPEL STREAMING SONGS ARTISTS (The William Murphy Project, Integrity/Epic/Legacy)
No. 13–TOP GOSPEL ARTISTS
No. 15–GOSPEL STREAMING SONGS, Praise Is What I Do (The William Murphy Project, Integrity/Epic/Legacy)
No. 16–HOT GOSPEL SONGS, Everlasting God feat. Bishop James Morton
No. 16–GOSPEL AIRPLAY SONGS, Everlasting God feat. Bishop James Morton
No. 20–TOP GOSPEL ALBUMS, Demonstrate
No. 41–HOT GOSPEL SONGS, Arise (You Are Good)
No. 41–GOSPEL STREAMING SONGS, It’s Working
No. 44–GOSPEL AIRPLAY SONGS, Arise (You Are Good)
WOW Gospel Albums
No. 2–TOP GOSPEL ALBUMS, WOW Gospel 2017 (Motown Gospel/Word-Curb/RCA Inspiration/PLG)
No. 23–TOP GOSPEL ALBUMS, WOW Gospel 2016 (Motown Gospel/Word-Curb/RCA Inspiration/PLG)
No. 36–CHRISTIAN/GOSPEL ALBUMS, WOW Gospel 2017 (Motown Gospel/Word-Curb/RCA Inspiration/PLG)
Catalog RCA Inspiration, Verity Releases
No. 9–GOSPEL STREAMING SONGS, Every Praise (Hezekiah Walker, RCA Inspiration/PLG)
No. 16–GOSPEL DIGITAL SONGS, Every Praise (Hezekiah Walker)
No. 18–GOSPEL STREAMING SONGS, Let Go (DeWayne Woods & When Singers Meet, Quiet Water/Verity/RCA Inspiration/PLG)
No. 26–GOSPEL STREAMING SONGS, Grateful (The Reprise) (Hezekiah Walker & LFC, Verity/RCA Inspiration/Legacy)
No. 29–GOSPEL STREAMING SONGS, I Almost Let Go (Kurt Carr & The Kurt Carr Singers, Verity/RCA Inspiration/Legacy)
No. 39–GOSPEL STREAMING SONGS, God Favored Me feat. Marvin Sapp & DJ Rogers (Hezekiah Walker & LFC, Verity/RCA Inspiration/Legacy)
No. 45–GOSPEL STREAMING SONGS, I Need You to Survive (Live) (Hezekiah Walker & The Love Fellowship Crusade Choir, Verity/RCA Inspiration/Legacy)
