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December 6, 2019

RCA INSPIRATION, VERITY, AND PROVIDENT LABEL GROUP GARNER TOP RANKINGS ON BILLBOARD’S 2019 YEAR-END GOSPEL CHARTS

Source: Billboard

Nashville, TN (December 6, 2019) Continuing to deliver top-tier talent and chart-topping new music, RCA Inspiration remains a dominating force earning major honors across all of Billboard’s 2019 Year-End Charts for Gospel and Gospel Songwriting. Showcasing a combined reflection of sales, airplay, streams, and other data measurements of performance on Billboard’s charts this past year, RCA Inspiration and its parent division Provident Label Group top the rankings across Gospel label charts. Provident Label Group has been named #2 on Billboard’s 2019 Year-End Charts for Top Gospel Album Labels and Hot Gospel Songs Labels. RCA Inspiration has been named #2 on Billboard’s 2019 Year-End Charts for Top Gospel Album Imprints and Hot Gospel Songs Imprints, with Verity also named #4 again on Top Gospel Album Imprints. 

“It is truly an honor to be recognized with these year-end accolades from Billboard. Most importantly, thank you to the talented artists who continue to lend their ministry, creativity and time to deliver heartrending music for listeners to enjoy,” says RCA Inspiration SVP & GM, Phil Thornton.

With sustained chart successes for the albums and songs that have impacted fans the most, RCA Inspiration’s honors on Billboard’s 2019 Year-End Charts include the latest projects and heartfelt classics from Kirk Franklin, Koryn Hawthorne, Donald Lawrence Presents The Tri-City Singers, Marvin Sapp, Travis Greene, and more on the Top Gospel Artists, Top Gospel Albums, Hot Gospel Songs, and Gospel Streaming Songs charts (Chart details listed below).  

Billboard 2019 Year-End Charts

Top Gospel Artists

#2 Kirk Franklin

#4 Koryn Hawthorne

#8 The Tri-City Singers

#9 Marvin Sapp

#11 Travis Greene

#13 William Murphy

#18 Jason Nelson

Top Gospel Artists – Duo/Group

#1 The Tri-City Singers

Top Gospel Artists – Female

#2 Koryn Hawthorne

Top Gospel Artists – Male

#2 Kirk Franklin

#4 Marvin Sapp

#5 Travis Greene

Top Gospel Album Artists

#2 Kirk Franklin

#7 Marvin Sapp

#8 Koryn Hawthorne

#9 Travis Greene

Top Gospel Albums

#2 Kirk Franklin Long Live Love

#5 Koryn Hawthorne Unstoppable

#6 Marvin Sapp Playlist: The Very Best of Marvin Sapp

#8 Kirk Franklin The Essential Kirk Franklin

#12 Travis Greene The Hill

#13 WOW Gospel 2019

#16 Kirk Franklin Hello Fear

#17 Fred Hammond The Best of Fred Hammond

#19 Donald Lawrence Presents The Tri-City Singers Goshen

#20 William Murphy Settle Here

#24 Kirk Franklin The Nu Nation Project

#26 Donnie McClurkin The Journey (Live)

#29 Kirk Franklin Losing My Religion

#31 Kirk Franklin and The Family Kirk Franklin And The Family Christmas

#34 Kirk Franklin The Rebirth of Kirk Franklin

#35 Kurt Carr Bless Somebody Else

#45 WOW Gospel 2018

#49 Travis Greene Broken Record

#50 God Property From Kirk Franklin’s Nu Nation God’s Property

Top Gospel Album Imprints

#2 RCA Inspiration

#4 Verity

Top Gospel Album Labels

#2 Provident Label Group

Top Gospel Album Distributors

#2 Sony Music

Hot Gospel Songs Artists

#2 Kirk Franklin

#3 Koryn Hawthorne

#5 The Tri-City Singers

#9 Jason Nelson

Hot Gospel Songs

#1 Kirk Franklin “Love Theory”

#3 Donald Lawrence Presents The Tri-City Singers Featuring Le’Andria Johnson “Deliver Me (This My Exodus)”

#4 Koryn Hawthorne “Won’t He Do It”

#10 Koryn Hawthorne “Unstoppable”

#16 Jason Nelson “Forever”

#29 William Murphy “Settle Here”

#44 Marvin Sapp “Listen”

Hot Gospel Songs Imprints

#2 RCA Inspiration

#4 Fo Yo Soul

#5 RCA

Hot Gospel Songs Labels

#2 Provident Label Group

Hot Gospel Songs Producers

#4 Donald Lawrence

#5 Kirk Franklin

#6 Ronald Hill

Gospel Airplay Artists

#4 Kirk Franklin

#7 Koryn Hawthorne

#8 The Tri-City Singers

Gospel Airplay Songs

#1 Donald Lawrence Presents The Tri-City Singers Featuring Le’Andria Johnson “Deliver Me (This My Exodus)”

#2 Kirk Franklin “Love Theory”

#8 Koryn Hawthorne “Unstoppable”

#28 Jason Nelson “Forever”

#32 William Murphy “Settle Here”

#44 Marvin Sapp “Listen”

#48 Kurt Carr “Bless Somebody Else (Dorothy’s Song)”

Gospel Digital Song Sales Artists

#2 Kirk Franklin

#4 Koryn Hawthorne

#5 The Tri-City Singers

#6 Marvin Sapp

Gospel Digital Song Sales

#1 Kirk Franklin “Love Theory”

#2 Donald Lawrence Presents The Tri-City Singers Featuring Le’Andria Johnson “Deliver Me (This My Exodus)”

#5 Koryn Hawthorne “Won’t He Do It”

#7 Marvin Sapp 6“Never Would Have Made It”

#12 Hezekiah Walker “Every Praise”

#13 Koryn Hawthorne “Unstoppable”

#15 Jason Nelson “Forever”

#20 Kirk Franklin “I Smile”

#24 Koryn Hawthorne Featuring Natalie Grant “Speak The Name”

Gospel Streaming Songs Artists

#4 Kirk Franklin

#5 Koryn Hawthorne

#6 Hezekiah Walker

#7 Marvin Sapp

Gospel Streaming Songs

#4 Koryn Hawthorne “Won’t He Do It”

#9 Kirk Franklin “Love Theory”

#11 Marvin Sapp “The Best In Me”

#13 Hezekiah Walker & LFC Marvin Sapp & DJ Rogers “God Favored Me”

#16 Hezekiah Walker “Every Praise”

#20 Hezekiah Walker & LFC “Grateful (The Reprise)”

#26 Donald Lawrence Presents The Tri-City Singers Featuring Le’Andria Johnson “Deliver Me (This My Exodus)”

#29 Travis Greene “Intentional”

#31 Fred Hammond & Radical For Christ “No Weapon”

#32 God’s Property From Kirk Franklin’s Nu Nation “My Life Is In Your Hands”

#34 Travis Greene “Made A Way”

#39 Fred Hammond “We’re Blessed”

#41 Kirk Franklin “Revolution”

#42 Kurt Carr & The Kurt Carr Singers “I Almost Let Go”

#47 Kirk Franklin And The Family “Melodies From Heaven”

#50 Kirk Franklin “Just For Me”

Adult R&B Artists

#8 Kirk Franklin

Adult R&B Songs

#4 Kirk Franklin “Love Theory”

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