BMI Announces The 2021 Trailblazers of Gospel Awards
In addition to the major award winners, BMI also paid homage to the 20 Most Performed Gospel Songs of the Year (2020). This year’s talented group of songwriters includes 19 first-time Trailblazer Award winners including Zacardi Cortez, Cydel C. Young, Renee Spearman, Terrence “Pusha T” Thorton, Natalie Lauren Simms, & Allison Jeffrey LaValley.
Celebrated Award-Winning Series WOW GOSPEL Presents 30 Hit Tracks On WOW GOSPEL 2019
Get the sensational collection WOW Gospel 2019, available now. The latest hit installment from the longtime award-winning WOW Gospel series, the two-disc WOW Gospel 2019 album delivers a total of thirty tracks with today's biggest songs and treasured artists. For over twenty years, the renowned compilation series has charted a course in discovering new voices mixed with fan favorites on each multi-track album, and been a top hit on the Billboard Gospel Albums chart. WOW Gospel is a joint venture from RCA Inspiration, Motown Gospel, and Word Entertainment, and features pioneering legends, new inspirational voices, and superstar pairings.
Hip-Hop Star Desiigner Announced As Headliner Of Chicago's YAS! Fest
Mayor Emanuel and the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events are thrilled to announce hip-hop star Desiigner (“Panda”) as the headliner for YAS! Fest, the youth arts showcase for the Year of Creative Youth presented by Allstate Insurance Company on Saturday, September 22 from 11 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Opening for Desiigner's mainstage performance is 19-year-old breakout artist Ravyn Lenae, a graduate of Chicago High School for the Arts, fresh off her performance at Pitchfork Music Festival last month.
Charles Jenkins and Fellowship Chicago Release Remixes EP Featuring Kim Burrell
Best-selling recording artist, Charles Jenkins & Fellowship Chicago, have dropped a hot new digital EP on the heels of their smash hit, “Grace,” which has spent four weeks at #1 on Billboard's Gospel Airplay chart. The four-song set, “Grace: The Remixes” (Inspired People/Empire), features a new solo by Jenkins, two instrumentals and a fresh collaboration with celebrated vocalist, Kim Burrell. “It is a proven fact that to whom much is given much is required,” Burrell says. “What a joy it was to share studio time with Charles Jenkins and his incredible mind. This release of 'Grace' speaks volumes of what he's capable of. I'm proud to be a part of it.”
Palace Theatre Announces Festival of Praise
Grammy Award winning singer, songwriter, filmmaker, and multi-platinum producer has sold over 15 million albums worldwide, with over 12 #1 hits reaching both gold and platinum status. A Christian Music Icon whose music reaches people from all walks of life. Chance the Rapper recently released a remake of Fred Hammond's song 'Are You Ready' and Jamie Foxx sang his song 'No Weapon' during his NAACP awards acceptance speech. He's worked with and admired by several well-known artists including Stevie Wonder, Snoop Dogg, 2017's 'The Voice' winner Chris Blue, 'American Idol Winners Reuben Studdard & Fantasia Barrino, Boyz II Men, and Jodeci to name a few.
Chart-topping Recording Artist Charles Jenkins Partners With Kevin Liles Management
Chart-topping, urban inspirational recording artist, Charles Jenkins (Awesome, War, Winning), has partnered with Kevin Liles Management. “Charles is a mogul of faith, music and leadership and which we are growing through KWL's proven approach to talent management where we provide a full service home for talent, capable of providing holistic thinking, infrastructure and expertise across all areas of their careers,” says Liles who guides the careers of artists such as D'Angelo, Trey Songz and K.Michelle.
Bounce TV Premieres 'Holiday Praise' TV Special On Christmas Day
Soul Train Award nominated and Stellar Gospel Music Award winning recording artist Charles Jenkins' "Holiday Praise" yuletide musical program will air Sunday, December 25 at 8:00 a.m. (ET) with a repeat broadcast at 9:00 a.m. (ET) on Bounce TV, the fastest-growing African-American network on television. Tease: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3d_n7B2hXdA&feature=youtu.be
William Abrams Releases IRON & STEEL
Growing up, author William Abrams was fascinated by two things-disasters and bridges. He found the perfect subject for his first novel in Scotland's Tay Bridge, a two-mile railroad viaduct that collapsed while carrying a crowded passenger train in 1879. At the time, the Tay was the longest bridge in the world. Its failure only 14 months after completion was front-page news around the world and, prior to the sinking of the Titanic, the most infamous technological disaster in British History.
Multi-Award Winning Recording Artist Charles Jenkins Is 'Winning' At Urban Radio
Chart-topping recording artist Charles Jenkins - who is best known for his Billboard Magazine No. 1 hits "War" and "Awesome" - has ventured out into new musical waters with his hypnotically catchy new beat "Winning." The uplifting anthem of hope and determination was serviced to Urban Adult Contemporary radio earlier this week and has already earned status as the second most added song in the UAC genre with ten new station adds on the Mediabase chart and seven new adds on the Billboard chart.
A.D. THE BIBLE CONTINUES Comes to Blu-ray/DVD Today
A.D.: The Bible Continues, the uplifting spiritual journey through the later chapters of biblical history from executive producers Roma Downey (The Bible) and Mark Burnett (The Voice, The Bible), to Blu-ray and DVD today, November 3.
A.D. THE BIBLE CONTINUES Coming to Blu-ray/DVD 11/3
A.D.: The Bible Continues, the uplifting spiritual journey through the later chapters of biblical history from executive producers Roma Downey (The Bible) and Mark Burnett (The Voice, The Bible), to Blu-ray and DVD November 3.
Pastor Charles Jenkins' 'Any Given Sunday' Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard Music Chart
GRAMMY Award-winning songwriter and Inspired People recording artist Pastor Charles Jenkins and his electrifying choir Fellowship Chicago have earned their second #1 on Billboard Magazine's Gospel Albums sales chart. This one is for the newly released project 'Any Given Sunday' that features the rousing New Orleans BrassBand-flavored Top 5* radio smash '#War.' The ensemble's debut set 'The Best of Both Worlds' spent three weeks at #1on the same chart in the summer of 2012.
Photo Flash: eOne Music Hosts Billboard #1 Gospel Hits Album Party in Chicago
Hosting a Billboard #1 Gospel Hits album celebration in Chicago, eOne Music welcomed a packed crowd of fans and tastemakers to Angels & Kings at the Hard Rock Hotel Chicago on Thursday February 26th, where the night included a meet and greet with gospel artist, and Chicago pastor Charles Jenkins, whose hit song “Awesome” with Fellowship Chicago, is among the #1 hits featured on the compilation.