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Mary Mary - The Sound
The platinum-selling Grammy Award-winning R&B/gospel duo Mary Mary is riding high on the Billboard charts this week with the pair's critically acclaimed new album The Sound, heralded as "Praiseworthy" by People magazine.
The platinum-selling Grammy Award-winning R&B/gospel duo Mary Mary is riding high on the Billboard charts this week with the pair's critically acclaimed new album The Sound, heralded as "Praiseworthy" by People magazine. Released on October 21, 2008, The Sound is currently the nation's #1 Gospel album as it makes its "Hot Shot" debut on Billboard's Top Christian Albums chart and the Top Christian & Gospel charts at #1 while becoming this week's "Greatest Gainer" rocketing from #22 to #1 on the Billboard Top Gospel Albums chart. A bona fide crossover success, The Sound has entered the Billboard Top 200 at #7, giving Mary Mary their highest charting -- and second Top 10 -- album on that chart (2005's Mary Mary peaked at #8 on the Top 200). Mary Mary and The Sound have achieved the highest chart debut on the Top 200 of any gospel album in 2008. In addition, The Sound has made a "Hot Shot" debut on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart at #2. "Get Up," the lead single from The Sound, is currently garnering crossover radio play on Urban, Urban Adult Contemporary, Rhythmic, Gospel and Dance radio formats while charting in a number of formats including #5 Hot Gospel Songs, #12 Hot Adult R&B Airplay, #32 Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, #4 Hot Dance Club Play, and #6 Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles. "That song embodies what the whole album is about," says Mary Mary's Erica Campbell. "It asks people, 'Why are you waiting? Why do you care what other people think?' It reminds us that your beginning can be whenever you want it to be."
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Kurt Carr - Just The Beginning
Kurt Carr's 7th CD Just The Beginning Debuts at the Top of Multiple Sales Charts and Lands on Billboard's Top-100 Albums Chart.
Internationally renowned and celebrated, Kurt Carr is one of the brightest jewels in the crown of Gospel music. His 7th CD JUST THE BEGINNING was released last Tuesday and has debuted at #2 on Billboard's Gospel Albums chart. The CD is also #5 on iTunes' Christian/Gospel sales chart and appears on Billboard's Top-100 albums chart, which is a rare fete for a Gospel artist. Additionally, the first single "Peace & Favor Rest Upon Us" is a high performer at radio and this week is #1 most added as well as #3 most increased spins.
"I am really excited," says Carr who is currently on the final leg of a major market promotional tour. "I am so grateful that even though I've been away a few years, people have not forgotten about me. I have greatly enjoyed producing for other artists who I really admire, but it is great to be back and making music with the wonderful Kurt Carr Singers and I thank everyone for their support."
Kurt Carr has penned numerous #1 songs, including the ubiquitous "In the Sanctuary" - which has been translated into nine different languages, re-recorded by 20 different acts and is a Sunday morning favorite at churches around the globe. Since his 2005 release "One Church," Carr has helmed numerous projects including "I Never Lost My Praise," the critically acclaimed "comeback" CD for the legendary Tramaine Hawkins; and Bishop Paul Morton's powerful "Still Standing." Kurt Carr and The Kurt Carr Singers reunited to record JUST THE BEGINNING , a powerful opus of good 'ole church music with Carr's trademark cross-generational, cross-cultural appeal.
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