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Blacks Smoke Music Worldwide CEO, Kerry Douglas, has become known all over the gospel music world as the man who turns unknown singers into gospel’ s next superstars.Among the artists he’ s broken is James Fortune & FIYA whose 2008 break through song “ I Trust You” spent 29 weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot Gospel Songs chart – the second longest run in the history of the chart. Fortune and FIYA are back at #1 this week with America’ s favorite inspirational anthem, “ I Believe.” The song featuring Zacardi Cortez and Shawn McLemore spent five weeks at #1 on Billboard’ s Hot Gospel Songs chart before getting temporarily knocked to #2 for one week. “ We’ re back at #1 now,”says Douglas who personally promoted the single to radio.

The song is featured on the Top Ten, Kerry Douglas Presents Gospel Mix I V, a CD/DVD compilation of rising gospel artists. The set also features Earnest Pugh’ s up-tempo hit “ The Great I Am” that is currently #1 on the Radio & Records Recurrent chart.The CD boasts other songs climbing the charts such as Keith “ Wonderboy” Johnson’ s R& B styled groove, “ True Love,” and Shawn McLemore’ s church rocker, “ Been So Good.” Also making noise is Jimmy Hicks’ quartet tune, “ Back Up” and Pugh’ s ballad, “ Perfect Peace.” Of the latter, Douglas says, “ This is the one that you better watch because its going to rise fast.” The package also includes a 14-track DVD featuring live performances or concept videos of all of the aforementioned artists and others.

“ We’ re doing something no one else is doing,” says Douglas. “ We’ re not taking old hits and repackaging them. We’ re taking new songs and making them today’ s hits through the Gospel Mix IV CD/DVD.” Douglas is insuring the project’ s success with an aggressive marketing campaign that will feature radio and national television advertising, and a Motown Revue-styled fall concert tour (by bus) starring the various artists featured on the Gospel Mix IV. “ It’ s part of my vision to take artists who have talent and anointing and give them a national platform,” Douglas adds.

KERRY DOUGLAS DOES IT AGAIN!!!

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