In light of vocalist Earnest Pugh’s success and inspiring career in gospel music, Houston and the Honorable Mayor Sylvester Turner, will host a special ceremony to commemorate Pugh’s eleventh Billboard Top 20 radio single, “I Need You to Breathe.” Pugh makes history as no other Houston recording artist has earned as many Billboard Gospel Airplay chart hits since its 2005 launch. The event is Monday, May […]

 RCA Inspiration celebrates multiple nominations across all top Gospel categories for the 2017 Billboard Music Awards, with six total nominations for chart-toppers Kirk Franklin (Fo Yo Soul/RCA)and Travis Greene.  With Billboard Music Awards nominations culled from numerous measurements tracked by Billboard and its data partners, Franklin and Greene garner three nominations each, across all three […]

And the nominations are in! The 2017 Billboard Awards nominations were released, weeks before the show itself airs May 21st on ABC. The Gospel category… Top Gospel Artist: Jekalyn Carr Tamela Mann Kirk Franklin Travis Greene Hezekiah Walker Top Gospel Album: Tamela Mann, One Way Kirk Franklin, Losing My Religion Travis Greene, The Hill Tasha Cobbs, One […]

JOE PACE PRESENTS: PASTOR H.B. CHARLES, JR. AND THE SHILOH CHURCH CHOIR makes its debut at #2 on the Billboard Gospel Albums Chart. The CD marks the return of Joe Pace after a 6 year hiatus as well as Pace’s highest career charting debut. The multiple Stellar and Dove Award winner shared these sentiments: “To […]

Jekalyn Carr hits big with The Life Project, her third album and first live recording making its debut at number one on the Billboard Top Gospel Albums chart.  Carr’s single You’re Bigger also makes its way into the top spot on the Billboard Top Digital Downloads chart. The Life Project, which dropped on August 5th […]

GRIFF‘s love and respect for his friend and co-host Erica Campbell‘s talents compels him to pray that they get recognized at the Billboard Music Awards show in Las Vegas. His love and confidence in her skills leads him to ask God for some pretty big things, including to “shine down the Lionel Richie, Michael Jackson anointing of receiving awards.” […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – (January 11, 2016) LECRAE is heading back to school in 2016. The two-time Grammy® Award-winning hip-hop artist, known for his music message…

Jackson, MS — The Mississippi Mass Choir (The Mass) is undoubtedly one of the most influential choirs of our generation.  Making their mark in the…

via:blackchristiannews The Rock Church in Birmingham, Ala., says its unusual billboard is serving its purpose, grabbing people’s attention and making patrons of a local strip club think twice about how they spend their money, MyFoxAl.com reported. The church’s sign quotes Jesus from Hebrews, saying simply, “Strip for me.” The message: Instead of spending money in […]