Released May 27, 1997 Label B-Rite, Interscope Genre Urban contemporary gospel | Recorded 1996-1997 Release date 27 May 1997 | |
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God's Property
(1997) The Nu Nation Project
(1998) Artists Kirk Franklin, God's Property Awards Grammy Award for Best Gospel Choir or Chorus Album, Soul Train Music Award for Best Gospel Album Nominations Soul Train Music Award for Best R&B/Soul Album - Group, Band or Duo Similar Kirk Franklin albums, Urban contemporary gospel albums, Other albums | ||
God's Property is a collaboration studio album by Kirk Franklin and God's Property. It was released on May 27, 1997. At the time of its release, urban contemporary gospel had gained massive ground in the music industry, thus sending the album to its third position peak on the Billboard 200 album chart and making it the first gospel album to top the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, where it reached number one on five nonconsecutive weeks.
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RIAA Certification and Chart Success
The album debuted at #3 on the Billboard 200 with first week sales of 119,000 copies, making it the highest charting gospel album at the time (until Marvin Sapp's Here I Am debuted at #2 in 2010). It was also #1 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart for 5 non-consecutive weeks making it the first gospel album ever to top that chart. It was also #1 on the Top Gospel Albums chart for 42 consecutive weeks also making it the longest streak at #1 on that chart, and the album would remain on the chart for 105 weeks total. In October 2001 the album was certified triple platinum with over 3 million copies sold across the United States and remains the best selling gospel album of all time.
Personnel
Musicians
Songs
1Stomp (feat Kirk Franklin & Salt) (remix)5:06
2My Life Is in Your Hands5:35
3It's Rainin'3:49