Hero (Kirk Franklin album)

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Released October 4, 2005 Length 73:13 Artist Kirk Franklin Label GospoCentric Records		Recorded July 2005 Producer Kirk Franklin, J Moss Release date 4 October 2005

Hero (2005) Songs for the Storm (2006) Genres Urban contemporary gospel, Rhythm and blues Awards Grammy Award for Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album Similar Kirk Franklin albums, Urban contemporary gospel albums, Other albums

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Hero is an album released by Kirk Franklin, released October 4, 2005 on GospoCentric Records.

Hero was certified as Gold by the RIAA on December 2, 2005 (2005-12-02) and Platinum on December 14, 2006 (2006-12-14).

In 2007 Hero won the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album and "Imagine Me" won the Grammy Award for Best Gospel Song.

Synopsis

Produced by Franklin and J. Moss, the album features songs with several urban contemporary gospel and R&B artists including Dorinda Clark-Cole, Tye Tribbett, Marvin Winans (member of the Winans), Stevie Wonder, and Yolanda Adams.

Personnel

*Note: Personnel listing from Hero album liner.

Vocalists

Ashley Guilbert

Nikki Ross

Daphanie Wright

Anashya Figueroa

Faith Anderson

Erica Davis

Jana Bell

Charmaine Swimpson

Isaac Carree

Eric Moore

Jason Champion

Anthony Evans

Myron Butler

Instrumentalists

Kirk Franklin - Keyboards, Minimoog, Piano, Drum Programming

Terry Baker - Drums

Shaun Martin - Keyboards, Drum Programming, Minimoog, Programming, Drums

Jerome Harmon - Keyboards, Hammond B3

Braylon Lacy - Bass Guitar

Doc Powell - Lead Guitar, Acoustic Guitar

Ernie G - DJ, Keyboards, Programming

Jason Bell - Lead Guitar

Sheila E. - Percussion, Percussion Color

Chris Godbey - Programming

Vidal Davis - Percussion, Additional Instruments

Andre Harris - Percussion, Additional Instruments

Ryan Toby - Percussion

Jason Boyd - Percussion

Humberto Ruiz - Trombone

Lee Thornburg - Trumpet

Paul Cerra - Saxophone

Dave Monsch - Baritone Sax

Jamie Hovorka - Trumpet

Orchestra

Assa Drori – Violin

Agnes Gottschewsky – Violin

Armen Garabedian – Violin

Elizabeth Wilson – Violin

Sally Berman – Violin

Brian Benning – Violin

Irma Neumann – Violin

Berj Garabedian – Violin

Robert Brosseau – Violin

Shari Zippert – Violin

Kazi Pitelka – Viola

Jorge Moraga – Viola

Renita Koven – Viola

Karie Prescott – Viola

Cecilia Tsan – Cello

Dan Smith – Cello

Miguel Martinez – Cello

Earl Madison – Cello

Frances Liu – Contrabass

Nicholas Phillippon – Contrabass

Katie Kirkpatrick – Harp

Gary Foster – Flute

Sheridan Stokes – Flute

Vince Trombetta, Jr. – Flute

Larry Caplan – Flute

Don Shelton – Clarinet

Jeff Driskill – Alto Clarinet

Phil Feather – Bass Clarinet/Oboe

John Mitchell – Eb Contrabass Clarinet/Bassoon

David Duke – French horn

John Reynolds – French horn

Loren Marstellar – Baritone horn

Chuck Koontz – Tuba

Brent Fischer – cymbals/Timpani

Notable Singles

Hero featured the singles "Looking for You" and "Imagine Me". "Looking for You" was released as a single on September 20, 2005 in the U.S. and was a top-five hit on the Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.

Charts

Hero peaked at No. 13 on The Billboard 200 chart on October 22, 2005 (2005-10-22), It also reached No. 4 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.

Awards

In 2006, the album won a Dove Award for Urban Album of the Year at the 37th GMA Dove Awards. The song "Looking for You" also won a Dove Award for Urban Recorded Song of the Year.

Songs

1Intro (America The Beautiful)0:45
2Looking for You4:07
3Hero5:21

References

Hero (Kirk Franklin album) Wikipedia

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