Kanye West and his daughter North at Lakewood Church. | photo: Lakewood Church Billboard announced on Wednesday that after only a day-and-a-half of tracking Kanye West's latest gospel unencumber, Jesus Is Born, performed via his Sunday provider Choir, the song assortment is at No. 2 on Billboard's desirable Gospel Albums chart.
Jesus Is Born, launched Christmas Day, comes 2d to West's personal first respectable gospel liberate, Jesus Is King, which reigns as the No. 1 properly Gospel Album for 9 weeks, selling 11,000 in the first week of 2020.
The latest album does not feature West and entirely focuses on the gospel numbers performed at his weekly Sunday service routine. The album isn't a West album, per se, however the famous musician serves because the orchestrator and is answerable for bringing the gospel choir to life by means of the album structure.
The album facets arrangements of Christian classics corresponding to "incredible" and "greater than the rest," together with gospel-style remakes of accepted mainstream songs corresponding to "vulnerable" and "ultra mild Beam," among others.
West's album, Jesus Is King, made historical past on the Billboard charts, rating No. 1 on five charts upon its liberate.
it's the rapper's first faith-primarily based album and it topped the all-style Billboard 200 in November, top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, exact Rap Albums charts, precise Christian Albums and proper Gospel Albums.
he is the first artist ever to monopolize all accurate 10 slots on the hot Christian Songs and scorching Gospel Songs charts. The emcee dominated the properly eleven on sizzling Gospel Songs with each track on the 27-minute album.
The newly born-again Chicago native beat out Christian notables Chris Tomlin, Jordan Smith, Casting Crowns, Mercy Me and Lecrae, who ranked in assorted charts during the past.
West launched Sunday carrier activities in 2019, featuring a gospel choir that reimagined mainstream songs with Christian lyrics. He said he grew to become a born-again Christian throughout this manner and has now devoted his existence to "working for God."
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