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RCA Inspiration celebrates 16 nominations for the 38th Annual Stellar Gospel Music Awards coming up this summer, with nominations for album and song releases in 12 categories, including the major categories of Artist of the Year, Song of the Year, Albertina Walker Female Artist of the Year, Duo/Chorus Group of the Year, and Album of the Year. The acclaimed projects receiving nominations include the hit collaboration Kingdom Book One by Maverick City Music & Kirk Franklin (Fo Yo Soul/RCA), Clarity by DOE (Life Room Label/RCA Inspiration), and the releases of Worship & Justice by William Murphy and the Kingdom Business: Season 1 Soundtrack. Garnering 8 Stellar Awards nominations, the GRAMMYⓇ-winning acclaimed live collaboration by chart-toppers Maverick City Music & Kirk Franklin is nominated in album and song categories. The group’s live album Kingdom Book One (Tribl Records/Fo Yo Soul/RCA Inspiration), #1 hit Gospel single “Kingdom” (feat. Naomi Raine & Chandler Moore), and the single “Bless Me” are nominated for: Artist of the Year, Song of the Year (“Kingdom”), Duo/Chorus Group of the Year, Album of the Year, Contemporary Duo/Chorus Group of the Year, Contemporary Album of the Year, Urban/Inspirational Single or Performance of the Year (“Bless Me”), and Producer of the Year (producers: Tony Brown, Jonathan Jay, Kirk Franklin, Chandler Moore, Norman Gyamfi). Garnering 6 Stellar Awards nominations is chart-topper DOE, whose hit debut album Clarity was released in partnership between Jonathan McReynolds’ Life Room Label and RCA Inspiration. Clarity (Life Room Label/RCA Inspiration) and her #1 hit Gospel single “When I Pray” are nominated for: Artist of the Year, Song of the Year (“When I Pray”), Albertina Walker Female Artist of the Year, Contemporary Female Artist of the Year, Urban/Inspirational Single or Performance of the Year (“When I Pray”), and Recorded Music Packaging of the Year (packaging: Tyler Simien). Rounding out the Stellar Awards nominations are a nomination for Special Event Album of the Year, for the release of the Kingdom Business: Season 1 Soundtrack, featuring original music from the popular BET+ series “Kingdom Business,” and a nomination for Recorded Music Packaging of the Year (packaging: Tim Parker), for the album Worship & Justice by William Murphy. The 38th Annual Stellar Awards will be taped in Las Vegas, NV on July 15th, 2023 and premiere on the new Stellar TV Network on July 24th. Read the full article

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The NAACP Image Awards win for Kingdom Book One follows the album’s most recent wins at the 2023 GRAMMY Awards that took place February 5th, where the album and two featured songs garnered 3 GRAMMY Awards. Released in 2022, the live album project with Kirk Franklin and the group Maverick City Music was recorded together with the voices of 1,300 inmates in a Florida prison yard, bringing awareness to mass incarceration, and sharing in the power of experiencing God’s love, finding comfort and healing. Read the full article

RCA Inspiration celebrated multiple wins at the 2023 GRAMMY Awards, as the acclaimed album release Kingdom Book One Deluxe (Tribl Records/Fo Yo Soul/RCA Inspiration) swept its 3 nominated categories, winning Best Gospel Album, Best Gospel Performance/Song, and Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song during the GRAMMYs Premiere Ceremony. The live album collaboration between GRAMMY-winning chart toppers Maverick City Music & Kirk Franklin (Fo Yo Soul/RCA) dominated the Gospel categories with Kingdom Book One Deluxe awarded Best Gospel Album, and the songs “Kingdom” awarded Best Gospel Performance/Song and “Fear Is Not My Future” awarded Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song. Kirk Franklin has done it again, since last taking home GRAMMY wins in the Best Gospel Performance/Song and Best Gospel Album categories in 2020 for his most recent solo album LONG LIVE LOVE, and its hit song “Love Theory.” With these three additional wins for this latest album Kingdom Book One Deluxe, this now marks a total of 19 GRAMMY Awards in Kirk Franklin’s career. Recorded with Maverick City Music, Franklin and the group continue to bring the power of Gospel to reach everyone with their 22-track album. Released in 2022, their collaboration created an electrifying live worship experience, recorded in a Florida prison yard together with the voices of 1,300 inmates, to share a message of love and awareness to the plight of mass incarceration. The GRAMMY-winning Gospel song “Kingdom” was written by Kirk Franklin, Jonathan Jay, Chandler Moore, and Jacob Poole. The Contemporary Christian Music-winning song “Fear Is Not My Future” was written by Kirk Franklin, Nicole Hannel, Jonathan Jay, Brandon Lake, and Hannah Shackelford. Next up, the Kingdom Book One album is nominated at the 54th NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Gospel/Christian Album, with voting open at https://vote.naacpimageawards.net/, until February 10th. Separately, Kirk Franklin is one of the executive producers of the popular television series “Kingdom Business,” which was just renewed for Season 2 on BET+. The 65th GRAMMY Awards aired from Los Angeles, on Sunday, February 5th, 2023. Check out the GRAMMY acceptance speeches for their 3 winning categories here: https://youtu.be/gpPs_IpsAeg Check out the album, Maverick City Music x Kirk Franklin: Kingdom Book One Deluxe (Tribl Records/Fo Yo Soul/RCA Inspiration) https://MaverickCityXKirkFranklin.lnk.to/KingdomPR Read the full article

RCA Inspiration celebrates six nominations for the 65th GRAMMY Awards, with nominations for releases spanning both Gospel and the Contemporary Christian Music categories. Garnering nominations are the acclaimed songs and albums by GRAMMY-winning chart toppers Maverick City Music & Kirk Franklin (Fo Yo Soul/RCA) for their musical collaboration, and GRAMMY-nominated chart topper DOE (Life Room Label/RCA Inspiration) for her full-length debut album. With three nominations, 16-time GRAMMY-winner Kirk Franklin and GRAMMY-winning group Maverick City Music are nominated in the category of Best Gospel Album, for their poignant live album collaboration Kingdom Book One Deluxe (Tribl Records/Fo Yo Soul/RCA Inspiration). Two songs featured from their album are their #1 Billboard Gospel Airplay hit “Kingdom,” which is nominated for Best Gospel Performance/Song, and “Fear Is Not My Future,” which is nominated for Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song. With three nominations, DOE makes a smashing debut rising further into the spotlight as a solo artist with Clarity, which is nominated for Best Gospel Album. Marking her full-length debut solo album, two songs featured from Clarity are her #1 Billboard Gospel Airplay hit “When I Pray,” which is nominated for Best Gospel Performance/Song, and “So Good,” which is nominated for Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song. Her new nominations make a total of six career nominations, following DOE’s three prior GRAMMY nominations as a featured artist and in her family group Forever Jones. Released in July 2022, check out the 22-track album by Kirk Franklin and Maverick City Music below, and catch them performing together live as they wrap up their Kingdom Tour this month. Playing to packed arenas on their nationwide tour since the summer, Kirk Franklin also has a slate of solo projects including performing on the famed “Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade” (airing on Thanksgiving, Thursday 11/24 at 9 AM on NBC), hosts Kirk Franklin’s Praise channel on SiriusXM, has new episodes out now from the second season of his podcast “Good Words with Kirk Franklin,” and is executive producing/starring in another holiday movie, “Kirk Franklin’s The Night Before Christmas” (airing on Saturday 12/10 at 8 PM on Lifetime). Maverick City Music x Kirk Franklin: Kingdom Book One Deluxe (Tribl Records/Fo Yo Soul/RCA Inspiration) https://MaverickCityXKirkFranklin.lnk.to/KingdomPR Released in February 2022 by Jonathan McReynolds’ Life Room Label in partnership with RCA Inspiration, check out the 11-track album by DOE below, and catch DOE live on her headlining solo tour, “A Night of Clarity” Tour during the month of December at City Winery in multiple cities. DOE has continued releasing new solo work with the Spanish tracks out now, “When I Pray (Mi Oración)” feat. Blanca, “En Ti Yo Esperaré (What I’m Waiting For)” feat. TWICE, along with the holiday song “O Come, O Come Emmanuel” feat. IAMSON. She is nominated for Favorite Gospel Artist at the upcoming American Music Awards, and performs on the upcoming “Gospel Superfest Holiday 22” special (airing in national syndication from 11/28 to 12/25, check local listings). DOE: Clarity (Life Room Label/RCA Inspiration) https://doe.lnk.to/ClarityPR!WW The 65th GRAMMY Awards will air live from Los Angeles, Sunday, February 5, 2023 on CBS and stream on Paramount+ at 8 pm ET/5 pm PT. Read the full article

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