- God's Property
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Name = God's Property
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Origin =United States
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Genre = Gospel
Years_active =1993 –present
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Associated_acts =Kirk Franklin
URL =God's Property is a gospel choir, most notably known for its collaborations with
Kirk Franklin and other recording artists.Musical career
The choir began to collaborate with
Kirk Franklin in 1993 and sang backup on his 1995 album, "Whatcha Lookin' 4". Franklin, in turn, produced and co-wrote most of the songs on the group's 1997 album (also produced by Scott "Shavoni" Parker and Buster) citeweb|url=http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1355/is_n23_v94/ai_21256447|title=God's Property sues Kirk Franklin|date=1998-11-02, |accessdate=2007-11-08|work=Jet Magazine] .Kirk Franklin often works out new material with the choir in the studio and has appeared with the choir onThe Late Show with David Letterman . The choir itself has performed withCeline Dion at the encore of the "Call The Man/Power of the Dream" concert inDallas, Texas and on The 10th AnnualEssence Awards withStevie Wonder . cite web|url=http://www.delafont.com/music_acts/kirk-franklin.htm|title=Kirk Franklin, Richard De La Font Agency, Inc.|accessdate=2006-11-18]On
Nov 2 ,1998 , God's Property suedKirk Franklin . The lawsuit, filed in Los AngelesSuperior Court , alleges that Franklin induced God's Property founder Linda Searight into signing an "onerous and one-sided" contract with B-Rite Music.Albums
The choir's
27 May 1997 album God's Property From Kirk Franklin's Nu Nation Audio CD (May 27, 1997), Original Release Date: May 27, 1997, Number of Discs: 1, Label:Gospocentric ,ASIN : [http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000001Y37 B000001Y37 (Amazon.com)] ] withKirk Franklin won theNAACP Image Award for Outstanding Gospel Artist , theNAACP Image Award for Outstanding Music Video , theSoul Train Music Award for Best Gospel Album , and theGrammy Award for Best Gospel Choir or Chorus Album in 1998. The album, driven by the radio hit "Stomp"Billboard , search of archives at [http://www.billboard.biz/ billboard.biz] ] , sold at least 2.7 million copies and was on theBillboard 's gospel chart for at least 71 weeks. . "Stomp" made it onto the following chartsHot 100 Airplay ,Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay , Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Recurrent Airplay,Rhythmic Top 40 ,The Billboard Hot 100 , andTop 40 Mainstream . As of 1997, the album was the highest-charting gospel album in history.References
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