God's Property

God's Property

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Name = God's Property


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Genre = Gospel
Years_active = 1993–present
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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 on The Late Show with David Letterman. The choir itself has performed with Celine Dion at the encore of the "Call The Man/Power of the Dream" concert in Dallas, Texas and on The 10th Annual Essence Awards with Stevie 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 sued Kirk Franklin. The lawsuit, filed in Los Angeles Superior 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)] ] with Kirk Franklin won the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Gospel Artist, the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Music Video, the Soul Train Music Award for Best Gospel Album, and the Grammy 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 the Billboard's gospel chart for at least 71 weeks. . "Stomp" made it onto the following charts Hot 100 Airplay, Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay, Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Recurrent Airplay, Rhythmic Top 40, The Billboard Hot 100, and Top 40 Mainstream. As of 1997, the album was the highest-charting gospel album in history.

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