Kirk Franklin‘s all-star single “My World Needs You,” featuring Sarah Reeves, Tasha Cobbs and Tamela Mann, ascends 2-1 in its 24th week on Billboard‘s Gospel Airplay chart (dated July 15). Franklin and Mann each complete their fifth trip to No. 1 on Gospel Airplay, tying James Fortune & FIYA for the most leaders in the chart’s 12-year history. […]
Kirk Franklin, celebrated 20 years in the gospel music industry last year with a 20 Year In One Night Tour, and now the Grammy Award winning gospel artist, “God’s Property” album is celebrating the 20th year anniversary of its release. The album was released May 1997. At the time of its release, urban contemporary gospel […]
Kirk Franklin’s son, Caziah Franklin is following in his father’s footsteps. Caziah or “Caz” as they call him, posted a beautiful video of himself singing Chris Tomlin’s “Good Good Father” while playing the guitar. Check it out: The elder Franklin is one proud father, he posted the following message about the video: MY SON!!!!!!!!!!! @cfrank2000 i sleep well now […]
Grammy award winning gospel artist, Kirk Franklin will be honored at the National Museum of African-American Music‘s fourth annual Legends Luncheon this summer. Franklin will be honored for his extraordinary contributions to the music industry during the special ceremony, which will be held in Nashville, Tennessee. The Legends Luncheon, which is an offshoot of the museum’s “My […]
Photo courtesy of RCA Inspiration): Members of the RCA Inspiration team with Kirk Franklin and Ron Hill. (L-R) Chris Anderson (Director of Marketing, RCA Inspiration); Phil Thornton (SVP & GM, RCA Inspiration); Charlene Bryant (Sales Manager, RCA Inspiration); Kirk Franklin; Tamar Rand (VP Promotions & Strategy, RCA Inspiration); Justin Tomlinson (Marketing Coordinator, RCA Inspiration); Ron […]
Here’s what we know. Kirk Franklin has been in the industry for 25 years. And since his first album debuted in 1992, Gospel’s hype man has worked with everyone from R. Kelly, Cheryl ‘Salt’ James and Pharrell Williams to more recently Chance The Rapper and Kanye West. We test out Kirk’s knowledge of some of Hollywood […]
A big day for both Kirk Franklin and Tamela Mann! The Duo took home the Grammy Award for Best Gospel Performance/Song for the song “God Provides” (Franklin wrote the song). Franklin also took home the Grammy for Best Gospel Album for “Losing My Religion.” Hillary Scott & The Scott Family took home two Grammy awards for Best Contemporary […]
Kirk Franklin says he’s tired of arguing with fellow Christians on social media. After Franklin spoke out against Pastor Saiko Woods who said his daughter dresed like a “wh—” and bullied his her online last week, the gospel musician admitted that public debates with other Christians leave him feeling fatigued. “I’m tired. I really am, […]
Two professing Christians thought it was a good idea to cyberbully Kennedy Franklin, the daughter of GRAMMY® Award-winning gospel musician Kirk Franklin. Once word God back to Dad that his baby girl was in emotional distress over the aggressive Internet trolls’ social media attacks, the “Stomp” songwriter clapped back. “It’s 10 am here in Tokyo […]
GETTY IMAGES: Things may not have gone as planned this year, but that’s not stopping gospel singer Kirk Franklin from honoring his wife Tammy on the occasion of the couple’s 21st wedding anniversary. The “Wanna Be Happy?” songwriter, who was unable to take his “queen” out for a date this year due to illness, posted […]
Gospel music veteran and 10-time Grammy winner Kirk Franklin unveils his latest single, My World Needs You, from his latest album Losing My Religion. Kirk talks to the Tom Joyner Morning Show about the role of the church in this society, declining Donald Trump’s invitation to the Inauguration and much more. About Chrisette Michele and Travis […]
A recent breakfast conversation left gospel songwriter Kirk Franklin weeping and expressing sincere gratitude. The “Wanna Be Happy?” singer broke bread with Canadian-American Christian apologist Ravi Zacharias, a man whose life is committed to defending the Christian faith. “His mind game on answering and teaching on the most difficult and controversial subjects of the Bible […]
