RCA Inspiration continues to deliver a trailblazing range of talent as one of the premiere labels in Gospel and inspirational music, garnering major honors and top rankings on Billboard’s 2020 Year-End Charts in their Gospel categories. Measuring sales, airplay, and other music consumption data from Billboard’s charts in the past year, RCA Inspiration and its parent group Provident Entertainment (formerly Provident Label Group) garner top rankings in Gospel label and imprints lists.
Provident Label Group has been named #2 on Billboard’s 2020 Year-End Charts for Top Gospel Labels, Top Gospel Albums Labels and Hot Gospel Songs Labels. RCA Inspiration has been named #2 on Billboard’s 2020 Year-End Charts for Top Gospel Albums Imprints and Hot Gospel Songs Imprints, with Verity also #4 on the list of Top Gospel Albums Imprints.
Phil Thornton, RCA Inspiration SVP & GM says, “We are honored to garner this recognition from Billboard’s Year-End lists for 2020, and celebrate the artists on this list who continue to create music that lifts our spirits, brings us together and inspires our faith.”
RCA Inspiration’s artists and music projects on Billboard’s 2020 Year-End Charts in the Gospel categories include new hit releases and beloved fan favorites that continue to impact the charts, from new songs to compilations from Kirk Franklin (Fo Yo Soul/RCA), Travis Greene, Marvin Sapp, Kierra Sheard, Koryn Hawthorne, Donald Lawrence Presents The Tri-City Singers, Donnie McClurkin, Hezekiah Walker, Mali Music, and more (Chart details listed below).
Billboard 2020 Year-End Charts
Top Gospel Artists
#2 Kirk Franklin
#5 Travis Greene
#6 Marvin Sapp
#7 Kierra Sheard
#8 Koryn Hawthorne
Top Gospel Artists – Female
#2 Kierra Sheard
#3 Koryn Hawthorne
Top Gospel Artists – Male
#2 Kirk Franklin
#3 Travis Greene
#4 Marvin Sapp
Top Gospel Labels
#2 Provident Label Group
Top Gospel Albums Artists
#2 Kirk Franklin
#6 Marvin Sapp
#7 Koryn Hawthorne
#8 Travis Greene
Top Gospel Albums
#5 Playlist: The Very Best of Marvin Sapp
#6 Hello Fear (Kirk Franklin)
#7 Long Live Love (Kirk Franklin)
#8 Unstoppable (Koryn Hawthorne)
#10 KIERRA (Kierra Sheard)
#12 The Hill (Travis Greene)
#15 Goshen (Donald Lawrence Presents The Tri-City Singers)
#16 The Essential Kirk Franklin
#17 The Nu Nation Project (Kirk Franklin)
#20 Broken Record (Travis Greene)
#26 God’s Property (God’s Property from Kirk Franklin’s Nu Nation)
#30 The Rebirth of Kirk Franklin
#32 I Am (Koryn Hawthorne)
#36 The Best of Fred Hammond
#37 Kirk Franklin and The Family Christmas
#39 Losing My Religion (Kirk Franklin)
#41 Chosen Vessel (Marvin Sapp)
#42 The Essential Hezekiah Walker
#44 The Book of Mali (Mali Music)
#45 (Pages of Life) Chapters I & II (Fred Hammond & Radical For Christ)
#46 Nothing But The Hits (Fred Hammond)
Top Gospel Albums Imprints
#2 RCA Inspiration
#4 Verity
Top Gospel Albums Labels
#2 Provident Label Group
Top Gospel Albums Distributors
#2 Sony Music
Hot Gospel Songs Artists
#2 Kirk Franklin
#3 Travis Greene
#6 Kierra Sheard
Hot Gospel Songs
#2 Love Theory (Kirk Franklin)
#10 Won’t Let Go (Travis Greene)
#13 Just For Me (Kirk Franklin)
#22 Movin’ On (Jonathan McReynolds & Mali Music)
#26 It Keeps Happening (Kierra Sheard)
#29 Thank You For It All (Marvin Sapp)
#31 Something Has To Break (Kierra Sheard featuring Tasha Cobbs Leonard)
#35 Speak To Me (Koryn Hawthorne)
#37 Strong God (Kirk Franklin)
#49 There Is God (Donnie McClurkin)
Hot Gospel Songs Imprints
#2 RCA Inspiration
#5 Fo Yo Soul
Hot Gospel Songs Labels
#2 Provident Label Group
Hot Gospel Songs Producers
#8 Kirk Franklin
Gospel Airplay Artists
#1 Kirk Franklin
#5 Travis Greene
Gospel Airplay Songs
#3 Won’t Let Go (Travis Greene)
#4 Just For Me (Kirk Franklin)
#22 It Keeps Happening (Kierra Sheard)
#24 Movin’ On (Jonathan McReynolds & Mali Music)
#28 Thank You For It All (Marvin Sapp)
#40 Strong God (Kirk Franklin)
#50 There Is God (Donnie McClurkin)
Gospel Digital Song Sales Artists
#2 Kirk Franklin
#4 Marvin Sapp
#6 The Tri-City Singers
#8 Koryn Hawthorne
Gospel Digital Song Sales
#3 Deliver Me (This Is My Exodus) Donald Lawrence Presents The Tri-City Singers Featuring Le’Andria Johnson
#4 Never Would Have Made It (Marvin Sapp)
#5 Love Theory (Kirk Franklin)
#7 Something Has To Break (Kierra Sheard featuring Tasha Cobbs Leonard)
#10 I Smile (Kirk Franklin)
#12 Thank You For It All (Marvin Sapp)
#15 Every Praise (Hezekiah Walker)
#17 Won’t He Do It (Koryn Hawthorne)
#20 Movin’ On (Jonathan McReynolds & Mali Music)
#25 Speak The Name (Koryn Hawthorne featuring Natalie Grant)
Gospel Streaming Songs Artists
#3 Kirk Franklin
#5 Koryn Hawthorne
#6 Marvin Sapp
#7 The Tri-City Singers
Gospel Streaming Songs
#10 Deliver Me (This Is My Exodus) Donald Lawrence Presents The Tri-City Singers featuring Le’Andria Johnson
#11 Won’t He Do It (Koryn Hawthorne)
#13 Love Theory (Kirk Franklin)
#17 The Best In Me (Marvin Sapp)
#20 God Favored Me (Hezekiah Walker & LFC Featuring Marvin Sapp & DJ Rogers, Sr)
#22 I Smile (Kirk Franklin)
#24 Never Would Have Made It (Marvin Sapp)
#26 Something Has To Break (Kierra Sheard Featuring Tasha Cobbs Leonard)
#27 No Weapon (Fred Hammond & Radical For Christ)
#29 Grateful (The Reprise) Hezekiah Walker & LFC
#30 We’re Blessed (Fred Hammond)
#32 Every Praise (Hezekiah Walker)
#34 Speak To Me (Koryn Hawthorne)
#35 Melodies From Heaven (Kirk Franklin and the Family)
#37 Intentional (Travis Greene)
#43 Never Gonna Break My Faith (Aretha Franklin featuring The Boys Choir of Harlem)
#47 Revolution (Kirk Franklin)
#48 Let Go (DeWayne Woods)