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Kanye West’s Sunday Service Choir Has Impressive Debut On Billboard’s Gospel Charts With The Album “Jesus Is Born”

<p>&num;Roommates&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;kanye-west-reportedly-set-to-take-his-sunday-service-to-yankee-stadium-with-joel-osteen&sol;">Kanye West<&sol;a>’s musical winning streak continues&comma; as he is officially closing out 2019 with another musical success&period; His Sunday Service Choir released its debut album on Christmas Day—and it hit the charts in a big way&comma; just missing the number one spot&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>After tying his own solo Billboard chart record earlier this year with his album &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Jesus Is King” that debuted at number one&comma; Kanye West has proved his musical touch is pure magic—and his incredibly talented Sunday Service Choir is reaping the benefits&period; &commat;Billboard reports that the Sunday Service Choir’s first album &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Jesus Is Born” has <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;billboard&period;com&sol;articles&sol;business&sol;chart-beat&sol;8547196&sol;kanye-west-sunday-service-choir-jesus-is-born-debuts-on-top-gospel-albums-chart&quest;utm&lowbar;medium&equals;social&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;source&equals;twitter&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;source&equals;t&period;co&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;medium&equals;referral">officially debuted<&sol;a> at the number two spot on the Gospel Albums chart&period; The album missed the number one spot because Kanye’s &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Jesus Is King” still remains at number one after nine weeks&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to official industry tracking estimates of its sales&comma; Kanye’s second spiritually-based project&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Jesus Is Born&comma;” which is credited to his Sunday Service Choir&comma; entered the Top Gospel Albums chart with 6&comma;000 equivalent album units earned &lpar;3&comma;000 in album sales&rpar; in the week ending December 26<sup>th<&sol;sup>&period; The Sunday Service Choir&comma; the musical collective that voices his incredibly popular Sunday Service live shows&comma; is the central focus and serves up some beautiful renditions of R&amp&semi;B classics given an updated&comma; spiritual twist—with Ye at the helm as executive producer&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Among the 19 songs on &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Jesus Is Born” some of the standouts include the spiritual reworkings of classics&comma; such as &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Rain” and &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Weak” by SWV&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Back To Life” by Soul II Soul and Kanye’s own &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Father Stretch My Hands&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Kanye’s &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Jesus Is King” made history when it was released a few months ago&comma; debuting at number one on the Top Gospel Albums&comma; Top Christian Albums&comma; Billboard 200&comma; Top R&amp&semi;B&sol;Hip-Hop Albums and Top Rap Albums&period; It was also the first album in history to top all those charts at once&period; Let’s see if the Sunday Service Choir can match their leader and make some history of their own&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Roommates&comma; what are your thoughts on this&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; center&semi;&semi;"> <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-container" data-ver&equals;"1&period;3&period;10" data-post&lowbar;id&equals;"55813" data-show&lowbar;count&equals;"true" data-enable&lowbar;share&equals;"onclick" data-behavior&equals;"regular" data-animation&equals;"true" data-share&lowbar;url&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;kanye-wests-sunday-service-choir-has-impressive-debut-on-billboards-gospel-charts-with-the-album-jesus-is-born&sol;" data-secure&equals;"73f3d8639b"> <div class&equals;"wpra-call-to-action" style&equals;"color&colon; 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