The new Kanye West album, Jesus Is King, made history on the Billboard Charts, ranking No. 1 on five charts as well as dominating the Top 10 slots on both the Hot Christian Songs and Hot Gospel Songs charts.
Jesus Is King is the rapper’s first faith-based album and it topped the all-genre Billboard 200, Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, Top Rap Albums charts, Top Christian Albums and Top Gospel Albums.
He is the first artist ever to monopolize the entire top 10 slots on the Hot Christian Songs and Hot Gospel Songs charts.
The emcee actually dominates the top 11 on Hot Gospel Songs, featuring every song on the 27-minute album.
The newly born-again Chicago native beat out Christian notables Chris Tomlin, Jordan Smith, Casting Crowns, Mercy Me and Lecrae, who ranked in multiple charts in the past.
West’s top seven list on both charts are identical. See the ranking below:
No. 1: “Follow God
No. 2: “Closed on Sunday”
No. 3: “Selah”
No. 4: “On God”
No. 5: “Everything We Need,” feat. Ty Dolla $ign & Ant Clemons
No. 6: “God Is”
No. 7: “Use This Gospel,” feat. Clipse & Kenny G
“Water,” featuring Ant Clemons, “Hands On,” featuring Fred Hammond, and “Jesus Is Lord” round out the top 10 on the Hot Christian Songs.
The Hot Gospel Songs include, “Every Hour,” featuring Sunday Service Choir, at No. 8, and “Water,” “Hands On” and “Jesus Is Lord,” in the 9-11 slots.
With nine studio albums to his credit, West’s Jesus Is King, released Oct. 25, is his ninth consecutive album to debut at the top slot of The Billboard 200.
The album also breaks West’s prior streaming record, giving him his biggest streaming week ever and the fifth largest overall in 2019, at 196.9 million on-demand streams, Billboard reported.
West declared at his Baton Rouge Sunday Service concert on Friday on Bethany Church grounds.
“Number one in the country right now, number one in the world right now, ‘Jesus is King’, Number one song, number one album and they told me I would (inaudible) if I gave my life to Christ but God is showing out.
“Who’s number one? Jesus is number one!” the rapper declared as his gospel choir sang the chorus “Father I stretch my hands to you”.
After the concert, 1,000 people reportedly came to faith in Jesus Christ.
For many years, West publicly projected a god complex through his blasphemous alter ego Yeezus. But in 2019, everything changed for him, and he began his Sunday Service events featuring a gospel choir that re-imagined mainstream songs with Christian lyrics.
source @christianpost
