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Anthony Brown &amp; group therAPy enjoyed another big year as the dynamic Washington, D.C. area group maintained its spot as the sixth most popular act of the year on Billboard Magazine\u2019s Top Gospel Artists chart for the second year in a row. Nineteen-year-old newcomer, Kelontae Gavin, from South Carolina, makes his debut on the same chart, coming in at No. 16 for the year off of the strength of his breakthrough radio single, \u201cNo Ordinary Worship,\u201d which has racked up over 10 million streams this year.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"11363\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/gospelflava.com\/v2\/kelontae-gavin-sends-new-music-to-radio\/kelontae-gavin_now900x900\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gospelflava.com\/v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Kelontae-Gavin_NOW900x900-e1505768748486.jpg?fit=500%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"500,500\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Kelontae Gavin_NOW900x900\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gospelflava.com\/v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Kelontae-Gavin_NOW900x900-e1505768748486.jpg?fit=500%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-11363\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gospelflava.com\/v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Kelontae-Gavin_NOW900x900-300x300.jpg?resize=300%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/>Veteran artist, Vashawn Mitchell\u2019s \u201cCross Music\u201d EP features the feverish track, \u201cHe Got Up,\u201d which finished at No. 40 on the Hot Gospel Songs chart for the year. Southern sweetie, Ruth La\u2019Ontra, received an early Christmas gift with her uplifting church anthem, \u201cKingdom,\u201d surfacing on two year-end charts. However, she and her husband, Kashif, are expecting an even greater gift very soon. Their second child is scheduled to arrive on Christmas eve.<\/p>\n<p>TOP GOSPEL ARTISTS OF 2018<\/p>\n<p>Anthony Brown &amp; group therAPy &#8211; No. 6<\/p>\n<p>Kelontae Gavin \u2013 No. 16<\/p>\n<p>GOSPEL AIRPLAY SONGS OF 2018<\/p>\n<p>No Ordinary Worship by Kelontae Gavin \u2013 No. 14<\/p>\n<p>Trust in You by Anthony Brown &amp; group therAPy \u2013 No. 17<\/p>\n<p>I Got That by Anthony Brown &amp; group therAPy \u2013 No. 20<\/p>\n<p>Kingdom by Ruth La\u2019Ontra \u2013 No. 40<\/p>\n<p>GOSPEL DIGITAL SONG SALES OF 2018<\/p>\n<p>Trust in You by Anthony Brown &amp; group therAPy \u2013 No. 5<\/p>\n<p>I Got That by Anthony Brown &amp; group therAPy \u2013 No. 19<\/p>\n<p>No Ordinary Worship by Kelontae Gavin \u2013 No. 25<\/p>\n<p>GOSPEL STREAMING SONGS OF 2018<\/p>\n<p>Worth by Anthony Brown &amp; group therAPy \u2013 No. 13<\/p>\n<p>Trust in You by Anthony Brown &amp; group therAPy \u2013 No. 15<\/p>\n<p>HOT GOSPEL SONGS OF 2018<\/p>\n<p>Trust in You by Anthony Brown &amp; group therAPy \u2013 No. 6<\/p>\n<p>I Got That by Anthony Brown &amp; group therAPy \u2013 No. 11<\/p>\n<p>No Ordinary Worship by Kelontae Gavin \u2013 No. 17<\/p>\n<p>Kingdom by Ruth La\u2019Ontra \u2013 No. 38<\/p>\n<p>He Got Up by Vashawn Mitchell \u2013 No. 40<\/p>\n<p>TOP GOSPEL ALBUMS OF 2018<\/p>\n<p>A Long Way from Sunday by Anthony Brown &amp; group therAPy \u2013 No. 16<\/p>\n<p>The Higher Experience by Kelontae Gavin \u2013 No. 30<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The year of 2018 was another banner year for Tyscot Records nurturing established artists and propelling rising stars to higher platforms. Anthony Brown &amp; group therAPy enjoyed another big year as the dynamic Washington, D.C. area group maintained its spot as the sixth most popular [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":9225,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3400,228],"tags":[1332,174,3336,3886,300,120,4852],"class_list":["post-12697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artist-news-and-updates","category-artists","category-billboard-charts","tag-anthony-brown","tag-billboard","tag-kelontae-gavin","tag-ruth-laontra","tag-tyscot","tag-vashawn-mitchell","tag-year-end-charts"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gospelflava.com\/v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/AnthonyBrown-e1519260629470.jpg?fit=600%2C600&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11852,"url":"https:\/\/gospelflava.com\/v2\/a-packed-weekend-and-three-stellars-for-tyscot-artists\/","url_meta":{"origin":12697,"position":0},"title":"A Packed Weekend and Three Stellars For Tyscot Artists","author":"Gregory Gay","date":"March 29, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"The world\u2019s oldest surviving black gospel music label, Tyscot Records, made a stellar showing at the 33rd annual Stellar Gospel Music Awards this past weekend at the Orleans Hotel and Arena complex in Las Vegas, Nevada. 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