{"id":1348,"date":"2011-03-30T21:13:43","date_gmt":"2011-03-31T01:13:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.gospelflava.com\/?p=1348"},"modified":"2011-03-30T21:13:43","modified_gmt":"2011-03-31T01:13:43","slug":"hello-fear-debuts-at-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gospelflava.com\/v2\/hello-fear-debuts-at-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Hello Fear Debuts at #1"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It’s the CD that’s become the talk of the town if you will in the music game. Yes, none other than Kirk Franklin’s latest ground breaking album, “Hello Fear”. The album debut at #1 on Billboard’s Gospel Charts, and #5 on Billboard’s Top 200 charts.\u00a0 Kirk is known to make history, and has done it again as the album is the 4th highest Gospel debut in the history of Sound Scan. Prior to release day the album was already the buzz in all of social media as many loyal fans have been waiting on Franklin’s return since his last album, “The Fight Of My Life”. This was\u00a0 evident as the album hit #1 on the Christian\/Gospel Digital Album Charts, #3 on the R&B Charts, and #7 on the Overall Digital Charts.<\/p>\n

Kirk has been a busy man as he continues to tour with Steve Harvey on their Gospel Comedy Tour which is selling out venues across the country.\u00a0 Set your DVR’s as Kirk and his crew will be on The Monique Show\u00a0 April 4, 2011 at 11 p.m. EST on BET performing ” I Smile” and “Before I Die”, and will appear on the GMA Dove Awards on April 24th on the Gospel Music Channel. Franklin is also a New York Time’s Best Selling Author and his book, “The Blueprint” will be available in paperback format as of April 5th.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s the CD that’s become the talk of the town if you will in the music game. Yes, none other than Kirk Franklin’s latest ground breaking album, “Hello Fear”. The album debut at #1 on Billboard’s Gospel Charts, and #5 on Billboard’s Top 200 charts.\u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"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":[27,2,228,62,11,51],"tags":[410,495,169,14,50,443],"class_list":["post-1348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-album-releases","category-artist-news-and-updates","category-billboard-charts","category-charts","category-concertstours","category-television","tag-bet","tag-gma-dove-awards","tag-gospel-music-channel","tag-kirk-franklin","tag-steve-harvey","tag-the-monique-show"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8717,"url":"https:\/\/gospelflava.com\/v2\/a-1-debut-for-kirk-franklin\/","url_meta":{"origin":1348,"position":0},"title":"A #1 Debut For Kirk Franklin","author":"John Burton Jr.","date":"November 24, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"The masses have spoken and declared its a hit! 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