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January 26, 1970 | Gospel, Christian hip hop
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Kirk Franklin (born January 26, 1970 in Fort Worth, Texas) is an American Gospel music singer and author and is most notably known as the leader of urban contemporary gospel choirs such as the Family, God's Property and 1NC (One Nation Crew).
He signed with Sparrow Records in 1993, releasing Kirk Franklin & The Family. It spent almost 2 years on the gospel charts, also charted on the R&B charts (very rare for a Gospel artist), and went platinum. It stayed at #1 on the Billboard Top Gospel Albums chart for 42 weeks, into 1995. 1997 brought another album, a collaboration with God's Property, aptly named God's Property from Kirk Franklin's Nu Nation.
The single, "Stomp", featuring Cheryl "Salt" James (of Salt-N-Pepa), was a huge hit, enjoying heavy rotation on MTV and other music channels, charting at #1 on the R&B Singles Airplay chart for 2 weeks, and even making it in to the Top 40. God's Property from Kirk Franklin's Nu Nation was #1 on the R&B Albums chart for 5 weeks, #3 on the Pop charts, and would go on to be certified 3x platinum. It also brought Franklin another Grammy and three nominations.
Kirk Franklin's 10th album, The Fight of My Life, was released in the United States on December 18, 2007. The album debuted on the Billboard 200 at #33 with 74,000 copies sold in the first week. It reached #1 on the Top Gospel and Top Christian albums charts and #7 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Chart.
The first single, "Declaration (This is It)," was released on October 23, 2007 and reached #53 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Chart. The album features guest appearances from Rance Allen, Isaac Carree, tobyMac, Da' T.R.U.T.H., Doug Williams, and Melvin Williams.
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Kirk Franklin - Hello Fear
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2011 | Urban contemporary gospel
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Hello Fear is the eleventh album overall by Kirk Franklin released through Verity Records. It is his first studio album in four years. The first single "I Smile" reached #97 on the Billboard Hot 100, ...
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by itemvn | 2 years ago | 75,266 total plays
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Kirk Franklin - Hero
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2005 | Urban contemporary gospel, Hip hop
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Hero is an American Gospel music album released in 2005 by Kirk Franklin on GospoCentric Records.Produced by Franklin and J Moss, the album features songs with several urban contemporary gospe...
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by itemvn | 5 years ago | 44,292 total plays
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Kirk Franklin - The Fight Of My Life
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2007 | Urban contemporary gospel
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The Fight of My Life is an American Gospel music album by Kirk Franklin on GospoCentric Records.Produced by Franklin, James “Jazzy Jordan”, Carla Williams and Jessie Hurst, the album features ...
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by itemvn | 5 years ago | 24,375 total plays
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Kirk Franklin - The Rebirth of Kirk Franklin
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2002 | Gospel
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The Rebirth of Kirk Franklin is a live and studio album by Kirk Franklin.
The Rebirth of Kirk Franklin is the 7th album released by Kirk Franklin. The U.S. release on GospoCentric Records occurred ...
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by itemvn | 4 months ago | 7,423 total plays
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Kirk Franklin - The Nu Nation Project
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1998 | Gospel
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The Nu Nation Project is the fifth studio album by Kirk Franklin. It is his last CD with The Family and God's Property, the first to feature One Nation Crew, and the only one to feature Nu Nation. Kir...
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by itemvn | 4 months ago | 10,652 total plays
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Kirk Franklin - Kirk Franklin and the Family
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1993 | Gospel
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Kirk Franklin & the Family is the first album released by Kirk Franklin. This is also the first album by Franklin in collaboration with the vocal ensemble, The Family. It was released on June 29, 1993...
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by itemvn | 4 months ago | 3,748 total plays
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Kirk Franklin - Kirk Franklin and the Family Christmas
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1995 | Gospel, Christmas
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Kirk Franklin & the Family Christmas is a studio album by Kirk Franklin.
Kirk Franklin & the Family Christmas is the 2nd album by Franklin and is also the second album released by Franklin in colla...
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by itemvn | 4 months ago | 3,501 total plays
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Kirk Franklin - Whatcha Lookin' 4
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1996 | Gospel
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Whatcha Lookin' 4 is an American Gospel music album released in April 1996 by Kirk Franklin & the Family on GospoCentric Records.
Whatcha Lookin' 4 is the third album released by Kirk Franklin. It ...
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by itemvn | 4 months ago | 2,894 total plays
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Kirk Franklin - Hero
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2005 | Gospel
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Hero is an album, the eighth overall, by American urban contemporary gospel singer-songwriter Kirk Franklin, released through GospoCentric on September 20, 2005...
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by itemvn | 4 months ago | 2,217 total plays
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Kirk Franklin - Kirk Franklin Presents 1NC
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2000 | Gospel
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Kirk Franklin Presents 1NC is a studio album by Kirk Franklin with the One Nation Crew. It was released on February 8, 2000.
Kirk Franklin Presents 1NC is the 6th album released by Kirk Franklin. T...
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by itemvn | 4 months ago | 1,696 total plays
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Kirk Franklin - Hello Fear
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2011 | Gospel
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Hello Fear is the eleventh album overall by Kirk Franklin released through Verity Records. It is his first studio album in four years. The first single "I Smile" reached number 85 on the Billboard Hot...
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by itemvn | 4 months ago | 2,511 total plays
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Kirk Franklin - The Fight of My Life
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2007 | Gospel
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The Fight of My Life is an American Gospel music album by Kirk Franklin on GospoCentric Records.
Produced by Franklin, James “Jazzy” Jordan, Carla Williams and Jessie Hurst, the album features song...
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by itemvn | 4 months ago | 792 total plays
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Kirk Franklin - A Season Of Remixes
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2002 | Gospel
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A Season of Remixes is a Gospel music album by Kirk Franklin.
A Season of Remixes is a compilation album released by Kirk Franklin. The U.S. release on GospoCentric Records occurred in 2003.
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by itemvn | 4 months ago | 644 total plays
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