Its first week in stores, Richard Smallwood’s Promises debuts at #1 on Billboard’s Gospel Albums chart. Congrats to the maestro!

The rest of Billboard’s top 10 in Gospel…

1 | Richard Smallwood – Promises
2 | Kirk Franklin – Hello Fear
3 | Earnest Pugh – Earnestly Yours
4 | Mary Mary – Something Big
5 | WOW Gospel 2011
6 | Pastor James R. Adams – Times of Refreshing
7 | Trin-i-tee 5:7 – Angel & Chanelle
8 | Deitrick Haddon – Church on the Moon
9 | Lecrae – Rehab
10 | Marvin Sapp – Playlist: The Best Of…

Next week, I’ll be eager to see how Dawkins & Dawkins fares on the charts. Lots of folks have been awaiting their new album, From Now On, which dropped this Tuesday.

Also, if you don’t have Richard Smallwood’s project yet, check out my review and listen to the snippets, then BUY it!