The latest project from sister duo Mary Mary, titled Go Get It, lands at #1 on Billboard’s Gospel Albums chart this week. The album also made a strong debut on the Billboard R&B chart, landing at #3.

Here’s this week’s full top 10 at Billboard:

1 | Mary Mary – Go Get It
2 | Marvin Sapp – I Win
3 | WOW Gospel 2012
4 | Various Artists – Joyful Noise (Soundtrack)
5 | Trip Lee – The Good Life
6 | William McDowell – Arise
7 | Fred Hammond – God, Love & Romance
8 | JJ Hairston & Youthful Praise – After This
9 | James Fortune & FIYA – Identity
10 | Deitrick Haddon – A Beautiful Soul (Soundtrack)

Did anyone decide NOT to grab Mary Mary’s new album? If so, why? Just curious…

Pastor Marvin L. Winans reports that he is “doing fine” after being jumped, carjacked and robbed yesterday at a Detroit gas station.

The attack happened in broad daylight, around 2:30pm, at a Citgo gas station in northwest Detroit, on Davidson and Linwood. Pastor Winans commented that he had noticed around ten young men inside the gas station and he was cautious of the four young men who followed him out of the station, as he began to pump his gas.

Apparently, the young men distracted him, then sucker-punched him, pushed him to the ground and began kicking him. The perpetrators fled with Winans’ 2012 Infiniti QX56 SUV, his watch and a sum of cash.

In addition to pastoring the over-3,000-member Perfecting Church, Winans’ is featured on “Let the Church Say Amen,” which is currently the #1 gospel song in the country, according to Billboard.

Let’s continue to pray for Marvin Winans!

No big debuts this week, though the soundtrack to Joyful Noise experienced a significant sales bump, from the #22 position to the #3 spot. Not sure what caused that, but kudos to ya!

Here’s this week’s full top 10 at Billboard:

1 | Marvin Sapp – I Win
2 | WOW Gospel 2012
3 | Various Artists – Joyful Noise (Soundtrack)
4 | Trip Lee – The Good Life
5 | William McDowell – Arise
6 | Fred Hammond – God, Love & Romance
7 | Elder Goldwire McClendon – The Best of…
8 | JJ Hairston & Youthful Praise – After This
9 | James Fortune & FIYA – Identity
10 | Le’Andria Johnson – The Awakening of…

Next week, I’m expecting a #1 debut for Mary Mary’s new album, Go Get It. Check out this full album review at gmc: http://www.watchgmctv.com/music/review/album/mary-mary-go-get-it

Check out this dope video of JJ Hairston & Youthful Praise performing “Grateful” unplugged!

“Grateful” is from JJ & YP’s latest album, After This, which debuted at #1 on Billboard when it was released several weeks ago.

In this video, I love how we get to step into an already-in-progress worship session. The result is a heartfelt and passionate performance that you can’t help but jump into.

Whatcha think?!

With his newest album, titled I Win, Marvin Sapp sells nearly 45,000 units and debuts at #1 on Billboard’s Gospel Albums chart, as well as #9 on the Billboard 200.

Smokie Norful debuts at #4 with his latest album, a compilation titled Once In A Lifetime. And Anita Wilson’s debut album, Worship Soul lands at #14. Not nearly enough sales, in my opinion, but I’m banking on a rise over the next several weeks.

The Top 10 in Gospel is right here for ya:

1 | Marvin Sapp – I Win
2 | JJ Hairston & Youthful Praise – After This
3 | WOW Gospel 2012
4 | Smokie Norful – Once In A Lifetime
5 | Fred Hammond – God, Love & Romance
6 | James Fortune & FIYA – Identity
7 | Le’Andria Johnson – The Awakening of Le’Andria Johnson…
8 | Kirk Franklin – Hello Fear
9 | Maranatha! Gospel – 2012 Top Gospel Songs
10 | William McDowell – Arise

Don’t have Marvin Sapp’s new album yet? Check out my full review here, then grab the album here.

Congrats to JJ Hairston & Youthful Praise, whose latest album, After This, has debuted at #1 on Billboard’s Gospel Albums chart, the highest debut of the choir’s career. Click here to check out my review of the project.

The rest of the Top 10 in Gospel is:

1 | JJ Hairston & Youthful Praise – After This
2 | WOW Gospel 2012
3 | Fred Hammond – God, Love & Romance
4 | James Fortune & FIYA – Identity
5 | William McDowell – Arise
6 | Maranatha! Gospel – 2012 Top Gospel Songs
7 | Le’Andria Johnson – The Awakening of Le’Andria Johnson…
8 | Le’Andria Johnson – The Evolution of Le’Andria Johnson
9 | Kirk Franklin – Hello Fear
10 | Jessica Reedy – From the Heart

Next week, look for Marvin Sapp to debut at #1, with Anita Wilson also charting in the Top 10.

Which of these projects do you still need to get?

Gospel hip-hopper Swoope has debuted at #6 on Billboard’s Gospel Albums chart this week, with the release of his latest album, Wake Up. Congrats!

Stephen Hurd’s O, That Men Would Worship has debuted at #8 . The project highlights the power behind men of God in the Kingdom, and it calls them to be active in praise and worship. It’s a GREAT project. Listen to snippets and buy it right here.

The top 10 in Gospel…

1 | WOW Gospel 2012
2 | Fred Hammond – God, Love & Romance
3 | William McDowell – Arise
4 | James Fortune & FIYA – Identity
5 | Maranatha! Gospel – 2012 Top Gospel Songs
6 | Swoope – Wake Up
7 | Le’Andria Johnson – The Awakening of Le’Andria Johnson…
8 | Stephen Hurd – O, That Men Would Worship
9 | Le’Andria Johnson – The Evolution of Le’Andria Johnson
10 | Isaac Carree – Uncommon Me

Next week, I expect to see big numbers from Take 6 and JJ Hairston & Youthful Praise, whose newest project, After This, hit stores this week.

Christian hip-hop just WINS at Billboard. The latest winner is rap vet Flame, whose newest project, The 6th debuts at #1 on the sales chart this week. Click here to listen to it and grab it!

Sunday Best runner-up Andrea Helms debuts at #2 with her first EP, Moving Forward.

Here’s the rest of the Top 10 in Gospel:

1 | Flame – The 6th
2 | Andrea Helms – Moving Forward
3 | WOW Gospel 2012
4 | Fred Hammond – God, Love & Romance
5 | Le’Andria Johnson – The Evolution of Le’Andria Johnson
6 | James Fortune & FIYA – Identity
7 | William McDowell – Arise
8 | Lecrae – Rehab
9 | Le’Andria Johnson – The Awakening of Le’Andria Johnson…
10 | Israel Houghton & New Breed – Decade

The next high-charting release should be from JJ Hairston & Youthful Praise, whose newest project, After This, hits stores on March 27th. Look to see impressive sales from Take 6, too, whose One album comes out the same day.

There’s actually not too much new stuff to report in the area of Billboard chart positions this week– a couple of folks swapped spots, and we saw sales jumps from Lecrae and Isaac Carree, but with no major new debuts last week, all is settled… for now.

Here’s a glance at the Top 10 in Gospel:

1 | WOW Gospel 2012
2 | Le’Andria Johnson – The Evolution of Le’Andria Johnson
3 | Fred Hammond – God, Love & Romance
4 | James Fortune & FIYA – Identity
5 | William McDowell – Arise
6 | Le’Andria Johnson – The Awakening of Le’Andria Johnson…
7 | Lecrae – Rehab
8 | Kirk Franklin – Hello Fear
9 | Various Artists – Joyful Noise Sountrack
10 | Isaac Carree – Uncommon Me

Next week, expect to see strong entries from Andrea Helms and Israel Houghton!

Congrats to Le’Andria Johnson, whose sophomore album, The Evolution of Le’Andria Johnson, debuted at #4 on Billboard’s Gospel Albums chart this week. It’s cuddled-up next to her debut release, The Awakening of Le’Andria Johnson, which sits at #5 this week.

The rest of Billboard’s Top 10 in Gospel is:

1 | WOW Gospel 2012
2 | James Fortune & FIYA – Identity
3 | Fred Hammond – God, Love & Romance
4 | Le’Andria Johnson – The Evolution of Le’Andria Johnson
5 | Le’Andria Johnson – The Awakening of Le’Andria Johnson…
6 | Various Artists – Joyful Noise Sountrack
7 | William McDowell – Arise
8 | Brian Courtney Wilson – So Proud
9 | Kirk Franklin – Hello Fear
10 | Lecrae – Rehab

It appears that there’s been a tiny bit of a sales slump and we won’t really see any major new releases until March 6th, with the release of Andrea Helms’ debut project, Moving Forward.