The Charts: Compilations Abound

by EJ on Dec.17, 2009 at 9:23 am, under Industry

There are 4 compilation projects the top 10 spots of Billboard’s gospel albums chart. I believe there’s a direct correlation between that number and the Christmas season– a woman knows that her auntie loves gospel music, but is totally unfamiliar with the genre, herself… she grabs a compilation album cuz you can’t go wrong.

So, the Time Life Christmas compilation continues selling, as does Gotta Have Gospel Christmas, WOW Gospel 2009 and a compilation called Gospel’s Best: Men, Women and Choirs, which I believe is a 3-disc, 30-track compilation released by EMI Gospel… great gift idea.

Other than that, the charts are really uneventful, folks.

In fact, the only movement in the top 5 slots is that Tamela Mann’s The Master Plan and Gotta Have Gospel Christmas have switched places since last week.

The full run down in the top 5:

1. BeBe & CeCe Winans - Still
2. Voices: A Gospel Choir Christmas (Time Life compilation)
3. Fred Hammond - Love Unstoppable
4. Tamela Mann - The Master Plan
5. Gotta Have Gospel Christmas

I also wanna shout-out Trin-i-tee 5:7, whose Christmas album, Love, Peace, Joy at Christmas, popped into #10. I’ll share some of that music with you guys soon.

Are you buying gospel music as gifts for the holidays? Who are you buying?

:bebe winans, billboard, cece winans, emi gospel, fred hammond, gotta have gospel, tamela mann, the charts, time life entertainment, trinitee 5:7, wow gospel

1 comment for this entry:

Desunshine
December 17th, 2009 on 5:26 pm
Well, I purchased Dr.Jeff Jacobs new CD, “He’s Just Alright” and I purchased Shirley Caesar’s new CD…my grandmother loves Shirley Caesar…I also bought Juanita Bynum’s 2 disc CD set..the “Threshhing Floor”..so to me music is always a perfect gift!