''WOW Gospel 2009'' is a gospel music compilation album from the

WOW series "WOW" is a series of annual compilation albums featuring contemporary Christian music dating from 1995. Comprising songs submitted by each partner label, the annual ''WOW Hits'' releases are usually double CD sets. The series was officially cance ...

. Released on January 27, 2009, it includes thirty songs and two bonus tracks on a double album. It reached number 27 on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart in 2009, and number one on the Billboard Top Gospel Albums chart. The album cover pays tribute to the

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, particularly with the 2008 election and 2009 inauguration of U.S. President

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. (Coincidentally, this album was released ''exactly'' one week after the latter.) ''WOW Gospel 2009'' has the only number one gospel chart hit: "Never Would Have Made It".

Track listing

Disc 1

#Stand Out -

Tye Tribbett Tyrone "Tye" Tribbett (born January 26, 1976) is an American gospel music singer, songwriter and keyboardist. He is choir director and founder of the Grammy-nominated and Stellar Award-winning gospel group Tye Tribbett & G.A. (short for 'Greate ...

& Greater Anointing - 4:44 #Jesus -

Kirk Franklin Kirk Dewayne Franklin (born January 26, 1970) is an American songwriter, choir director, gospel singer, and rapper. He is best known for leading urban contemporary gospel ensembles such as The Family, God's Property, and One Nation Crew (1NC) ...

- 3:44 #Get Up - Mary Mary - 3:09 #Striving -

Dave Hollister David Le Chaine Hollister (born August 17, 1968) is an American R&B singer who found fame during the 1990s as one quarter of the R&B quartet Blackstreet, before going on to have a solo career. Hollister is best known for his 2000 gold-certifie ...

- 4:31 #Praise Him Now -

Kierra "KiKi" Sheard Kierra Valencia "Kiki" Sheard-Kelly (born June 20, 1987) is an American gospel singer. She is the daughter of gospel singer Karen Clark-Sheard (member of gospel singing group the Clark Sisters) and granddaughter of gospel choral director Mattie ...

- 3:48 #Power Of Christ (live) - 21:03 - 4:49 #Even Me - Crystal Aikin - 4:37 #Jesus Saves -

Myron Butler & Levi Levi is the reincarnation of the gospel choir God's Property (known for the 1997 Kirk Franklin hit "Stomp"). Under the direction of singer-songwriter and music producer Myron Butler Myron Demond Butler (born July 27, 1974) is a gospel musician ...

- 5:14 #L.O.U.D. L.O.U.D. -

Fred Hammond Frederick William Hammond (born December 27, 1960) is an American gospel singer, bass guitar player, and record producer. He is regarded as one of the most popular figures in contemporary gospel music. He is known for using a variety of differe ...

- 5:56 #Always -

Jason Champion Jason Lamar Champion (born May 1, 1973) is an American gospel musician. He started a music career in 1992 with Men at Large. He left the group in 2007 due to a "newly blossoming relationship with Jesus Christ." In 2008, he signed to EMI CMG, r ...

- 3:10 #Go With Me -

Deitrick Haddon Deitrick Vaughn Haddon (born May 17, 1973) is an American gospel singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger, record producer, pastor, and actor. He is best known for progressive gospel, and contemporary styles of music. He is also one of the cast memb ...

- 3:21 #Forever -

Cece Winans Priscilla Marie Winans Love, known professionally as CeCe Winans, (born October 8, 1964) is an American gospel singer. She rose to prominence as a member of the duo BeBe & CeCe Winans; before launching an acclaimed solo career. Winans has been ...

- 4:28 #Glory To The King - Anthony Evans - 4:45 #Abundantly -

J Moss James Moss (born September 22, 1971), better known by his stage name J. Moss, is an American gospel musician, composer, producer and arranger. Early years Born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, James Moss went to Cass Technical High School, the ...

- 3:41 #Run Til I Finish - Smokie Norful - 3:07 #I Wish - Nicole C. Mullen - 3:09 #Running Back To You - Heather Headley - 5:30

Disc 2

#Take It Back - Dorinda Clark Cole - 4:45 #Not About Us - Bishop Noel Jones & The City of Refuge Sanctuary Choir - 4:33 #I Praise You - Shari Addison - 4:55 #Giants - Donald Lawrence & The Tri-City Singers - 5:11 #One God -

Maurette Brown Clark Maurette Brown Clark (born 1966; as Maurette Brown), is an American gospel musician. She started her solo music career in 1998 with the release of ''How I Feel'' on Verity Records. Her subsequent three album were released by Atlanta Internationa ...

- 4:54 #Royalty -

Byron Cage George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron (22 January 1788 – 19 April 1824), known simply as Lord Byron, was an English romantic poet and peer. He was one of the leading figures of the Romantic movement, and has been regarded as among the ...

- 5:12 #It's Over Now -

Vanessa Bell Armstrong Vanessa Bell Armstrong ( Bell; born October 2, 1953) is an American gospel singer who released her debut album '' Peace Be Still'' in 1983. Armstrong is an 7x Grammy Award Nominee, Stellar Award Winner, and a Soul Train Award winner. She has wo ...

- 4:06 #Never Would Have Made It -

Marvin Sapp Bishop Marvin Louis Sapp Sr. (born January 28, 1967) is an American Gospel music singer-songwriter who recorded with the group Commissioned during the 1990s before beginning a record-breaking solo career. Sapp is also the founder and former seni ...

- 5:01 #He's Done Enough -

Beverly Crawford Beverly Renae Crawford (born ''Beverly Renae Camps''; August 31, 1963) is an American gospel vocalist who is best known for singing with the New Life Singers on '' Bobby Jones Gospel'' on the Black Entertainment Television (BET) and for having w ...

- 6:18 #God Is Good -

Regina Belle Regina Elaine Belle (born July 17, 1963) is an American singer-songwriter who started her career in the mid-1980s. Known for her singles " Baby Come to Me" (1989) and "Make It Like It Was" (1990), Belle's most notable for two hit duets, both with ...

- 4:00 #Jesus, Jesus, Jesus -

Rev. Timothy Wright Timothy Wright (June 17, 1947 – April 24, 2009), generally credited as Rev. Timothy Wright or Reverend Timothy Wright on recordings, was an American gospel singer and pastor. Biography Reverend Timothy Wright started on piano at age 12, and ...

& The New York Fellowship Mass Choir - 6:32 #Livin' -

The Clark Sisters The Clark Sisters are an American gospel vocal group consisting of five sisters: Jacky Clark Chisholm (born 1948), Denise "Niecy" Clark-Bradford (born 1953), Elbernita "Twinkie" Clark (born 1954), Dorinda Clark-Cole (born 1957), and Karen Cla ...

- 4:54 #The Light -

Ricky Dillard Ricky Rydell Dillard (born February 25, 1965) is an American gospel musician. He started his music career, in 1987, as a Chicago house musician. His first Christian music album was ''Promise'', by Muscle Shoals Records. His next album, ''A Holy ...

& New G - 5:37 #Jesus - Shekinah Glory Ministry - 5:04 #Jesus Kind Of Man -

The Mighty Clouds Of Joy The Mighty Clouds of Joy are an American traditional gospel music quartet. Joe Ligon Bio: Willie Joe Ligon was born on October 11, 1936, and died on December 11, 2016 (80 years, 2 months). He dedicated his life to Jesus making many hit songs ...

- 3:48

References

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