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Sunday Best (season 4)
Sunday Best is a gospel-singing reality television competition on BET. The fourth season of Sunday Best saw the removal of Yolanda Adams as a judge and the Returning of Erica as a judge. Season 4 of Sunday Best began auditioning/taping in March 2011. The season began airing in July 2011 and concluded on September 11, 2011. Season 4's finalists were Michael Pugh, Andrea Helms and Amber Bullock, who was crowned the winner during the two-hour season finale. The two-hour finale show featured performances from gospel music artists Pastor Shirley Caesar, former Sunday Best judge Yolanda Adams, gospel duo Lecrae, and singers VaShawn Mitchell, Zebulon Ellis, Jessica Reedy and Rance Allen, and the winners of the first three seasons of Sunday Best. Bullock, who is from St. Louis, Missouri, was awarded a new Ford Explorer The Ford Explorer is a range of Sport utility vehicle, SUVs manufactured by Ford Motor Company since the 1991 model year. The first five-door SUV produced by Ford, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirk Franklin
Kirk Dewayne Franklin (born January 26, 1970) is an American Gospel music, gospel musician. One of the List of best-selling gospel music artists, best-selling gospel music artists, his accolades include 20 Grammy Awards. ''Variety (magazine), Variety'' dubbed Franklin as a "Reigning King of Urban Gospel", and is one of the inaugural inductees into the Black Music & Entertainment Walk of Fame. He also lead lead the known ensembles, which had helped to define much recognition, such as The Family, God's Property, and One Nation Crew (1NC). Early life A native of Fort Worth, Texas, Franklin was raised by his aunt, Gertrude, having been abandoned as a baby by his mother. Gertrude recycled aluminum cans to raise money for Kirk to take piano lessons from the age of four. Kirk excelled and was able to read and write music while also Learning music by ear, playing by ear. At the age of seven, Franklin received his first contract which his aunt turned down. He did join the church choi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donnie McClurkin
Donald Andrew McClurkin Jr. (born November 9, 1959) is an American gospel singer and minister. He has won three Grammy Awards, ten Stellar Awards, two BET Awards, two Soul Train Awards, one Dove Award and one NAACP Image Awards. He is one of the top selling gospel artists, selling over 13 million albums. '' Variety'' dubbed McClurkin as a "Reigning King of Urban Gospel". Early life McClurkin was born in Copiague, New York. When he was eight years old, his two-year-old brother was hit and killed by a speeding driver, which generated family turmoil. Shortly thereafter, McClurkin was a victim of childhood sexual abuse at the hands of his great uncle and, years later, by his great uncle's son. Two of his sisters dealt with substance abuse, and that's when the young McClurkin found solace in going to church and also through an aunt who sang background vocals with gospel musician Andraé Crouch. By the time he was a teenager, he had formed the McClurkin Singers and later formed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erica Campbell
Erica Monique Campbell (''née'', Atkins; born April 29, 1972) is an American Gospel singer and songwriter. Specializing in the urban contemporary gospel, Christian R&B, and contemporary R&B genres, she started her music career in the late 1990s with her younger sister, Tina Campbell, as part of the group Mary Mary. Her debut solo album ''Help'' (2014), reached the top ten on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart, and won the Grammy Award for Best Gospel Album at the 57th Grammy Awards. The album's reissue, '' Help 2.0''. (2015), included the gospel trap single " I Luh God", which reached number one on the gospel chart. She released her second album ''I Love You'' in 2023. Her 2024 collaborative track "One Hallelujah" alongside Tasha Cobbs Leonard, Israel Houghton, Jonathan McReynolds and Jekalyn Carr won the Grammy Award for Best Gospel Performance/Song. In addition to her music career, Campbell has made appearances in the films '' Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit'' (1993) and ''T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Burrell
Kimberly Jean Burrell (born August 26, 1972) is an American gospel singer, songwriter, and pastor from Houston, Texas. Early life Born Kimberly Jean Burrell on August 26, 1972, in Houston, Texas, Burrell was one of four children born to Julius Burrell Jr., a pastor, and Helen Ruth Graham, an evangelist singer in The Church of God in Christ. As a youth, Burrell began performing with Reverend James Cleveland's GMWA Youth Mass Choir (also known as Rev. James Cleveland's Kids). Career 1989–2003 Burrell's performances continued with Trinity Temple Full Gospel Mass Choir of Dallas and The Inspirational Sounds Mass Choir of Houston. In 1996, she was a featured singer on the reprise of "Jesus Paid It All" on Ricky Dillard & New G's album ''Worked It Out''. Her first independent ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Entertainment Television
Black Entertainment Television (BET) is an American basic cable channel targeting Black American audiences. It is the flagship channel of the BET Media Group, a subsidiary of Paramount Global's CBS Entertainment Group. Originally launched as a USA Network programming block on January 25, 1980, BET would eventually become a full-fledged channel on July 1, 1983. , BET is available to approximately 67,000,000 pay television households in the United States-down from its 2011 peak of 92,000,000 households. History Early years After stepping down as a lobbyist for the cable industry, Freeport, Illinois native Robert L. Johnson decided to launch his own cable television network. Johnson acquired a loan for $15,000 (equivalent to $55,648 in 2023) and a $500,000 (equivalent to $1,854,921 in 2023) investment from media executive John Malone to start the network. The network, which was named Black Entertainment Television (BET), launched on January 25, 1980. Cheryl D. Miller ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunday Best (American TV Series)
''Sunday Best'' is a reality television singing competition series hosted by Kirk Franklin. It first aired on BET on October 2, 2007. In each season, the show and its judges set out to find the best undiscovered gospel talent in the United States. Finalists competed each week until a winner was crowned. The judges throughout the series' run included Gospel singers Yolanda Adams, Kierra Sheard, Donnie McClurkin, Mary Mary, Bebe Winans & Cece Winans. Gospel singer Kim Burrell served as the on-screen mentor. Each season's winner receives a national recording contract, a new automobile, and an undisclosed cash prize benefiting his or her community as well as the title of 'Sunday Best'. On April 18, 2019, it was announced that the series would return for a ninth season, which premiered on June 30, 2019. Franklin returned as host and former Mary Mary member Erica Campbell also returning as a judge, with Kelly Price Kelly Cherelle Price (born April 4, 1973) is an American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yolanda Adams
Yolanda Yvette Adams (born August 27, 1961) is an American gospel singer, actress, and host of her own nationally syndicated morning gospel show. She is one of the best-selling gospel artists of all time, having sold over 10 million albums worldwide. In addition to achieving multi-platinum status, she has won four Grammy Awards, four Dove Awards, five BET Awards, six NAACP Image Awards, six Soul Train Music Awards, two BMI Awards and sixteen Stellar Awards. She is the first Gospel artist to win the Grammy Award for Best Gospel Song. She is also the first Gospel artist to be awarded an American Music Award. She is known as the "Queen of Contemporary Gospel Music", the "First Lady of Modern Gospel", while '' Variety'' dubbed her the "Reigning Queen of Urban Gospel". Adams was named by ''Billboard'', in 2009, as the No. 1 gospel artist of the decade, driven by the sales of her No. 1 album ''Mountain High...Valley Low''. In 2016, President Barack Obama awarded Adams with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrea Helms
Andrea Lyn Helms (''née'', Stout; born October 28, 1973) is an American gospel music recording artist and musician. She started her music career, in 2011, by performing on ''Sunday Best'' on BET. Her release, an extended play, ''Moving Forward'', was released in 2012, by Music World Entertainment. This EP was her breakthrough release upon the ''Billboard'' magazine charts. She released, ''Clap Your Hands'', in 2014, with Dream Records. Early life and background Helms was born, Andrea Lyn Stout, on October 28, 1973, in Odessa, Texas, the daughter of Reverend Johnny Ray Stout and Jacqueline Peter, where her father was the pastor at Friendship Church, while he died on November 1, 2009. In 1993, she married her husband, Michael Helms; they were born exactly two years apart, and together they have a son, Jalyn. She and her husband are the pastors of Friendship Church in Denton, Texas. Music career Her music career started in 2011, with the appearance on BET's reality television sig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amber Bullock
Amber Brianna Lawrence-Bullock (born April 11, 1986) is an American urban contemporary gospel artist and musician. Bullock won the gospel singing competition, ''Sunday Best'', that airs on BET, during season four. She started her music career, in 2011, with the release of the extended play, ''Thank You'', by Music World Gospel, and this charted on three ''Billboard'' charts The ''Billboard'' 200, Top Gospel Albums, and the Independent Albums chart. She saw her first studio album, ''So in Love'', chart on two ''Billboard'' charts, the Top Gospel Albums and Independent Albums. Early life Bullock was born on April 11, 1986, in St. Louis, Missouri, as Amber Brianna Lawrence-Bullock. Before her music career blossomed, with her winning appearance on season four of ''Sunday Best'', she was living in Dallas, Texas at the time, but because of her mother's job promotion at work they moved to New Orleans, Louisiana. While in New Orleans, she got a job at a call center, and during that t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shirley Caesar
Shirley Ann Caesar-Williams (Birth name, née Caesar; born October 13, 1938), known professionally as Shirley Caesar, is an American Gospel music, gospel singer. Her career began in 1951, when she signed to Federal Records at the age of 12. Throughout her seven decade career, Caesar has often been referred to as the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, First Lady of Gospel Music", and "The Queen of Gospel Music". She has won eleven Grammy Awards, fifteen Dove Awards, and fourteen Stellar Awards. Caesar has released over forty albums. She has participated in over 16 compilations and three gospel musicals, ''Mama, I Want to Sing! (musical), Mama I Want to Sing'', ''Mama, I Want to Sing: Part II, Sing: Mama 2'' and ''Born to sing: Mama 3''. In 2009, she had sold 2.2 million albums since 1991, making her one of the List of best-selling gospel music artists, top-selling gospel artists. She has made several notable appearances including the televised ''Live from Disney World Ni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ford Explorer
The Ford Explorer is a range of Sport utility vehicle, SUVs manufactured by Ford Motor Company since the 1991 model year. The first five-door SUV produced by Ford, the Explorer, was introduced as a replacement for the three-door Ford Bronco II, Bronco II. As with the Ford Ranger, the model line derives its name from a trim package previously offered on Ford F-Series pickup trucks. As of 2020, the Explorer became the best-selling SUV in the American market. Currently in its sixth generation, the Explorer has featured a five-door wagon body style since its 1991 introduction. During the first two generations, the model line included a three-door wagon (directly replacing the Bronco II). The Ford Explorer Sport Trac is a crew-cab mid-size pickup derived from the second-generation Explorer. The fifth and sixth generations of the Explorer have been produced as the Ford Police Interceptor Utility (replacing both the Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor and the Ford Police Intercepto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
