Hero (album)

Infobox Album
Name = Hero
Type = studio
Artist = Kirk Franklin


Released = flagicon|USA September 20, 2005
flagicon|UK May 29, 2006
flagicon|Japan June 26, 2006
Recorded = July 2005
Genre = Urban contemporary gospel
hip hop
Length = 73:13
Label = GospoCentric
Producer = Kirk Franklin, J Moss
Reviews =
Last album = "A Season of Remixes"
This album = "Hero"
Next album = "

"Hero" is an American Gospel music album released in 2005 by Kirk Franklin on GospoCentric Records.

ynopsis

Produced by Franklin and J Moss, the album features songs with several urban contemporary gospel and R&B artists including Dorinda Clark Cole, Tye Tribbett, Marvin Winans (member of the Winans), Stevie Wonder, and Yolanda Adams.cite album-notes |title=Hero|albumlink=Hero (album)|Hero|bandname=Kirk Franklin|year=2005|notestitle=Looking for You|url=|pages=p. 1|format=CD liner|publisher=GospoCentric Records|publisherid=|location=Inglewood, CA|mbid=] It is the 8th album by Franklin. "Hero" was certified as Gold by the RIAA on Start date|2005|12|2 and Platinum on Start date|2006|12|14. [http://www.riaa.com/ RIAA official website] ]

Track listing

Personnel

Vocalists

*Nikki Ross
*Daphanie Wright
*Anashya Figueroa
*Faith Anderson
*Erica Davis
*Jana Bell
*Ashley Guilbert
*Charmaine Swimpson
*Isaac Carree
*Eric Moore
*Jason Champion
*Anthony Evans
*Myron Butler

Orchestra

*Assa Drori – Violin
*Agnes Gottschewsky – Violin
*Armen Garabedian – Violin
*Elizabeth Wilson – Violin
*Sally Berman – Violin
*Brian Benning – Violin
*Irma Neumann – Violin
*Berj Garabedian – Violin
*Robert Brosseau – Violin
*Shari Zippert – Violin
*Kazi Pitelka – Viola
*Jorge Moraga – Viola
*Renita Koven – Viola
*Karie Prescott – Viola
*Cecilia Tsan – Cello
*Dan Smith – Cello
*Miguel Martinez – Cello
*Earl Madison – Cello
*Frances Liu – Contrabass
*Nicholas Phillippon – Contrabass
*Katie Kirkpatrick – Harp
*Gary Foster – Flute
*Sheridan Stokes – Flute
*Vince Trombetta, Jr. – Flute
*Larry Caplan – Flute
*Don Shelton – Clarinet
*Jeff Driskill Alto Clarinet
*Phil Feather – Bass Clarinet/Oboe
*John Mitchell – Eb Contrabass Clarinet/Bassoon
*David Duke – French horn
*John Reynolds – French horn
*Loren Marstellar – Baritone horn
*Chuck Koontz – Tuba
*Brent Fishcher – cymbals/Timpani

"*Note: Personnel listing from Hero album liner.

Notable Singles

"Hero" featured the singles "Looking for You" and "Imagine Me". "Looking for You" was released as a single on September 20, 2005 in the U.S. and was a top-five hit on the "Billboard"'s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. amg|id=11:jbfpxqy5ldae~T51|label=Hero] cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.vnuArtistId=61891&model.vnuAlbumId=1093925|title=Billboard.com - Artist Chart History - Kirk Franklin|accessdate=2008-01-14]

Charts and succession

"Hero" peaked at #13 on the The "Billboard 200" 200 chart on Start date|2005|10|22, cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.chartFormatGroupName=Albums&model.vnuArtistId=61891&model.vnuAlbumId=728762|title=Billboard.com - Artist Chart History - Kirk Franklin|accessdate=2008-01-14] It also reached #4 on the "Billboard" Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.

Awards

In 2007, "Hero" won the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album and "Imagine Me" won the Grammy Award for Best Gospel Song. [cite web|url=http://www.gospelflava.com/articles/grammywins-2007.html|title=49th Annual Grammy Award Winners]

References

External links

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