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Hero is the eighth album by Kirk Franklin, released October 4, 2005 on GospoCentric Records.

Hero
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 4, 2005
RecordedJuly 2005
GenreUrban contemporary gospel
Length77:26
LabelB-Rite, GospoCentric, J Records
ProducerKirk Franklin, J Moss
Kirk Franklin chronology
A Season of Remixes
(2003)
Hero
(2005)
Songs for the Storm
(2006)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Hero was certified as Gold by the RIAA on December 2, 2005 (2005-12-02) and Platinum on December 14, 2006 (2006-12-14).[2]

In 2007 Hero won the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album and "Imagine Me" won the Grammy Award for Best Gospel Song.[3]


Synopsis


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, Yolanda Adams, and Moss himself.[4]


Track listing


#TitleTimeNotes
1."Intro (America the Beautiful)"0:45Vocals by the African Children’s Choir
2."Looking for You"4:06Samples "Haven't You Heard" by Patrice Rushen and appears on the soundtrack to "Norbit".
3."Hero" (featuring Dorinda Clark Cole) 5:20
4."Interlude #1" (featuring Fred Hammond)0:55
5."Let It Go" (featuring Sonny Sandoval of P.O.D. and tobyMac) 4:59Samples "Shout" by Tears for Fears
6."The Process"1:08
7."Imagine Me"5:182007 Grammy Award for Best Gospel Song
8."Could've Been" (featuring J Moss and Tye Tribbett) 6:47
9."Better"4:00Produced By Dre & Vidal
10."Afterwhile" (featuring Yolanda Adams) 2:51
11."Brokenhearted" (featuring Marvin L. Winans) 6:01
12."Without You"5:02
13."Keep Your Head"4:36Samples Keep Your Head to the Sky by Earth, Wind, and Fire
14."Why" (featuring Stevie Wonder) 4:36Samples Free by Deniece Williams
15."First Love"5:52
16."The Appeal"7:21
17."Brokenhearted (Reprise)"1:09
18."Interlude #2"0:30
19."Sunshine"4:59Samples "You Bring The Sun Out" by Randy Crawford
20."Outro"1:11

Personnel


*Note: Personnel listing from Hero album liner.[4]


Vocalists



Instrumentalists



Orchestra



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.[5][6]


Charts


Hero peaked at No. 13 on The Billboard 200 chart on October 22, 2005 (2005-10-22), [6] It also reached No. 4 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.[6]


Awards


In 2006, the album won a Dove Award for Urban Album of the Year at the 37th GMA Dove Awards. The song "Looking for You" also won a Dove Award for Urban Recorded Song of the Year.[11]


References


  1. Allmusic review
  2. RIAA official website
  3. "49th Annual Grammy Award Winners".
  4. "Looking for You". Hero (CD liner). Kirk Franklin. Inglewood, CA: GospoCentric Records. 2005. p. 1.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  5. Hero at AllMusic
  6. "Billboard.com - Artist Chart History - Kirk Franklin". Retrieved 2008-01-14.
  7. "Kirk Franklin Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved September 30, 2020.
  8. "Kirk Franklin Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved September 30, 2020.
  9. "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2006". Billboard. Retrieved September 30, 2020.
  10. "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2006". Billboard. Retrieved September 30, 2020.
  11. 37th Annual GMA Dove Awards Nominations & Winners Archived 2011-07-07 at the Wayback Machine on About.com; Jones, Kim



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[ru] Hero (альбом Кирка Франклина)

Hero (с англ. — «Герой») — восьмой студийный альбом американского госпел-певца Кирка Франклина, вышедший 4 октября 2005 года на лейбле GospoCentric Records. Альбом дебютировал на 13-м месте в американском основном хит-параде Billboard 200. Диск также получил премию GMA Dove Awards в категории Urban Album of the Year. Hero получил золотую сертификацию от ассоциации RIAA к декабрю 2005 года и платиновую к декабрю 2006 года[2]. С Hero вышли два сингла: «Looking for You» и «Imagine Me». «Looking for You» вышел в США в качестве отдельного сингла 20 сентября 2005 года и вошёл в пятёрку лучших песен в соул-чарте Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs[3][4]. В 2007 Hero получил премию «Грэмми» в категории Лучший современный R&B-госпел-альбом.



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