Over the weekend, Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI), one of the most prestigious performing rights organizations in the world, recognized #WAR by Pastor Charles Jenkins & Fellowship Chicago as one of the Ten Most Performed Gospel Songs of 2015 at the 17th annual BMI Trailblazers of Gospel Music Honors ceremony that took place January 16th at the Rialto Center for the Arts.
The inspiring New Orleans marching band rhythm topped Billboard Magazine’s Gospel Airplay chart for five weeks in 2015 and remained on the chart for fifty-five weeks. It hails from the ensemble’s best-selling sophomore album “Any Given Sunday” (Inspired People/Motown Gospel) that has earned them two Dove Award nominations and eight Stellar Gospel Music Award nominations.
The BMI Trailblazers of Gospel Music Awards will broadcast nationwide on February 19 @8:00 PM EST on the TV One cable television network.