Grammy® Award-winning Gospel superstar, songwriter and producer Donald Lawrence has made another smash album, with the #1 debut of his long-awaited 20th anniversary album, 20 Year Celebration Volume I: Best For Last (QuietWater Entertainment/Entertainment One Music). Newly-released on September 24th, the much buzzed-about album tops Billboard’s Gospel Albums Chart and the Christian/Gospel Digital Albums chart, driven with eager anticipation and accolades from fans, peers, Lawrence’s busy fall slate of tour appearances, and more. The Best For Last album also enters at #30 on Billboard’s Top 200, while lead single “The Gift” continues its hit ascent on the Gospel charts, rising to #2.
Across 15 tracks, Best For Last marks another timeless and must-have creation, spotlighting Lawrence’s signature sounds and prodigious talents that have made him one of music ministry’s most beloved and pioneering artists for the past 20 years. On songs such as “The Gift,” “Best For Last,” “There Remaineth a Rest,” “Just Like the Air,” “The Blessing of Abraham,” “God,” and more, Lawrence has come together with the Company, the Tri-City Singers, Yolanda Adams, Faith Evans, Natalie Grant, Ted & Sheri, Rudy Currence, among others, whose bright vocals and reverent live performances fire up the spirit, producing a special 20-year milestone celebration since his first album with the Tri-City Singers.
Building a prolific career as a recording artist, sought-after collaborator, songwriter, music director and producer, Lawrence’s Best For Last signals powerful music to impact and inspire fans and peers for years to come. Also the executive producer of the album, Lawrence continues to tour this fall, in celebration of the Best For Last album and is also serving his sixth year as a host for Verizon’s How Sweet The Sound™ nationwide choir search, which is currently on an eight-city tour through November 2nd.
