RCA Inspiration Garners Top Gospel Nominations for 2017 Billboard Music Awards

RCA Inspiration celebrates multiple nominations across all top Gospel categories for the 2017 Billboard Music Awards, with six total nominations for chart-toppers Kirk Franklin (Fo Yo Soul/RCA) and Travis Greene.  With Billboard Music Awards nominations culled from numerous measurements tracked by Billboard and its data partners, Franklin and Greene garner three nominations each, across all three Gospel categories for: Top Gospel Artist, Top Gospel Album, and Top Gospel Song.

Returning winner Kirk Franklin, who topped numerous Billboard “Year-End” Gospel charts for 2016, continues to be a trailblazing force with his GRAMMY^®-winning #1 album LOSING MY RELIGION and #1 song “Wanna Be Happy?” nominated for Top Gospel Album and Top Gospel Song.

Returning nominee Travis Greene, who recently celebrated multiple top honors at the Stellar Awards, continues to rise with his #1 award-winning live album THE HILL and his GRAMMY^®-nominated #1 song “Made A Way”, which are nominated for Top Gospel Album and Top Gospel Song.

The 2017 Billboard Music Awards will be held in Las Vegas on Sunday, May 21^st, 2017, and air live on ABC at 8 pm EST / 5 pm PST.

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ABOUT RCA INSPIRATION

RCA Inspiration (formerly Verity Gospel Music Group), is the Gospel label operating under Provident Music Group, a division of Sony Music Entertainment. Voted Billboard’s #1 “Gospel Songs Label” for the past 16 years, RCA Inspiration is the home of mega-gospel artists Donnie McClurkin, Israel Houghton, Marvin Sapp, Le’Andria Johnson, Fred Hammond, Travis Greene, and many more.

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ABOUT FO YO SOUL RECORDINGS

Fo Yo Soul Recordings is a joint venture between gospel music icon Kirk Franklin and RCA Records. The Dallas-based inspirational music label, which was established in 2013, showcases some of the genre’s most talented emerging artists and established performers.

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