The album remained charted for 100 weeks (nearly two years) and in 1992 won the annual GMA Dove Award for “Best Traditional Gospel Album of the Year” at the 24th Annual GMA Dove Awards in Nashville, Tennessee. Kirk Franklin and the Family was the first Gospel album to sell more than a million copies. The album was recorded in 1992 at Grace Temple Seventh-day Adventist Church in Fort Worth, Texas. Franklin wrote and arranged the album’s music after signing with the GospoCentric label. This informal musical collaboration became an official organization in 1992 when they released their debut album Kirk Franklin and the Family. Kirk Franklin and the Family, an ensemble that comprised 23 singers and musicians who were biologically related or friends, was spearheaded and directed by contemporary gospel Grammy Award recipient Kirk Franklin (born January 26, 1970, in Dallas, Texas).
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