Hero | ||||
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Studio album by Kirk Franklin | ||||
Released | October 4, 2005 | |||
Recorded | July 2005 | |||
Genre | Urban contemporary gospel | |||
Length | 73:13 | |||
Label | B-Rite, GospoCentric | |||
Producer | Kirk Franklin, J Moss | |||
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Hero is an album released by Kirk Franklin, released October 4, 2005 on GospoCentric Records.
Hero was certified as Gold by the RIAA on December 2, 2005 and Platinum on December 14, 2006 .
In 2007 Hero won the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album and "Imagine Me" won the Grammy Award for Best Gospel Song.
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, and Yolanda Adams.
*Note: Personnel listing from Hero album liner.
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.
Hero peaked at No. 13 on The Billboard 200 chart on October 22, 2005 , It also reached No. 4 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.