The Glory Album
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| Studio album by Christon Gray | ||||
| Released | March 11, 2016 | |||
| Genre | Soul, urban contemporary gospel, Christian R&B, Christian hip hop, contemporary R&B, neo soul | |||
| Length | 46:44 | |||
| Label | RCA, Fo Yo Soul | |||
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The Glory Album is the third studio album by Christon Gray. RCA alongside Fo Yo Soul Records released the album on March 11, 2016.
It was produced by Gray, Max Stark, Marlo Scott, Jonathan Baker, Wit, GiAngelo Power, among others. Collaboration include Kirk Franklin, Skyzoo, and Taelor Gray. The executive producers were Chris Shaban, Ron Hill, Kirk Franklin and Monica Coates.
The album charted at #5 on the Billboard R&B chart and is lauded for crossing over into the mainstream while maintaining a clear Jesus message.
In March 2015, Gray began to release singles via Soundcloud, prompting fans to wonder if he was still signed to Collision Records. In an open letter via christongray.com on April 4, 2015, he informed the world that he was indeed a free agent and was working on new material. It would turn out that two of those songs, "Open Door (See You Later)" and "Afraid With You" would make the album.
On June 20, 2015, Kirk Franklin announced via video live from the main stage at Alive Fest in Ohio that Gray had been signed to his RCA/Sony imprint, Fo Yo Soul, and then introduced Christon’s performance.
One month later in an update on his website he confirmed that Franklin and FYS President Ron Hill had approved eight songs already for an upcoming, yet to be named album. It was later revealed that all eight of those songs made the final album include "Connor McDees", "Blackmail (Black Male)" and "50 Shades".
It was in that same visit to Dallas that Gray and Shaban were first introduced to producer Max Stark. Gray says that the first beat that Stark played them would become "Stop Me". That meeting is documented as ambient vocals in the background at the end of "50 Shades". Christon was recording a voice memo with Kirk in the studio just goofing around building a track. He did not turn it off and it captured the meeting with Stark as well as Shaban and Gray laying out the initial marketing plan behind the "Connor McDees" video.
On July 29, 2015 Gray, Stark, Shaban, Scott and Baker got together at The Flutter in Columbus OH to begin the final construction of the album. In this four-day session they completed "Ft. Knox", "Stop Me", "My Love is Real" and the second half of "50 Shades".
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