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Template:Infobox musical artist 2 Marvin Sapp is an American Gospel music singer-songwriter who recorded with the group Commissioned during the 1990s before beginning a record-breaking solo career. Sapp is also the Founder and Senior pastor of Lighthouse Full Life Center Church, located in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Early years

Sapp was born and raised in Grand Rapids, Michigan in 1968 and began singing in church at age four. He spent his teenage years singing with a number of Gospel groups and ensembles before being invited by Gospel singer Fred Hammond to sing with Commissioned in 1991 after Keith Staten left. Sapp appears on the group's albums Number 7, Matters of the Heart, and Irreplaceable Love. Sapp left in 1996 and was replaced by Marcus R. Cole.

Solo career

In 1995, Sapp decided to establish himself as a contemporary gospel solo artist and has recorded seven albums. Recently, Sapp has achieved crossover fame with the release of "Never Would Have Made It" from the album Thirsty. It has peaked at #14 on the U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, #82 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, and also at #1 on the Billboard Hot Gospel Songs chart. It debuted at #28 on the U.S. Billboard 200, #4 on the U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, and also #1 on the U.S. Billboard Top Gospel Albums. It has been certified gold by the RIAA due to the album selling over 500,000 copies, making it Sapp's best selling album of his solo career and the top selling gospel album of 2008, and has so far sold over 712,000 copies[1]. In 2009, Sapp won every Gospel Stellar Award that he was nominated for. On October 16, 2009, Marvin recorded the follow-up to his hit album Thirsty entitled Here I Am, released on March 16, 2010. With its release, Sapp became the all-time highest charting gospel artist in Billboard's 54-year history of tracking album sales.[2] By selling approximately 76,000 copies of Here I Am its first week out, it debuted at #2 on the Billboard 200 chart, making it the highest charting album by a gospel artist[3]. The album's lead single, "The Best in Me," peaked at #14 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and #1 on the Gospel Songs chart.

Personal life

Sapp is married to MaLinda Sapp, a professor and psychologist, and who serves as the Administrative Pastor at Lighthouse Full Life Center Church. They have three children: Marvin II, Mikaila, and Madisson. On March 21, 2009, Sapp was initiated into the Grand Rapids Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc. He was born in Fort Myers, Florida.

Solo albums

  • 1995: Marvin Sapp
  • 1997: Grace and Mercy
  • 1999: Nothing Else Matters
  • 2001: I Believe
  • 2003: Diary of a Psalmist
  • 2005: Be Exalted
  • 2007: Thirsty
  • 2010: Here I Am

Solo music awards

Year Award-Giving Body Award Category Result
2008 BET Awards Best Gospel Artist Won

References

  1. ^ http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart_watch/47782/week-ending-march-21-2010-pastor-sapps-chart-miracle/
  2. ^ Vozick-Levinson, Simon (2010-03-24). "Lady Antebellum Returns to Top the Albums Chart, Followed Closely by Marvin Sapp". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2010-03-24.
  3. ^ http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart_watch/47782/week-ending-march-21-2010-pastor-sapps-chart-miracle/

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