Rock and country veterans Van Zant – brother duo Donnie and Johnny Van Zant – make their opening appearance at Bulletin boardThe pair's top Christian albums as their first LP with spiritual themes, Always look upenters the count dated December 7 at No. 4.
The compilation was released on November 22 and earned 5,000 equivalent album units, almost all from album sales, in the US from November 22-28, according to Luminate.
The 12-song set is a mix of the brothers' career-defining classic rock and country, along with Southern gospel.
Donnie Van Zant, 72, co-founded 38 Special in 1974 and was a member until he retired in 2013. The long-running hit tour recorded nine Billboard 200 entries, including top 10 Special Forces in 1982. The group scored nine top 40 Billboard Hot 100 hits, led by the top 10s “Caught Up in You” (No. 10, 1982) and “Second Chance” (No. 6, 1989).
Johnny Van Zant, 64, still tours with Lynyrd Skynyrd, which he has managed since the loss of older brother Ronnie Van Zant, who, along with five others, was killed in a plane crash in October 1977. Lynyrd Skynyrd was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2006. The band has three Billboard 200 top 10s and the No. 8-track of the 1974 Hot 100 classic “Sweet Home Alabama.” The group followed with the signature hit “Free Bird” (No. 19, 1975).
The Van Zant duo have made two appearances on Top Country Albums: Get Right With the Man entered at No. 2 of the top in 2005 and My Kind of Country hit the no. 10 in 2007. The third participation of the two, Red White & Blue (Live)reached No. 39 peak in 2016. On Hot Country Songs, the pair's “Help Somebody” reached No. 8 in 2005.
From Van Zant's rookie Christian LP, Donnie Van Zant declare yourself“This has been on our list for quite some time. We are great believers in Jesus Christ and together Always look upwe share that belief through our music.”
Adams unlocks the third No. 1 with “Doors”
Yolanda Adams Earns Her Third Gospel Airplay Leader With “Church Doors.” The song increased 4% in streams during the last week of tracking.
The single was written by Donald Lawrence and Sir the Baptist and is from the Adams album Sunny dayswhich opened at No. 9 best on Top Gospel Albums in September, giving Adams her 17th top 10.
Adams' new Gospel Airplay chart topper is her second in a row, following “In Him There Is No Sorrow,” her collaboration with Donald Lawrence & Co. and Twinkie Clark who ruled for a week in April. He headlined with “Be Blessed” for three weeks in 2005.
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