Will Smith's first Christian/Gospel single, 'You Can Make It', featuring the Friday and Sunday Choir, reaches the Advertising signuser charts (dated July 13).
Released June 28, the track enters the Hot Gospel Songs chart based on streaming, airplay and sales at No. 3, and the multimetric Hot Christian Songs chart at No. 23. It earned 726,000 radio listeners and 665,000 official U.S. streamed and sold 1,000 by July 4, according to Luminate.
The screen star and rapper makes his first appearance in the rankings. His latest film, Bad Boys: Ride or Diealso starring Martin Lawrence, premiered on June 7.
“I was really talking to myself,” Smith says Advertising sign of the song, which he co-wrote. “Seeing so many people resonate with my intention gives me a clear North Star for this next chapter of my creative life.”
Smith and the Sunday Service Choir performed “You Can Make It” live for the first time at the 2024 BET Awards at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles on June 30, along with Kirk Franklin and Chandler Moore.
Like Smith, R&B/hip-hop artist Fridayy earns his first Hot Gospel Songs top 10, while Sunday Service Choir adds its third. The track also opens in the top 10 on Digital Gospel Song Sales (No. 3), Christian Digital Song Sales (No. 6) and Gospel Streaming Songs (No. 10), as well as No. 28 on Gospel Airplay.
Smith has scored a pair of No. 1s as a solo artist on the Billboard Hot 100: 1998's “Gettin' Jiggy Wit It” and 1999's “Wild Wild West,” with Dru Hill and Kool Mo Dee. 1980s/early 90s as (the second) half of the DJ duo Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince, which reached No. 4 Hot 100 high with “Summertime” in 1991, and as the leader of its cornerstone of NBC's pop culture The Prince of Bel-Air.
Smith, who won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in the 2022 film King Richardand who has won four Grammy Awards, is reportedly working on a full-length Christian/gospel album.
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