Kanye West Beats Out Kirk Franklin

Billboard named Kanye West as Top Gospel Artist of 2020 moving Kirk Franklin down to number 2.

The announcement came on Thursday evening (December 3rd) when Billboard announced their top 10 of Gospel.

Behind Kanye is Kirk Franklin at number 2, Tasha Cobbs Leonard at number 3, Kanye’s Sunday Service Choir came in at number 4 and number 5 went to Travis Greene.

Kanye came in at the top spot of the Top Male Gospel Artist, unseating Kirk Franklin, who fell to number two. Kanye’s “Jesus Is King” was his first Gospel album. The album garnered 264,000 album equivalents.