Fred Hammond
Encyclopedia
Fred Hammond is a gospel music
singer, bass guitar
player, and record producer
.
, and as a solo artist (currently for Verity Records
). He is a multiple Grammy
-, Dove-, Stellar- award winner and nominee as a performer, producer and writer.
Hammond first gained recognition while playing bass guitar for the gospel group The Winans
. By 1985 he was one of the six original members of the group Commissioned, participating in 10 of the group's 12 albums.
After his stint with Commissioned ended, he regained fame in the gospel community after selling millions of albums with his musical group Radical For Christ.
In 2002 Hammond returned to the group Commissioned (now with members Keith Staten, Marvin Sapp
, Mitchell Jones, Karl Reid, Michael Williams, and Marcus Cole
) to produce the Commissioned Reunion Live album.
Hammond produced Make Me Like The Moon, a stirring gospel ballad co-written by Chante Moore
and Kenny Lattimore
for their 2006 double-CD of gospel
and R&B love songs entitled Uncovered/Covered (released October 10, 2006 by LaFace/Verity/Zomba Music Group). He also performs with Sean Combs
on the album Thank You.
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!align="left"|Album
!align="left"|Label
!align="left"|RIAA
certification
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|align="left"| 1985
|align="left"|I'm Going On
(Commissioned)
|align="left"|Light Records
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|align="left"| 1986
|align="left"|Go Tell Somebody
(Commissioned)
|align="left"|Light Records
|align="left"|
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|align="left"|1987
|align="left"|On The Winning Side (Commissioned)
|align="left"|Light Records
|align="left"|
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|align="left"|1988
|align="left"|Will You Be Ready? (Commissioned)
|align="left"|Light Records
|align="left"|
|-
|align="left"|1989
|align="left"|Ordinary Just Won't Do
(Commissioned)
|align="left"|Light Records
|align="left"|
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|align="left"|1990
|align="left"|State of Mind (Commissioned)
|align="left"|Verity Records
|align="left"|
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|align="left"|1991
|align="left"|Number 7
(Commissioned)
|align="left"|A&M Records
|align="left"|
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|align="left"| 1991
|align="left"|I Am Persuaded
|align="left"|Verity Records
|align="left"|
|-
|align="left"| 1993
|align="left"|Deliverance
|align="left"|A&M Records
|align="left"|
|-
|align="left"|1994
|align="left"|Matters of the Heart (Commissioned)
|align="left"|A&M Records
|align="left"|
|-
|align="left"|1995
|align="left"|The Inner Court
|align="left"|Benson Records
|align="left"|
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|align="left"|December 1, 1995
|align="left"|Gospel Greats (Commissioned)
|align="left"|Benson Records
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|-
|align="left"|August 20, 1996
|align="left"|The Spirit of David
|align="left"|Benson Records
|align="left"|Gold -
|-
|align="left"|April 28, 1998
|align="left"|Pages of Life: Chapters 1&2
|align="left"|Verity Records
|align="left"| Gold -
Platinum -
2x Platinum -
|-
|align="left"|March 21, 2000
|align="left"|Purpose By Design
|align="left"|Verity Records
|align="left"|Gold -
|-
|align="left"|March 6, 2001
|align="left"|In Case You Missed It....And Then Some
|align="left"|Verity Records
|align="left"|
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|align="left"|September 11, 2001
|align="left"|Christmas...Just Remember
|align="left"|Verity Records
|align="left"|
|-
|align="left"|April 23, 2002
|align="left"|The Commissioned Reunion Live
(Commissioned)
|align="left"|Verity Records
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|-
|align="left"|September 10, 2002
|align="left"|Speak Those Things: POL Chapter 3
|align="left"|Verity Records
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|align="left"|September 9, 2003
|align="left"|Hooked on the Hits
|align="left"|Verity Records
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|-
|align="left"|June 8, 2004
|align="left"|Somethin 'Bout Love
|align="left"|Verity Records
|align="left"|Gold - November 7, 2008
|-
|align="left"|June 13, 2006
|align="left"|Praise & Worship
(Commissioned)
|align="left"|Verity/Legacy
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|align="left"|October 3, 2006
|align="left"|Free to Worship
|align="left"|Verity Records
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|align="left"|September 29, 2009
|align="left"|Love Unstoppable
|align="left"|Verity Records
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!align="left"|Release date
!align="left"|Song
!align="left"|Album
!align="left"|Note
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|align="left"|April 28, 1998
|align="left"|Let the Praise Begin
|align="left"|Pages of Life: Chapters 1 and 2
|align="left"|1998 Dove Award winner for Best Contemporary Gospel Song with Radical for Christ
|-
|align="left"| 1998
|align="left"|Power
|align="left"|The Prince of Egypt Inspirational Soundtrack
|align="left"|a featured song on the soundtrack for the animated motion picture The Prince of Egypt
with Radical for Christ
|-
|align="left"|April 28, 1998
|align="left"|Power
|align="left"|Pages of Life: Chapters 1 and 2
|align="left"|1999 Dove Award winner for Best Contemporary Gospel Song with Radical for Christ
|-
|align="left"| 2001
|align="left"|King of Glory
|align="left"|
|align="left"|2001 Stellar Awards nominee for Song of the Year
|-
|align="left"|
|align="left"|All Things Are Working
|align="left"|The Gospel Soundtrack
|align="left"|a featured song on the soundtrack for the motion picture The Gospel
|-
|align="left"| 2004
|align="left"|Celebrate (He Lives)
|align="left"|
|align="left"|2004 Grammy Awards nominee for Best Gospel Performance with Noel Hall and Darryl Dixon
|-
|align="left"| 2005
|align="left"|Celebrate (He Lives)
|align="left"|
|align="left"|2005 Stellar Awards nominee for Song of the Year with Noel Hall and Darryl Dixon
|-
|align="left"| 2007
|align="left"|Better Than That, with The Singletons
|align="left"|
|align="left"|2007 Stellar Awards nominee for Song of the Year
|-
|align="left"|2003
|align="left"|We Have Not Forgotten
|align="left"|Soulful
|align="left"|a duet performed on Ruben Studdard
's debut album Soulful
|-
|align="left"|November 22, 2005
|align="left"|By Faith - with Sean Combs
|align="left"|Hurricane Relief: Come Together Now
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!align="left"|Year
!align="left"|Album
!align="left"|Chart
!align="left"|Peak
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|align="left"|1994
|align="left"|Matters of the Heart - (Commissioned
)
|align="left"|Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
|align="center"|65
|-
|align="left"|2002
|align="left"|Speak Those Things: POL Chapter 3
|align="left"|Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
|align="center"|29
|-
|align="left"|2002
|align="left"|Speak Those Things: POL Chapter 3
|align="left"|The Billboard 200
|align="center"|38
|-
|align="left"|2004
|align="left"|Somethin' 'Bout Love
|align="left"|Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
|align="center"|4
|-
|align="left"|2004
|align="left"|Somethin' 'Bout Love
|align="left"|The Billboard 200
|align="center"|35
|-
|align="left"|2006
|align="left"|Free To Worship
|align="left"|The Billboard 200
|29
|-
|align="left"|2009
|align="left"|Love Unstoppable
|align="center"|Billboard 200
|align="left"|25
|align="left"|Billboard Top Gospel Albums
|align="center|1
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|}
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! Year !! Award-giving body !! Award category !! Song /Album title
|-
|1992||Dove Awards||Inspirational Album||Generation to Generation (with Larnelle Harris
, Matthew Ward, Glad, 4Him, Dallas Holm, Kelly Nelon Thompson, Billy & Sarah Gaines, and Dana Key)
|-
|1992||Dove Awards|| Contemporary Gospel Album|| Handel's Messiah: A Soulful Celebration (with Mervyn Warren, George Duke
, David Pack, Patti Austin
, Take 6
, Gary Hines, Robert Sadin, Richard Smallwood
, and The Yellowjackets)
|-
|1998||Dove Awards||Contemporary Gospel Song||Let the Praise Begin (with Radical for Christ)
|-
|1999||Dove Awards||Contemporary Gospel Song||Power (with Radical For Christ)
|-
|2000||Dove Awards||Contemporary Gospel Album||Purpose By Design (with Radical for Christ)
|-
|2001||Stellar Awards
||Male Vocalist of the Year||Purpose by Design
|-
|2001||Stellar Awards|| Producer of the Year ||Purpose by Design (with Radical For Christ)
|-
|2001||Stellar Awards||Contemporary Male Vocalist of the Year ||Purpose By Design (with Radical For Christ)
|-
|2001||Dove Awards||Urban Album ||Just Remember Christmas
|-
|2005||Stellar Awards||Producer of the Year ||Somethin' 'Bout Love
|-
|2008||Grammy Awards||Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album ||Free To Worship
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|}
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! Year !! Award-giving body !! Award category !! Song /Album title
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|1989||Grammy Awards||Best Soul Gospel Performance - Duo, Group, Choir or Chorus||Will You Be Ready? (Commissioned)
|-
|1991||Grammy Awards||Best Pop Gospel Album||Shakin' the House...Live - Carman & Commissioned (& the Christ Church Choir) (Commissioned)
|- bgcolor="#F5F5DC"
|1992||Dove Awards||Inspirational Album (Winner)||Generation to Generation (with Larnelle Harris
, Matthew Ward, Glad, 4Him, Dallas Holm, Kelly Nelon Thompson, Billy & Sarah Gaines, and Dana Key)
|- bgcolor="#F5F5DC"
|1992||Dove Awards|| Contemporary Gospel Album (Winner)|| Handel's Messiah: A Soulful Celebration (with Mervyn Warren, George Duke, David Pack, Patti Austin, Take 6, Gary Hines, Robert Sadin, Richard Smallwood, and The Yellowjackets,)
|-
|1994||Grammy Awards||Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album||Matters of the Heart (Commissioned)
|-
|1996||Grammy Awards|| Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album||Shakin' the House (with Hezekiah Walker and Yolanda Adams)
|-
|1998||Grammy Awards||Contemporary Soul Gospel Album||Pages of Life: Chapters 1 and 2 (with Radical for Christ)
|- bgcolor="#F5F5DC"
|1998||Dove Awards||Contemporary Gospel Song (Winner) ||Let the Praise Begin (with Radical for Christ)
|- bgcolor="#F5F5DC"
|1999||Dove Awards||Contemporary Gospel Song (Winner)||Power (with Radical For Christ)
|- bgcolor="#F5F5DC"
|2000||Dove Awards||Contemporary Gospel Album (Winner)||Purpose By Design (with Radical for Christ)
|-
|2000||Soul Train Awards||Best Gospel Album||Pages of Life Chapter 1 and 2
|-
|2001||Grammy Awards||Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album||In Case You Missed It...And Then Some
|- bgcolor="#F5F5DC"
|2001||Stellar Awards||Male Vocalist of the Year (Winner) ||Purpose by Design
|-
|2001||Stellar Awards||Choir of the Year||Purpose by Design (with Radical For Christ)
|- bgcolor="#F5F5DC"
|2001||Stellar Awards|| Producer of the Year (Winner)||Purpose by Design (with Radical For Christ)
|-
|2001||Stellar Awards|| Producer of the Year||Mountain High...Valley Low (with Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis
, Jarren Campbell, Richard Smallwood and Kevin Bond)
|-
|2001||Stellar Awards||Contemporary Group/Duo of the Year||Purpose By Design (with Radical For Christ)
|-
|2001||Stellar Awards||CD of the Year||Purpose By Design (with Radical For Christ)
|- bgcolor="#F5F5DC"
|2001||Stellar Awards||Contemporary Male Vocalist of the Year (Winner) ||Purpose By Design (with Radical For Christ)
|-
|2001||Stellar Awards||Contemporary Choir of the Year||Purpose By Design (with Radical For Christ)
|- bgcolor="#F5F5DC"
|2001||Dove Awards||Urban Album (Winner)||Just Remember...Christmas
|-
|2002||Stellar Awards||Song of the Year||King of Glory
|-
|2002||Grammy Awards||Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album||Speak Those Things: POL Chapter 3
|-
|2002||Stellar Awards||Producer of the Year||Commissioned Reunion Live
|-
|2002||Stellar Awards||Group/Duo of the Year||Commissioned Reunion Live (Commissioned)
|-
|2002||Stellar Awards||Contemporary Group/Duo of the Year||Commissioned Reunion Live (Commissioned)
|-
|2002||Stellar Awards||Contemporary CD of the Year||Commissioned Reunion Live (Commissioned)
|-
|2002||Stellar Awards||Special Event CD of the Year||Commissioned Reunion Live (Commissioned)
|-
|2002||Grammy Awards||Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album||Commissioned Reunion Live (Commissioned)
|-
|2002||Stellar Awards||Contemporary Male Vocalist of the Year||Fred Hammond Christmas...Just Remember
|-
|2003||Stellar Awards||Contemporary Male Vocalist of the Year||Speak Those Things: POL Chapter 3
|-
|2004||Grammy Awards|| Contemporary Gospel Album of the Year|| Somethin' Bout Love
|-
|2004||Grammy Awards||Contemporary Gospel Song of the Year||Celebrate (He Lives) (with Noel Hall and Darryl Dixon)
|-
|2004||Grammy Awards||Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album||Somethin' 'bout Love
|-
|2004||Grammy Awards||Best Gospel Performance||Celebrate (He Lives)
|-
|2005 ||Stellar Awards||Artist of the Year||Somethin' 'Bout Love
|-
|2005||Stellar Awards||Song of the Year||Celebrate (He Lives) (with Noel Hall and Darryl Dixon)
|- bgcolor="#F5F5DC"
|2005||Stellar Awards||Producer of the Year (Winner)||Somethin' 'Bout Love
|-
|2005||Stellar Awards||CD of the Year||Somethin' 'Bout Love
|-
|2005||Stellar Awards||Contemporary Male Vocalist of the Year||Somethin' 'Bout Love
|-
|2005||Stellar Awards||Contemporary CD of the Year||Somethin' 'Bout Love
|-
|2007||Stellar Awards||Producer of the Year||Better Than That (The Singletons)
|-bgcolor="#F5F5DC"
|2008||Grammy Awards||Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album (Winner)|| Free To Worship
|-
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. Hammond was divorced from his wife of 20 years in 2004. He currently resides in Cedar Hill, Texas
.
Gospel music
Gospel music is music that is written to express either personal, spiritual or a communal belief regarding Christian life, as well as to give a Christian alternative to mainstream secular music....
singer, bass guitar
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
player, and record producer
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
.
Musical career
Hammond has been active both as a member of the gospel performing group CommissionedCommissioned (gospel group)
Commissioned is an American Gospel group. The group recorded twelve albums over a period of seventeen years.-Group composition:Originally from Detroit, Michigan, the six original members were Fred Hammond, Mitchell Jones, Keith Staten, Karl Reid, Michael Brooks, and Michael Williams formed a...
, and as a solo artist (currently for Verity Records
Verity Records
Verity Records is an American gospel music-focused record label founded in 1994. The label is a now major component and namesake of Verity Gospel Music Group , the Gospel group operated by Jive Label Group, which in turn is owned by Sony Music Entertainment.-Artists :* 21:03* Crystal Aikin*...
). He is a multiple Grammy
Grammy Award
A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...
-, Dove-, Stellar- award winner and nominee as a performer, producer and writer.
Hammond first gained recognition while playing bass guitar for the gospel group The Winans
The Winans
The Winans are an American Gospel music quartet from Detroit, Michigan consisting of brothers Marvin, Carvin, Michael and Ronald Winans.-Members:Please refer to the Winans family page for more detail on the individual members.-Origins:...
. By 1985 he was one of the six original members of the group Commissioned, participating in 10 of the group's 12 albums.
After his stint with Commissioned ended, he regained fame in the gospel community after selling millions of albums with his musical group Radical For Christ.
In 2002 Hammond returned to the group Commissioned (now with members Keith Staten, Marvin Sapp
Marvin Sapp
Pastor Marvin Louis Sapp is an American Gospel music singer-songwriter who recorded with the group Commissioned during the 1990s before beginning a record-breaking solo career...
, Mitchell Jones, Karl Reid, Michael Williams, and Marcus Cole
Marcus Cole (singer)
Marcus Cole is a gospel music singer and a member of the award-winning gospel performing group Commissioned. In 2006, he signed with CeCe Winans' Puresprings Gospel and released his first solo album Write My Song.-References:...
) to produce the Commissioned Reunion Live album.
Hammond produced Make Me Like The Moon, a stirring gospel ballad co-written by Chante Moore
Chanté Moore
Chanté Moore is an American R&B and jazz singer.-Biography:Born to a gospel minister, she grew up singing in the church and was heavily influenced by the music of George Duke and Lee Ritenour. While in high school, she decided to make a career of singing...
and Kenny Lattimore
Kenny Lattimore
Kenny Lattimore is an American R&B singer. Among his most popular hits were "Never Too Busy" and "For You".- Early career :...
for their 2006 double-CD of gospel
Gospel music
Gospel music is music that is written to express either personal, spiritual or a communal belief regarding Christian life, as well as to give a Christian alternative to mainstream secular music....
and R&B love songs entitled Uncovered/Covered (released October 10, 2006 by LaFace/Verity/Zomba Music Group). He also performs with Sean Combs
Sean Combs
Sean John Combs , also known by his stage names Diddy and P. Diddy, is an American rapper, singer, record producer, actor, and entrepreneur. He has won three Grammy Awards and two MTV Video Music Awards, and his clothing line earned a Council of Fashion Designers of America award. He was originally...
on the album Thank You.
Albums
{| class="wikitable sortable"!align="left"|Release date
!align="left"|Album
!align="left"|Label
!align="left"|RIAA
Recording Industry Association of America
The Recording Industry Association of America is a trade organization that represents the recording industry distributors in the United States...
certification
|-
|align="left"| 1985
|align="left"|I'm Going On
I'm Going On (album)
I'm Going On, released in 1984 on Light Records, is a gospel music album by American contemporary gospel music group Commissioned.-Chart rankings and awards:...
(Commissioned)
|align="left"|Light Records
Light Records
Light Records was a gospel record label founded in 1966 by Ralph Carmichael as a joint venture with the Waco, Texas-based Word Records.-History:...
|align="left"|
|-
|align="left"| 1986
|align="left"|Go Tell Somebody
Go Tell Somebody (album)
Go Tell Somebody, released in 1986 on Light Records, is a gospel music album by American contemporary gospel music group Commissioned.-Chart rankings and awards:Domestically, the album peaked at #2 on the US Billboard Top Gospel albums chart....
(Commissioned)
|align="left"|Light Records
|align="left"|
|-
|align="left"|1987
|align="left"|On The Winning Side (Commissioned)
|align="left"|Light Records
|align="left"|
|-
|align="left"|1988
|align="left"|Will You Be Ready? (Commissioned)
|align="left"|Light Records
|align="left"|
|-
|align="left"|1989
|align="left"|Ordinary Just Won't Do
Ordinary Just Won't Do (album)
Ordinary Just Won't Do, released in 1989 on Light Records, is a gospel music album by American contemporary gospel music group Commissioned.-Chart rankings and awards:...
(Commissioned)
|align="left"|Light Records
|align="left"|
|-
|align="left"|1990
|align="left"|State of Mind (Commissioned)
|align="left"|Verity Records
|align="left"|
|-
|align="left"|1991
|align="left"|Number 7
Number 7 (album)
Number 7, released in 1991 on Benson Records, is a gospel music album by the American urban contemporary gospel group Commissioned.At the time of the album's release, Commissioned's line-up included four of its six originial members along with newer members Marvin Sapp, Maxx Frank and Eddie...
(Commissioned)
|align="left"|A&M Records
A&M Records
A&M Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group that operates under the mantle of its Interscope-Geffen-A&M division.-Beginnings:...
|align="left"|
|-
|align="left"| 1991
|align="left"|I Am Persuaded
|align="left"|Verity Records
|align="left"|
|-
|align="left"| 1993
|align="left"|Deliverance
|align="left"|A&M Records
|align="left"|
|-
|align="left"|1994
|align="left"|Matters of the Heart (Commissioned)
|align="left"|A&M Records
|align="left"|
|-
|align="left"|1995
|align="left"|The Inner Court
|align="left"|Benson Records
Benson Records
Benson Records was founded by Bob Benson & John T. Benson, beginning as the John T. Benson Music Publishing Company in 1902. The record label started out as Heart Warming Records and would come to house labels such as Impact Records, Greentree Records, RiverSong, StarSong and Home Sweet Home...
|align="left"|
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|align="left"|December 1, 1995
|align="left"|Gospel Greats (Commissioned)
|align="left"|Benson Records
|align="left"|
|-
|align="left"|August 20, 1996
|align="left"|The Spirit of David
|align="left"|Benson Records
|align="left"|Gold -
|-
|align="left"|April 28, 1998
|align="left"|Pages of Life: Chapters 1&2
|align="left"|Verity Records
|align="left"| Gold -
Platinum -
2x Platinum -
|-
|align="left"|March 21, 2000
|align="left"|Purpose By Design
|align="left"|Verity Records
|align="left"|Gold -
|-
|align="left"|March 6, 2001
|align="left"|In Case You Missed It....And Then Some
|align="left"|Verity Records
|align="left"|
|-
|align="left"|September 11, 2001
|align="left"|Christmas...Just Remember
|align="left"|Verity Records
|align="left"|
|-
|align="left"|April 23, 2002
|align="left"|The Commissioned Reunion Live
The Commissioned Reunion Live (album)
The Commissioned Reunion Live, released on April 23, 2002, on Verity Records, is a gospel music album by the American contemporary gospel music group Commissioned.-Chart rankings and awards:...
(Commissioned)
|align="left"|Verity Records
|align="left"|
|-
|align="left"|September 10, 2002
|align="left"|Speak Those Things: POL Chapter 3
|align="left"|Verity Records
|align="left"|
|-
|align="left"|September 9, 2003
|align="left"|Hooked on the Hits
|align="left"|Verity Records
|align="left"|
|-
|align="left"|June 8, 2004
|align="left"|Somethin 'Bout Love
|align="left"|Verity Records
|align="left"|Gold - November 7, 2008
|-
|align="left"|June 13, 2006
|align="left"|Praise & Worship
Praise & Worship (album)
Praise & Worship is an album by the American contemporary gospel music group Commissioned, released on June 13, 2006, on Verity/Legacy Records-Chart rankings and awards:...
(Commissioned)
|align="left"|Verity/Legacy
|align="left"|
|-
|align="left"|October 3, 2006
|align="left"|Free to Worship
Free to Worship
Free to Worship is an album from Contemporary Gospel singer Fred Hammond. The album was recorded on April 14, 2006 and released on October 31, 2006 through Verity Records.-Track listing:# "My Heart Is for You" - 5:04...
|align="left"|Verity Records
|align="left"|
|-
|align="left"|September 29, 2009
|align="left"|Love Unstoppable
Love Unstoppable
Love Unstoppable is an album from Contemporary Gospel singer Fred Hammond. The album was released on September 29, 2009 through Verity Records.-Track listing:# "Prelude: BreeAnn" - Michelle & Darius Sean Hammond - 1:25...
|align="left"|Verity Records
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Notable singles
{| class="wikitable"!align="left"|Release date
!align="left"|Song
!align="left"|Album
!align="left"|Note
|-
|align="left"|April 28, 1998
|align="left"|Let the Praise Begin
|align="left"|Pages of Life: Chapters 1 and 2
|align="left"|1998 Dove Award winner for Best Contemporary Gospel Song with Radical for Christ
|-
|align="left"| 1998
|align="left"|Power
|align="left"|The Prince of Egypt Inspirational Soundtrack
The Prince of Egypt (Inspirational)
In addition to the original soundtrack for The Prince of Egypt motion picture, a pair of albums were released that featured music absent from the film...
|align="left"|a featured song on the soundtrack for the animated motion picture The Prince of Egypt
The Prince of Egypt
The Prince of Egypt is a 1998 American animated musical drama film and the first traditionally animated film produced and released by DreamWorks Animation. The film is an adaptation of the Book of Exodus and follows the life of Moses from being a prince of Egypt to his ultimate destiny to lead the...
with Radical for Christ
|-
|align="left"|April 28, 1998
|align="left"|Power
|align="left"|Pages of Life: Chapters 1 and 2
|align="left"|1999 Dove Award winner for Best Contemporary Gospel Song with Radical for Christ
|-
|align="left"| 2001
|align="left"|King of Glory
|align="left"|
|align="left"|2001 Stellar Awards nominee for Song of the Year
|-
|align="left"|
|align="left"|All Things Are Working
|align="left"|The Gospel Soundtrack
|align="left"|a featured song on the soundtrack for the motion picture The Gospel
The Gospel
The Gospel is a 2005 film directed and written by Rob Hardy. It was released in the United States on October 7, 2005. The film retells the Parable of the Prodigal Son in a modern context.-Plot:...
|-
|align="left"| 2004
|align="left"|Celebrate (He Lives)
|align="left"|
|align="left"|2004 Grammy Awards nominee for Best Gospel Performance with Noel Hall and Darryl Dixon
|-
|align="left"| 2005
|align="left"|Celebrate (He Lives)
|align="left"|
|align="left"|2005 Stellar Awards nominee for Song of the Year with Noel Hall and Darryl Dixon
|-
|align="left"| 2007
|align="left"|Better Than That, with The Singletons
|align="left"|
|align="left"|2007 Stellar Awards nominee for Song of the Year
|-
|align="left"|2003
|align="left"|We Have Not Forgotten
|align="left"|Soulful
Soulful (Ruben Studdard album)
Soulful is the 2003 debut album from second-season American Idol winner Ruben Studdard.-Track listing:# "Sorry 2004" – 4:22...
|align="left"|a duet performed on Ruben Studdard
Ruben Studdard
Christopher Theodore Ruben Studdard , best known as Ruben Studdard, is an American R&B, pop, and gospel singer. He rose to fame as winner of the second season of American Idol...
's debut album Soulful
|-
|align="left"|November 22, 2005
|align="left"|By Faith - with Sean Combs
|align="left"|Hurricane Relief: Come Together Now
Hurricane Relief: Come Together Now
Hurricane Relief: Come Together Now is a 2005 two-disc compilation album.RIAA will donate 100% of its net proceeds from the sale of this CD in equal parts to the American Red Cross, Habitat for Humanity and MusiCares Hurricane Relief 2005....
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Albums
{| class="wikitable"!align="left"|Year
!align="left"|Album
!align="left"|Chart
!align="left"|Peak
|-
|align="left"|1994
|align="left"|Matters of the Heart - (Commissioned
Commissioned (gospel group)
Commissioned is an American Gospel group. The group recorded twelve albums over a period of seventeen years.-Group composition:Originally from Detroit, Michigan, the six original members were Fred Hammond, Mitchell Jones, Keith Staten, Karl Reid, Michael Brooks, and Michael Williams formed a...
)
|align="left"|Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
|align="center"|65
|-
|align="left"|2002
|align="left"|Speak Those Things: POL Chapter 3
|align="left"|Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
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|align="left"|2002
|align="left"|Speak Those Things: POL Chapter 3
|align="left"|The Billboard 200
|align="center"|38
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|align="left"|2004
|align="left"|Somethin' 'Bout Love
|align="left"|Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
|align="center"|4
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|align="left"|2004
|align="left"|Somethin' 'Bout Love
|align="left"|The Billboard 200
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|align="left"|2006
|align="left"|Free To Worship
|align="left"|The Billboard 200
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|align="left"|2009
|align="left"|Love Unstoppable
|align="center"|Billboard 200
Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...
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|align="left"|Billboard Top Gospel Albums
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Award wins
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! Year !! Award-giving body !! Award category !! Song /Album title
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|1992||Dove Awards||Inspirational Album||Generation to Generation (with Larnelle Harris
Larnelle Harris
Larnelle Steward Harris is a gospel singer and songwriter. During his 30-plus years of ministry, Harris has recorded 18 albums, won five Grammy Awards and 18 Dove Awards, and has had several number one songs on the inspirational music charts.-Early life:A native of Danville, Kentucky, Harris...
, Matthew Ward, Glad, 4Him, Dallas Holm, Kelly Nelon Thompson, Billy & Sarah Gaines, and Dana Key)
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|1992||Dove Awards|| Contemporary Gospel Album|| Handel's Messiah: A Soulful Celebration (with Mervyn Warren, George Duke
George Duke
George Duke is a multi-faceted American musician, known as a keyboard pioneer, composer, singer and producer in both jazz and popular mainstream musical genres. He has worked with numerous acclaimed artists as arranger, music director, writer and co-writer, record producer and professor of music...
, David Pack, Patti Austin
Patti Austin
-Life and career:Austin was born in Harlem, New York. She made her debut at the Apollo Theater at age four and had a contract with RCA Records when she was only five. Quincy Jones and Dinah Washington have proclaimed themselves as her godparents....
, Take 6
Take 6
Take 6 is an American a cappella gospel music sextet formed in 1980 on the campus of Oakwood College in Huntsville, Alabama. The group sings in a contemporary style, integrating R&B and jazz influences into their devotional songs and has 10 Grammy wins, 10 Dove Awards, one Soul Train Award and two...
, Gary Hines, Robert Sadin, Richard Smallwood
Richard Smallwood
Richard Smallwood is an American Gospel music artist who formed The Richard Smallwood Singers in 1977 in Washington, DC.-Biography:...
, and The Yellowjackets)
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|1998||Dove Awards||Contemporary Gospel Song||Let the Praise Begin (with Radical for Christ)
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|1999||Dove Awards||Contemporary Gospel Song||Power (with Radical For Christ)
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|2000||Dove Awards||Contemporary Gospel Album||Purpose By Design (with Radical for Christ)
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|2001||Stellar Awards
Stellar Awards
The Stellar Awards is the first Gospel Music Awards show in the country, honoring Gospel Music Artists, writers, and industry professionals for their contributions to the Gospel Music Industry. The Stellar Awards ranks high in status as the only Gospel Music television awards program syndicated in...
||Male Vocalist of the Year||Purpose by Design
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|2001||Stellar Awards|| Producer of the Year ||Purpose by Design (with Radical For Christ)
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|2001||Stellar Awards||Contemporary Male Vocalist of the Year ||Purpose By Design (with Radical For Christ)
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|2001||Dove Awards||Urban Album ||Just Remember Christmas
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|2005||Stellar Awards||Producer of the Year ||Somethin' 'Bout Love
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|2008||Grammy Awards||Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album ||Free To Worship
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Award nominations
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! Year !! Award-giving body !! Award category !! Song /Album title
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|1989||Grammy Awards||Best Soul Gospel Performance - Duo, Group, Choir or Chorus||Will You Be Ready? (Commissioned)
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|1991||Grammy Awards||Best Pop Gospel Album||Shakin' the House...Live - Carman & Commissioned (& the Christ Church Choir) (Commissioned)
|- bgcolor="#F5F5DC"
|1992||Dove Awards||Inspirational Album (Winner)||Generation to Generation (with Larnelle Harris
Larnelle Harris
Larnelle Steward Harris is a gospel singer and songwriter. During his 30-plus years of ministry, Harris has recorded 18 albums, won five Grammy Awards and 18 Dove Awards, and has had several number one songs on the inspirational music charts.-Early life:A native of Danville, Kentucky, Harris...
, Matthew Ward, Glad, 4Him, Dallas Holm, Kelly Nelon Thompson, Billy & Sarah Gaines, and Dana Key)
|- bgcolor="#F5F5DC"
|1992||Dove Awards|| Contemporary Gospel Album (Winner)|| Handel's Messiah: A Soulful Celebration (with Mervyn Warren, George Duke, David Pack, Patti Austin, Take 6, Gary Hines, Robert Sadin, Richard Smallwood, and The Yellowjackets,)
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|1994||Grammy Awards||Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album||Matters of the Heart (Commissioned)
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|1996||Grammy Awards|| Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album||Shakin' the House (with Hezekiah Walker and Yolanda Adams)
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|1998||Grammy Awards||Contemporary Soul Gospel Album||Pages of Life: Chapters 1 and 2 (with Radical for Christ)
|- bgcolor="#F5F5DC"
|1998||Dove Awards||Contemporary Gospel Song (Winner) ||Let the Praise Begin (with Radical for Christ)
|- bgcolor="#F5F5DC"
|1999||Dove Awards||Contemporary Gospel Song (Winner)||Power (with Radical For Christ)
|- bgcolor="#F5F5DC"
|2000||Dove Awards||Contemporary Gospel Album (Winner)||Purpose By Design (with Radical for Christ)
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|2000||Soul Train Awards||Best Gospel Album||Pages of Life Chapter 1 and 2
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|2001||Grammy Awards||Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album||In Case You Missed It...And Then Some
|- bgcolor="#F5F5DC"
|2001||Stellar Awards||Male Vocalist of the Year (Winner) ||Purpose by Design
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|2001||Stellar Awards||Choir of the Year||Purpose by Design (with Radical For Christ)
|- bgcolor="#F5F5DC"
|2001||Stellar Awards|| Producer of the Year (Winner)||Purpose by Design (with Radical For Christ)
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|2001||Stellar Awards|| Producer of the Year||Mountain High...Valley Low (with Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis
Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
James Samuel "Jimmy Jam" Harris III and Terry Steven Lewis are an American R&B and pop-music songwriting and record production team...
, Jarren Campbell, Richard Smallwood and Kevin Bond)
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|2001||Stellar Awards||Contemporary Group/Duo of the Year||Purpose By Design (with Radical For Christ)
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|2001||Stellar Awards||CD of the Year||Purpose By Design (with Radical For Christ)
|- bgcolor="#F5F5DC"
|2001||Stellar Awards||Contemporary Male Vocalist of the Year (Winner) ||Purpose By Design (with Radical For Christ)
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|2001||Stellar Awards||Contemporary Choir of the Year||Purpose By Design (with Radical For Christ)
|- bgcolor="#F5F5DC"
|2001||Dove Awards||Urban Album (Winner)||Just Remember...Christmas
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|2002||Stellar Awards||Song of the Year||King of Glory
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|2002||Grammy Awards||Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album||Speak Those Things: POL Chapter 3
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|2002||Stellar Awards||Producer of the Year||Commissioned Reunion Live
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|2002||Stellar Awards||Group/Duo of the Year||Commissioned Reunion Live (Commissioned)
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|2002||Stellar Awards||Contemporary Group/Duo of the Year||Commissioned Reunion Live (Commissioned)
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|2002||Stellar Awards||Contemporary CD of the Year||Commissioned Reunion Live (Commissioned)
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|2002||Stellar Awards||Special Event CD of the Year||Commissioned Reunion Live (Commissioned)
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|2002||Grammy Awards||Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album||Commissioned Reunion Live (Commissioned)
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|2002||Stellar Awards||Contemporary Male Vocalist of the Year||Fred Hammond Christmas...Just Remember
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|2003||Stellar Awards||Contemporary Male Vocalist of the Year||Speak Those Things: POL Chapter 3
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|2004||Grammy Awards|| Contemporary Gospel Album of the Year|| Somethin' Bout Love
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|2004||Grammy Awards||Contemporary Gospel Song of the Year||Celebrate (He Lives) (with Noel Hall and Darryl Dixon)
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|2004||Grammy Awards||Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album||Somethin' 'bout Love
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|2004||Grammy Awards||Best Gospel Performance||Celebrate (He Lives)
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|2005 ||Stellar Awards||Artist of the Year||Somethin' 'Bout Love
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|2005||Stellar Awards||Song of the Year||Celebrate (He Lives) (with Noel Hall and Darryl Dixon)
|- bgcolor="#F5F5DC"
|2005||Stellar Awards||Producer of the Year (Winner)||Somethin' 'Bout Love
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|2005||Stellar Awards||CD of the Year||Somethin' 'Bout Love
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|2005||Stellar Awards||Contemporary Male Vocalist of the Year||Somethin' 'Bout Love
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|2005||Stellar Awards||Contemporary CD of the Year||Somethin' 'Bout Love
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|2007||Stellar Awards||Producer of the Year||Better Than That (The Singletons)
|-bgcolor="#F5F5DC"
|2008||Grammy Awards||Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album (Winner)|| Free To Worship
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Personal life
Fred Hammond has two kids that have appeared on his 2009 album, Love UnstoppableLove Unstoppable
Love Unstoppable is an album from Contemporary Gospel singer Fred Hammond. The album was released on September 29, 2009 through Verity Records.-Track listing:# "Prelude: BreeAnn" - Michelle & Darius Sean Hammond - 1:25...
. Hammond was divorced from his wife of 20 years in 2004. He currently resides in Cedar Hill, Texas
Cedar Hill, Texas
Cedar Hill is a city in Dallas and Ellis Counties in the U.S. state of Texas. It is located approximately sixteen miles southwest of downtown Dallas and is situated along the eastern shore of Joe Pool Lake and Cedar Hill State Park. The population was 32,093 at the 2000 census...
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