Greatly Blessed is an album from Contemporary Christian

Contemporary Christian music

Contemporary Christian music is a genre of modern popular music which is lyrically focused on matters concerned with the Christian faith...

, Southern Gospel

Southern Gospel

Southern Gospel music—at one time also known as "quartet music"—is music whose lyrics are written to express either personal or a communal faith regarding biblical teachings and Christian life, as well as to give a Christian alternative to mainstream secular music...

 group Gaither Vocal Band

Gaither Vocal Band

The Gaither Vocal Band is a Grammy award-winning Christian music vocal group, headed by Bill Gaither. They originally recorded contemporary Christian music, but after the popularity of the Gaither Homecoming videos, the group has become known for southern gospel.-Group history:The Gaither Vocal...

. The album was released on August 10, 2010.

Track listing

1. "Better Day" (Connie Harrington, Steven Jones) - 3:54
2. "When He Blest My Soul" (J.R. Baxter, Cleavant Derricks) - 3:11
3. "Love Like I'm Leavin'" (Lowell Alexander, Benjamin Gaither, Jeff Silvey) - 3:36
4. "You Are My All in All" (Dennis Jernigan) - 5:14
5. "Please Forgive Me" (Gerald Crabb) - 3:58
6. "Greatly Blessed, Highly Favored" (William J. Gaither, Larry Gatlin) - 2:57
7. "He's Alive" (Don Francisco
   Don Francisco (Christian musician)
   Don Francisco is an independent American singer, songwriter, and musician, specialising in the field of contemporary Christian music. He has won two Dove awards, 1980 song of the year , and 1980 Songwriter of the year....
   
   ) - 5:11
8. "Ain't Nobody" (Benjamin Gaither, Jeff Silvey) - 3:35
9. "Clean" (William J. Gaither, Larry Gatlin) - 4:29
10. "Muddy Water" (Roger Brown, Benjamin Gaither, Jeff Silvey) - 3:55
11. "That Sounds Like Home to Me" (Eddie Crook, Charles Aaron Wilburn) - 4:52
12. "I Know How to Say Thank You" (Barry Jennings, Suzanne Jennings) - 4:34
13. "He Is Here" (Kirk Talley) - 6:38

Band members

• David Phelps
  David Phelps
  David Norris Phelps is an American Christian vocalist, songwriter and vocal arranger, who is best known for singing tenor in the Gaither Vocal Band. He has also released several solo albums, including four Christmas collections...
  
   - First Tenor
• Wes Hampton - Second Tenor
• Michael English - Lead
• Mark Lowry
  Mark Lowry
  Mark Alan Lowry is a Christian comedian, songwriter, and singer, best known for co-writing the song “Mary, Did You Know?”. Lowry performed with the Gaither Vocal Band from 1988–2001 and, in January 2009, he re-joined the group along with other "GVB" alumni Michael English and David Phelps...
  
   - Baritone
• Bill Gaither - Bass

Awards

At the 42nd GMA Dove Awards

42nd GMA Dove Awards

The 42nd Annual GMA Dove Awards were held on April 20, 2011 at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia. The show will be broadcast on gmc on April 24, 2011. It will be hosted by Sherri Shepherd from The Newlywed Game....

, Greatly Blessed won two Dove Awards: Southern Gospel Album of the Year and Southern Gospel Recorded Song of the Year for the song "Better Day". The group was also nominated for Group of the Year.

Chart performance

The album peaked at #53 on Billboard 200

Billboard 200

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 and #2 on Billboard's Christian Albums, where it spent 23 weeks.

External links

• Greatly Blessed on Amazon
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