BC News|August 29, 2013 11:36 EDT
Motown Gospel Recording Artist Tasha Cobbs Hit Single Climbs the UAC Charts...
Motown Gospel recording artist Tasha Cobbs receives five nominations for her hit praise and worship anthem, "Break Every Chain" and her Top 5 Billboard album, Grace. Nominations include New Artist of the Year, Gospel Performance of the Year, Contemporary Gospel/Urban Song of the Year, and Contemporary Gospel/Urban Album of the Year (Grace). "Break Every Chain" was also nominated for Song of the Year for songwriter Will Reagan. Cobbs is also scheduled to perform on the 44th Annual GMA Dove Awards, which will take place on Tuesday, October 15, 2013 at Allen Arena on the campus of Lipscomb University in Nashville, TN.
Cobbs' "Break Every Chain" was #1 on Billboard's Hot Gospel Songs chart for seven consecutive weeks. The single is new and active and steadily climbing the Urban Adult Contemporary radio chart. The lyric video for "Break Every Chain" has over two million VeVo views and counting. Grace is currently #3 on Billboard's Top Gospel Albums chart and has never fallen below #6 since its February 5 release. The single is also Motown Gospel's first #1 radio song at gospel radio. Grace is produced by multiple award-winning recording artist VaShawn Mitchell.
This month, Tasha Cobbs' Break Every Chain Tour will continue with upcoming appearances at Bishop T.D. Jakes' MegaFest. Other recent promotional appearances included Kierra Sheard's BRL Experience in Detroit, MI; New York's WBLS City Parks Concert in Harlem, NY; Radio One's Praise in the Park in Atlanta, GA; the Full Gospel Conference, the ESSENCE Festival; among others. Cobbs also performed on BET's highly-rated gospel competition show Sunday Best.