Donald Lawrence & Co., Twinkie Clark & Yolanda Adams Top Gospel Airplay With ‘In Him There Is No Sorrow’

April 18, 2024 E Jazz Reporter

Entertainment

The coronation marks Lawrence’s sixth, Adams’ second and Clark’s first as a soloist.

Donald Lawrence

Blake Martin

“In Him There Is No Sorrow” by Donald Lawrence & Co., featuring Twinkie Clark and Yolanda Adams, rises to No. 1 on Billboard’s Gospel Airplay chart (dated April 20).

During the April 5-11 tracking week, the single advanced by 16% in plays, according to Luminate.

The song was originally recorded by Clark in 1981. The singer (known off stage as Elbernita Clark) is a member of gospel group The Clark Sisters, comprising siblings Dorinda Clark-Cole, Jacky Clark Chisholm, Karen Clark Sheard and Twinkie Clark. (The act was first a quintet; Denise Clark Bradford left in 1986.)

“In Him There Is No Sorrow” is from the album Donald Lawrence Presents Power: A Tribute to Twinkie Clark, released in September 2023. The set, which contains eight songs, is a reimagined version of Clark’s early 1981 solo album, Ye Shall Receive Power.

Lawrence banks his sixth Gospel Airplay chart-topper and first since “Deliver Me (This Is My Exodus),” with his choir, the Tri-City Singers, and Le’ Andria Johnson, ruled for five weeks in 2019. His first and longest-leading, No. 1, “The Blessing of Abraham” with the Tri-City Singers, reigned for 18 frames in 2006.

Clark earns her first Gospel Airplay No. 1 as a solo artist. She previously peaked as high as No. 14 in 2005 with “He Lifted Me.” The Clark Sisters have notched three leaders among four top 10s, most recently reigning in May 2021 with “His Love,” featuring Snoop Dogg.

Plus, Adams tops Gospel Airplay for a second time, after “Be Blessed” dominated for three frames starting in August 2005. Her latest No. 1, among six top 10s, marks her first entry since 2015, when she featured on Israel & New Breed’s “How Awesome Is Our God,” which reached No. 6.

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