Kierra "KiKi" Sheard makes number one in America's gospel charts.

THE DEBUT album by Kierra "KiKi" Sheard, 'I Owe You', has become the first album by a new artist to bow in at number one in America's Billboard Top Gospel Albums chart. Said the teenage singer, "I was really excited, but I was speechless. I knew for a fact that it's only because of God that it happened, because I'm just starting out and he just let me go to number one." The teenage singer is the daughter of Karen Clark-Sheard, of the famed Clark Sisters. Explained EMI Gospel vice president Larry Blackwell, "She has been out on the road, predominantly with her mother and [aunt] Dorinda [Clark-Cole], doing dates since she was nine years old. She's a child not only of the Clark Sisters and that legacy, but the whole COGIC denomination, which is over 3 million strong. They've adopted her as their baby." CR

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