Maverick City Music’s ‘Live’ Launches at No. 1 on Top Gospel Albums Chart
Written by djfrosty on February 19, 2025
Maverick City Music lands its fifth No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Gospel Albums chart, and its eighth top 10 on Top Christian Albums (No. 2), with the debut of Live at Maverick City (on lists dated Feb. 22).
The 36-song set from the Atlanta-based Christian and gospel music collective earned 5,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in its release week (Feb. 7-13), according to Luminate.
Maverick City Music, which was founded in 2018, recorded the bulk of the album in December at the Toyota Center in Houston. The LP features collaborations with acts including Tasha Cobbs Leonard, Chandler Moore, Jordin Sparks and Naomi Watts.
Maverick City Music earns its first Top Gospel Albums leader since The Maverick Way Complete: Complete Vol 02 (with Moore and Naomi Raine) began a career-best 18-week reign in November 2023. Live at Maverick City replaces that collection at No. 1.
Allen & Armstrong Lead
Nia Allen and Jor’Dan Armstrong ascend a spot to No. 1 on Gospel Airplay with “Sunshine.” The collaboration advanced by 18% in plays during the tracking week. Armstrong and Allen co-authored it with Kortez Harris, the latter two of whom also co-produced it.
The Dallas-based Allen banks her second Gospel Airplay ruler, following “Wait (2020),” which led for a week in May 2021. “I’m in Love (Live)” followed, becoming her second of three top 10s (No. 9 peak, April 2023).
Armstrong, who hails from Baton Rouge, La., adds his fourth Gospel Airplay No. 1, all earned in succession. It follows “You,” which dominated for two frames last April; “Call,” with Erica Campbell (three weeks, December 2022); and “My God” (two, beginning in December 2021).