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Child of God (album)
2024 studio album by Forrest Frank From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Child of God is the seventh studio album and major label debut by Forrest Frank. It was released on River House Records, 10K Projects, and Warner Music Group on July 26, 2024.[3] The album debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Top Christian Albums chart and remained there for seventeen consecutive weeks, making it the biggest Christian album debut of 2024.[4]
The album was made available as a digital download and for streaming, as well as physically on CD, cassette, and LP. It sold 22,000 copies in the US within its first week.[5] The track "What Living is All About" is a recording of the testimony by Forrest Frank's grandfather, Neil Frank. The album includes the song "Good Day", which reached No. 1 on the Billboard Christian Digital Song Sales chart and won the 2024 GMA Dove Awards for Pop/Contemporary Recorded Song of the Year.[4] The song "No Longer Bound", with Hulvey, reached No. 2 on the US Viral Top 50 chart on Spotify.[6]
On October 25, 2024, he announced plans for a deluxe edition. It was released on November 1, 2024.[7]
On July 22, 2025, the album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America.[8]
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The album debuted at No. 28 on the Billboard 200.[9] In addition, it appeared at No. 1 on the Billboard Top Christian Albums chart[10] and No. 4 on the Official Charts Top Christian/Gospel Albums chart, peaked at No. 3 in May of 2025.[11][12] The album reached No. 8 on the Top Album Sales[13] and Top Current Album Sales.[14] It reached No. 1 on the worldwide iTunes chart.[15] It is credited as being the biggest Christian album debut of the year.[4] The album remained at No. 1 for seventeen consecutive weeks and thirty cumulative weeks.
The first single released off the album was "No Longer Bound". The song peaked at No. 19 on the Billboard Hot Christian Songs chart.[3] It was followed by "Hallelujah", which reached No. 39 on the same chart. The third single to be released off Child of God was "Good Day", which peaked at No. 22 on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart,[5] No. 2 on the Hot Christian Songs,[7] No. 1 on the Christian Digital Song Sales chart,[15] and No. 8 on the Country Airplay chart.[16]
The fourth single to be released off the album was "UP!", which reached No. 8 on the Hot Christian Songs chart. It was followed by "Always", which reached No. 19 on the Hot Christian Songs chart.[17] The seventh single off the album, "God Is Good", peaked at No. 18 on the Hot Christian Songs,[18] and No. 3 on the Christian Airplay.[19] The final single off the album was "Never Get Used To This", which peaked at No. 6 on the Hot Christian Songs,[18] and No. 39 on the Recorded Music New Zealand Hot Singles.[20] The single "Your Way's Better", from the deluxe edition, charted at No. 19 on the Hot Christian Songs.[21]
Although not released as a single, the songs "Miracle Worker", "Safe and Sound", "Never Left My Side", "More Than A Feeling", "All I Need", and "Life Is Good" entered the Billboard charts. On the deluxe edition, the songs "Heaven On This Earth", "Ups & Downs", and "Crazy" also entered the charts.
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At the 2025 Grammy Awards, Child of God was a nominee for Best Contemporary Christian Album.[22] It was nominated for Best Christian Album at the 2024 Billboard Music Awards.[23] At the 2024 NewReleaseToday We Love Awards, the album was nominated Pop Album of the Year and Album of the Year, the results of which are pending.[24]
At the 2023 GMA Dove Awards, the song "No Longer Bound" was nominated as Rap/Hip-Hop Recorded Song of the Year.[25] That same year, the song was nominated for the Mainstream Impact Award at the We Love Awards.[26] At the 2024 GMA Dove Awards, "Good Day" won Pop/Contemporary Recorded Song of the Year.[27] "Good Day" was also nominated as Top Christian Song at the Billboard Music Awards that year.[23] At the 2024 We Love Awards, it was nominated for Pop Song of the Year. At the same awards, "UP!" was nominated as Song of the Year, and "God Is Good" was nominated as Rap/Urban Song of the Year. The results of the We Love Awards are currently pending.[24]
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Expanded edition tracks are followed by original edition tracks from Track 8–27.
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