Virtue (musical group)

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Virtue

Origin	New Orleans, Louisiana United States
Years active	1997 – Present
Genres	Gospel, Contemporary Christian, Inspirational/Worship
Labels	Verity Records Darckchild Gospel
Members	Ebony Holland Heather Martin Karima Kibble

Virtue is a popular Gospel music group.

1 Biography
2 Discography
- 2.1 Albums
3 Billboard chart history
- 3.1 Albums
4 Awards
- 4.1 Award wins
- 4.2 Award nominations
5 Other facts
- 5.1 References
6 Footnotes
7 External links

[edit] Biography

The group was formed 1993 by Karima Trotter (Kibble), Ebony Trotter (Holland), Negelle Sumter, and Shavonne Sampson. In 1999, Heather Trotter (Martin) joined the group, replacing Sampson. Sumter later left the group, but appears on several songs on the group's album Virtuosity!.

After signing to Verity Records, Virtue recorded an album with production by Mitchell Jones (Commissioned), Dawkins & Dawkins, Montrel Darrett (Commissioned) and the help of Mark and Joey Kibble of the group Take 6.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

Release date	Album	Label
April 29, 1997	Virtue	Verity Records
May 18, 1999	Get Ready	Verity Records
September 11, 2001	Virtuosity!	Verity Records
August 19, 2003	Free	Verity Records
July 27, 2004	Nothing but the Hits	Verity Records
June, 20, 2006	Testimony	Darkchild Gospel

[edit] Billboard chart history

[edit] Albums

Year	Album	Chart	Peak

[edit] Awards

[edit] Award wins

Year	Award-giving body	Award

[edit] Award nominations

Year	Award-giving body	Award Category	Song /Album Title
2003	Dove Awards	Urban Album of the Year	Free

[edit] Other facts

Virtue performed on the Sisters in the Spirit tour with Shirley Caesar, Yolanda Adams and Mary Mary. They also peformed on the Evolution II Tour 2003 with Byron Cage, Percy Bady Tonex, Lisa McClendon, and Corey Red & Precise.^[1]

Appeared on the album Bridges: Songs of Unity and Purpose in a duet with Clay Crosse
Sang background for Darwin Hobbs on the song So Amazing from his album Vertical