The Christianaires

The Christianaires
Origin Detroit, Michigan
Genres black gospel, urban contemporary gospel, traditional black gospel, gospel music
Years active 1989–2004
Labels Muscle Shoals, Atlanta International, A&M, Aircentral, Compendia, CGI, Platinum, Marxan
Website malaco.com/Catalog/Gospel/The-Christianaires/list.php
Past members Arnold Brown
Ronald Brown
Paul Porter
Tyrone Porter
George Carter
Charles Porter

The Christianaires was an American black gospel music group from Detroit, Michigan, they were active from 1989 until 2004. At its inception, The group consisted of two sibling pairs, two brothers, Arnold and Ronald Brown, and two more brothers, Paul and Tyrone Porter. Later on with the subtraction of Paul Porter and Ronald Brown, the group added George Carter and Charles Porter. They released ten albums with various labels during their tenure, and those were 1989's Walking with Me, 1990's Ain't No Way I Could and Another Step Forward, 1993's The Vision Becomes Clearer, 1995's Thru the Storm and Reaching Out, 1997's Saints Hold On, 1998's Standing Room Only, 2001's Thank You, and 2004's Stand Up! Live. The groups albums Another Step Forward, The Vision Becomes Clearer, Standing Room Only, and Thank You charted on the Billboard Gospel Albums chart.

Background

The Detroit, Michigan-based black gospel group, The Christianaires started in 1989 and ceased in 2004.[1] They were made up of two pairs of siblings from their outset the brothers, Arnold and Ronald Brown, and the other two brothers, Paul and Tyrone Porter, which they were cousins the Browns and Porters.[1] They would add with the departure of two of their members Paul Porter and Ronald Brown, the group would replace them with George Carter and Charles Porter.[1]

History

The quartet released ten albums from 1989 until 2004,[2][3] with four of them charting on the Billboard Gospel Albums chart.[4] The releases were with various labels over the course of the groups tenure, and those albums were: 1989's Walking with Me, 1990's Ain't No Way I Could and Another Step Forward, 1993's The Vision Becomes Clearer, 1995's Thru the Storm and Reaching Out, 1997's Saints Hold On, 1998's Standing Room Only, 2001's Thank You, and 2004's Stand Up! Live.[2][3] The four albums that charted on the Gospel Albums chart were: Another Step Forward at No. 31, The Vision Becomes Clearer at No. 17, Standing Room Only at No. 17, and Thank You at No. 8. The last one charted on the Independent Albums chart at No. 34.[4]

Members

Discography

List of albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions[4]
US
Gos
US
Indie
Walking with Me
Ain't No Way I Could
Another Step Forward 31
The Vision Becomes Clearer 17
Thru the Storm
Reaching Out
Saints Hold On
Standing Room Only 17
Thank You 8 34
Stand Up! Live

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Dillon, Charlotte. "The Christianaires : Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
  2. 2.0 2.1 AllMusic. "The Christianaires : Discography". AllMusic. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Cross Rhythms. "The Christianaires Artist Profile". Cross Rhythms. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Billboard. "The Christianaires: Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved March 21, 2015.

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