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Tuesday’s  series premiere of Tyler Perry’If Loving You is Wrong became the most watched series premiere in OWN network history after drawing 1.93 million viewers. 

The episode delivered a 1.47 rating in the key “women aged 25-54 (W25-54)” demo, which translates to a 206% increase vs. one year ago, and the ratings built every quarter hour among W25-54 climbing 13% over the course of the hour, the network announced today, citing Nielsen.

The second episode at 10 p.m. delivered 1.92 million v

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Lecrae made history with his brand-new single “All I Need Is You” this week, becoming the first Christian hip-hop artist of all time to ever reach the number-one spot on iTunes.

The rapper spoke with The Christian Post about the achievement this week and stated that he does not view it as something to brag about.

“I don’t look at it that way,” the rapper said to CP on Wednesday. “I think it’s phenomenal to make music that challenges people to think on morality, spirituality and the bettermen

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Lecrae recently thanked fans on Twitter after his new song “All I Need is You” reached number 1 on the iTunes chart early Tuesday.

The Grammy award-winning artist is gearing up for the September release of his seventh studio album “Anomaly.”

“All I Need is You,” which is the third single off the album, recently peaked at number one on iTunes, surpassing Nicki Minaj’s “Anaconda” and Jessie J’s “Bang Bang.” Lecrae was sure to thank fans via Twitter.

“Y’all’s support is crazy!! Number 1 song on

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The following post contains details from the first and second seasons of Orange Is the New Black. (Don’t say we didn’t warn you.)

I love my Don Drapers and Walter Whites, but we were long overdue for a Piper Chapman. She’s the main character of Orange Is the New Black, a Brooklyn yuppie serving time for crimes committed in her adventurous youth (based on the real-life Piper Kerman, whose memoir inspired the show). Her story is not, at least after two seasons, a

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Singer Kirk Franklin performs onstage at the 43rd NAACP Image Awards held at The Shrine Auditorium on February 17, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. (Kevin Winter/Getty Images North America)
When we hear about Forbes lists, citing the richest and highest paid among us, typically Christian artists, pastors, and leaders of the faith community are absent from such lists.
Measuring Christians' cash flow isn't exactly a regular hot topic. But EUR Web reports that Kirk Franklin is gospel's "richest"
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