Erica Campbell (singer)

Erica Campbell, 2019

Erica Monique Campbell (born Atkins ; born April 29, 1972 in Inglewood , California ) is an American gospel singer .

Career

In 2000 Erica Atkins founded the gospel duo Mary Mary together with her older sister Tina . For 12 years they were very successful in the US charts and received numerous awards. After that, they decided to start separate solo careers. Erica had now married her producer Warryn Campbell.

In 2013, Erica Campbell released her debut solo single A Little More Jesus , which she had written with her sister. With that she got into the gospel charts, she stayed there for half a year and reached number 7. In spring 2014 her first album was released with the title Help . Her husband Warryn Campbell produced and wrote the album with her and various co-authors. It rose to number 1 on the gospel charts and reached number 6 on the official charts ; that was one place higher than the top ranked Mary Mary album. The song Help , the second single in which the gospel rapper Lecrae participated and co-wrote, was particularly successful . The song reached number 2 on the gospel charts. At the 2015 Grammy Awards , the album was named the best gospel album of the year. Help received a nomination for best gospel song.

A year after its initial release, Help 2.0 was released, a remix album with audio commentary and two new songs. The album reached number 1 on the gospel charts and both songs were also placed, I Luh God also topped the chart.

Discography

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		US	Gospel
2014	Help	US6 (11 weeks) US	Gospel1 (66 weeks) Gospel
2015	Help 2.0	US120 (1 week) US	Gospel1 (58 weeks) Gospel

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)	Remarks
		Gospel
2013	A Little More Jesus Help	Gospel7 (27 weeks) Gospel	Authors: Erica Atkins-Campbell, Tina Atkins-Campbell, Warryn Campbell
2014	Help Help	Gospel2 (27 weeks) Gospel	feat. Lecrae Authors: W. Campbell, EM Atkins-Campbell, HS Lilly Jr., H. Jones
	You Are Help	Gospel17 (16 weeks) Gospel	Authors: W. Campbell, EM Atkins-Campbell
2015	More Love Help 2.0	Gospel18 (9 weeks) Gospel	Authors: EM Atkins-Campbell, W. Campbell
	I Luh God Help 2.0	Gospel1 (51 weeks) Gospel	feat. Big Shizz Authors: W. Campbell, EM Atkins-Campbell, LA Daniels
2016	POG Help	Gospel24 (2 weeks) Gospel	Authors: EM Atkins-Campbell, W. Campbell, D. Caddell
	The Question	Gospel25 (1 week) Gospel	Author: WS Campbell II

Awards

Grammy Awards

• 2015 : Best Gospel Album for Help

nomination

• 2014 : Best Gospel Song for A Little More Jesus
• 2015: Best Gospel Performance / Song for Help (with Lecrae )

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1. ↑ ^{a b} Erica Campbell in the US charts (Billboard)

Web links

• Erica Campbell at Allmusic (English)