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Love's Holiday CD Hits #1

Time Life Music & BET J's "Love's Holiday: A Gospel Christmas" CD Hits #1 on Billboard Magazine Gospel Sales Chart
CD Featuring Who's Who of Gospel and R&B Stars is Time Life's First Gospel Compilation to Take Top Spot

Contact: Bill Carpenter, 202-506-5051, carpenterbill@mac.com

MEDIA ADVISORY, Nov. 30 /Christian Newswire/ -- TIME LIFE and BET J's CD "Love's Holiday: A Gospel Christmas" is proving to be a big hit. The fourteen-track compilation features both traditional and new gospel-inspired Christmas recordings by both established gospel artists and their R&B peers. "We at Time Life are very excited about hitting the number 1 position on the Billboard Gospel Chart," says Michael Mitchell, Vice President of Marketing and Strategic Alliances/New Product Development for TIME LIFE. "This is the first #1 for us on the Gospel Album Chart. We have had some great success with our gospel compilations and this is the icing on the cake." The collection also charted at #129 on Billboard's Hot 200 pop album and #95 on the R&B album sales charts. It was also a "Hot Shot Debut" at #30 on Billboard's Holiday sales chart.

Among the tunes on the project are soulful ballads such as pop star Alicia Keys' reinterpretation of "Little Drummer Boy" as "Little Drummer Girl," Whitney Houston's "Joy to the World" and the Mighty Clouds of Joy's "Silent Night." The album is in the throes of an aggressive television advertising campaign on both BET and BET J (BET's Jazz cable channel). The two cable networks are also running a half hour "Love's Holiday" television special featuring Stellar award nominated gospel star Bryan Wilson singing his tune "The Savior Has Come" from the CD. The program airs on BET J on December 10, 14, 17, 21 and 24 at 3:00 p.m. EST. It airs on BET at 2:30 a.m. on December 24th – Christmas Eve.

"We knew we had a special collection, but it's so exciting to see such an enthusiastic response from our customers," says Time Life Vice- President and Executive Producer, Mitchell Peyser, who compiled the CD with gospel historian Bil Carpenter. Visit www.timelife.com for more information on Love's Holiday: A Gospel Christmas and other TIME LIFE products.

Media Only (CDs, Photos, jpegs): Bill Carpenter 202-506-5051 / carpenterbill@mac.com