Trin-I-Tee 5:7 - T57 2007

Trin-I-Tee 5:7 - T57 2007

1. Listen
2. I Need You
3. I Will Lift
4. Reflection
5. Love
6. God's Triangle
7. Soul Is Anchored
8. I Still Love You
9. I Want To Go Back
10. U Saved Me
11. Like U
12. Beautiful Girl

Trin-i-tee 5:7 is a contemporary gospel trio from New Orleans, Louisiana. The group was marketed as a gospel alternative to R&B girl groups such as Destiny's Child and TLC.

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Origins
In 1997 the New Orleans-based gospel group comprised of high school friends Angel Taylor, Chanelle Hayes, and Terri Brown, was brought to the attention of gospel label GospoCentric Records by their manager Kenneth Grant. Label owner Viki Mack Lataillade pictured them crossing over to urban market as her flagship artist Kirk Franklin had four years before. "A great deal of attention was put into their imaging because there's a fine line you have to walk with female talent with relation to church and secular audiences as well," Lataillade told Billboard magazine in 1998. "Nobody wants to think a female group is not clear about who they are and what they're singing about. They had to be attractive and trendy, but a class act as well."

The label named the group Trin-i-tee 5:7 based on 1 John 5:7 biblical scripture that refers to the Trinity.


Trin-i-tee 5:7 (1998)
The group's self titled debut project was released in 1998 with production credits including R. Kelly and Kirk Franklin. With preorders of 100,000 copies and an aggressive urban marketing campaign, the project debuted at No. 3 on the gospel charts and eventually stepped up to the top slot. It also reached the R&B Top 20 charts and was eventually certified gold. The album created two gospel radio hits in "Mary Don't You Weep" and "God's Grace." The CD would go on to spend 7 weeks at #1 on Billboard's Top Gospel Album chart, over 30 weeks in the Top on Billboard's Contemporary Christian chart, and almost 50 weeks on Billboard's Top R&B Albums chart.


Spiritual Love (1999)
In mid-1999, as they were preparing to record their sophomore album, Terri Brown left the group to focus more on her family, and was quickly replaced by the group's make up artist Adrian Anderson.

On 28 December 1999 the group issued their second project, Spiritual Love which featured the Christian Chart hits "I Promise" (featuring Crystal Lewis) and "My Body". "Our videos and our music are really different from most of what's out in the music industry today," says Angel. "We want to convey hope and positiveness and that's really who we are. The more popular we become, the more attention will be focused on our personal lives. I think the best thing we can do is show the world what Christianity is all about through the way we live our own lives."

The album featured collaborations with gospel artists such as Kirk Franklin, Tramaine Hawkins, Crystal Lewis, and Natalie Wilson (founder of the S.O.P Chorale).


The Kiss (2002)
Unlike their first two CDs, The Kiss did not feature any production from R. Kelly, as the group had by necessity disassociated themselves from him after several controversies and scandals attached themselves to his name.

By the time the group's The Kiss CD was issued in 2002, they were having problems with GospoCentric. The urban radio track "Holla" didn't get the urban radio push they felt the song merited and failed to make it on the R&B Charts. During that period Kenneth Grant left his post as the group's manager, and they sought to be released from their recording contract, but the label refused. Pop star Brandy's mother and manager, Sonja Norwood, took over management and brought the group to a higher level of mainstream respect by booking them on major non-gospel television shows. However, she eventually turned the management over to Beyonce's father and manager, Mathew Knowles.


T57 (2007)
Knowles signed the group to Spirit Rising, the gospel music division of his Music World record label and their fourth album was released in 2007, charting at #2 on the Gospel charts and #102 on the Billboard 200. The lead single, "Listen", charted at #89 on the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop charts, although it did manage the top 10 of the Gospel airplay charts. It also peaked at #10 on the Canadian Top 40.

The album failed to chart higher than the previous release "The Kiss", but it did bring them a Grammy nomination for Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album.

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