Finally Karen is the debut album of gospel singer Karen Clark Sheard

Karen Clark Sheard

Karen Clark-Sheard is an American gospel four-time Grammy Award winning singer, musician, and songwriter. The youngest daughter of pioneering gospel choral director Mattie Moss Clark, Sheard began her career as a member of the Grammy-Award winning, gospel legendary female group, The Clark Sisters...

, released on November 4, 1997. The live portion of the album was recorded at Bailey Cathedral in Detroit, Michigan. The album was Grammy-nominated for Best Soul Gospel Album in 1998. The song "The Will Of God" launched the gospel career of her daughter Kierra "Kiki" Sheard, who won her first Stellar award on the strength of her vocal performance. Finally Karen also won the Lady Of Soul award for Best Gospel Album the same year.

Track listing

1. "Just For Me" - 4:39
2. "Nothing Without You (featuring Faith Evans
   Faith Evans
   Faith Renée Evans is an American singer-songwriter, recording artist, record producer, actress and author. Born in Florida and raised in New Jersey, Evans relocated to Los Angeles during 1993 for a career with the music business. After working as a backing vocalist for Al B...
   
   )" - 4:52
3. "Praise Festival" - 3:48
4. "Unconditional (Mad Love)" - 4:37
5. "Gotta Right..." - 4:15
6. Can't Take It - 4:25
7. "Jesus Is A Love Song (featuring The Clark Sisters
   The Clark Sisters
   The Clark Sisters are an American gospel vocal group consisting of four sisters:Jacky Clark Chisholm, Elbernita "Twinkie" Clark, Dorinda Clark-Cole, and Karen Clark Sheard. A fifth sister, Denise Clark Bradford, no longer performs with the group. The Clark Sisters are the daughters of legendary...
   
   )" - 6:38
8. "Jesus Is A Love Song (reprise)" - 2:56
9. "Balm In Gilead" - 6:33
10. "Holy, Thou Art Holy" - 7:42
11. "Heaven (featuring Donald Lawrence
    Donald Lawrence
    Donald Lawrence is an American gospel music songwriter, record producer and artist.-Early years:Donald Lawrence was born on May 4, 1961. He studied at Cincinnati Conservatory, where he earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in music. While in Cincinnati, he was also the Minister of Music at the...
    
    )" - 4:18
12. "Couldn't Tell It If I Tried" - 7:16
13. "A Praying Spirit" - 7:05
14. "The Will Of God (featuring Kierra Sheard
    Kierra Sheard
    Kierra "Kiki" Sheard is an American gospel recording artist. She is the daughter of gospel singer Karen Clark Sheard and the granddaughter of gospel choral director Mattie Moss Clark.-Early life:Born in Detroit, Michigan and raised in the suburb of West Bloomfield, Sheard spent her formative years...
    
    )" - 5:03

Chart history

Chart (2002)	Peak position
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