<P> In addition, The Preacher's Wife Soundtrack was more successful on the Billboard Top Gospel Albums chart than on any other chart . The album debuted straight at number one on the chart and spent 26 consecutive weeks at the top from December 14, 1996 to June 7, 1997 . It remained on the chart for 117 weeks . Eventually the album became number one gospel album on the 1997 Billboard Top Gospel Albums year - end chart and also "Best - selling gospel recording" by the National Association of Recording Merchandisers (NARM) in 1996 - 1997 . It was certified 3 × Platinum for shipping 3 million copies in the United States alone by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on June 30, 1998 . According to the Nielsen SoundScan, as of 2012, the gospel album has sold 2,627,000 copies in the United States alone . </P> <P> Music critics saw a more emotionally engaged side of Houston, particularly with the soundtrack's gospel offerings . "For the first time in her 12 - year recording career, Houston sounds genuinely moved by her material . Early on she stumbles through the Annie Lennox - penned "Step By Step," but the presence of the Georgia Mass Choir on six subsequent tracks melts her frosty reserve," People magazine wrote . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> No . </Th> <Th> Title </Th> <Th> Writer (s) </Th> <Th> Producer (s) </Th> <Th> Length </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1 . </Td> <Td> "I Believe in You and Me" (film version) </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> David Wolfert </Li> <Li> Sandy Linzer </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Mervyn Warren </Li> <Li> Whitney Houston </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> 4: 03 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2 . </Td> <Td> "Step by Step" </Td> <Td> Annie Lennox </Td> <Td> Stephen Lipson </Td> <Td> 4: 12 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 3 . </Td> <Td> "Joy" (with the Georgia Mass Choir) </Td> <Td> Kirk Franklin </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Mervyn Warren </Li> <Li> Whitney Houston </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> 3: 16 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 4 . </Td> <Td> "Hold On, Help Is on the Way" (with the Georgia Mass Choir) </Td> <Td> Rev. Kenneth Paden </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Mervyn Warren </Li> <Li> Whitney Houston </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> 3: 09 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 5 . </Td> <Td> "I Go to the Rock" (with the Georgia Mass Choir) </Td> <Td> Dottie Rambo </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Mervyn Warren </Li> <Li> Whitney Houston </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> 4: 05 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 6 . </Td> <Td> "I Love the Lord" (with the Georgia Mass Choir) </Td> <Td> Richard Smallwood </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Mervyn Warren </Li> <Li> Whitney Houston </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> 4: 57 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 7 . </Td> <Td> "Somebody Bigger Than You and I" (Featuring Bobby Brown, Faith Evans, Johnny Gill, Monica and Ralph Tresvant) </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Johnny Lange </Li> <Li> Hy Heath </Li> <Li> Sonny Burke </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Whitney Houston </Li> <Li> Rickey Minor </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> 4: 42 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 8 . </Td> <Td> "You Were Loved" </Td> <Td> Diane Warren </Td> <Td> Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds </Td> <Td> 4: 13 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 9 . </Td> <Td> "My Heart Is Calling" </Td> <Td> Babyface </Td> <Td> Babyface </Td> <Td> 4: 15 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 10 . </Td> <Td> "I Believe in You and Me" (single version) </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> David Wolfert </Li> <Li> Sandy Linzer </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> David Foster </Td> <Td> 3: 55 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 11 . </Td> <Td> "Step by Step" (Remix) </Td> <Td> Annie Lennox </Td> <Td> Remixed by Teddy Riley </Td> <Td> 4: 34 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 12 . </Td> <Td> "Who Would Imagine a King" </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Mervyn Warren </Li> <Li> Hallerin Hilton Hill </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Mervyn Warren </Li> <Li> Whitney Houston </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> 3: 31 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 13 . </Td> <Td> "He's All Over Me" (with Shirley Caesar and the Georgia Mass Choir) </Td> <Td> Alvin Darling </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Mervyn Warren </Li> <Li> Whitney Houston </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> 3: 53 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 14 . </Td> <Td> "The Lord Is My Shepherd" (performed by Cissy Houston with Hezekiah Walker & The Love Fellowship Crusade Choir) </Td> <Td> Traditional </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Mervyn Warren </Li> <Li> Whitney Houston </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> 4: 24 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 15 . </Td> <Td> "Joy to the World" (with the Georgia Mass Choir) </Td> <Td> Traditional </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Mervyn Warren </Li> <Li> Whitney Houston </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> 4: 41 </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> No . </Th> <Th> Title </Th> <Th> Writer (s) </Th> <Th> Producer (s) </Th> <Th> Length </Th> </Tr>

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