At the time of its release, urban contemporary gospel had gained massive ground in the music industry, thus sending the album to its third position peak on the Billboard 200 album chart and making it the first gospel album to top the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, where it reached number one on five nonconsecutive weeks.

With sales of 3 million units,[2] it is one of the best-selling gospel albums of all time.

The album debuted at #3 on the Billboard 200 with first week sales of 120,000 copies,[3] making it the highest charting gospel album at the time (until Marvin Sapp's Here I Am debuted at #2 in 2010).

[citation needed][4] It was also #1 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart for 5 non-consecutive weeks making it the first gospel album ever to top that chart.

[citation needed] In October 2001 the album was certified triple platinum with over 3 million copies sold across the United States.