Artist
Mahalia Jackson
Mahalia Jackson appears once in our Gospel list, placing as high as No. 1. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.
- Ranked entries
- 1
- Appears on
- Gospel
- Year
- 1947
- Highest placing
- No. 1 in Gospel
- Updated
- 2026-08-30
Appears on
Move On Up a Little Higher
1947 · Apollo
Ranked No. 1 in Gospel
It sold in the millions when gospel records were not supposed to sell at all. Jackson refused every offer to sing secular material, and never needed to.