This Time: A 10th Gospel No. 1 — Full Credits

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Daily No. 1 Reviews · Hot Gospel Songs / Sunday · NewMusic Press Daily No. 1 · Chart dated 2026-10-10

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Chart Facts

  • Chart(s): Billboard Hot Gospel Songs
  • Chart date: 2026-10-10
  • Date checked: 2026-10-12
  • Position: No. 1
  • Weeks at No. 1 (this song, this chart): 1 — debut at No. 1
  • Chart source: billboard.com chart page (not independently confirmed)
  • Cross-check sources: four independent reports agreeing on the debut (Power 104.7; EURweb; RockUMWeb’s syndication of the chart report; ELEV8)

Quick Answer

“This Time” by Kirk Franklin featuring GloRilla is No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Gospel Songs for the chart dated October 10, 2026, debuting at the top — reported as Franklin’s record-extending 10th No. 1 on that chart and GloRilla’s second. The headline metadata finding: this is the most completely credited record of the week on its audio side — and on one platform, the artist’s own label name is simply missing from the recording line.

The Record

Vertical Integration — Who Owns the Chain

The recording line reads “℗ 2026 Fo Yo Soul Recordings/TRIBL Music Group, LLC, under exclusive license to Uptown Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.” — the same line on Apple and Spotify. Reporting on the album cycle names the structure behind it: the artist’s own Fo Yo Soul and TRIBL Music Group in partnership with Uptown. So the top of this chain is held by the artist’s house and its gospel partner, and the major division works under their license — ownership at home, reach rented.

The finding inside the finding: YouTube’s auto-generated listing for the same recording omits Fo Yo Soul Recordings from the line entirely. The owner’s own name — the first name on the chain — is the one the platform dropped. That is the vertical story and the metadata story in a single line, and it is documented both ways in Pass A below.

Sources: Spotify single listing; Apple album listing; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UymzvIme3bU (auto-generated listing) · https://www.udiscovermusic.com/news/kirk-franklin-this-time/

Pass A — Metadata Audit

Engine Score Finding
SEO — search fix The billing suffix splits — “(feat. GloRilla)” on Apple/Shazam, “(with GloRilla)” on Spotify — and YouTube carries both the official video and a separate auto-generated “(Preview)” item for the same recording.
AEO — answer engines ready The debut, the record it extends, and both artists answer in one step from clean reports.
GEO — generative engines fix The full credit block is citable from Apple’s credits — the week’s best — but a machine reading YouTube’s auto-generated page gets a shorter ℗ line with the owner’s label missing, and the publishing facts exist on no citable page.
VSO — voice search ready The plain questions are answered in plain sentences in the coverage.
LOC — local search n/a No place or live tie is stated for this work in the sources checked.
VID — video search fix The video sits on the artist’s own channel with a clean title — but its description, in every mirrored copy, carries the title and a © line and no crew credits; the one director credit rests on a single press source; captions are unconfirmed.
ASO — app stores n/a The release carries no app of its own.
SOC — social search fix Both artists’ handles are sourced and consistent — but TRIBL’s own handle reads two ways in its own press (@triblrecords vs. @triblmusic), and no Uptown or Fo Yo Soul handle is stated for this release.

Press-kit check (required): none found as a kit. A syndicated press release (credited “Courtesy of CR8 Agency”) and the label’s own news post announce the record — a release and a news page, not a press kit / EPK.

Cross-check findings

  • ℗ line — “℗ 2026 Fo Yo Soul Recordings/TRIBL Music Group, LLC, under exclusive license to Uptown Records…” (Apple, Spotify) / “℗ 2026 TRIBL Music Group, LLC, under exclusive license to Uptown Records…” (YouTube auto-generated — Fo Yo Soul omitted). Sources: https://open.spotify.com/track/3eh1p3kv2cQa2vBWqLSiV5 · https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UymzvIme3bU
  • Video © line — official video’s description, as mirrored, shows a © line (not ℗) with Fo Yo Soul likewise omitted: https://videos.newyorkstyleguide.com/kirk-franklin-this-time-ft-glorilla/
  • Billing suffix — (feat. GloRilla) (Apple/Shazam) / (with GloRilla) (Spotify)
  • Billing order in press — one headline bills GloRilla first (“GloRilla & Kirk Franklin’s ‘This Time’”); chart reporting and listings bill Franklin first. Source: https://www.power1047.com/post/glorilla-kirk-franklin-this-time-hot-gospel-number-one
  • Release grouping — single, Sept. 25, 2026 (Spotify) / album track on I Am What I Am, album dated Oct. 30, 2026 (Apple)
  • Label (aggregator) — one aggregator lists “L-M Records/RCA Records,” conflicting with every primary listing; flagged as an aggregator error, and its ISRC is not adopted with it
  • Duration — 2:46 (track listings) / 2:47 (video runtime in a channel listing)
  • Note: the credits block bills GloRilla as “Additional Vocals” — the word “featured” appears in the title, not in her credit line.

Behind-the-scenes visibility (required finding): partly credited — the week’s most credited record, with two named gaps. The audio chain is public nearly whole: seven writers (including the three writers of the interpolated 1972 work), producers, a co-producer who is also A&R, a second A&R, five engineers including an immersive mix/mastering engineer, and four named background vocalists. The gaps: the choir as a body is named nowhere — the voices are listed person by person, the choir itself is not — the video’s crew beyond a single-sourced director is credited nowhere public found, and the publishing side is credited nowhere.

Clean: the release date agrees on every platform and in all press; the ℗ line is identical on Apple and Spotify; the credit block is complete enough to build this entire ledger from one public source, corroborated by a second.

To fix: (1) restore Fo Yo Soul Recordings to the recording line on YouTube’s auto-generated listing — the owner’s name is not a rounding error; (2) settle one billing suffix; (3) credit the video’s crew in its description; (4) name the choir; (5) publish the publishing facts.

Behind-the-Scenes Roll Call

All from the public credits block (Shazam/Apple), corroborated line-for-line by the YouTube auto-generated credits:

  • Maxwell Stark — songwriter; producer — Writing Room / The Making — https://www.shazam.com/song/6813692595/this-time-feat-glorilla
  • Ronald Hill — songwriter; co-producer; A&R — Writing Room / The Making / The Label — same (YouTube credits for the A&R line: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UymzvIme3bU)
  • Carlos D. Wilson — songwriter (of the interpolated work) — The Writing Room — Shazam as above
  • Louis Wilson — songwriter (of the interpolated work) — The Writing Room — same
  • Ricardo Wilson — songwriter (of the interpolated work) — The Writing Room — same
  • Edward “Gunnz” Gantt — A&R — The Label — YouTube credits as above
  • Michael Havens — recording engineer — Engineers & Equipment — Shazam as above
  • Ethan Kent — vocal recording engineer — Engineers & Equipment — same
  • Chris Godbey — recording engineer — Engineers & Equipment — same
  • Rob Chiarelli — mixing engineer; recording engineer — Engineers & Equipment — same
  • Herb Powers — mastering engineer — Engineers & Equipment — same
  • Jacob “Biz” Morris — immersive mixing / immersive mastering engineer — Engineers & Equipment — same
  • Ariel Campbell — background vocals — The Making — same
  • Darian Elliott — background vocals — The Making — same
  • Michael Bethany — background vocals — The Making — same
  • Melodie Nicole Pace — background vocals — The Making — same
  • Devon Libran — director (video), single press source — Video Crew & Production — https://thatgrapejuice.net/2026/10/new-video-kirk-franklin-this-time-featuring-glorilla/
  • Total behind the scenes, verified: 17 · still [needs confirmation]: publishing entire, studios, the choir’s name, the video crew beyond the director.

Teams & Companies Ledger — All Departments

1. The Writing Room

Part Name In front / Behind the scenes Company / house Source
Songwriter Kirk Franklin in front — https://www.shazam.com/song/6813692595/this-time-feat-glorilla
Songwriter Gloria Woods (GloRilla) in front — same
Songwriter Maxwell Stark behind the scenes — same
Songwriter Ronald Hill behind the scenes — same
Sample/interpolation writers (“Children of the Sun,” Mandrill, 1972 — as reported) Carlos D. Wilson; Louis Wilson; Ricardo Wilson behind the scenes — same · https://www.udiscovermusic.com/news/kirk-franklin-this-time/

2. The Making

Part Name In front / Behind the scenes Company / house Source
Producer Kirk Franklin in front — Shazam as above
Producer Maxwell Stark behind the scenes — same
Co-producer Ronald Hill behind the scenes — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UymzvIme3bU
Performer Kirk Franklin in front — Shazam as above
Additional vocals GloRilla (credited as “Additional Vocals” in the credits block) in front — same
Background vocalists Ariel Campbell; Darian Elliott; Michael Bethany; Melodie Nicole Pace behind the scenes — same
Choir no named choir is publicly credited — the voices are listed individually above behind the scenes — same

3. Engineers & Equipment

Part Name / item In front / Behind the scenes Company / house Source
Recording engineer Michael Havens behind the scenes — Shazam as above
Vocal recording engineer Ethan Kent behind the scenes — same
Recording engineer Chris Godbey behind the scenes — same
Mixing engineer (also recording) Rob Chiarelli behind the scenes — same
Mastering engineer Herb Powers behind the scenes — same
Immersive mixing / mastering engineer Jacob “Biz” Morris behind the scenes — same
Equipment [needs confirmation] — nothing stated for this work in a public source behind the scenes — —

4. Studios

Studio / house City What was done there Source
[needs confirmation] — no recording, mix, or mastering studio is named in any public source found for this work — — —

5. The Visuals (stills)

Part Name In front / Behind the scenes Company / house Source
Cover art / design; photography [needs confirmation] — the label’s news post credits its cover image “Courtesy of Uptown Records,” which is a courtesy line, not a maker’s credit behind the scenes — https://www.udiscovermusic.com/news/kirk-franklin-this-time/

6. Video Crew & Production

Part Name In front / Behind the scenes Company / house Source
Director Devon Libran — single press source behind the scenes — https://thatgrapejuice.net/2026/10/new-video-kirk-franklin-this-time-featuring-glorilla/
Production company; DP; editor; color; VFX; choreography; hair/makeup [needs confirmation] — the description, in every mirrored copy, carries the title and a © line only behind the scenes — https://videos.newyorkstyleguide.com/kirk-franklin-this-time-ft-glorilla/
Performers in the video Kirk Franklin; GloRilla (as billed in the title) in front — same

7. Rights & Publishing

Part Name In front / Behind the scenes Company / house Source
Publisher(s); writers’ PROs for this work; administrator; sample clearance / sync representation [needs confirmation] — no BMI or ASCAP repertoire entry for this work was returned under the title with any of the seven writers; affiliations from other works are not substituted behind the scenes — —

8. The Label

Part Name In front / Behind the scenes Company / house Source
Label line as listed Fo Yo Soul Recordings / TRIBL Music Group, LLC, under exclusive license to Uptown Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc. — Fo Yo Soul Recordings · TRIBL Music Group · Uptown Records Spotify / Apple listings
A&R Ron Hill; Edward “Gunnz” Gantt (YouTube credits only) behind the scenes — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UymzvIme3bU
Product / release management; label services [needs confirmation] behind the scenes — —

9. The Delivery (audio)

Part Name In front / Behind the scenes Company / house Source
Distributor; metadata desk; streaming pitching [needs confirmation] — the metadata desk’s work is visible in Pass A: one platform’s feed dropped a label name from the ℗ line behind the scenes — —
Where released Streaming services: single (Sept. 25, 2026); album track on I Am What I Am (album dated Oct. 30, 2026) — — §1 sources

10. Video Distribution

Part Name / place Date Source
Channels it lives on The artist’s official YouTube channel — “Kirk Franklin – This Time ft. GloRilla.” No Vevo branding or Vevo posting was found Oct. 2, 2026 (one aggregator index reads Oct. 3 — variance noted) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOvn4KnTjMg · https://hip-hopvibe.com/uncategorized/kirk-franklin-ft-glorilla-this-time-video/
Related official items The label-supplied audio embed used by press at release, and YouTube’s auto-generated “This Time (Preview)” topic item Sept. 25, 2026 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UymzvIme3bU
Video distributor [needs confirmation] — none stated — —
Territories [needs confirmation] — —

11. Publicity & Press

Part Name In front / Behind the scenes Company / house Source
Publicity CR8 Agency — credited “Courtesy of CR8 Agency” on the syndicated press release; the only publicity credit publicly attached to this release behind the scenes CR8 Agency https://theexclusivepress.com/2026/09/27/kirk-franklin-releases-new-single-this-time-featuring-glorilla-ahead-of-new-album/
Press kit / EPK none found as a kit (see Pass A) behind the scenes — —
Press events / appearances tied to the release Pre-release previews on the Joe & Jada podcast and a full play on The Breakfast Club before release, as reported in front — https://www.iheart.com/content/2026-09-25-kirk-franklin-glorilla-team-up-for-new-uplifting-gospel-track-this-time/

Press coverage of the release (outlet — date — link — one plain line):

12. Socials

Account Platform Handle, exactly as stated Run by Source
Artist — Kirk Franklin Instagram @KirkFranklin [needs confirmation] press-release footer: https://theexclusivepress.com/2026/09/27/kirk-franklin-releases-new-single-this-time-featuring-glorilla-ahead-of-new-album/
Artist — Kirk Franklin TikTok @TheKirkFranklin [needs confirmation] same
Artist — Kirk Franklin Facebook /KirkFranklin [needs confirmation] same
Artist — Kirk Franklin YouTube @realkirkfranklin [needs confirmation] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6BLobIAEAY
Artist — Kirk Franklin Web KirkFranklin.com — press-release footer as above
Artist — GloRilla Instagram @glorillapimp [needs confirmation] her official video descriptions (“Follow #GloRilla” block): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Py9S2bD0RZQ
Artist — GloRilla X @GloTheofficial [needs confirmation] same
Artist — GloRilla TikTok @glorilla03 [needs confirmation] same
Artist — GloRilla Facebook /gloyaltygirl [needs confirmation] same
Label — TRIBL Instagram conflict: @triblrecords in one of its own releases, @triblmusic in another (which also lists Facebook/Twitter as triblmusic) — [needs confirmation] which is current — https://www.breathecast.com/news/tribl-nights-anthologies-available-now-where-music-is-sold-st.html
Label — Uptown Records; Fo Yo Soul — [needs confirmation] — not stated in any release source found — —
Campaign hashtags used — #THISTIME and #IamWhatIam, in the artist’s own channel posts for this single/album — https://www.gnli.com/titles/Kirk-Franklin/26162160336454

13. Sponsors & Ads

Sponsors & brand partners of the release / video: none public found.
Advertising: ad agency / media house [needs confirmation]; the song placed in an ad: none public found.

14. The Word

Part Name In front / Behind the scenes Company / house Source
Radio promotion No radio-promotion firm is publicly named for this single. Documented instead: pre-release plays (see §11) and a debut week measured at 2.5M radio audience by the chart data behind the scenes [needs confirmation] https://www.iheart.com/content/2026-09-25-kirk-franklin-glorilla-team-up-for-new-uplifting-gospel-track-this-time/
Marketing; playlist pitching [needs confirmation] behind the scenes — —

15. The Business

Part Name In front / Behind the scenes Company / house Source
Management; legal; business management; booking (for this release) [needs confirmation] — general booking directories state nothing about this release and are not entered behind the scenes — —

16. The Budget & Capitalization

Line Figure Reported / [needs confirmation] Source
Studio budget; video budget; advances; capitalization [needs confirmation] — no figure is public for this release. The partnership structure behind the album cycle is public (§8); no money figure attached to it is stated for this record — —

17. Monetization & Collection

Lane How it is monetized, as publicly stated Who collects it Source
Streaming; sales; video monetization Streaming services and the official video, from Sept. 25, 2026 [needs confirmation] §1/§10 sources
Sync / advertising; sponsorship money none public found — —
Collection — writing side; master side; royalty accounting; catalog holder now [needs confirmation] — the holders named on the recording line are Fo Yo Soul Recordings and TRIBL Music Group (§8); the collecting parties are not stated publicly — —

[needs confirmation] rows and departments: Publishing (entire), Studios (entire), Visuals, Equipment, Delivery desks, Label product rows, Business (entire), Budget (entire), Collection parties, ISRC (aggregator-only), ISWC, explicit flag, choir’s name, video crew beyond the director, captions, TRIBL’s current handle, Uptown and Fo Yo Soul handles.

Vertical Map — The Whole Chain, One Line Per Department

  • Writing Room: Franklin and Woods with Stark, Hill, and the three Wilson writers of the interpolated work — partner (a 1972 writing room inside a 2026 one, credited)
  • The Making: Franklin and Stark produce; Hill co-produces — inside the artist’s camp / partner
  • Engineers & Equipment: five named engineers, including immersive — outside, named
  • Studios: [needs confirmation]
  • The Visuals: [needs confirmation]
  • Video Crew & Production: director single-sourced; the rest of the crew [needs confirmation]
  • Rights & Publishing: [needs confirmation] — nothing public
  • The Label: Fo Yo Soul Recordings / TRIBL Music Group, licensed to Uptown (UMG) — inside the artists’ houses at the top; the major works under license; A&R named in the credits
  • The Delivery: [needs confirmation] — with a documented defect (the dropped label name, Pass A)
  • Video Distribution: the artist’s own channel — inside; distributor unstated
  • Publicity & Press: CR8 Agency, credited on the release — outside, named
  • Socials: both artists’ own accounts — inside; TRIBL’s handle conflicted
  • Sponsors & Ads: none public — n/a
  • The Word: no firm named; pre-release plays and chart-measured airplay documented — [needs confirmation]
  • The Business: [needs confirmation]
  • Budget & Capitalization: [needs confirmation]
  • Monetization & Collection: [needs confirmation]

Chain in one sentence: Written with its source material’s writers credited, made and engineered in the open by name, held at the top by the artist’s own house and its partner and licensed into a major division — and then, on one platform, the owner’s own label name falls off the record.

Q&A

Q: What is the No. 1 song on Hot Gospel Songs this week?
A: “This Time” by Kirk Franklin featuring GloRilla, No. 1 on the chart dated October 10, 2026, debuting at the top.

Q: Who wrote “This Time”?
A: Kirk Franklin, Gloria Woods, Maxwell Stark, and Ronald Hill — with Carlos D. Wilson, Louis Wilson, and Ricardo Wilson, the writers of Mandrill’s “Children of the Sun,” which the record interpolates.

Q: What label released “This Time”?
A: Fo Yo Soul Recordings and TRIBL Music Group, under exclusive license to Uptown Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.

Q: Who worked on “This Time” behind the scenes?
A: Producers Maxwell Stark and co-producer Ronald Hill; A&R from Hill and Edward “Gunnz” Gantt; five named engineers including immersive engineer Jacob “Biz” Morris; and four named background vocalists — the roll call is above. The publishers and the choir’s name are credited nowhere public found.

Q: Where can I watch the official video for “This Time”?
A: On Kirk Franklin’s official YouTube channel, released October 2, 2026.

Q: Where was “This Time” recorded?
A: [needs confirmation] — no studio is named in any public source for this work.

Q: What is missing from the record’s own listing?
A: On YouTube’s auto-generated listing, the ℗ line drops Fo Yo Soul Recordings — the artist’s own label — while Apple and Spotify carry the full line. Flagged in Pass A.

Tags — All Mentioned, Cited Above

  • Kirk Franklin — Instagram @KirkFranklin · TikTok @TheKirkFranklin · Facebook /KirkFranklin · YouTube @realkirkfranklin · KirkFranklin.com (press-release footer; official channel)
  • GloRilla — Instagram @glorillapimp · X @GloTheofficial · TikTok @glorilla03 · Facebook /gloyaltygirl (her official video descriptions)
  • TRIBL Music Group — [needs confirmation] (@triblrecords vs. @triblmusic conflict in its own press)
  • Uptown Records — [needs confirmation]
  • Fo Yo Soul Recordings — [needs confirmation]
  • CR8 Agency — [needs confirmation]
  • Maxwell Stark — [needs confirmation]
  • Ronald Hill — [needs confirmation]
  • Herb Powers — [needs confirmation]
  • Jacob “Biz” Morris — [needs confirmation]
  • Devon Libran — [needs confirmation]
  • Mandrill — [needs confirmation] (the interpolated work’s group)

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Official sources: Kirk Franklin · “This Time” official video · Billboard Hot Gospel Songs

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