The global music industry hit 5.1 trillion streams in 2025. It’s a new single-year record, up 9.6 percent from 2024, which ...

NEW YORK -- The global music industry hit 5.1 trillion streams in 2025. It's a new single-year record, up 9.6% from 2024, ...

The global music industry hit 5.1 trillion streams in 2025, a new single-year record up 9.6% from 2024, which held the ...

Award-winning gospel singer Richard Smallwood has died at the age of 77, leaving behind a legacy that clearly and solidly ...

Richard Smallwood, the Grammy-nominated "I Love the Lord" and "Total Praise" singer, has died, according to his family. He was 77.

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Smallwood died at the age of 77 from complications of kidney failure on Tuesday, December 30, 2025.

He became one of the country's biggest names in gospel, with songs that were covered by Destiny's Child, Whitney Houston and Stevie Wonder.