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Sunday Service Choir

American gospel group

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The Sunday Service Choir (commonly referred to as Sunday Service) is an American gospel group which was founded by rapper Kanye West and conducted by choir director Jason White. Beginning in January 2019, and initially produced by Jack and Michael Skolnick, the group has performed every Sunday as well as on Friday, September 27, when West's album Jesus Is King was announced for release. Their debut album, Jesus Is Born (2019), was released three months later on Christmas Day. In 2025, the group's official website was deactivated, and its status is in question.

01History

In September 2018, West announced that his ninth studio album Yandhi would be released later in the month. He later postponed the date to November 2018 in order to record in Uganda. The album was postponed a second time in November with no set release date. On the first Sunday of 2019, West began the first "Sunday Service" rehearsal, where he performed gospel iterations of his discography and other songs with a choir group, The Samples and frequent collaborators like Tony Williams, Francis and the Lights, and Ant Clemons. During Sunday Service rehearsals, several songs from Yandhi have been performed.

On January 12, 2019, it was reported that West was replaced by Ariana Grande as a headliner for Coachella. West pulled out because a giant dome could not be constructed for the performance. On March 31, 2019, West announced that Sunday Service would perform an Easter set at Coachella. The first public Sunday Service performance was at Coachella for Easter on April 21, 2019. On October 5, 2019, he brought Sunday Service to The Gateway in Salt Lake City, Utah. His performance occurred on an already busier than usual weekend with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints holding their semi-annual General Conference the same weekend.

West collaborated with pastor Joel Osteen, who hosted West at Lakewood Church located in Houston on November 17, 2019. Although the tickets were free for the event, those who had tickets began to sell them online for up to $500. On November 21, 2019, Sunday Service announced that they would be a part of the youth Strength to Stand Conference, which would be held at LeConte Center in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee from January 18-20, 2020. West's performance was added after comedian John Crist's performance was canceled after Crist was suspected of sexual misconduct. On November 28, 2019, West released the "Closed on Sunday" videoclip on YouTube, where the group appeared in the last part of the song adding additional vocals, not included in the studio version of the song. On December 25, 2019, Sunday Service released Jesus is Born as West had said. Exactly a year later Sunday Service released the Emmanuel EP, featuring five new tracks composed and produced entirely by West in Latin, based on texts from the Roman Breviary and the Roman Gradual.

In 2022, the group featured on Quadeca's album I Didn't Mean to Haunt You, on the tenth track "Fractions of Infinity". Quadeca later released a video showing the behind the scenes of the feature, called "Those Words Don't Do You Justice."

The group returned in 2024 on the Will Smith comeback single "You Can Make It", featuring the singer Fridayy. It was Smith's first new song in nearly two decades.

According to West, the logo was changed to the sig runes of the Schutzstaffel in March 2025.

In 2025, singers associated with West's Sunday Service contributed backing vocals to Dinastía, a collaborative album by Mexican artists Peso Pluma and Tito Double P.

02Discography

Studio albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions
US
US Gospel
Jesus Is Born 732
Go Tell It , ,

Extended plays

Title Album details
Emmanuel

Charted songs

Title Year Peak chart positions Album
US
Gospel

"Father Stretch" 202010 Jesus Is Born
"Ultralight Beam" 11
"Rain" 15
"Count Your Blessings" 16
"Revelations 19:1" 17
"Excellent" 20
"Follow Me / Fade" 22
"Lift Up Your Voices" 24
"More Than Anything" 25
", " denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

As featured artist

Title Year Peak chart positions Album
US
US
Afro

US
Gospel

AUS
CAN
FRA
NG
UK
R&B

UK
Afro

"Every Hour"
(Kanye West featuring Sunday Service Choir)
201945, 83357131 , 21, Jesus Is King
"Stand Strong"
(Davido featuring Sunday Service Choir)
2022, 9, , , , 6, 9 Non-album single
"Fractions of Infinity"

(Quadeca featuring Sunday Service Choir)

I Didn't Mean to Haunt You
"You Can Make It"
(Will Smith featuring Fridayy and Sunday Service Choir)
2024 , , 3, , , , , , Based on a True Story
"Thank God"
(T.I., Young Dro, and Kirk Franklin featuring Sunday Service Choir)
, , 6, , , , , , Kill the King
", " denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Guest appearances

List of non-single guest appearances, with other performing artists, showing year released and album name
Title Year Other artist(s) Notes Album
"Every Hour" 2019 Kanye West Featured vocals Jesus Is King
"Selah" Additional vocals
"Everything We Need" Kanye West, Ant Clemons, Ty Dolla Sign
"Water" Kanye West, Ant Clemons
"No Luck" 2021 KayCyy Non-album single
"Jail" Kanye West, Jay-Z Donda
"Hurricane" Kanye West, The Weeknd, Lil Baby
"24" Kanye West
"Donda"
"Jesus Lord" Kanye West, Jay Electronica
"New Again" Kanye West
"Lord I Need You"
"Finish Line" Elton John, Stevie Wonder The Lockdown Sessions
"Up from the Ashes" Kanye West Donda (Deluxe)
"Fractions of Infinity" 2022 Quadeca Featured vocals I Didn't Mean to Haunt You
"My Soul" 2024 ¥$, Big TC Additional vocals Vultures 2
"Jesus" 2026 M.I.A. Featured vocals M.I.7
"Calling"

Opera performances

  • Nebuchadnezzar (2019)
  • Mary (2019)
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