Hiding Place (Tori Kelly album)


Hiding Place is the second studio album by American singer Tori Kelly. It was released on September 14, 2018, through School Boy Records and Capitol Records. It is primarily a R&B-gospel album with jazz influences. The album won the Grammy Award for Best Gospel Album at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards.

Background

The title of the album comes from "You are a hiding place for me; you preserve me from trouble; you surround me with songs of deliverance." Kelly, known for being a secular pop musician, stated on an Instagram live chat that she initially planned on making the followup to Unbreakable Smile a pop album with only one gospel song. She has stated before that she had no interest in being labeled a Christian artist even though some of her inspirations were Rachael Lampa and Crystal Lewis. She has stated that gospel had been an influence on her since childhood in an interview with Idolator: "I grew up on gospel music, I grew up singing it and a lot of what makes up gospel music is a huge influence in my own music. Growing up, I thought maybe one day I’ll do a gospel project." Kelly co-wrote half of the album's songs with gospel musician Kirk Franklin.

Release

On August 23, 2018, Kelly announced her second studio album would be released digitally on September 14, 2018.

Reception

At the 2019 Grammy Awards, Hiding Place received two Grammys: Best Gospel Album and Best Gospel Performance/Song for album track "Never Alone".

Singles

On March 30, 2018, Kelly released a single, "Help Us to Love", featuring The HamilTones.
The second single, "Never Alone", was released on August 24, following the announcement of its release a week before.
The music video for the third single from the album, "Psalm 42", was released on September 7.

Track listing

Track listing adapted from the iTunes Store.

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts