Babbie Mason

Born and raised in Jackson, MI, as the daughter of a pastor, contemporary gospel singer Babbie Mason spent two decades serving as a church pianist and choir director while also teaching in public schools, prior to launching her own ministry in 1984. Top honors in the vocal and songwriting categories at the annual Christian Artists' Music Seminar arrived the next year. Six years afterward, the Dove Award-nominated With All My Heart brought her widespread recognition, as the single "Each One Reach One" ascended to the top of the CHR charts. Its 1992 successor, A World of Difference, likewise received a Dove nomination for Inspirational Album of the Year and led the charts with the title track; Mason additionally reached number one with the singles "God Has Another Plan," "The Only Hope," "For the Cause of Christ," "This Heart of Mine," and "Love Is the More Excellent Way." She moved to Sony in 1996 for the release of Heritage of Faith, which was followed a year later by Praise Celebration. No Better Place, her debut on the Spring Hill label, appeared in 1999.