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Hammond has been active both as a member of the gospel performing group Commissioned, and as a solo artist (currently for Verity Records). He is a multiple Grammy-, Dove-, Stellar- award winner and nominee as a performer, producer and writer.
Hammond first gained recognition while playing bass guitar for the gospel group The Winans.[1] By 1985 he was one of the six original members of the groupCommissioned, participating in 10 of the group's 12 albums.

After his stint with Commissioned ended, he regained fame in the gospel community after selling millions of albums with his musical group Radical For Christ.

In 2002 Hammond returned to the group Commissioned (now with members Keith Staten, Marvin Sapp, Mitchell Jones, Karl Reid,Michael Williams, and Marcus Cole) to producethe Commissioned Reunion Live album.

Hammond produced Make Me Like The Moon, a stirring gospel ballad co-written by Chante Moore and Kenny Lattimore for their 2006 double-CD of gospel and R&B love songs entitled Uncovered/Covered (released October 10, 2006 by LaFace/Verity/Zomba Music Group). He also performs with Sean Combs on the album Thank You.


[edit]Discography


[edit]Albums[edit]Notable singles


|Release date |Album |Label |RIAA certification[3] |
|1985 |I'm Going On(Commissioned) |Light Records | |
|1986 |Go Tell Somebody(Commissioned) |Light Records ||
|1987 |On The Winning Side(Commissioned) |Light Records | |
|1988 |Will You Be Ready?(Commissioned) |Light Records | |
|1989 |Ordinary Just Won't Do(Commissioned) |Light Records ||
|1990 |State of Mind(Commissioned) |Verity Records | |
|1991 |Number 7 (Commissioned) |A&M Records | |
|1991 |I Am Persuaded |Verity Records ||
|1993 |Deliverance |A&M Records | |
|1994 |Matters of the Heart(Commissioned) |A&M Records | |
|1995 |The Inner Court |Benson Records ||
|December 1, 1995 |Gospel Greats(Commissioned) |Benson Records | |
|August 20, 1996 |The Spirit of David |Benson Records |Gold - September 19, 2002 |
|April 28, 1998 |Pages of Life: Chapters 1&2 |Verity Records|Gold - September 9, 1998 |
| | | |Platinum - April 7, 1999 |
| | | |2x Platinum - October 13, 2006 |
|March 21, 2000 |Purpose By Design |Verity Records|Gold - January 19, 2001 |
|March 6, 2001 |In Case You Missed It....And Then Some |Verity Records | |
|September 11, |Christmas...Just Remember |Verity Records | |
|2001 | |...