Joshua Rogers - Peace Be Still - Live BET Sunday Best Season 5 - 2012

Joshua Rogers (born March 22, 1994) is an American gospel singer who rose to prominence in 2012 when he became the first male and youngest winner of Black Entertainment Television's Sunday Best during the show's fifth season.Rogers auditioned for the fifth season of Sunday Best in Atlanta, and was immediately a favorite of fans and the celebrity judging panel of Yolanda Adams, Donnie McClurkin, and CeCe Winans. Sunday Best host Kirk Franklin gave Rogers the nickname "Young Buck". After weeks of consistent performances of songs such as Vanessa Bell Armstrong's "Peace Be Still", Deitrick Haddon's "Well Done", and Andrae Crouch's "We Expect You", Rogers landed in the finals of Sunday Best alongside another teen singer, Alexis Spight, with Rogers ultimately going on to win. He became the show's first male and youngest champion. With his win, Rogers received a cash prize, a 2013 Ford Escape, and a recording contract with Music World Entertainment.[3]Rogers released his first album, Well Done, on December 4, 2012. The album featured songs performed by Rogers on Sunday Best.[4] Well Done debuted at #1 on the Billboard Gospel Album Charts with 5,917 sales in its first week.[5]

Rogers released his second album, Unconditional, on October 29, 2013. This is his first album of original music and he co-wrote some of the songs. It debuted at #2 on the Billboard Gospel Album charts.Winners
Season Winner Debut album Release date
Season 1 Crystal Aikin Crystal Aikin March 17, 2009
Season 2 Y'Anna Crawley The Promise August 24, 2010
Season 3 Le'Andria Johnson Awakening of Le'Andria Johnson September 6, 2011
Season 4 Amber Bullock So In Love July 10, 2012
Season 5 Joshua Rogers[4] Well Done December 4, 2012
Season 6 Tasha Page-Lockhart[5] Here Right Now August 5, 2014
Season 7 Geoffrey Golden[6] Kingdom...Live! August 17, 2015
Season 8 Dathan Thigpen[7] GetUp Vol. 1 Get Exposed To Unadulterated Praise January 1, 2016
Season 9 Melvin Crispell III[8] Prologue III September 20, 2019
Season 10 Stephanie Summers[9] Mighty Strong God October 22, 2021