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Kanye West‘s appearance and performance at Joel Osteen‘s Lakewood Church was one of the biggest Christian events in recent memory, with streaming numbers that shattered records.
Kanye’s Sunday night service was broadcast across 4 Lakewood-related platforms on Facebook and YouTube with 4.17 million unique viewers total. We’re told by comparison, Joel’s Sunday morning service usually pulls between 700k and 1.3 million sets of eyeballs.
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The 4.17 million is certainly impressive, considering Kanye’s appearance at Joel’s service earlier in the day also amassed hundreds of thousands of viewers. It was also broadcast on SiriusXM radio and will hit television sets in the coming weeks.
People in Christian circles tell us the Kanye collab was one of the biggest faith-fueled events in recent history … and the effects are still being felt around the community.
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It’s unclear if any future Ye appearances at Lakewood are currently in the works at this point, but considering how successful this first-go was … ya gotta imagine the powers that be are thinking about it.
