Ricky Rydell Dillard ( born February 25 , 1965 ) is an American gospel musician . He started his music career , in 1991 , with the release of , '' Promise '' , by Muscle Shoals Records . His second album , '' A Holy Ghost Take-Over '' , was released in 1993 by Malaco Records . The next album , '' Hallelujah '' , was released by them in 1995 . Crystal Spring Records released , 1996 's '' Work It Out '' , 2000 's '' No Limit '' , and '' Unplugged '' in 2004 . With EMI Gospel , he released , '' 7th Episode '' , that came out in 2007 . He released , '' Keep Living '' , with Light Records in 2011 . His next release , '' Amazing '' , came out in 2014 with Entertainment One Music . All of his albums charted on the '' Billboard '' Gospel Albums chart . His '' No Limit '' album charted on the Christian Albums chart , and the album '' Unplugged '' charted on the Independent Albums chart along with the releases '' Keep Living '' , and '' Amazing '' that also charted on The '' Billboard '' 200 . He was nominated at the Grammy Awards twice , the first time in the Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album category at the 34th Annual Grammy Awards for '' Promise '' , and the second time would come at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards in the category Best Gospel Album for '' Amazing ''
34th Annual Grammy Awards
34th Annual Grammy Awards
Ricky Dillard