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This list includes artists that perform in traditional gospel music genres such as Southern gospel, traditional black gospel, urban contemporary gospel, gospel blues, Christian country music, Celtic gospel and British black gospel as well as artists in the general market who have recorded music in these genres.
The following list of list of best-selling gospel music artists includes music acts from the 20th century to the present who have recorded gospel music.This information cannot be listed officially, as there is no organization that has recorded global music sales.
Gospel music is composed and performed for many purposes, including aesthetic pleasure, religious or ceremonial purposes, and as an entertainment product for the marketplace. Gospel music is characterized by dominant vocals and strong use of harmony with Christian lyrics. Gospel music can be traced to the early 17th century. [1]
The influence of Black Gospel artists on popular music. Black gospel artists span the genres. You can hear one just about every time you change the radio station (or hit shuffle on Spotify).
This category relates to Gospel music singers who are natives or residents of the United States of America. To add singers to this listing please tag the articles or categories as follows: For articles with {{DEFAULTSORT}} tag: [[Category:American gospel singers]]
Black gospel music, often called gospel music or gospel, is the traditional music of the Black diaspora in the United States.It is rooted in the conversion of enslaved Africans to Christianity, both during and after the trans-atlantic slave trade, starting with work songs sung in the fields and, later, with religious songs sung in various church settings, later classified as Negro Spirituals ...
They were discovered by Michael English and Mark Lowry with Bill Gaither at the 1987 National Quartet Convention mid-day booth cleanup. The kids, then ages 15, 16, and 17 were singing a capella in an empty civic center after being rejected by a local record company who told them to go back home and forget about trying to make it in "the business."
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