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This is a list of notable contemporary Christian music artists from the 1970s. The Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music (2002) defines CCM as "music that appeals to self-identified fans of contemporary Christian music on account of a perceived connection to what they regard as Christianity ". [ 1 ]
Contemporary Christian music has influences from folk, gospel, pop and rock music. [32] Genres of music such as soft rock, folk rock, alternative, hip-hop, etc. have played a large influence on CCM. [43] Charismatic churches have had a large influence on contemporary Christian music and are one of the largest producers of CCM.
This article contains links to lists of notable Christian music artists, organized by music genre. Note: Because classifying music by genre can be arbitrary, these groupings are generalized and many artists appear on multiple lists. List of Christian country artists; List of Christian hardcore bands; List of Christian hip hop artists
Stryper. The birth of contemporary Christian music dates back to the late 1960s, but Christian rock came into rits own in the 1980s. [1]Billboard magazine started to post the Top 10 Christian rock songs, and some radio stations [who?] started to play Christian rock.
Music artist and CCM pioneer Erick Nelson defined The Archers' role in the development of contemporary Christian music as representing one-half of a convergence: traditional vocal groups like The Archers got hipper while the hippie rock groups (like the Maranatha bands) got more mellow—eventually both evinced the polished, commercial sound ...
This is a list of Christian worship music artists or bands. This list includes notable artists or bands that have recorded or been known to perform contemporary worship music at some point in their careers. This includes worship leaders, Christian songwriters, and contemporary Christian music artists. It is not a list of contemporary Christian ...
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.
Performers of contemporary Christian music (5 C, 96 P) R. Christian R&B (3 C, 1 P) Christian rock (6 C, 7 P) Pages in category "Contemporary Christian music"