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Acappella is an all-male contemporary Christian vocal group founded in 1982 by Keith Lancaster, who has been the singer, songwriter, and producer throughout the group's history. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The group only consists of vocalists who sing in a cappella style without instrumental accompaniment .
This category contains songs that are meant to be sung a cappella (without accompanying instrumentation). Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
Acappella released several more albums through The Acappella Company before Lancaster stepped back from an on-stage role in 1988, to dedicate his time to song writing and production for the group. Al Pratt, who MC'd the 1994 Christian Acappella Music Awards credited Acappella and Boyz II Men with taking Christian a capella music "to a ...
"The Reason" (on Beyond a Star) was their first a cappella song, which they subsequently re-recorded for their watershed 1988 album, The Acapella Project. That album was released with some trepidation because there was no track record for the genre in the Christian market, but it proved tremendously popular, selling over 400,000 copies. [1]
The song entered Billboard 's Comedy Digital Tracks chart at #2 and the Billboard Holiday Digital Songs chart at #19. [10] That same month, the song rose to #1 on the Comedy Digital Tracks chart. [11] As a result of the video, The Maccabeats received major media coverage and requests for bookings nationwide.
Rhythm & News was a Christian a cappella vocal group formed in the late 1980s in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. During the 1990s, the group gained success in Canada and parts of the United States in the gospel music industry. Their a cappella style with beatbox beats, hip hop and rap became known as "funkappella" throughout their fan base.
Music performed a cappella (/ ˌ ɑː k ə ˈ p ɛ l ə / AH kə-PEL-ə, UK also / ˌ æ k ə ˈ p ɛ l ə / AK ə-PEL-ə, Italian: [a kkapˈpɛlla]; [1] lit. ' in [the style of] the chapel '), less commonly spelled a capella in English, [2] is music performed by a singer or a singing group without instrumental accompaniment.
Its song "Good Shabbos" won both Best Religious Song and Best Humor Song in 2013, while "D'ror Yikra" was named Best Religious Song in 2008. [18] Six13 has also been awarded by The New York Harmony Sweepstakes in the category of Best Original Song for " Al Hanissim " in 2008, " Shema " in 2013, and " Gam Ki Elech " in 2019.