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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
Marion Williams was born in Miami, Florida, to a religiously devout mother and musically inclined father.She left school when she was nine years old to help support the family, and worked as a maid, a nurse, and in factories and laundries.
After receiving a second Grammy nomination in the Best Soul Gospel Performance by a Duo or Group category for the song, "He'll Turn Your Scars into Stars" – later included on the album Heart & Soul (1986) – [24] the sisters were invited to perform live on the following 27th Annual Grammy Awards in 1985, alongside their mother, where they ...
Sister Rosetta Tharpe (born Rosetta Nubin, March 20, 1915 – October 9, 1973) [1] was an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. She gained popularity in the 1930s and 1940s with her gospel recordings, characterized by a unique mixture of spiritual lyrics and electric guitar.
The Angelic Gospel Singers were an American gospel group from Philadelphia founded and led by Margaret Wells Allison. The group continued through Allison's death in 2008; the group was called "the longest consistently selling female gospel group in African American history" by the Encyclopedia of American Gospel Music .
She was referred to in 2012 by the New York Times as "the last great female vocalist of gospel's golden age," ranking among the likes of other music legends from the "Golden Era" of Black Gospel (1945–60) – Mahalia Jackson, Marion Williams, Dorothy Love Coates, Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Clara Ward. [2]
Performers of Southern Gospel music Pages in category "Southern gospel performers" ... The Old Friends Quartet; Old Time Gospel Hour Quartet; Doug Oldham; P. Adger M ...
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.