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LOS ANGELES--After years of isolation from the mainstream, gospel music appears to be poised for a boom. Leading the way are acts such as Kirk Franklin and the Mississippi Mass […]

CHICAGO--The Mississippi Mass Choir and Kirk Franklin led the field with two awards apiece at the ninth annual Stellar Gospel Music Awards, held here Nov. 27. The black-tie ceremony, before […]

LOS ANGELES--Fresh faces, a heightened level of spiritually inspired messages, and exciting, energizing rhythms and tempos that have God's people shouting all over the country. That's gospel music 1993, with […]

LOS ANGLES--Thomas A. Dorsey, a gifted pianist and composer who began his musical career playing the blues in saloons and dancehalls and went on to become 'the father of gospel […]

LOS ANGELES--The Rev. Milton Brunson and Shirley Caesar were the big winners Nov. 5 at the eight annual Stellar Music Awards. The awards, held for the second consecutive time at […]

NASHVILLE--If the results of the 23rd annual Dove Awards bear any weight in the gospel music industry, Amy Grant won't have to find another platform for the kind of music […]

NASHVILLE -- African-American artists and executives say they were pleased with the progress made by the Gospel Music Assn. in recognizing their interests during Gospel Music Week activities April 5-9 […]

By now, the phenomenal growth in gospel music should be no surprise to anyone. Steady sales increases over the last five years have hiked gospel's share of overall sales by […]

NEW YORK--R&B has always had soul, but lately it has been getting the spirit as well. Three years ago, Grammy winners the Winans and Take 6 represented the new vanguard […]

Black Gospel Community Spins Off Own Trade Group CHICAGO--'Who will speak for us?' was the question in the minds of the more than 250 blacks in the gospel music community [...]

Blacks Pained By Policies Of Gospel Assn. LOS ANGELES - Artists and executives from the black gospel community are questioning whether they can be properly represented by the Gospel Music [...]

James Cleveland Dead At 59 He Was Dubbed |King' Of Gospel Music LOS ANGELES--The gospel music industry lost its king Feb. 9 with the death here of the Rev. James [...]

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'Move over, industry, because this runaway train is coming through' was the response of MCG Records president James Bullard after his top-selling act, Lee Williams & the Spiritual QC's, pocketed […]

Legacy will be more reality than theme in gospel with this year's crop of new releases. The debuts of such artists as Kierra Sheard and Tye Tribbett are highly anticipated, […]

In a deal just made public, Tyscot Records has joined forces with several other labels, including Crystal Rose and Aleho, to form Taseis Distribution. The deal, effective Jan. 1, 2004, […]

Kirk Franklin released an exclusive CD for Kmart featuring new remixes of some of the platinum-selling gospel artist's biggest hits Nov. 17. 'Kirk Franklin: A Season of Remixes'--which includes remixes […]

The title of Karen Clark-Sheard's Nov. 4 release may be 'The Heavens Are Telling,' but it's the numbers that are really saying it all. Nearly 7,500 units were sold the […]

It's not often that an artist lands two records in the top five on the gospel charts. But it is not surprising that Smokie Norful is that artist. After 18 [...]

Vickie Winans' star-studded Detroit celebration of her 50th birthday came with an unexpected gift--an armful of Stellar Gospel Award nominations. With eight nominations each, Winans and Deitriek Haddon lead the […]

The second annual Central South Gospel Retail and Distribution Conference got under way Oct. 3 in Atlanta, and its impressive attendance members suggest that the four-day confab--featuring seminars, showcases and […]

When Warner Christian purchased Word Entertainment in 2002, it all but scrapped its black music division, retaining only Shirley Caesar, who had been its prime attraction with a highly valued […]

With a majority of gospel's major labels opting out of the costly luncheons and showcases that had for years become a fixture at the annual meeting of the Gospel Music […]

Now that it has its own music label, Brooklyn, N.Y.-based Christian Cultural Center not only joins the list of churches that have thrown their hat into the gospel ring, but […]

Smokey Norful, Angela Spivey and Vickie Winans lead the list of contenders for the 22nd Annual Gospel Music Excellence Awards with five nominations each. The Georgia Mass Choir and Lonnie […]

For nearly two decades, Percy Bady has built a solid foundation in the gospel music arena penning hit songs--for everyone from BeBe & CeCe Winans and Yolanda Adams to the […]

With the July 22 release of 'Diary of a Psalmist,' New York-based Verity Records hopes to establish former Commissioned-frontman-turned-solo-performer Marvin Sapp as 'one of the premiere singer/preachers in the gospel […]

MCG Records has signed an exclusive distribution deal that will make the recently restructured Atlanta-based label part of the Malaco Music Group. 'All I can say is, 'Move over, industry, […]

ALL THE RIGHT MOVES: Matthew Knowles' Houston-based Music World Entertainment label made its official bow on the gospel music scene with Destiny's Child member Michelle Williams' 2002 release, Heart to […]

In black music, the word 'legacy' is synonymous with gospel. Since the term was coined by Thomas A. Dorsey (dubbed 'the father of gospel' in the early '30s), gospel has […]

* 2002 IN REVIEW * GOSPEL'S GROWTH: Kirk Franklin might have been gospel's biggest-selling artist in 2002, but it was the strides of gospel's growing core of independent labels that […]

BUILDING THE MARY MARY BRAND: After two years in the making and preceded by a high-powered rollout, it was one of gospel's most anticipated releases. But despite robust sales, Mary [...]

What could turn out to be one of the top gospel tours ever begins Sept. 28 in Toronto. Dubbed Hopeville, the event features three of gospel's platinum-selling artists--Kirk Franklin, Yolanda [...]

Michelle Williams' high-flying (and charting) gospel debut, Heart to Yours, propelled MusicWorld Gospel, a co-venture label forged by Destiny's Child manager Mathew Knowles and Columbia Records, to the forefront of [...]

Hezekiah Walker has a lot riding on the success of his 10th release, Live at Radio City Music Hall--Family Affair II. For more than a decade the Brooklyn, N.Y.-based Grammy [...]

Finally in stores July 9 is Praise & Worship '02. The collection--a collaboration between Gospel Today magazine and Verity Records--features new music from Vickie Winans, Beverly Crawford, Desmond Pringle, Lecresia [...]

Integrity Music has announced the launch of Integrity Gospel as the new label home for all future gospel and urban praise-and-worship albums. The imprint bows with the July 30 release [...]

Contemporary gospel pioneer-turned-pastor Andrae Crouch is back with the June 29 recording of a new live project, Mighty Wind, to be released under Crouch's newly formed label, Slave Records, at [...]

With their Grammy Award-winning and platinum-selling debut release Thankful, Mary Mary bolted onto the gospel scene in 2000. Propelled to the top of the charts by lead single 'Shackles (Praise [...]

Upwards of 50,000 churchgoers jammed into churches in key markets around the country, including Los Angeles, Dallas, Nashville, Washington D.C., Philadelphia, Atlanta, New York City and Detroit for a series [...]

And on May 6, Gotee recording act Out of Eden ventured into unchartered waters with the release of its first video to gospel and mainstream markets. The group, which has [...]

Eddie Howard and MCA recording artists Pam & Dodi headlined a Mother's Day Brunch May 11 at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland. Howard's debut release, The [...]