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Gospel reggae is a genre of music that originated in Jamaica, mixing reggae rhythms with Christian-themed lyrics. Several reggae artists, many of whom were previously part of the Rastafari movement , have converted to Christianity and adopted gospel reggae as their primary style.
She concentrated on lovers rock and recorded a popular version of the Alton Ellis song "I'm Still in Love With You" (as "I'm Still in Love with You Boy", recorded while still at Excelsior), [3] which was a number one hit in Jamaica and successful UK and US reggae charts, [3] and also formed the basis of Trinity's "Three Piece Suit" and Althea ...
His 2000 album Simply Being Me reached number 14 on the US Billboard Top Reggae Albums chart, and 2002's Stays on My Mind hit number 9. [ 7 ] Primarily known for love songs and cover versions of pop and R&B songs, in the 1990s he mixed gospel themes with other topics on his albums, and released the totally gospel Who is This Man in 1999 and He ...
From 2007 to 2011 it was awarded as Best Rock or Rap Gospel Album. The award was discontinued from 2012 in a major overhaul of Grammy categories. From 2012, recordings in this category were shifted to either Best Contemporary Christian Music Album or Best Gospel Album categories.
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
While Christafari continued with roots reggae and dancehall, Temple Yard was fusion oriented, showing pop, reggae, soul, and gospel influence similar to artists like UB40 or Big Mountain. [15] Temple Yard released one album on Gotee Records in 1999, two more independent albums (in 2002 and 2005) and subsequently broke up.
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.
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.