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Gospel genre — history, bands and artists
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Geography of Gospel
Where the artists of the genre come from and where it is on the radio
Landmark albums of Gospel
Studio albums that listeners most often call this genre
2019Jesus Is KingKanye West
1972
He Touched MeElvis Presley
1967
How Great Thou ArtElvis Presley
2001
Katy HudsonKaty Hudson
1959
Hymns by Johnny CashJohnny Cash
1985
He Is the LightAl Green
2018Snoop Dogg Presents Bible of LoveSnoop Dogg
1997
Behind the EyesAmy Grant
2010
You Are Not AloneMavis Staples
1962
Silent NightMahalia Jackson
New in Gospel
Albums and singles of the genre released in the last four months
2026Let Him HearMarian Renta
Gospel by year
How many studio albums of the genre came out each year
Gospel by country and decade
Bands and artists of the genre from different countries and eras, the best albums of each decade
Artists of Gospel
The most listened artists of the genre and its subgenres: the bigger the name, the more listeners
- Aaron Neville
- All‐4‐One
- Allen Stone
- Aretha Franklin
Aroma- Barbara Fairchild
- Beau Williams
- BeBe Winans
- Betty Wright
- Bettye LaVette
Billy Preston- Bobby Byrd
- Bonnie Pointer
Bruce Hornsby- Cissy Houston
- Cristy Lane
- Dani Wilde
- Dorothy Moore
Dumpstaphunk- El DeBarge
- Erma Franklin
Fred Hammond- Gregory Porter
- Helen Baylor
- Howard Hewett
- Jaci Velasquez
- Jimmie Davis
- Joe Louis Walker
- Kenny Lattimore
- Kirk Whalum
- Koryn Hawthorne
- Lizz Wright
- Lorez Alexandria
- Los Espíritus
- Lou Rawls
- Lucky Peterson
- Mahalia Jackson
- Margie Joseph
- Mavis Staples
- O.V. Wright
Oficina G3- Oleta Adams
- P.P. Arnold
- Patsy Cline
Philip Bailey
PJ Morton- Ray Dalton
- Ricky Skaggs
- Rodolfo Abrantes
- Roebuck “Pops” Staples
- Rojo
- Ronnie Milsap
- Shemekia Copeland
- Sister Rosetta Tharpe
- Stephanie Mills
- Take 6
- The Chambers Brothers
- The Oak Ridge Boys
- Valerie June
- Wanda Jackson
Overview
Genre relations
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Subgenres
Subgenres or what Gospel is divided into
Origins
Genres from which Gospel originated
Parent genre
Gospel is a subgenre, i.e. a narrower direction of these styles
Derived genres
Genres that evolved from Gospel