Gospel music is experiencing unprecedented global expansion, driven by streaming dominance, cross-genre innovation, and record-breaking tours. From the UK's surging market to African, Asian, and Latin ...

The Afro-Caribbean and gospel music landscape in 2026 is buzzing with fresh energy, as artists like Antonny Drew, Baky, and Arsène Mukendi push creative limits with new albums, live tours, and even AI ...

Tracks by Rema, Burna Boy and more were streaming in the billions, but hits are drying up. Stars and analysts across the African music industry fret about how to change course In 2016, Afrobeats – the ...

YouTube is raising subscription prices for YouTube Premium and YouTube Music in the U.S., the company confirmed to TechCrunch on Friday. The YouTube Premium individual plan is increasing from $13.99 ...

This was the central theme at the recent International Federation of the Phonographic Industry Africa Performance Rights Conference (PRC) 2026, held in Lagos, Nigeria, where record label executives, ...

African music is dominating the global soundscape, with Afrobeats and other genres reshaping mainstream music worldwide. But Rick Ross, the stage name of William Leonard Roberts II, says this moment ...

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Charlotte will soon take center stage in the gospel music world. The Stellar Gospel Music Awards, widely considered the biggest awards show in gospel music, will be held in the Queen City this summer, ...

In early February 2025, I caught the spirit on an I-285 on-ramp in Smyrna. Black gospel found me, and hasn’t left me since. As a lifelong white person, I indulge in an annual Black History Month ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A choir sings traditional gospel music. Staff Sgt. Bernardo Fuller The enslaved Africans who first arrived in the British colony ...

Religion has long provided a stimulus for jazz. Figures as august as Duke Ellington and John Coltrane drew profound inspiration from their faith, though their reception varied. Ellington's religious ...

As the music industry gathers for Grammy Week, African music is playing an increasingly prominent role — not only on the awards stage, but across global pop culture. That momentum will be on display ...