Music has never been just entertainment. Throughout decades, certain songs have served as catalysts for political movements, ...

The crossover is apparent with the success of Forrest Frank and Brandon Lake while Jelly Roll, T.I. and Killer Mike are ...

Ahead of the full reveal on Dec. 9 – after the Billboard 2025 No. 1s Livestream hosted by Druski – check out a pair of year-end Christian & gospel top 10s. By Keith Caulfield All of Billboard’s 2025 ...

Where There Is Life, the album that made Luciano a bona fide roots star, recently turned 30. Produced by Philip “Fatis” Burrell, it was released in late 1995 by Island Jamaica Records. George “Dusty” ...

Songs credited to an artist named Solomon Ray entered iTunes’ Top 100 Christian and gospel albums chart last week — but the hits weren’t created by a human. Ray’s voice, lyrics and persona were ...

Jimmy Cliff, the Jamaican songwriter and film star behind hit songs such as “You Can Get It if You Really Want” and “Many Rivers to Cross”, has died aged 81. The news was announced by his wife, Latifa ...

Cliff’s wife, Latifa Chambers, announced his death in a statement on his Instagram page on Monday, reports the New York Post. “It’s with profound sadness that I share that my husband, Jimmy Cliff, has ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The story of Jimmy Cliff, who has died at age 81, is in part the story of reggae itself. Like so many Jamaican teens of his time, he moved to Kingston in the early 1960s and joined a ...

A rapper who goes by the name Topher created Solomon Ray, an AI-assisted artist making waves in gospel music. He explains how it all works. By Steve Knopper Solomon Ray, a handsome young singer with a ...

A Mississippi-based creator has found himself at the center of a new debate in the Gospel world—one that blends technology, tradition, and a whole lot of chart success. Solomon Ray, an AI-generated ...

What happens when music fans discover their new go-to praise and worship song, only for the song to be made by an AI-artist? That’s the feeling some gospel fans are having as Solomon Ray, an ...

With more than 30 years in the gospel music fraternity, Nadine Blair, broadcaster, actress, author, singer, worship leader, poet, and emcee, has made a significant contribution to the sector. Her ...