ARTICLE: Good God, Gospel Music Is Popular
January 23rd, 2007 | 
Articles | Source: CMWired.com (255)
For the music industry, it’s a good time to be in the God business. With each passing year, the hand-wringing over the downturn in record sales becomes a little more desperate. But one genre continues to experience steady growth: gospel and Christian music.
In July, the Gospel Music Association — which tracks artists who express Christian ideals in their music and hands out the Dove Awards, gospel’s Grammy equivalent — reported that sales were up a hallelujah-inducing 11.6 percent over last year. Consumers aren’t the only ones who have increasingly embraced a gospel message in recent years. It’s become a growing trend for mainstream artists known strictly for secular music to release gospel albums. […read more]
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