contemporary gospel

Current Christian music

Contemporary gospel is a modern style of gospel music that blends traditional Black church music with pop, R&B, hip-hop, and urban sounds.

It emerged in the 1960s and 1970s, moving away from traditional choir arrangements toward solo artists and contemporary production.

Artists like Kirk Franklin and Mary Mary represent the genre: The station plays contemporary gospel alongside secular R&B.

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worship · altar call · hope · redemption · salvation · youth outreach · testimony · hip-hop · grace · praise · evangelism · funk · jazz · Mary Mary · BET Awards · Christian festivals · social justice movements · community

Opposites
musical era/style within sacred music

contemporary gospeltraditional hymns

Established religious songs

traditional gospel · Negro spirituals · church hymns · Southern gospel · shape-note singing

sacred vs secular music

contemporary gospelclub music

Electronic dance floor sounds

gangsta rap · mainstream pop

Family

contemporary, gospel, contemporaneous, contemporaneity, contemporarily, contemporaries, tempo, temporal, temporality

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