Peso Pluma is sitting on an equipment box backstage at the Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle. Right after singing his biggest hits for the sold-out crowd, he is taking a breather in a hallway near his ...

DETROIT — Music star Kid Rock has reached a big milestone in his long career. The song he released this month — a reworked version of “‘Til You Can’t” — landed at No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Christian ...

A new wave of artists is transcending traditional notions of Christian music, drawing young global audiences to faith-based rap, Afrobeats and R&B. Often boosted by social media, many of them got ...

New Christian Artists Push Genre Boundaries With Rap, Afrobeats and R&B A new wave of artists is transcending traditional notions of Christian music, drawing young global audiences to faith-based rap, ...

The genre outpaced the industry's general growth, rising 18.5% in on-demand global audio song streams in 2025, and that's reflected in ticket sales on the road By Jessica Nicholson When Forrest Frank ...

UPPER MARLBORO, Maryland (RNS) — Thousands of fans of gospel music giant Richard Smallwood bid him farewell in a music-filled funeral on Saturday (Jan. 24), as family and friends of the composer ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The global music industry hit 5.1 trillion streams in 2025. It's a new single-year record, up 9.6% from 2024, which held the previous record. That's according to a 2025 Year-End Report ...

THE WEEK’S MOST POPULAR CURRENT CHRISTIAN SONGS ACROSS ALL GENRES, RANKED BY STREAMING ACTIVITY DATA BY ONLINE MUSIC SOURCES TRACKED BY LUMINATE, RADIO AIRPLAY AUDIENCE IMPRESSIONS AS MEASURED BY ...

Several months after attending her first concert, a sold-out Forrest Frank show in West Valley City, Utah, what stands out most to 14-year-old Hazel Church isn’t the music — though she’s a big fan of ...

The gospel music world is mourning the loss of a giant. Richard Smallwood, the Grammy-nominated singer, songwriter and composer whose music reshaped modern worship, has died at the age of 77. For ...

Richard Smallwood, the celebrated gospel singer, whose music left a lasting imprint on both sacred and mainstream audiences, has died at the age of 77. Smallwood passed away on Tuesday from ...

He sold millions of albums with the Richard Smallwood Singers, and his songs, many influenced by classical music, were recorded by stars like Whitney Houston. By Clay Risen Richard Smallwood, a ...