Talk:List of gospel musicians

Merge

The other list is smaller than this one and should be merged into this larger article. --Walter Görlitz (talk) 18:29, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

Gospel Music Association

Just because you earn an award from the Gospel Music Association doesn't mean you're a performer of traditional gospel music. The awards are known as GMA Dove Award and they have categories from traditional through to rock, rap, hip-hop and urban. They're an umbrella organization. Walter Görlitz (talk) 05:37, 16 June 2014 (UTC)

Even after your most recent edits, the word gospel appears 22 times on the Amy Grant page.

• "Grant received her first Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Gospel Performance, as well as two GMA Dove Awards for Gospel Artist of the Year and Pop/Contemporary Album of the Year"
• "Grant was inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame by the Gospel Music Association"
• multiple awards for "Best Gospel Performance"

Now, ultimately I personally don't really care about whether Grant is on the page, but I do care about clear inclusion criteria. What more than this could you want? --— Rhododendrites ^talk |  05:49, 16 June 2014 (UTC)

Unfortunate choice for wording for the category. It's not traditional gospel. If it is, please add DC Talk, Petra (band) and Skillet (band all of whom have won the Grammy for "Best Rock Gospel Album" and the former have been inducted in the GMA's hall of fame along with Larry Norman.

The inclusion criteria is traditional gospel, not awards with the name "gospel" in them. The article lists performers of traditional gospel music not the modern variants such as contemporary Christian music, Christian rock, Christian metal, Christian alternative rock, Christian punk and Christian ska among others. All but CCM have their own lists as well. Walter Görlitz (talk) 05:58, 16 June 2014 (UTC)

Maybe it's the lead of the list that's throwing me off:

"This list is specifically for Christian music performers in the Gospel music genres who have either been very important to the genre, or have had a considerable amount of exposure, such as in the case of one that has been on a major label, but not limited to such. The Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music (2002) defines CCM as "music that appeals to self-identified fans of contemporary Christian music on account of a perceived connection to what they regard as Christianity".[1] Based on this definition, this list includes artists that work in the Christian music industry as well as artists in the general market."

The jump from "not limited to such" to the next sentence doesn't seem to make a lot of sense and seems to indicate it's inclusive of CCM. It certainly doesn't say that this page is only for a particular kind of gospel music, which is what it sounds like you're saying (which also makes the article title seemingly imprecise, since the gospel music article it links to includes subgenres). --— Rhododendrites ^talk |  06:09, 16 June 2014 (UTC)

I was looking at that too. That copy was applied to this list and several other lists. I'm not sure why, but I suspect that it was to help explain why some entries that may not be traditionally (list type) were present. Would you like me to take a stab at crafting a new lede? Walter Görlitz (talk) 06:28, 16 June 2014 (UTC)

I have re-worked the lede to reflect how the list was being crafted before I arrived to help keep it from being vandalized. Walter Görlitz (talk) 14:43, 16 June 2014 (UTC)

Looks better.

"as well as artists in the general market who have recorded music in these genres" -- but haven't many CCM artists, who are part of the general market, also recorded in these genres (as was the case with Amy Grant when I looked -- I think the name of the song specifically mentioned was El Shaddai)? --— Rhododendrites ^talk |  15:13, 16 June 2014 (UTC)

Not really. Some artists may have but not many. Grant recorded hymns, not traditional gospel. That's what the sources (and my ears) indicate. Walter Görlitz (talk) 15:23, 16 June 2014 (UTC)

I only came across it because I searched for "Amy Grant" and "traditional gospel" but you may be right that the majority of sources call it a hymn. I don't have the inclination to push this any further. Thanks for clearing up the lead. --— Rhododendrites ^talk |  15:26, 16 June 2014 (UTC)

You're welcome. Looking at Grant's recent trajectory, she may eventually perform some form of gospel music. Walter Görlitz (talk) 15:34, 16 June 2014 (UTC)

Lacking verification(s)

References/cites are missing (as with Christian rock/country artists/bands lists) and includes secular artists doing gospel-themed songs/albums but they are not classified 'gospel musicians' in media or any other source (nor included within the article). As mentioned on the "Christian hip hop" talk page, no one owns these articles and anyone can remove content that doesn't comply with Wiki guidelines. Therefore unless there's a consensus and if changes aren't made, that will be the outcome in the future. To be continued... 2600:1702:1690:E10:C93D:C560:27EC:93DC (talk) 20:07, 15 March 2018 (UTC)

The Christian Music Industry doesn't own the term "Christian Music" and so the term is vague and this list, as many other "Christian musicians" lists use that approach and equate "Christians performing in the genre" as sufficient. You'll need to establish a consensus to change that. I'm opposed to making the change.

There are many more lists of musicians that do not have references than those that do, so the references issue is a greater one than a few lists that you have looked at. The fact that you refuse to accept references that go against your personal opinion is a separate issue. Walter Görlitz (talk) 20:41, 15 March 2018 (UTC)

Agree to disagree but i'm not the one who has had issues with references. The consensus on the other list(s) like this is that certain individuals/bands don't belong and regardless of your spotty source, they should be removed. We can't include all "Christians" doing secular music on these lists. Shalom! 2600:1702:1690:E10:693E:AB91:A002:44E2 (talk) 05:39, 27 March 2018 (UTC)