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 ...

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 ...

A Grammy-nominated gospel icon has died aged 77. Richard Smallwood, the man behind a song covered by Whitney Houston died on Tuesday from complications related to kidney failure, it's been reported.

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 ...

Richard Smallwood, a revered singer and songwriter who scored a dozen Top 10 albums and four No. 1s on the Billboard gospel chart and amassed eight Grammy nominations during his long career, died ...

Trinidadian gospel-reggae singer Sherwin Gardner’s 2024 hit Find Me Here (Blessings Find Me) is ranked at #44 on Billboard’s Hot Gospel Songs Top 50 Year End chart for 2025. The song, which made its ...

Richard Smallwood, the legendary gospel composer and worship leader whose music shaped generations of churchgoing Black folks — and crossed into mainstream culture through voices like Whitney Houston ...

Erielle Sudario is a Collider News and Feature Author from Australia and has worked in the journalism industry since 2018. She has a passion for entertainment and pop culture news and has interviewed ...

Forrest Frank is speaking out against AI-generated songs. The Christian artist was prompted to address the ever-growing issues by the fact that an AI artist currently has four songs in the Top 10 of ...

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 ...

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 ...