BET Announces ‘Celebration Of Gospel’ Line-Up
Black Entertainment Television (BET) has announced the roster for its annual Gospel performance program, Celebration Of Gospel. The show, which will be hosted by Steve Harvey, will take place in Los Angeles on December 12th and will air on Sunday, January 10, 2010.
If you’ll be in the L.A. area and want to attend the show, email BET at BETRSVP@bet.net or call ‘em at (202) 608-2617 for tickets.
As usual, the artist list is intended to represent a diverse group of singers– some tried-and-true gospel artists along with some mainstream artists that have a lil’ Gospel flare.
Fred Hammond
Donnie McClurkin
BeBe & CeCe Winans
Shirley Caesar
Marvin Sapp
James Fortune & FIYA
Tye Tribbett & G.A.
The Rance Allen Group
Y’Anna Crawley
Dr. Bobby Jones & The Nashville Super Choir
P.S.A.L.M. Choir (from City of Refuge Church)
Deborah Cox, Kelly Price & Tamia (group members of the upcoming R&B album “The Queen Project”)
Fantasia Barrino and her mother, Diane Barrino Barber
Anthony Hamilton and his wife, Tarsha Hamilton
Some well known artists (see below) were not mentioned but hopefully they’ll still be in attendance. Could be schedule conflicts as well.
Donald Lawrence
Israel Houghton
J Moss
Richard Smallwood
Yolanda Adams
Coko. Wow, no Coko? (luv I Get Joy and This is Me)
Kirk Franklin?
And what’s the deal with Kierra “Kiki” Sheard? According to EJ at Gospelpundit, from which this article was formulated, “She can’t GET a booking in this industry. BET snoozes on her repeatedly and it’s ridiculous.”
Well, hopefully we’ll be seeing more televised performances of Kiki in the near future ’cause we all know Kiki can sang, lol.
EJ went on further to state:
Coko is a perfect example of an artist that should be on the roster– great gospel album(s) with mainstream appeal. That’s just a no-brainer.
Also, Myron Butler & Levi have a new album coming out in 2010 and, though someone might say “they’re not as known among the BET audience,” I would disagree. They are, in essence, the reincarnation of God’s Property, who put out one of the most successful gospel albums in history. And that didn’t happen because of gospel consumers– it was the mainstream folks. So, if BET’s audience doesn’t know who Myron Butler & Levi are, it’s because BET has failed to tell them. But I bet they have the God’s Property album and I bet they’d care.
In the Video: Grammy Award-winning Gospel recoding artists Myron Butler and Smokie Norful share a laugh in the studio.
