CINXE.COM
Contemporary Christian music - Wikipedia
<!DOCTYPE html> <html class="client-nojs vector-feature-language-in-header-enabled vector-feature-language-in-main-page-header-disabled vector-feature-sticky-header-disabled vector-feature-page-tools-pinned-disabled vector-feature-toc-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-main-menu-pinned-disabled vector-feature-limited-width-clientpref-1 vector-feature-limited-width-content-enabled vector-feature-custom-font-size-clientpref-1 vector-feature-appearance-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-night-mode-enabled skin-theme-clientpref-day vector-toc-available" lang="en" dir="ltr"> <head> <meta charset="UTF-8"> <title>Contemporary Christian music - Wikipedia</title> <script>(function(){var className="client-js vector-feature-language-in-header-enabled vector-feature-language-in-main-page-header-disabled vector-feature-sticky-header-disabled vector-feature-page-tools-pinned-disabled vector-feature-toc-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-main-menu-pinned-disabled vector-feature-limited-width-clientpref-1 vector-feature-limited-width-content-enabled vector-feature-custom-font-size-clientpref-1 vector-feature-appearance-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-night-mode-enabled skin-theme-clientpref-day vector-toc-available";var cookie=document.cookie.match(/(?:^|; )enwikimwclientpreferences=([^;]+)/);if(cookie){cookie[1].split('%2C').forEach(function(pref){className=className.replace(new RegExp('(^| )'+pref.replace(/-clientpref-\w+$|[^\w-]+/g,'')+'-clientpref-\\w+( |$)'),'$1'+pref+'$2');});}document.documentElement.className=className;}());RLCONF={"wgBreakFrames":false,"wgSeparatorTransformTable":["",""],"wgDigitTransformTable":["",""],"wgDefaultDateFormat":"dmy", "wgMonthNames":["","January","February","March","April","May","June","July","August","September","October","November","December"],"wgRequestId":"0a86f103-f6e9-482b-b299-ff4a609b90ef","wgCanonicalNamespace":"","wgCanonicalSpecialPageName":false,"wgNamespaceNumber":0,"wgPageName":"Contemporary_Christian_music","wgTitle":"Contemporary Christian music","wgCurRevisionId":1250163551,"wgRevisionId":1250163551,"wgArticleId":154403,"wgIsArticle":true,"wgIsRedirect":false,"wgAction":"view","wgUserName":null,"wgUserGroups":["*"],"wgCategories":["CS1 Japanese-language sources (ja)","CS1 errors: missing periodical","CS1 maint: location missing publisher","Articles with short description","Short description is different from Wikidata","Use mdy dates from May 2022","Articles with specifically marked weasel-worded phrases from November 2010","All articles with unsourced statements","Articles with unsourced statements from October 2024","Wikipedia neutral point of view disputes from July 2023", "All Wikipedia neutral point of view disputes","Pages displaying wikidata descriptions as a fallback via Module:Annotated link","CS1 maint: location","Contemporary Christian music","20th-century music genres","21st-century music genres","Christian music genres","Evangelicalism in the United States","Popular music","Radio formats"],"wgPageViewLanguage":"en","wgPageContentLanguage":"en","wgPageContentModel":"wikitext","wgRelevantPageName":"Contemporary_Christian_music","wgRelevantArticleId":154403,"wgIsProbablyEditable":true,"wgRelevantPageIsProbablyEditable":true,"wgRestrictionEdit":[],"wgRestrictionMove":[],"wgNoticeProject":"wikipedia","wgCiteReferencePreviewsActive":false,"wgFlaggedRevsParams":{"tags":{"status":{"levels":1}}},"wgMediaViewerOnClick":true,"wgMediaViewerEnabledByDefault":true,"wgPopupsFlags":0,"wgVisualEditor":{"pageLanguageCode":"en","pageLanguageDir":"ltr","pageVariantFallbacks":"en"},"wgMFDisplayWikibaseDescriptions":{"search":true,"watchlist":true,"tagline":false, "nearby":true},"wgWMESchemaEditAttemptStepOversample":false,"wgWMEPageLength":30000,"wgRelatedArticlesCompat":[],"wgCentralAuthMobileDomain":false,"wgEditSubmitButtonLabelPublish":true,"wgULSPosition":"interlanguage","wgULSisCompactLinksEnabled":false,"wgVector2022LanguageInHeader":true,"wgULSisLanguageSelectorEmpty":false,"wgWikibaseItemId":"Q1379958","wgCheckUserClientHintsHeadersJsApi":["brands","architecture","bitness","fullVersionList","mobile","model","platform","platformVersion"],"GEHomepageSuggestedEditsEnableTopics":true,"wgGETopicsMatchModeEnabled":false,"wgGEStructuredTaskRejectionReasonTextInputEnabled":false,"wgGELevelingUpEnabledForUser":false};RLSTATE={"ext.globalCssJs.user.styles":"ready","site.styles":"ready","user.styles":"ready","ext.globalCssJs.user":"ready","user":"ready","user.options":"loading","ext.imagemap.styles":"ready","ext.cite.styles":"ready","mediawiki.page.gallery.styles":"ready","skins.vector.search.codex.styles":"ready","skins.vector.styles":"ready", "skins.vector.icons":"ready","jquery.makeCollapsible.styles":"ready","ext.wikimediamessages.styles":"ready","ext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.noscript":"ready","ext.uls.interlanguage":"ready","wikibase.client.init":"ready","ext.wikimediaBadges":"ready"};RLPAGEMODULES=["ext.imagemap","ext.cite.ux-enhancements","mediawiki.page.media","site","mediawiki.page.ready","jquery.makeCollapsible","mediawiki.toc","skins.vector.js","ext.centralNotice.geoIP","ext.centralNotice.startUp","ext.gadget.ReferenceTooltips","ext.gadget.switcher","ext.urlShortener.toolbar","ext.centralauth.centralautologin","mmv.bootstrap","ext.popups","ext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.init","ext.visualEditor.targetLoader","ext.echo.centralauth","ext.eventLogging","ext.wikimediaEvents","ext.navigationTiming","ext.uls.interface","ext.cx.eventlogging.campaigns","ext.cx.uls.quick.actions","wikibase.client.vector-2022","ext.checkUser.clientHints","ext.growthExperiments.SuggestedEditSession","wikibase.sidebar.tracking"] ;</script> <script>(RLQ=window.RLQ||[]).push(function(){mw.loader.impl(function(){return["user.options@12s5i",function($,jQuery,require,module){mw.user.tokens.set({"patrolToken":"+\\","watchToken":"+\\","csrfToken":"+\\"}); }];});});</script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=ext.cite.styles%7Cext.imagemap.styles%7Cext.uls.interlanguage%7Cext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.noscript%7Cext.wikimediaBadges%7Cext.wikimediamessages.styles%7Cjquery.makeCollapsible.styles%7Cmediawiki.page.gallery.styles%7Cskins.vector.icons%2Cstyles%7Cskins.vector.search.codex.styles%7Cwikibase.client.init&only=styles&skin=vector-2022"> <script async="" src="/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=startup&only=scripts&raw=1&skin=vector-2022"></script> <meta name="ResourceLoaderDynamicStyles" content=""> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=site.styles&only=styles&skin=vector-2022"> <meta name="generator" content="MediaWiki 1.44.0-wmf.4"> <meta name="referrer" content="origin"> <meta name="referrer" content="origin-when-cross-origin"> <meta name="robots" content="max-image-preview:standard"> <meta name="format-detection" content="telephone=no"> <meta property="og:image" content="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d1/Collage-Christian-culture.jpg"> <meta property="og:image:width" content="1200"> <meta property="og:image:height" content="1275"> <meta property="og:image" content="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Collage-Christian-culture.jpg/800px-Collage-Christian-culture.jpg"> <meta property="og:image:width" content="800"> <meta property="og:image:height" content="850"> <meta property="og:image" content="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Collage-Christian-culture.jpg/640px-Collage-Christian-culture.jpg"> <meta property="og:image:width" content="640"> <meta property="og:image:height" content="680"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=1120"> <meta property="og:title" content="Contemporary Christian music - Wikipedia"> <meta property="og:type" content="website"> <link rel="preconnect" href="//upload.wikimedia.org"> <link rel="alternate" media="only screen and (max-width: 640px)" href="//en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contemporary_Christian_music"> <link rel="alternate" type="application/x-wiki" title="Edit this page" href="/w/index.php?title=Contemporary_Christian_music&action=edit"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="/static/apple-touch/wikipedia.png"> <link rel="icon" href="/static/favicon/wikipedia.ico"> <link rel="search" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" href="/w/rest.php/v1/search" title="Wikipedia (en)"> <link rel="EditURI" type="application/rsd+xml" href="//en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=rsd"> <link rel="canonical" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contemporary_Christian_music"> <link rel="license" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en"> <link rel="alternate" type="application/atom+xml" title="Wikipedia Atom feed" href="/w/index.php?title=Special:RecentChanges&feed=atom"> <link rel="dns-prefetch" href="//meta.wikimedia.org" /> <link rel="dns-prefetch" href="//login.wikimedia.org"> </head> <body class="skin--responsive skin-vector skin-vector-search-vue mediawiki ltr sitedir-ltr mw-hide-empty-elt ns-0 ns-subject mw-editable page-Contemporary_Christian_music rootpage-Contemporary_Christian_music skin-vector-2022 action-view"><a class="mw-jump-link" href="#bodyContent">Jump to content</a> <div class="vector-header-container"> <header class="vector-header mw-header"> <div class="vector-header-start"> <nav class="vector-main-menu-landmark" aria-label="Site"> <div id="vector-main-menu-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown vector-main-menu-dropdown vector-button-flush-left vector-button-flush-right" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-main-menu-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-main-menu-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Main menu" > <label id="vector-main-menu-dropdown-label" for="vector-main-menu-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-menu mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-menu"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Main menu</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-main-menu-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> <div id="vector-main-menu" class="vector-main-menu vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-main-menu-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-unpinned" data-feature-name="main-menu-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-main-menu" data-pinned-container-id="vector-main-menu-pinned-container" data-unpinned-container-id="vector-main-menu-unpinned-container" > <div class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Main menu</div> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-main-menu.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-main-menu.unpin">hide</button> </div> <div id="p-navigation" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-navigation" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Navigation </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="n-mainpage-description" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Main_Page" title="Visit the main page [z]" accesskey="z"><span>Main page</span></a></li><li id="n-contents" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Contents" title="Guides to browsing Wikipedia"><span>Contents</span></a></li><li id="n-currentevents" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Portal:Current_events" title="Articles related to current events"><span>Current events</span></a></li><li id="n-randompage" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:Random" title="Visit a randomly selected article [x]" accesskey="x"><span>Random article</span></a></li><li id="n-aboutsite" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:About" title="Learn about Wikipedia and how it works"><span>About Wikipedia</span></a></li><li id="n-contactpage" class="mw-list-item"><a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contact_us" title="How to contact Wikipedia"><span>Contact us</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-interaction" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-interaction" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Contribute </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="n-help" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Help:Contents" title="Guidance on how to use and edit Wikipedia"><span>Help</span></a></li><li id="n-introduction" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Help:Introduction" title="Learn how to edit Wikipedia"><span>Learn to edit</span></a></li><li id="n-portal" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Community_portal" title="The hub for editors"><span>Community portal</span></a></li><li id="n-recentchanges" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:RecentChanges" title="A list of recent changes to Wikipedia [r]" accesskey="r"><span>Recent changes</span></a></li><li id="n-upload" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:File_upload_wizard" title="Add images or other media for use on Wikipedia"><span>Upload file</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <a href="/wiki/Main_Page" class="mw-logo"> <img class="mw-logo-icon" src="/static/images/icons/wikipedia.png" alt="" aria-hidden="true" height="50" width="50"> <span class="mw-logo-container skin-invert"> <img class="mw-logo-wordmark" alt="Wikipedia" src="/static/images/mobile/copyright/wikipedia-wordmark-en.svg" style="width: 7.5em; height: 1.125em;"> <img class="mw-logo-tagline" alt="The Free Encyclopedia" src="/static/images/mobile/copyright/wikipedia-tagline-en.svg" width="117" height="13" style="width: 7.3125em; height: 0.8125em;"> </span> </a> </div> <div class="vector-header-end"> <div id="p-search" role="search" class="vector-search-box-vue vector-search-box-collapses vector-search-box-show-thumbnail vector-search-box-auto-expand-width vector-search-box"> <a href="/wiki/Special:Search" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only search-toggle" title="Search Wikipedia [f]" accesskey="f"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-search mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-search"></span> <span>Search</span> </a> <div class="vector-typeahead-search-container"> <div class="cdx-typeahead-search cdx-typeahead-search--show-thumbnail cdx-typeahead-search--auto-expand-width"> <form action="/w/index.php" id="searchform" class="cdx-search-input cdx-search-input--has-end-button"> <div id="simpleSearch" class="cdx-search-input__input-wrapper" data-search-loc="header-moved"> <div class="cdx-text-input cdx-text-input--has-start-icon"> <input class="cdx-text-input__input" type="search" name="search" placeholder="Search Wikipedia" aria-label="Search Wikipedia" autocapitalize="sentences" title="Search Wikipedia [f]" accesskey="f" id="searchInput" > <span class="cdx-text-input__icon cdx-text-input__start-icon"></span> </div> <input type="hidden" name="title" value="Special:Search"> </div> <button class="cdx-button cdx-search-input__end-button">Search</button> </form> </div> </div> </div> <nav class="vector-user-links vector-user-links-wide" aria-label="Personal tools"> <div class="vector-user-links-main"> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-preferences" class="vector-menu mw-portlet emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-userpage" class="vector-menu mw-portlet emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> <nav class="vector-appearance-landmark" aria-label="Appearance"> <div id="vector-appearance-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown " title="Change the appearance of the page's font size, width, and color" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-appearance-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-appearance-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Appearance" > <label id="vector-appearance-dropdown-label" for="vector-appearance-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-appearance mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-appearance"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Appearance</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-appearance-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-notifications" class="vector-menu mw-portlet emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-overflow" class="vector-menu mw-portlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="pt-sitesupport-2" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item"><a data-mw="interface" href="https://donate.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FundraiserRedirector?utm_source=donate&utm_medium=sidebar&utm_campaign=C13_en.wikipedia.org&uselang=en" class=""><span>Donate</span></a> </li> <li id="pt-createaccount-2" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item"><a data-mw="interface" href="/w/index.php?title=Special:CreateAccount&returnto=Contemporary+Christian+music" title="You are encouraged to create an account and log in; however, it is not mandatory" class=""><span>Create account</span></a> </li> <li id="pt-login-2" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item"><a data-mw="interface" href="/w/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&returnto=Contemporary+Christian+music" title="You're encouraged to log in; however, it's not mandatory. [o]" accesskey="o" class=""><span>Log in</span></a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> <div id="vector-user-links-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown vector-user-menu vector-button-flush-right vector-user-menu-logged-out" title="Log in and more options" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-user-links-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-user-links-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Personal tools" > <label id="vector-user-links-dropdown-label" for="vector-user-links-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-ellipsis mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-ellipsis"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Personal tools</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="p-personal" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-personal user-links-collapsible-item" title="User menu" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="pt-sitesupport" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="https://donate.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FundraiserRedirector?utm_source=donate&utm_medium=sidebar&utm_campaign=C13_en.wikipedia.org&uselang=en"><span>Donate</span></a></li><li id="pt-createaccount" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:CreateAccount&returnto=Contemporary+Christian+music" title="You are encouraged to create an account and log in; however, it is not mandatory"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-userAdd mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-userAdd"></span> <span>Create account</span></a></li><li id="pt-login" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&returnto=Contemporary+Christian+music" title="You're encouraged to log in; however, it's not mandatory. [o]" accesskey="o"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-logIn mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-logIn"></span> <span>Log in</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-user-menu-anon-editor" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-user-menu-anon-editor" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Pages for logged out editors <a href="/wiki/Help:Introduction" aria-label="Learn more about editing"><span>learn more</span></a> </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="pt-anoncontribs" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:MyContributions" title="A list of edits made from this IP address [y]" accesskey="y"><span>Contributions</span></a></li><li id="pt-anontalk" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:MyTalk" title="Discussion about edits from this IP address [n]" accesskey="n"><span>Talk</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </header> </div> <div class="mw-page-container"> <div class="mw-page-container-inner"> <div class="vector-sitenotice-container"> <div id="siteNotice"><!-- CentralNotice --></div> </div> <div class="vector-column-start"> <div class="vector-main-menu-container"> <div id="mw-navigation"> <nav id="mw-panel" class="vector-main-menu-landmark" aria-label="Site"> <div id="vector-main-menu-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="vector-sticky-pinned-container"> <nav id="mw-panel-toc" aria-label="Contents" data-event-name="ui.sidebar-toc" class="mw-table-of-contents-container vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-toc-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> <div id="vector-toc" class="vector-toc vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-toc-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-pinned" data-feature-name="toc-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-toc" > <h2 class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Contents</h2> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-toc.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-toc.unpin">hide</button> </div> <ul class="vector-toc-contents" id="mw-panel-toc-list"> <li id="toc-mw-content-text" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a href="#" class="vector-toc-link"> <div class="vector-toc-text">(Top)</div> </a> </li> <li id="toc-History" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#History"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1</span> <span>History</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-History-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle History subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-History-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Beginnings_(1950s–1960s)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Beginnings_(1950s–1960s)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.1</span> <span>Beginnings (1950s–1960s)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Beginnings_(1950s–1960s)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Popularity_(1970s–1990s)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Popularity_(1970s–1990s)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.2</span> <span>Popularity (1970s–1990s)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Popularity_(1970s–1990s)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Modernity" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Modernity"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.3</span> <span>Modernity</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Modernity-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Controversy" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Controversy"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2</span> <span>Controversy</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Controversy-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Controversy subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Controversy-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Label_rejection" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Label_rejection"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.1</span> <span>Label rejection</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Label_rejection-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Musicians_gallery" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Musicians_gallery"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Musicians gallery</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Musicians_gallery-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Growth" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Growth"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Growth</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Growth-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Notes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Further_reading" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Further_reading"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Further reading</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Further_reading-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Toggle the table of contents" > <label id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-label" for="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-listBullet mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-listBullet"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Toggle the table of contents</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading mw-first-heading"><span class="mw-page-title-main">Contemporary Christian music</span></h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. Available in 16 languages" > <label id="p-lang-btn-label" for="p-lang-btn-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--action-progressive mw-portlet-lang-heading-16" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-language-progressive mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-language-progressive"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">16 languages</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christliche_Popmusik" title="Christliche Popmusik – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Christliche Popmusik" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristana_popmuziko" title="Kristana popmuziko – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Kristana popmuziko" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%82%DB%8C_%D9%85%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%AD%DB%8C_%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%B5%D8%B1" title="موسیقی مسیحی معاصر – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="موسیقی مسیحی معاصر" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musique_chr%C3%A9tienne_contemporaine" title="Musique chrétienne contemporaine – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Musique chrétienne contemporaine" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%98%84%EB%8C%80_%EA%B8%B0%EB%8F%85%EA%B5%90_%EC%9D%8C%EC%95%85" title="현대 기독교 음악 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="현대 기독교 음악" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suvremena_kr%C5%A1%C4%87anska_glazba" title="Suvremena kršćanska glazba – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Suvremena kršćanska glazba" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musica_cristiana_contemporanea" title="Musica cristiana contemporanea – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Musica cristiana contemporanea" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0iuolaikin%C4%97_krik%C5%A1%C4%8Dioni%C5%A1ka_muzika" title="Šiuolaikinė krikščioniška muzika – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Šiuolaikinė krikščioniška muzika" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B3%E3%83%B3%E3%83%86%E3%83%B3%E3%83%9D%E3%83%A9%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B9%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9F%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF" title="コンテンポラリー・クリスチャン・ミュージック – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="コンテンポラリー・クリスチャン・ミュージック" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%BAsica_crist%C3%A3_contempor%C3%A2nea" title="Música cristã contemporânea – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Música cristã contemporânea" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D1%85%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%BC%D1%83%D0%B7%D1%8B%D0%BA%D0%B0" title="Современная христианская музыка – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Современная христианская музыка" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duhovna_ritmi%C4%8Dna_glasba" title="Duhovna ritmična glasba – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Duhovna ritmična glasba" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suvremena_kr%C5%A1%C4%87anska_muzika" title="Suvremena kršćanska muzika – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Suvremena kršćanska muzika" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristillinen_nykymusiikki" title="Kristillinen nykymusiikki – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Kristillinen nykymusiikki" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samtida_kristen_musik" title="Samtida kristen musik – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Samtida kristen musik" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%BD%93%E4%BB%A3%E5%9F%BA%E7%9D%A3%E6%95%99%E9%9F%B3%E4%B9%90" title="当代基督教音乐 – Chinese" lang="zh" hreflang="zh" data-title="当代基督教音乐" data-language-autonym="中文" data-language-local-name="Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>中文</span></a></li> </ul> <div class="after-portlet after-portlet-lang"><span class="wb-langlinks-edit wb-langlinks-link"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityPage/Q1379958#sitelinks-wikipedia" title="Edit interlanguage links" class="wbc-editpage">Edit links</a></span></div> </div> </div> </div> </header> <div class="vector-page-toolbar"> <div class="vector-page-toolbar-container"> <div id="left-navigation"> <nav aria-label="Namespaces"> <div id="p-associated-pages" class="vector-menu vector-menu-tabs mw-portlet mw-portlet-associated-pages" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-nstab-main" class="selected vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Contemporary_Christian_music" title="View the content page [c]" accesskey="c"><span>Article</span></a></li><li id="ca-talk" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Talk:Contemporary_Christian_music" rel="discussion" title="Discuss improvements to the content page [t]" accesskey="t"><span>Talk</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="vector-variants-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown emptyPortlet" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-variants-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-variants-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Change language variant" > <label id="vector-variants-dropdown-label" for="vector-variants-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">English</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="p-variants" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-variants emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> <div id="right-navigation" class="vector-collapsible"> <nav aria-label="Views"> <div id="p-views" class="vector-menu vector-menu-tabs mw-portlet mw-portlet-views" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-view" class="selected vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Contemporary_Christian_music"><span>Read</span></a></li><li id="ca-edit" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Contemporary_Christian_music&action=edit" title="Edit this page [e]" accesskey="e"><span>Edit</span></a></li><li id="ca-history" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Contemporary_Christian_music&action=history" title="Past revisions of this page [h]" accesskey="h"><span>View history</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> <nav class="vector-page-tools-landmark" aria-label="Page tools"> <div id="vector-page-tools-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-tools-dropdown" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-tools-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-tools-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Tools" > <label id="vector-page-tools-dropdown-label" for="vector-page-tools-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Tools</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-page-tools-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> <div id="vector-page-tools" class="vector-page-tools vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-page-tools-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-unpinned" data-feature-name="page-tools-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-page-tools" data-pinned-container-id="vector-page-tools-pinned-container" data-unpinned-container-id="vector-page-tools-unpinned-container" > <div class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Tools</div> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-page-tools.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-page-tools.unpin">hide</button> </div> <div id="p-cactions" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-cactions emptyPortlet vector-has-collapsible-items" title="More options" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Actions </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-more-view" class="selected vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Contemporary_Christian_music"><span>Read</span></a></li><li id="ca-more-edit" class="vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Contemporary_Christian_music&action=edit" title="Edit this page [e]" accesskey="e"><span>Edit</span></a></li><li id="ca-more-history" class="vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Contemporary_Christian_music&action=history"><span>View history</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-tb" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-tb" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> General </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="t-whatlinkshere" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:WhatLinksHere/Contemporary_Christian_music" title="List of all English Wikipedia pages containing links to this page [j]" accesskey="j"><span>What links here</span></a></li><li id="t-recentchangeslinked" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:RecentChangesLinked/Contemporary_Christian_music" rel="nofollow" title="Recent changes in pages linked from this page [k]" accesskey="k"><span>Related changes</span></a></li><li id="t-upload" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:File_Upload_Wizard" title="Upload files [u]" accesskey="u"><span>Upload file</span></a></li><li id="t-specialpages" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:SpecialPages" title="A list of all special pages [q]" accesskey="q"><span>Special pages</span></a></li><li id="t-permalink" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Contemporary_Christian_music&oldid=1250163551" title="Permanent link to this revision of this page"><span>Permanent link</span></a></li><li id="t-info" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Contemporary_Christian_music&action=info" title="More information about this page"><span>Page information</span></a></li><li id="t-cite" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:CiteThisPage&page=Contemporary_Christian_music&id=1250163551&wpFormIdentifier=titleform" title="Information on how to cite this page"><span>Cite this page</span></a></li><li id="t-urlshortener" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:UrlShortener&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FContemporary_Christian_music"><span>Get shortened URL</span></a></li><li id="t-urlshortener-qrcode" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:QrCode&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FContemporary_Christian_music"><span>Download QR code</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-coll-print_export" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-coll-print_export" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Print/export </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="coll-download-as-rl" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:DownloadAsPdf&page=Contemporary_Christian_music&action=show-download-screen" title="Download this page as a PDF file"><span>Download as PDF</span></a></li><li id="t-print" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Contemporary_Christian_music&printable=yes" title="Printable version of this page [p]" accesskey="p"><span>Printable version</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-wikibase-otherprojects" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-wikibase-otherprojects" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> In other projects </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="wb-otherproject-link wb-otherproject-commons mw-list-item"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Contemporary_Christian_music" hreflang="en"><span>Wikimedia Commons</span></a></li><li id="t-wikibase" class="wb-otherproject-link wb-otherproject-wikibase-dataitem mw-list-item"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityPage/Q1379958" title="Structured data on this page hosted by Wikidata [g]" accesskey="g"><span>Wikidata item</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> </div> <div class="vector-column-end"> <div class="vector-sticky-pinned-container"> <nav class="vector-page-tools-landmark" aria-label="Page tools"> <div id="vector-page-tools-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> </div> </nav> <nav class="vector-appearance-landmark" aria-label="Appearance"> <div id="vector-appearance-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> <div id="vector-appearance" class="vector-appearance vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-appearance-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-pinned" data-feature-name="appearance-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-appearance" data-pinned-container-id="vector-appearance-pinned-container" data-unpinned-container-id="vector-appearance-unpinned-container" > <div class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Appearance</div> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-appearance.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-appearance.unpin">hide</button> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div id="bodyContent" class="vector-body" aria-labelledby="firstHeading" data-mw-ve-target-container> <div class="vector-body-before-content"> <div class="mw-indicators"> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Genre of modern popular music</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist .mw-empty-li{display:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dt::after{content:": "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li::after{content:" · ";font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li:last-child::after{content:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:first-child::before{content:" (";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox nowraplinks"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above">Contemporary Christian music</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Stylistic origins</th><td class="infobox-data hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Christian_music" title="Christian music">Christian music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_music" title="Church music">Church music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gospel_music" title="Gospel music">Gospel music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jesus_music" title="Jesus music">Jesus music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_popular_music" title="American popular music">American popular music</a></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Cultural origins</th><td class="infobox-data hlist">Late 1960s, United States</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Subgenres</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Christian_alternative_rock" title="Christian alternative rock">Christian alternative rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_country_music" title="Christian country music">Christian country music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_electronic_dance_music" title="Christian electronic dance music">Christian electronic dance music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_hip_hop" title="Christian hip hop">Christian hip hop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_metal" title="Christian metal">Christian metal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_rock" title="Christian rock">Christian rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Contemporary_worship_music" title="Contemporary worship music">Contemporary worship music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Urban_contemporary_gospel" title="Urban contemporary gospel">Urban contemporary gospel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Latin_Christian_music" title="Latin Christian music">Latin Christian music</a></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Other topics</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data hlist"><a href="/wiki/Christian_media" title="Christian media">Christian media</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1246091330">.mw-parser-output .sidebar{width:22em;float:right;clear:right;margin:0.5em 0 1em 1em;background:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);padding:0.2em;text-align:center;line-height:1.4em;font-size:88%;border-collapse:collapse;display:table}body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .sidebar{display:table!important;float:right!important;margin:0.5em 0 1em 1em!important}.mw-parser-output .sidebar-subgroup{width:100%;margin:0;border-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .sidebar-left{float:left;clear:left;margin:0.5em 1em 1em 0}.mw-parser-output .sidebar-none{float:none;clear:both;margin:0.5em 1em 1em 0}.mw-parser-output .sidebar-outer-title{padding:0 0.4em 0.2em;font-size:125%;line-height:1.2em;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .sidebar-top-image{padding:0.4em}.mw-parser-output .sidebar-top-caption,.mw-parser-output .sidebar-pretitle-with-top-image,.mw-parser-output .sidebar-caption{padding:0.2em 0.4em 0;line-height:1.2em}.mw-parser-output .sidebar-pretitle{padding:0.4em 0.4em 0;line-height:1.2em}.mw-parser-output .sidebar-title,.mw-parser-output .sidebar-title-with-pretitle{padding:0.2em 0.8em;font-size:145%;line-height:1.2em}.mw-parser-output .sidebar-title-with-pretitle{padding:0.1em 0.4em}.mw-parser-output .sidebar-image{padding:0.2em 0.4em 0.4em}.mw-parser-output .sidebar-heading{padding:0.1em 0.4em}.mw-parser-output .sidebar-content{padding:0 0.5em 0.4em}.mw-parser-output .sidebar-content-with-subgroup{padding:0.1em 0.4em 0.2em}.mw-parser-output .sidebar-above,.mw-parser-output .sidebar-below{padding:0.3em 0.8em;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .sidebar-collapse .sidebar-above,.mw-parser-output .sidebar-collapse .sidebar-below{border-top:1px solid #aaa;border-bottom:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .sidebar-navbar{text-align:right;font-size:115%;padding:0 0.4em 0.4em}.mw-parser-output .sidebar-list-title{padding:0 0.4em;text-align:left;font-weight:bold;line-height:1.6em;font-size:105%}.mw-parser-output .sidebar-list-title-c{padding:0 0.4em;text-align:center;margin:0 3.3em}@media(max-width:640px){body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .sidebar{width:100%!important;clear:both;float:none!important;margin-left:0!important;margin-right:0!important}}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .sidebar a>img{max-width:none!important}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sidebar:not(.notheme) .sidebar-list-title,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sidebar:not(.notheme) .sidebar-title-with-pretitle{background:transparent!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sidebar:not(.notheme) .sidebar-title-with-pretitle a{color:var(--color-progressive)!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sidebar:not(.notheme) .sidebar-list-title,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sidebar:not(.notheme) .sidebar-title-with-pretitle{background:transparent!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sidebar:not(.notheme) .sidebar-title-with-pretitle a{color:var(--color-progressive)!important}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .sidebar{display:none!important}}</style><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><table class="sidebar sidebar-collapse nomobile nowraplinks"><tbody><tr><td class="sidebar-pretitle" style="background:lavender;">Part of <a href="/wiki/Category:Christian_culture" title="Category:Christian culture">a series</a> on</td></tr><tr><th class="sidebar-title-with-pretitle" style="background:lavender;"><a href="/wiki/Christian_culture" title="Christian culture">Christian culture</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-image"><figure class="noresize mw-ext-imagemap-desc-bottom-right" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><span><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Collage-Christian-culture.jpg/250px-Collage-Christian-culture.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="266" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Collage-Christian-culture.jpg/375px-Collage-Christian-culture.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Collage-Christian-culture.jpg/500px-Collage-Christian-culture.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1123" data-file-height="1193" usemap="#ImageMap_742b352ad57c8de2" resource="/wiki/File:Collage-Christian-culture.jpg" /></span><map name="ImageMap_742b352ad57c8de2"><area href="/wiki/Rockefeller_Center_Christmas_Tree" shape="rect" coords="0,0,51,53" alt="Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree" title="Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree" /><area href="/wiki/Cyril_and_Methodius" shape="rect" coords="51,0,102,53" alt="Cyril and Methodius" title="Cyril and Methodius" /><area href="/wiki/Saint_George" shape="rect" coords="102,0,154,53" alt="Saint George" title="Saint George" /><area href="/wiki/The_Creation_of_Adam" shape="rect" coords="154,0,205,53" alt="The Creation of Adam (Michelangelo)" title="The Creation of Adam (Michelangelo)" /><area href="/wiki/Piet%C3%A0_(Michelangelo)" shape="rect" coords="201,0,256,53" alt="Pietà (Michelangelo)" title="Pietà (Michelangelo)" /><area href="/wiki/Reformation_Wall" shape="rect" coords="0,53,49,107" alt="Reformation Wall" title="Reformation Wall" /><area href="/wiki/Mystery_of_Crowning" shape="rect" coords="51,53,102,107" alt="Mystery of Crowning" title="Mystery of Crowning" /><area href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_and_politics" shape="rect" coords="102,53,154,107" alt="John Paul II with Bill Clinton" title="John Paul II with Bill Clinton" /><area href="/wiki/Martin_Luther" shape="rect" coords="154,53,205,107" alt="Martin Luther" title="Martin Luther" /><area href="/wiki/Thomas_Aquinas" shape="rect" coords="201,53,256,107" alt="Thomas Aquinas" title="Thomas Aquinas" /><area href="/wiki/Trinity_(Andrei_Rublev)" shape="rect" coords="0,107,51,160" alt="Trinity (Andrei Rublev)" title="Trinity (Andrei Rublev)" /><area href="/wiki/Nativity_of_Jesus_in_art" shape="rect" coords="51,107,102,160" alt="Nativity scene at Cologne Cathedral" title="Nativity scene at Cologne Cathedral" /><area href="/wiki/Trevi_Fountain" shape="rect" coords="102,107,154,160" alt="Trevi Fountain" title="Trevi Fountain" /><area href="/wiki/Gutenberg_Bible" shape="rect" coords="154,107,205,160" alt="Gutenberg Bible" title="Gutenberg Bible" /><area href="/wiki/Christ_the_Redeemer_(statue)" shape="rect" coords="201,107,256,160" alt="Christ the Redeemer" title="Christ the Redeemer" /><area href="/wiki/Clerical_marriage" shape="rect" coords="0,160,51,214" alt="Eastern Catholic priest from Romania with his family" title="Eastern Catholic priest from Romania with his family" /><area href="/wiki/Boston_College" shape="rect" coords="51,160,102,214" alt="Boston College" title="Boston College" /><area href="/wiki/Rosary" shape="rect" coords="102,160,154,214" alt="Rosary" title="Rosary" /><area href="/wiki/Saint_Basil%27s_Cathedral" shape="rect" coords="154,160,205,214" alt="Saint Basil's Cathedral" title="Saint Basil's Cathedral" /><area href="/wiki/Georges_Lema%C3%AEtre" shape="rect" coords="201,160,256,214" alt="Georges Lemaître" title="Georges Lemaître" /><area href="/wiki/Notre-Dame_de_Paris" shape="rect" coords="0,214,51,265" alt="Notre-Dame de Paris" title="Notre-Dame de Paris" /><area href="/wiki/Christmas_dinner" shape="rect" coords="51,214,102,265" alt="Danish Christmas dinner" title="Danish Christmas dinner" /><area href="/wiki/Freiburg_Cathedral_Boys%27_Choir" shape="rect" coords="102,214,154,265" alt="Freiburg Cathedral Boys' Choir" title="Freiburg Cathedral Boys' Choir" /><area href="/wiki/Armenian_illuminated_manuscripts" shape="rect" coords="154,214,205,265" alt="Armenian illuminated manuscript" title="Armenian illuminated manuscript" /><area href="/wiki/Carnival_of_Venice" shape="rect" coords="201,214,256,265" alt="Entertainers at the Carnival of Venice" title="Entertainers at the Carnival of Venice" /></map><figcaption></figcaption></figure></td></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:lavender;;background:lavender;padding:0.2em;text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Christian_culture" title="Christian culture">Christian culture</a></li></ul></div></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content plainlist"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Christian_tradition" title="Christian tradition">Christian tradition</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Christianity" title="Eastern Christianity">Eastern Christianity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Christianity" title="Western Christianity">Western Christianity</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Byzantine_culture" class="mw-redirect" title="Byzantine culture">Byzantine culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Protestant_culture" title="Protestant culture">Protestant culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liturgical_year" title="Liturgical year">Holidays</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" class="mw-redirect" title="Culture of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">Mormon culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cultural_Christian" class="mw-redirect" title="Cultural Christian">Cultural Christian</a></li></ul> </div></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:lavender;;background:lavender;padding:0.2em;text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Christian_art" title="Christian art">Art</a></li></ul></div></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content plainlist"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Christian_symbolism" title="Christian symbolism">Christian symbolism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Early_Christian_art_and_architecture" title="Early Christian art and architecture">Early art</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_art" title="Catholic art">Catholic art</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lutheran_art" title="Lutheran art">Lutheran art</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_architecture" title="Church architecture">Church architecture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Icon" title="Icon">Icons</a></li></ul> </div></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:lavender;;background:lavender;padding:0.2em;text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Christian_media" title="Christian media">Media</a></li></ul></div></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content plainlist"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Christian_film_industry" title="Christian film industry">Film industry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_radio" title="Christian radio">Radio formats</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_video_game" title="Christian video game">Video games</a></li></ul> </div></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:lavender;;background:lavender;padding:0.2em;text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Christian_literature" title="Christian literature">Literature</a></li></ul></div></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content plainlist"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/American_Catholic_literature" title="American Catholic literature">American Catholic literature</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bible_fiction" title="Bible fiction">Bible fiction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_drama" title="Christian drama">Christian drama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_poetry" title="Christian poetry">Christian poetry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_novel" title="Christian novel">Christian novel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_science_fiction" title="Christian science fiction">Christian science fiction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spiritual_autobiography" title="Spiritual autobiography">Spiritual autobiography</a></li></ul> </div></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:lavender;;background:lavender;padding:0.2em;text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Christian_music" title="Christian music">Music</a></li></ul></div></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content plainlist"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">CCM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_music" title="Christmas music">Christmas music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_music" title="Church music">Church music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gospel_music" title="Gospel music">Gospel music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liturgical_music" title="Liturgical music">Liturgical music</a></li></ul> </div></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:lavender;;background:lavender;padding:0.2em;text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Christianity_and_science" title="Christianity and science">Science</a></li></ul></div></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content plainlist"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Christians_in_science_and_technology" title="List of Christians in science and technology">List of Christian scientists</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Merton_thesis" title="Merton thesis">Merton thesis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Christian_Nobel_laureates" title="List of Christian Nobel laureates">List of Christian Nobel laureates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_and_science" class="mw-redirect" title="Catholic Church and science">Catholic Church and science</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parson-naturalist" title="Parson-naturalist">Parson-naturalist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quakers_in_science" title="Quakers in science">Quakers in science</a></li></ul> </div></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:lavender;;background:lavender;padding:0.2em;text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Christianity" title="History of Christianity">History</a></li></ul></div></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content plainlist"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Role_of_Christianity_in_civilization" title="Role of Christianity in civilization">Christianity in civilization</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Christianity" title="History of Christianity">Christian history</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Catholic_Church" title="History of the Catholic Church">Catholic history</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Eastern_Orthodox_Church" title="History of the Eastern Orthodox Church">Eastern Orthodox history</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_influences_in_Islam" class="mw-redirect" title="Christian influences in Islam">Christian influences in Islam</a></li></ul> </div></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-below"> <a href="/wiki/Portal:Christianity" title="Portal:Christianity">Christianity portal</a></td></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-navbar"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239400231">.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:inline;font-size:88%;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .navbar-collapse{float:left;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .navbar-boxtext{word-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .navbar ul{display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;line-height:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::before{margin-right:-0.125em;content:"[ "}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::after{margin-left:-0.125em;content:" ]"}.mw-parser-output .navbar li{word-spacing:-0.125em}.mw-parser-output .navbar a>span,.mw-parser-output .navbar a>abbr{text-decoration:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-mini abbr{font-variant:small-caps;border-bottom:none;text-decoration:none;cursor:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-full{font-size:114%;margin:0 7em}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-mini{font-size:114%;margin:0 4em}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}@media(prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}}@media print{.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:none!important}}</style><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Christian_culture" title="Template:Christian culture"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Christian_culture" title="Template talk:Christian culture"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Christian_culture" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Christian culture"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Contemporary Christian music</b> (<b>CCM</b>), also known as <b>Christian pop</b>, and occasionally <b>inspirational music</b>, is a genre of modern <a href="/wiki/Popular_music" title="Popular music">popular music</a>, and an aspect of <a href="/wiki/Christian_media" title="Christian media">Christian media</a>, which is lyrically focused on matters related to the <a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christian faith</a> and stylistically rooted in <a href="/wiki/Christian_music" title="Christian music">Christian music</a>. Originating in the United States, it was formed by those affected by the 1960s <a href="/wiki/Jesus_movement" title="Jesus movement">Jesus movement</a> revival who began to express themselves in other styles of popular music, beyond the <a href="/wiki/Church_music" title="Church music">church music</a> of <a href="/wiki/Hymn" title="Hymn">hymns</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gospel_music" title="Gospel music">gospel</a> and <a href="/wiki/Southern_gospel" title="Southern gospel">Southern gospel</a> music that was prevalent in the church at the time. Initially referred to as <a href="/wiki/Jesus_music" title="Jesus music">Jesus music</a>, today, the term is typically used to refer to <a href="/wiki/Pop_music" title="Pop music">pop</a>, but also includes <a href="/wiki/Christian_rock" title="Christian rock">rock</a>, <a href="/wiki/Christian_alternative_rock" title="Christian alternative rock">alternative rock</a>, <a href="/wiki/Christian_hip_hop" title="Christian hip hop">hip hop</a>, <a href="/wiki/Christian_metal" title="Christian metal">metal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Contemporary_worship_music" title="Contemporary worship music">contemporary worship</a>, <a href="/wiki/Christian_punk" title="Christian punk">punk</a>, <a href="/wiki/Christian_hardcore" title="Christian hardcore">hardcore punk</a>, <a href="/wiki/Latin_Christian_music" title="Latin Christian music">Latin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Christian_electronic_dance_music" title="Christian electronic dance music">electronic dance music</a>, <a href="/wiki/Urban_contemporary_gospel" title="Urban contemporary gospel">R&B-influenced gospel</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Christian_country_music" title="Christian country music">country</a> styles. </p><p>After originating in the US, it has since become a globally recognized style of popular music.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It has representation on several music charts, including <i><a href="/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a></i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s <a href="/wiki/Christian_Albums" class="mw-redirect" title="Christian Albums">Christian Albums</a>, <a href="/wiki/Christian_Songs" class="mw-redirect" title="Christian Songs">Christian Songs</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hot_Christian_AC" class="mw-redirect" title="Hot Christian AC">Hot Christian AC</a> (Adult Contemporary), Christian CHR, Soft AC/Inspirational, and Christian Digital Songs as well as the UK's <a href="/wiki/Official_Christian_%26_Gospel_Albums_Chart" class="mw-redirect" title="Official Christian & Gospel Albums Chart">Official Christian & Gospel Albums Chart</a>. Top-selling CCM artists will also appear on the <a href="/wiki/Billboard_200" title="Billboard 200"><i>Billboard</i> 200</a>. In the <a href="/wiki/ITunes_Store" title="ITunes Store">iTunes Store</a>, the genre is represented as part of the Christian and gospel genre<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>notes 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while the <a href="/wiki/Google_Play_Music" title="Google Play Music">Google Play Music</a> system labels it as Christian/Gospel.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Contemporary_Christian_music&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1034237262">.mw-parser-output .stack{box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .stack>div{margin:1px;overflow:hidden}@media all and (min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .stack-clear-left{float:left;clear:left}.mw-parser-output .stack-clear-right{float:right;clear:right}.mw-parser-output .stack-left{float:left}.mw-parser-output .stack-right{float:right}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-clear-left{float:left;clear:left;margin-right:1em}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-clear-right{float:right;clear:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-left{float:left;margin-right:1em}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-right{float:right;margin-left:1em}}</style><div class="stack mw-stack stack-right"><div><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Stellar_kart_dove_award.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Stellar_kart_dove_award.jpg/220px-Stellar_kart_dove_award.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Stellar_kart_dove_award.jpg/330px-Stellar_kart_dove_award.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Stellar_kart_dove_award.jpg/440px-Stellar_kart_dove_award.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Stellar_Kart" title="Stellar Kart">Stellar Kart</a> group, at a press conference, after the GMA Dove Award in <a href="/wiki/Nashville,_Tennessee" title="Nashville, Tennessee">Nashville, Tennessee</a>, USA (2007).</figcaption></figure></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Beginnings_(1950s–1960s)"><span id="Beginnings_.281950s.E2.80.931960s.29"></span>Beginnings (1950s–1960s)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Contemporary_Christian_music&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Beginnings (1950s–1960s)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The growing popularity of <a href="/wiki/Rock_and_roll" title="Rock and roll">rock and roll</a> music in the 1950s was initially dismissed by the church because it was believed to encourage sinfulness. Yet as evangelical churches adapted to appeal to more people, the musical styles used in worship changed as well by adopting the sounds of this popular style.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The genre became known as contemporary Christian music as a result of the <a href="/wiki/Jesus_movement" title="Jesus movement">Jesus movement</a> revival in the latter 1960s and early 1970s,<sup id="cite_ref-BanjoWilliams_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BanjoWilliams-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was originally called <a href="/wiki/Jesus_music" title="Jesus music">Jesus music</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ForbesMahan2017_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ForbesMahan2017-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "About that time, many young people from the sixties' counterculture professed to believe in Jesus. Convinced of the "bareness" of a lifestyle based on drugs, free sex and "radical politics", some of the Jesus '<a href="/wiki/Hippie" title="Hippie">hippies</a>' became known as 'Jesus people'".<sup id="cite_ref-Frame_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Frame-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was during the 1970s Jesus movement that Christian music started to become an industry within itself.<sup id="cite_ref-by_the_80s_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-by_the_80s-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "Jesus music" started by playing instruments and singing songs about love and peace, which then translated into love of God. Paul Wohlegemuth, who wrote the book <i>Rethinking Church Music</i>, said "[the] 1970s will see a marked acceptance of rock-influenced music in all levels of church music. The rock style will become more familiar to all people, its rhythmic excesses will become refined, and its earlier secular associations will be less remembered."<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Evangelical artists made significant contributions to CCM in the 1960s, developing various Christian <a href="/wiki/Music_styles" class="mw-redirect" title="Music styles">music styles</a>, from <a href="/wiki/Christian_rock" title="Christian rock">Christian rock</a> to <a href="/wiki/Christian_hip-hop" class="mw-redirect" title="Christian hip-hop">Christian hip-hop</a> passing through the <a href="/wiki/Christian_punk" title="Christian punk">Christian punk</a> or the <a href="/wiki/Christian_metal" title="Christian metal">Christian metal</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Those involved were affected by the late 1960s to early 1970s <a href="/wiki/Jesus_movement" title="Jesus movement">Jesus movement</a>, whose adherents colloquially called themselves the "Jesus Freaks", as an Evangelical Christian response to the <a href="/wiki/Counterculture" title="Counterculture">counterculture</a> movements such as <a href="/wiki/Hippie" title="Hippie">hippies</a> and <a href="/wiki/Flower_children" class="mw-redirect" title="Flower children">flower children</a> who were finding widespread traction. The <a href="/wiki/Calvary_Chapel_Association" title="Calvary Chapel Association">Calvary Chapel</a> was one such response, which launched <a href="/wiki/Maranatha!_Music" title="Maranatha! Music">Maranatha Music</a> in 1971. They soon began to express themselves in alternative styles of <a href="/wiki/Popular_music" title="Popular music">popular music</a> and worship music. The <a href="/wiki/GMA_Dove_Award" title="GMA Dove Award"><i>Dove Awards</i></a>, an annual ceremony which rewards Christian music, was created in <a href="/wiki/Memphis,_Tennessee" title="Memphis, Tennessee">Memphis, Tennessee</a> in October 1969 by the <i>Gospel Music Association</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There was some internal critique of CCM at its advent.<sup id="cite_ref-Powell_Fe_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Powell_Fe-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Christian college <a href="/wiki/Bob_Jones_University" title="Bob Jones University">Bob Jones University</a> discourages its dormitory students from listening to CCM.<sup id="cite_ref-BJU_Hall_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BJU_Hall-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Larry_Norman" title="Larry Norman">Larry Norman</a> is often remembered as the "father of Christian rock", because of his early contributions (before the <a href="/wiki/Jesus_movement" title="Jesus movement">Jesus movement</a>) to the developing new genre that mixed rock rhythms with the Christian messages.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Though his style was not initially well received by many in the Christian community of the time, he continued throughout his career to create controversial hard-rock songs such as "Why Should the Devil Have All the Good Music?".<sup id="cite_ref-:0_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is remembered as the artist "who first combined rock 'n' roll with Christian lyrics" in the <a href="/wiki/Gospel_Music_Hall_of_Fame" title="Gospel Music Hall of Fame">Gospel Music Hall of Fame</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_19-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Though there were Christian albums in the 1960s that contained contemporary-sounding songs, there were two albums recorded in 1969 that are considered<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Words_to_watch#Unsupported_attributions" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Words to watch"><span title="The material near this tag may use weasel words or too-vague attribution. (November 2010)">by whom?</span></a></i>]</sup> to be the first complete albums of "Jesus rock": <i><a href="/wiki/Upon_This_Rock_(Larry_Norman_album)" title="Upon This Rock (Larry Norman album)">Upon This Rock</a></i> (1969) by Larry Norman initially released on <a href="/wiki/Capitol_Records" title="Capitol Records">Capitol Records</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-John_J._Thompson_2000_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-John_J._Thompson_2000-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <i>Mylon – We Believe</i> by <a href="/wiki/Mylon_LeFevre" title="Mylon LeFevre">Mylon LeFevre</a>, released by Cotillion, which was LeFevre's attempt at blending <a href="/wiki/Gospel_music" title="Gospel music">gospel music</a> with <a href="/wiki/Southern_rock" title="Southern rock">southern rock</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Unlike traditional or southern gospel music, this new Jesus music was birthed out of <a href="/wiki/Rock_music" title="Rock music">rock</a> and <a href="/wiki/Folk_music" title="Folk music">folk music</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Pioneers of this movement also included <a href="/wiki/Andrae_Crouch" class="mw-redirect" title="Andrae Crouch">Andraé Crouch and the Disciples</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Imperials" title="The Imperials">the Imperials</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michael_Omartian" title="Michael Omartian">Michael Omartian</a>, <a href="/wiki/2nd_Chapter_of_Acts" title="2nd Chapter of Acts">2nd Chapter of Acts</a>, <a href="/wiki/Phil_Keaggy" title="Phil Keaggy">Phil Keaggy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Love_Song_(band)" title="Love Song (band)">Love Song</a>, <a href="/wiki/Barry_McGuire" title="Barry McGuire">Barry McGuire</a>, <a href="/wiki/Evie_(singer)" title="Evie (singer)">Evie</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paul_Clark_(Christian_musician)" title="Paul Clark (Christian musician)">Paul Clark</a>, <a href="/wiki/Randy_Matthews" title="Randy Matthews">Randy Matthews</a>, <a href="/wiki/Randy_Stonehill" title="Randy Stonehill">Randy Stonehill</a> and <a href="/wiki/Keith_Green" title="Keith Green">Keith Green</a> among others. The small Jesus music culture had expanded into a multimillion-dollar <a href="/wiki/Christian_music_industry" title="Christian music industry">industry</a> by the 1980s.<sup id="cite_ref-by_the_80s_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-by_the_80s-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Many CCM artists such as <a href="/wiki/Benny_Hester" title="Benny Hester">Benny Hester</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-CCM_Legends_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CCM_Legends-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-BillboardAdultContemporaryTop50Chart_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BillboardAdultContemporaryTop50Chart-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Amy_Grant" title="Amy Grant">Amy Grant</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/DC_Talk" title="DC Talk">DC Talk</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Michael_W._Smith" title="Michael W. Smith">Michael W. Smith</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Stryper" title="Stryper">Stryper</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Jars_of_Clay" title="Jars of Clay">Jars of Clay</a><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> found <a href="/wiki/Crossover_(music)" class="mw-redirect" title="Crossover (music)">crossover</a> success with <a href="/wiki/Top_40" title="Top 40">Top 40</a> mainstream radio play. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Popularity_(1970s–1990s)"><span id="Popularity_.281970s.E2.80.931990s.29"></span>Popularity (1970s–1990s)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Contemporary_Christian_music&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Popularity (1970s–1990s)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The genre emerged and became prevalent in the 1970s and 1980s.<sup id="cite_ref-Nantais196.18_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nantais196.18-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Beginning in July 1978, <i><a href="/wiki/CCM_Magazine" title="CCM Magazine">CCM Magazine</a></i> began covering "contemporary Christian music" artists and a wide range of spiritual themes until it launched online publications in 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It has certain themes and messages behind the songs and their lyrics, including praise and worship, faith, encouragement, and prayer.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These songs also focus on themes of devotion, inspiration, redemption, reconciliation, and renewal.<sup id="cite_ref-BanjoWilliams_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BanjoWilliams-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Many people listen to contemporary Christian music for comfort through tough times. The lyrics and messages conveyed in CCM songs have had varied, positive Christian messages over the decades. For instance, some of the songs have been aimed to evangelize and some of the lyrics are meant to praise and worship Jesus.<sup id="cite_ref-Nantais196.18_33-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nantais196.18-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One of the earliest goals of CCM was to spread the news of Jesus to non-Christians.<sup id="cite_ref-BanjoWilliams_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BanjoWilliams-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition, contemporary Christian music also strengthens the faith of Christians.<sup id="cite_ref-BanjoWilliams_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BanjoWilliams-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Various evangelical <a href="/wiki/Record_labels" class="mw-redirect" title="Record labels">record labels</a> have supported the movement. In <a href="/wiki/Christian_rock" title="Christian rock">Christian rock</a>, there is <i><a href="/wiki/Sparrow_Records" title="Sparrow Records">Sparrow Records</a></i> founded in 1976 in the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> by Billy Ray Hearn, a <a href="/wiki/Christian_music" title="Christian music">Christian music</a> graduate from the <a href="/wiki/Baylor_University" title="Baylor University">Baylor University</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The songs of <i><a href="/wiki/Hillsong_Music" class="mw-redirect" title="Hillsong Music">Hillsong Music</a></i>, founded in 1991 by <a href="/wiki/Hillsong_Church" title="Hillsong Church">Hillsong Church</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Sydney" title="Sydney">Sydney</a>, <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a>, have been translated into various languages and have had an influence considerable in evangelical churches worldwide.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/Christian_hip-hop" class="mw-redirect" title="Christian hip-hop">Christian hip-hop</a>, <a href="/wiki/TobyMac" title="TobyMac">TobyMac</a>, Todd Collins, and Joey Elwood founded the first specialized label <i><a href="/wiki/Gotee_Records" title="Gotee Records">Gotee Records</a></i> in 1994.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The founding of the label <i><a href="/wiki/Reach_Records" title="Reach Records">Reach Records</a></i> in 2004 by <a href="/wiki/Lecrae" title="Lecrae">Lecrae</a> and Ben Washer also had a significant impact in the development of Christian hip-hop. </p><p>Contemporary Christian musicians and listeners have sought to extend their music into settings where religious music traditionally might not be heard. For instance, <a href="/wiki/MercyMe" title="MercyMe">MercyMe</a>'s song "<a href="/wiki/I_Can_Only_Imagine_(MercyMe_song)" title="I Can Only Imagine (MercyMe song)">I Can Only Imagine</a>" was a crossover success in 1999 despite having a clear Christian message.<sup id="cite_ref-FOXNewsJuly062003_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOXNewsJuly062003-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2018, <a href="/wiki/Lauren_Daigle" title="Lauren Daigle">Lauren Daigle</a>'s '<a href="/wiki/You_Say" title="You Say">You Say</a>' was a similar hit.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to a 2009 study published by Faith Communities Today, 64% of churches that adopted contemporary Christian music in the past five years saw an increase in service attendance of 2% or more.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Modernity">Modernity</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Contemporary_Christian_music&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Modernity"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Contemporary Christian music has influences from folk, gospel, pop and rock music.<sup id="cite_ref-Nantais196.18_33-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nantais196.18-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Genres of music such as soft rock, folk rock, alternative, hip-hop, etc. have played a large influence on CCM.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Charismatic churches have had a large influence on contemporary Christian music and are one of the largest producers of CCM. Contemporary Christian music has also expanded into many <a href="/wiki/Subgenre" class="mw-redirect" title="Subgenre">subgenres</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Nantais196.18_33-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nantais196.18-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Christian_punk" title="Christian punk">Christian punk</a>, <a href="/wiki/Christian_hardcore" title="Christian hardcore">Christian hardcore</a>, <a href="/wiki/Christian_metal" title="Christian metal">Christian metal</a> and <a href="/wiki/Christian_hip_hop" title="Christian hip hop">Christian hip hop</a>, although not normally considered CCM, can also come under the genre's umbrella.<sup id="cite_ref-Powell_Fe_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Powell_Fe-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Contemporary_worship_music" title="Contemporary worship music">Contemporary worship music</a> is also incorporated in modern CCM. <a href="/wiki/Contemporary_worship" title="Contemporary worship">Contemporary worship</a> is both recorded and performed during <a href="/wiki/Church_service" title="Church service">church services</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In the 2000s, <a href="/wiki/Contemporary_worship_music" title="Contemporary worship music">contemporary worship music</a> with a distinctly <a href="/wiki/Theology" title="Theology">theological</a> focus has emerged, primarily in the <a href="/wiki/Baptists" title="Baptists">Baptist</a>, <a href="/wiki/Calvinism" class="mw-redirect" title="Calvinism">Reformed</a> and more traditional non-denominational branches of Protestant Christianity.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Artists include well-known groups such as <a href="/wiki/Shane_%26_Shane" title="Shane & Shane">Shane & Shane</a> and modern hymn-writers, <a href="/wiki/Keith_%26_Kristyn_Getty" title="Keith & Kristyn Getty">Keith & Kristyn Getty</a><sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as well as others like <a href="/wiki/Sovereign_Grace_Churches" title="Sovereign Grace Churches">Sovereign Grace Music</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Matt Boswell and <a href="/wiki/Aaron_Keyes" title="Aaron Keyes">Aaron Keyes</a>. The format is gaining traction in many churches<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and other areas in culture<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as well as being heard in CCM collections & musical <a href="/wiki/Music_Genome_Project" title="Music Genome Project">algorithms</a> on several Internet streaming services.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>According to a 2023 study by Worship Leader Research, of the top 25 most popular song licenses used by churches between 2010 and 2020, nearly 100% came from 3 <a href="/wiki/Megachurch" title="Megachurch">megachurch</a> music groups; <a href="/wiki/Hillsong_Worship" title="Hillsong Worship">Hillsong Worship</a> (<a href="/wiki/Hillsong_Church" title="Hillsong Church">Hillsong Church</a>), <a href="/wiki/Bethel_Music" title="Bethel Music">Bethel Music</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bethel_Church_(Redding,_California)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bethel Church (Redding, California)">Bethel Church</a>), and <a href="/wiki/Elevation_Worship" title="Elevation Worship">Elevation Worship</a> (<a href="/wiki/Elevation_Church" title="Elevation Church">Elevation Church</a>). <sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Controversy">Controversy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Contemporary_Christian_music&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Controversy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Criticism_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-criticism" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span class="skin-invert-image" typeof="mw:File"><span><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Unbalanced_scales.svg/45px-Unbalanced_scales.svg.png" decoding="async" width="45" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Unbalanced_scales.svg/68px-Unbalanced_scales.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Unbalanced_scales.svg/90px-Unbalanced_scales.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="354" /></span></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This article's <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Criticism#Avoid_sections_and_articles_focusing_on_criticisms_or_controversies" title="Wikipedia:Criticism">"criticism" or "controversy" section</a> <b>may compromise the article's <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view#Article_structure" title="Wikipedia:Neutral point of view">neutrality</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help rewrite or integrate negative information to other sections <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Consensus" title="Wikipedia:Consensus">through discussion</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Talk:Contemporary_Christian_music" title="Talk:Contemporary Christian music">talk page</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">July 2023</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Brian Schwertley of the <a href="/wiki/Reformed_Presbyterian_Church_(denominational_group)" class="mw-redirect" title="Reformed Presbyterian Church (denominational group)">Reformed Presbyterian</a> tradition wrote in 2001 that the inclusion of CCM in a worship service violates the <a href="/wiki/Thou_shalt_not_make_unto_thee_any_graven_image" title="Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image">second commandment</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Regulative_principle_of_worship" title="Regulative principle of worship">regulative principle of worship</a> because it adds man-made inventions, lyrics, and instrumental music to the biblically appointed way of worshipping God.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>"The responsibility of the church is not to provide escape from reality", according to Donald Ellsworth, the author of <i>Christian Music in Contemporary Witness</i>, "but to give answers to contemporary problems through legitimate, biblical means".<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to <a href="/wiki/Vice_(magazine)" title="Vice (magazine)"><i>Vice</i></a> magazine, CCM "has often functioned as a <a href="/wiki/Propaganda_in_the_United_States" title="Propaganda in the United States">propaganda</a> wing of the <a href="/wiki/Christian_right" title="Christian right">Christian right</a>", presenting views on topics such as the <a href="/wiki/War_on_drugs" title="War on drugs">war on drugs</a>, <a href="/wiki/Christian_nationalism" title="Christian nationalism">Christian nationalism</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mission_trips" class="mw-redirect" title="Mission trips">mission trips</a>, <a href="/wiki/School_prayer" title="School prayer">school prayer</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/LGBT_community" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT community">LGBT community</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Label_rejection">Label rejection</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Contemporary_Christian_music&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Label rejection"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Several high-profile bands have rejected the label "Christian music", such as <a href="/wiki/Needtobreathe#Categorization" title="Needtobreathe">Needtobreathe</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mutemath#Religion" title="Mutemath">Mutemath</a>, with the latter suing their record label over being marketed as such.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Of the categorization, Needtobreathe said to Rolling Stone: "Any label is limiting. That one in particular is especially limiting. To me, I think people pass over the band all the time because they read that....I hate the idea that they somehow feel like I didn't make the music for them, that we didn't play music for everyone. Christian record deals came and we said no to all of them. Waited a couple years until the right record deal came, which was Atlantic, which we've been on ever since. But we just said to them in passing when we first started, we want the records to be available to everyone."<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Musicians_gallery">Musicians gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Contemporary_Christian_music&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Musicians gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 195px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 190px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Chris_Tomlin.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Chris Tomlin"><img alt="Chris Tomlin" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Chris_Tomlin.jpg/160px-Chris_Tomlin.jpg" decoding="async" width="160" height="199" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Chris_Tomlin.jpg/240px-Chris_Tomlin.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Chris_Tomlin.jpg/320px-Chris_Tomlin.jpg 2x" data-file-width="818" data-file-height="1015" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Chris_Tomlin" title="Chris Tomlin">Chris Tomlin</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 195px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 190px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:RebeccaStJamesApril2007.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Rebecca St. James"><img alt="Rebecca St. James" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/RebeccaStJamesApril2007.jpg/150px-RebeccaStJamesApril2007.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/RebeccaStJamesApril2007.jpg/225px-RebeccaStJamesApril2007.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/RebeccaStJamesApril2007.jpg/300px-RebeccaStJamesApril2007.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="1066" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Rebecca_St._James" title="Rebecca St. James">Rebecca St. James</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 195px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 190px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Michael_W._Smith_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Michael W. Smith"><img alt="Michael W. Smith" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Michael_W._Smith_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/136px-Michael_W._Smith_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg" decoding="async" width="136" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Michael_W._Smith_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/204px-Michael_W._Smith_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Michael_W._Smith_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/272px-Michael_W._Smith_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1816" data-file-height="2670" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Michael_W._Smith" title="Michael W. Smith">Michael W. Smith</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 195px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 190px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:TobyMac_in_Concert.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="TobyMac"><img alt="TobyMac" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/TobyMac_in_Concert.jpg/133px-TobyMac_in_Concert.jpg" decoding="async" width="133" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/TobyMac_in_Concert.jpg/200px-TobyMac_in_Concert.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/TobyMac_in_Concert.jpg/266px-TobyMac_in_Concert.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="1800" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/TobyMac" title="TobyMac">TobyMac</a></div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Growth">Growth</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Contemporary_Christian_music&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Growth"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Contemporary Christian album sales had increased from 31 million in 1996 to 44 million sales in 2000. Since <a href="/wiki/EMI" title="EMI">EMI</a>'s purchase of <a href="/wiki/Sparrow_Records" title="Sparrow Records">Sparrow Records</a> in 1996, sales had increased 100 percent.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Overall, CCM sales in 2014 had dropped to 17 million in sales.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Contemporary_Christian_music&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 42em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Christian_alternative_rock" title="Christian alternative rock">Christian alternative rock</a> – Alternative rock music lyrically grounded in a Christian worldview</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_country_music" title="Christian country music">Christian country music</a> – Music genre, country music with Christian message</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_electronic_dance_music" title="Christian electronic dance music">Christian electronic dance music</a> – music genre<span style="display:none" class="category-wikidata-fallback-annotation">Pages displaying wikidata descriptions as a fallback</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_hip_hop" title="Christian hip hop">Christian hip hop</a> – Subgenre of hip hop music and Christian music</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_metal" title="Christian metal">Christian metal</a> – Heavy metal music with a Christian message and band members</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_rock" title="Christian rock">Christian rock</a> – Rock music with lyrics related to Jesus and Christianity</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Contemporary_Commercial_Music" class="mw-redirect" title="Contemporary Commercial Music">Contemporary Commercial Music</a> – term used by some vocal pedagogists in the United States of America to refer to non-classical music; encompasses jazz, pop, blues, soul, country, folk, and rock styles<span style="display:none" class="category-wikidata-fallback-annotation">Pages displaying wikidata descriptions as a fallback</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Contemporary_worship_music" title="Contemporary worship music">Contemporary worship music</a> – Modern genre of music sung in many churches</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Latin_Christian_music" title="Latin Christian music">Latin Christian music</a> – Fusion of Latin music and various forms of modern Christian music</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neues_Geistliches_Lied" title="Neues Geistliches Lied">Neues Geistliches Lied</a> – Contemporary genre of German music intended for use in churches</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Contemporary_Christian_music&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">In the US iTunes store, the section is entitled <i>Christian & Gospel</i>. In the UK iTunes store, it's <i>Gospel</i>. Canada's and Australia's iTunes section is entitled <i>Inspirational</i>.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Contemporary_Christian_music&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFTomlin2024" class="citation web cs1">Tomlin, Edward (April 10, 2024). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://singersroom.com/w44/best-hillsong-worship-songs-of-all-time/">"10 Best Hillsong Worship Songs of All Time"</a>. <i>Singersroom.com - R&B Music, R&B Videos, R&B News</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">June 3,</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Singersroom.com+-+R%26B+Music%2C+R%26B+Videos%2C+R%26B+News&rft.atitle=10+Best+Hillsong+Worship+Songs+of+All+Time&rft.date=2024-04-10&rft.aulast=Tomlin&rft.aufirst=Edward&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fsingersroom.com%2Fw44%2Fbest-hillsong-worship-songs-of-all-time%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AContemporary+Christian+music" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.christiantoday.co.jp/articles/1956/20080207/news.htm">"「Third Day」 3月にライブツアー、スタジオアルバム同時リリース"</a>. <i>クリスチャントゥデイ</i> (in Japanese). May 20, 2002<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">June 3,</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B9%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88%E3%82%A5%E3%83%87%E3%82%A4&rft.atitle=%E3%80%8CThird+Day%E3%80%8D+%EF%BC%93%E6%9C%88%E3%81%AB%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%83%96%E3%83%84%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%80%81%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BF%E3%82%B8%E3%82%AA%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AB%E3%83%90%E3%83%A0%E5%90%8C%E6%99%82%E3%83%AA%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9&rft.date=2002-05-20&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.christiantoday.co.jp%2Farticles%2F1956%2F20080207%2Fnews.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AContemporary+Christian+music" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLlamas1970" class="citation web cs1">Llamas, Cora (January 1, 1970). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2022/march/philippines-sony-christian-music-label-waterwalk-pandemic.html">"Pandemic Streaming Inspires New Filipino Christian Music Label"</a>. <i>News & Reporting</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">June 3,</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=News+%26+Reporting&rft.atitle=Pandemic+Streaming+Inspires+New+Filipino+Christian+Music+Label&rft.date=1970-01-01&rft.aulast=Llamas&rft.aufirst=Cora&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.christianitytoday.com%2Fnews%2F2022%2Fmarch%2Fphilippines-sony-christian-music-label-waterwalk-pandemic.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AContemporary+Christian+music" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/wbsc/JZC222">"Google Play Music"</a>. <i>play.google.com</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">March 26,</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=play.google.com&rft.atitle=Google+Play+Music&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fplay.google.com%2Fmusic%2Flisten%3Fu%3D0%23%2Fwbsc%2FJZC222&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AContemporary+Christian+music" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMcDowell" class="citation journal cs1">McDowell, Amy D. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/subscriber/article/grove/music/A2234810?q=contemporary%20christian%20music&search=quick&pos=1&_start=1">"Contemporary Christian Music"</a> – via Oxford Music and Art Online.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Contemporary+Christian+Music&rft.aulast=McDowell&rft.aufirst=Amy+D.&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.oxfordmusiconline.com%2Fsubscriber%2Farticle%2Fgrove%2Fmusic%2FA2234810%3Fq%3Dcontemporary%2520christian%2520music%26search%3Dquick%26pos%3D1%26_start%3D1&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AContemporary+Christian+music" class="Z3988"></span> <span class="cs1-visible-error citation-comment"><code class="cs1-code">{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_journal" title="Template:Cite journal">cite journal</a>}}</code>: </span><span class="cs1-visible-error citation-comment">Cite journal requires <code class="cs1-code">|journal=</code> (<a href="/wiki/Help:CS1_errors#missing_periodical" title="Help:CS1 errors">help</a>)</span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-BanjoWilliams-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-BanjoWilliams_7-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-BanjoWilliams_7-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-BanjoWilliams_7-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-BanjoWilliams_7-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBanjoWilliams2011" class="citation journal cs1">Banjo, Omotayo O.; Williams, Kesha Morant (2011). "A House Divided? Christian Music in Black and White". <i>Journal of Media & Religion</i>. <b>10</b> (3): 115–137. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1080%2F15348423.2011.599640">10.1080/15348423.2011.599640</a>. <a href="/wiki/S2CID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="S2CID (identifier)">S2CID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:144756181">144756181</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Journal+of+Media+%26+Religion&rft.atitle=A+House+Divided%3F+Christian+Music+in+Black+and+White&rft.volume=10&rft.issue=3&rft.pages=115-137&rft.date=2011&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1080%2F15348423.2011.599640&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.semanticscholar.org%2FCorpusID%3A144756181%23id-name%3DS2CID&rft.aulast=Banjo&rft.aufirst=Omotayo+O.&rft.au=Williams%2C+Kesha+Morant&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AContemporary+Christian+music" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://theweek.com/articles/555603/who-killed-contemporary-christian-music-industry">"Who killed the contemporary Christian music industry?"</a>. February 17, 2016<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">August 21,</span> 2017</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Who+killed+the+contemporary+Christian+music+industry%3F&rft.date=2016-02-17&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Ftheweek.com%2Farticles%2F555603%2Fwho-killed-contemporary-christian-music-industry&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AContemporary+Christian+music" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-ForbesMahan2017-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-ForbesMahan2017_9-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFForbesMahan2017" class="citation book cs1">Forbes, Bruce David; Mahan, Jeffrey H. (2017). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=OaswDwAAQBAJ&pg=PR9"><i>Religion and Popular Culture in America, Third Edition</i></a>. Univ of California Press. pp. 9–. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-520-29146-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-520-29146-1"><bdi>978-0-520-29146-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Religion+and+Popular+Culture+in+America%2C+Third+Edition&rft.pages=9-&rft.pub=Univ+of+California+Press&rft.date=2017&rft.isbn=978-0-520-29146-1&rft.aulast=Forbes&rft.aufirst=Bruce+David&rft.au=Mahan%2C+Jeffrey+H.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DOaswDwAAQBAJ%26pg%3DPR9&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AContemporary+Christian+music" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Frame-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Frame_10-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Frame, John M. <i>Contemporary Worship Music</i>. Phillipsburg, NJ: P&R Publishing, 1997.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-by_the_80s-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-by_the_80s_11-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-by_the_80s_11-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPowell2002" class="citation book cs1">Powell, Mark Allan (2002). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofco00mark/page/10"><i>Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music</i></a>. Peabody, Massachusetts: Hendrickson Publishers. p. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofco00mark/page/10">10</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-56563-679-1" title="Special:BookSources/1-56563-679-1"><bdi>1-56563-679-1</bdi></a>. <q>By the '80s, the special-interest network that Jesus music had spawned had developed into a multimillion-dollar industry. Contemporary Christian music had its own magazines, radio stations and award shows. The Jesus movement revival was over.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Encyclopedia+of+Contemporary+Christian+Music&rft.place=Peabody%2C+Massachusetts&rft.pages=10&rft.pub=Hendrickson+Publishers&rft.date=2002&rft.isbn=1-56563-679-1&rft.aulast=Powell&rft.aufirst=Mark+Allan&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fencyclopediaofco00mark%2Fpage%2F10&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AContemporary+Christian+music" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Baker, Paul. Page 140. <i>Contemporary Christian Music: Where it came from What it is Where It's Going</i>. Westchester, Illinois: Crossway Books, 1985. Print.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">David Horn, John Shepherd, <i>Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World Volume 8: Genres: North America</i>, Continuum International Publishing Group, USA, 2012, pp. 144, 147.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Don Cusic, <i>Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music: Pop, Rock, and Worship: Pop, Rock, and Worship</i>, ABC-CLIO, USA, 2009, p. 77.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">W. K. McNeil, <i>Encyclopedia of American Gospel Music</i>, Routledge, Abingdon-on-Thames, 2013, p. 108.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Powell_Fe-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Powell_Fe_16-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Powell_Fe_16-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPowell2002" class="citation book cs1">Powell, Mark Allan (2002). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofco00mark"><i>Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music</i></a> (First printing ed.). <a href="/wiki/Peabody,_Massachusetts" title="Peabody, Massachusetts">Peabody</a>, <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a>: Hendrickson Publishers. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-56563-679-1" title="Special:BookSources/1-56563-679-1"><bdi>1-56563-679-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Encyclopedia+of+Contemporary+Christian+Music&rft.place=Peabody%2C+Massachusetts&rft.edition=First+printing&rft.pub=Hendrickson+Publishers&rft.date=2002&rft.isbn=1-56563-679-1&rft.aulast=Powell&rft.aufirst=Mark+Allan&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fencyclopediaofco00mark&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AContemporary+Christian+music" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-BJU_Hall-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-BJU_Hall_17-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120125043737/http://www.bju.edu/become-a-student/accepted-students/expectations/residence.php">"BJU ~ Residence Hall Life"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Bob_Jones_University" title="Bob Jones University">Bob Jones University</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bju.edu/become-a-student/accepted-students/expectations/residence.php">the original</a> on January 25, 2012<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">March 21,</span> 2009</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=BJU+~+Residence+Hall+Life&rft.pub=Bob+Jones+University&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bju.edu%2Fbecome-a-student%2Faccepted-students%2Fexpectations%2Fresidence.php&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AContemporary+Christian+music" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFClarke1985" class="citation magazine cs1">Clarke, Gerald (March 11, 1985). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111120220504/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,141289,00.html">"New Lyrics for the Devil's Music"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Time_(magazine)" title="Time (magazine)">Time</a></i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://time.com/archive/6707430/show-business-new-lyrics-for-the-devils-music/">the original</a> on November 20, 2011.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Time&rft.atitle=New+Lyrics+for+the+Devil%27s+Music&rft.date=1985-03-11&rft.aulast=Clarke&rft.aufirst=Gerald&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Ftime.com%2Farchive%2F6707430%2Fshow-business-new-lyrics-for-the-devils-music%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AContemporary+Christian+music" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-:0-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-:0_19-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:0_19-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:0_19-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Hevesi, Dennis. "Larry Norman, 60, Singer of Christian Rock Music". <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i> March 4, 2008: 1. Print. February 3, 2016.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-John_J._Thompson_2000-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-John_J._Thompson_2000_20-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">John J. Thompson, <i>Raised by Wolves: The Story of Christian Rock & Roll</i> (2000):49.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFOord" class="citation web cs1">Oord, Bill. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.tributetomylon.com/biography.htm">"Mylon LeFevre Biography"</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">June 26,</span> 2010</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Mylon+LeFevre+Biography&rft.aulast=Oord&rft.aufirst=Bill&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tributetomylon.com%2Fbiography.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AContemporary+Christian+music" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPowell2002" class="citation book cs1">Powell, Mark Allan (2002). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofco00mark/page/520"><i>Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music</i></a>. Peabody, Massachusetts: Hendrickson Publishers. p. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofco00mark/page/520">520</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-56563-679-1" title="Special:BookSources/1-56563-679-1"><bdi>1-56563-679-1</bdi></a>. <q>Musically, the 1970 album <i>Mylon</i> (a.k.a. <i>We Believe</i>) is deservedly a Christian classic, a raw example of down-home southern rock. A dominant organ, spicy guitars, and generous use of female background vocals give the project a funky-and-gritty combination of R&B soul and roots rock.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Encyclopedia+of+Contemporary+Christian+Music&rft.place=Peabody%2C+Massachusetts&rft.pages=520&rft.pub=Hendrickson+Publishers&rft.date=2002&rft.isbn=1-56563-679-1&rft.aulast=Powell&rft.aufirst=Mark+Allan&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fencyclopediaofco00mark%2Fpage%2F520&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AContemporary+Christian+music" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDi_Sabatino1999" class="citation book cs1">Di Sabatino, David (1999). <i>The Jesus People Movement: an annotated bibliography and general resource</i>. Lake Forest, CA. p. 136.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Jesus+People+Movement%3A+an+annotated+bibliography+and+general+resource&rft.place=Lake+Forest%2C+CA&rft.pages=136&rft.date=1999&rft.aulast=Di+Sabatino&rft.aufirst=David&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AContemporary+Christian+music" class="Z3988"></span><span class="cs1-maint citation-comment"><code class="cs1-code">{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_book" title="Template:Cite book">cite book</a>}}</code>: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (<a href="/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_location_missing_publisher" title="Category:CS1 maint: location missing publisher">link</a>)</span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20130215165622/http://www.canadianchristianity.com/cgi-bin/bc.cgi?bc/bccn/0303/artccm">"It's a long way from 'Jesus music' to CCM industry"</a>. Canadianchristianity.com. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.canadianchristianity.com/cgi-bin/bc.cgi?bc/bccn/0303/artccm">the original</a> on February 15, 2013<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">January 26,</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=It%27s+a+long+way+from+%27Jesus+music%27+to+CCM+industry&rft.pub=Canadianchristianity.com&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.canadianchristianity.com%2Fcgi-bin%2Fbc.cgi%3Fbc%2Fbccn%2F0303%2Fartccm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AContemporary+Christian+music" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-25">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140113071112/http://pe.ag.org/News2003/4636_ccm.cfm">"News Digest"</a>. Pe.ag.org. March 16, 2003. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://pe.ag.org/News2003/4636_ccm.cfm">the original</a> on January 13, 2014<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">January 26,</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=News+Digest&rft.pub=Pe.ag.org&rft.date=2003-03-16&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fpe.ag.org%2FNews2003%2F4636_ccm.cfm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AContemporary+Christian+music" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-CCM_Legends-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-CCM_Legends_26-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cbn.com/cbnmusic/Artists/Hester_Benny.aspx">"CCM Legends – Benny Hester"</a>. CBN.com.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=CCM+Legends+%E2%80%93+Benny+Hester&rft.pub=CBN.com&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbn.com%2Fcbnmusic%2FArtists%2FHester_Benny.aspx&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AContemporary+Christian+music" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-BillboardAdultContemporaryTop50Chart-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-BillboardAdultContemporaryTop50Chart_27-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=3iQEAAAAMBAJ&q=Benny+Hester&pg=PT32"><i>Billboard Top 50 Adult Contemporary Chart – Nov 7, 1981 – 'Nobody Knows Me Like You' Debuts No. 44 Mainstream</i></a>. Billboard.com. November 7, 1981.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Billboard+Top+50+Adult+Contemporary+Chart+%E2%80%93+Nov+7%2C+1981+%E2%80%93+%27Nobody+Knows+Me+Like+You%27+Debuts+No.+44+Mainstream&rft.pub=Billboard.com&rft.date=1981-11-07&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D3iQEAAAAMBAJ%26q%3DBenny%2BHester%26pg%3DPT32&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AContemporary+Christian+music" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-28">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation magazine cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.billboard.com/artist/amy-grant/chart-history/">"Amy Grant – Chart history"</a>. <i>Billboard</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">May 8,</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Billboard&rft.atitle=Amy+Grant+%E2%80%93+Chart+history&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.billboard.com%2Fartist%2Famy-grant%2Fchart-history%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AContemporary+Christian+music" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-29">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation magazine cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.billboard.com/artist/dc-talk/chart-history/">"dc Talk – Chart history"</a>. <i>Billboard</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">May 8,</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Billboard&rft.atitle=dc+Talk+%E2%80%93+Chart+history&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.billboard.com%2Fartist%2Fdc-talk%2Fchart-history%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AContemporary+Christian+music" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-30">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation magazine cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.billboard.com/artist/michael-w.-smith/chart-history/">"Michael W. Smith – Chart history"</a>. <i>Billboard</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">May 8,</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Billboard&rft.atitle=Michael+W.+Smith+%E2%80%93+Chart+history&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.billboard.com%2Fartist%2Fmichael-w.-smith%2Fchart-history%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AContemporary+Christian+music" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-31">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation magazine cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.billboard.com/artist/stryper/chart-history/">"Stryper – Chart history"</a>. <i>Billboard</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">May 8,</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Billboard&rft.atitle=Stryper+%E2%80%93+Chart+history&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.billboard.com%2Fartist%2Fstryper%2Fchart-history%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AContemporary+Christian+music" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-32">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation magazine cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.billboard.com/artist/jars-of-clay/chart-history/">"Jars of Clay – Chart history"</a>. <i>Billboard</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">May 8,</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Billboard&rft.atitle=Jars+of+Clay+%E2%80%93+Chart+history&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.billboard.com%2Fartist%2Fjars-of-clay%2Fchart-history%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AContemporary+Christian+music" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Nantais196.18-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Nantais196.18_33-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Nantais196.18_33-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Nantais196.18_33-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Nantais196.18_33-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNantais2007" class="citation journal cs1">Nantais, David (2007). "What Would Jesus Listen To?". <i>America</i>. <b>196</b> (18): 22–24.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=America&rft.atitle=What+Would+Jesus+Listen+To%3F&rft.volume=196&rft.issue=18&rft.pages=22-24&rft.date=2007&rft.aulast=Nantais&rft.aufirst=David&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AContemporary+Christian+music" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-34"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-34">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130122003708/http://www.todayschristianmusic.com/ccm-magazine/">"CCM Magazine"</a>. TodaysChristianMusic. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.todayschristianmusic.com/ccm-magazine/">the original</a> on January 22, 2013<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">January 26,</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=CCM+Magazine&rft.pub=TodaysChristianMusic&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.todayschristianmusic.com%2Fccm-magazine%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AContemporary+Christian+music" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-35"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-35">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ccmmagazine.com/magazines/">"CCM Magazine Subscription Options"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/CCM_Magazine" title="CCM Magazine">CCM Magazine</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">January 26,</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=CCM+Magazine&rft.atitle=CCM+Magazine+Subscription+Options&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ccmmagazine.com%2Fmagazines%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AContemporary+Christian+music" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-36"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-36">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAdedeji2006" class="citation journal cs1">Adedeji, Femi (2006). "Essentials of Christian Music in Contemporary Times: A Prognosis". <i>Asia Journal of Theology</i>. <b>20</b> (2): 230–240.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Asia+Journal+of+Theology&rft.atitle=Essentials+of+Christian+Music+in+Contemporary+Times%3A+A+Prognosis&rft.volume=20&rft.issue=2&rft.pages=230-240&rft.date=2006&rft.aulast=Adedeji&rft.aufirst=Femi&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AContemporary+Christian+music" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-37"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-37">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Don Cusic, <i>Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music: Pop, Rock, and Worship: Pop, Rock, and Worship</i>, ABC-CLIO, USA, 2009, p. 359.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-38"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-38">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Kelsey McKinney, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.thefader.com/2018/10/11/hillsong-church-worship-songs-music-industry">How Hillsong Church conquered the music industry in God's name</a>, thefader.com, USA, October 11, 2018.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-39"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-39">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Justin Sarachik, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://rapzilla.com/2016-02-tobymac-s-influence-on-hip-hop-and-how-he-signed-john-reuben-over-kj-52/">TobyMac's Influence on Christian Hip-Hop and How Gotee Records Signed John Reuben Over KJ-52</a>, rapzilla.com, USA, February 9, 2016.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-40"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-40">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Randall Herbert Balmer, <i>Encyclopedia of Evangelicalism: Revised and expanded edition</i>, Baylor University Press, USA, 2004, pp. 296-297.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOXNewsJuly062003-41"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOXNewsJuly062003_41-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAdams2003" class="citation web cs1">Adams, Ramsay (July 6, 2003). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.foxnews.com/story/christian-rock-crosses-over">"Christian Rock Crosses Over"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Fox_News_Channel" class="mw-redirect" title="Fox News Channel">Fox News Channel</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">October 6,</span> 2010</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Christian+Rock+Crosses+Over&rft.pub=Fox+News+Channel&rft.date=2003-07-06&rft.aulast=Adams&rft.aufirst=Ramsay&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fstory%2Fchristian-rock-crosses-over&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AContemporary+Christian+music" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-42"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-42">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Jeannie Ortega Law, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.christianpost.com/news/lauren-daigle-continues-mainstream-success-as-christian-song-you-say-breaks-into-billboard-top-40.html">Lauren Daigle continues mainstream success as Christian song 'You Say' breaks into Billboard Top 40</a>, christianpost.com, USA, January 15, 2019</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-43"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-43">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> Tracy Gordon, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://religionnews.com/2009/09/16/is-music-key-to-successful-church-growth/">Is contemporary music key to church growth?</a>, religionnews.com, USA, September 16, 2009 </span> </li> <li id="cite_note-44"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-44">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Mumford, Lawrence R. "A variety of religious composition: the music we sing, in and out of church, is more varied and interesting than we've been led to believe." <i>Christianity Today</i>, June 2011: 42+. Fine Arts and Music Collection. Retrieved February 8, 2014.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-45"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-45">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2018/march-web-only/keith-getty-is-still-fighting-worship-wars.html">"Keith Getty Is Still Fighting the Worship Wars"</a>. <i>Christianity Today</i>. March 26, 2018<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">March 26,</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Christianity+Today&rft.atitle=Keith+Getty+Is+Still+Fighting+the+Worship+Wars&rft.date=2018-03-26&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.christianitytoday.com%2Fct%2F2018%2Fmarch-web-only%2Fkeith-getty-is-still-fighting-worship-wars.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AContemporary+Christian+music" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-46"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-46">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://brnow.org/News/September-2018/Getty-worship-conference-strikes-a-chord">"BRnow.org – Getty worship conference strikes a chord | Baptist News"</a>. <i>brnow.org</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">March 26,</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=brnow.org&rft.atitle=BRnow.org+%E2%80%93+Getty+worship+conference+strikes+a+chord+%7C+Baptist+News&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbrnow.org%2FNews%2FSeptember-2018%2FGetty-worship-conference-strikes-a-chord&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AContemporary+Christian+music" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-47"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-47">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.npr.org/2013/07/08/200013769/modern-hymn-writers-aim-to-take-back-sunday">"Modern Hymn Writers Aim To Take Back Sunday"</a>. <i>NPR.org</i>. NPR<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">March 26,</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=NPR.org&rft.atitle=Modern+Hymn+Writers+Aim+To+Take+Back+Sunday&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.npr.org%2F2013%2F07%2F08%2F200013769%2Fmodern-hymn-writers-aim-to-take-back-sunday&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AContemporary+Christian+music" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-48"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-48">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMcEachen2018" class="citation web cs1">McEachen, Ben (June 25, 2018). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.eternitynews.com.au/culture/what-do-you-mean-by-worship/,%20https://www.eternitynews.com.au/culture/what-do-you-mean-by-worship/">"What do you mean by worship?"</a>. <i>Eternity News</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">March 26,</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Eternity+News&rft.atitle=What+do+you+mean+by+worship%3F&rft.date=2018-06-25&rft.aulast=McEachen&rft.aufirst=Ben&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eternitynews.com.au%2Fculture%2Fwhat-do-you-mean-by-worship%2F%2C%2520https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eternitynews.com.au%2Fculture%2Fwhat-do-you-mean-by-worship%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AContemporary+Christian+music" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-49"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-49">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSmith2018" class="citation web cs1">Smith, Rew (November 15, 2018). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://kentuckytoday.com/stories/doxology-theology-conference-churches-need-to-sing-the-word-of-god,16237">"Doxology & Theology conference: Churches need to sing the Word of God"</a>. <i>Kentucky Today</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">March 26,</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Kentucky+Today&rft.atitle=Doxology+%26+Theology+conference%3A+Churches+need+to+sing+the+Word+of+God&rft.date=2018-11-15&rft.aulast=Smith&rft.aufirst=Rew&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fkentuckytoday.com%2Fstories%2Fdoxology-theology-conference-churches-need-to-sing-the-word-of-god%2C16237&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AContemporary+Christian+music" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-50"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-50">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.breathecast.com/articles/hymn-writer-keith-getty-becomes-first-christian-artist-to-be-appointed-officer-of-the-order-of-the-british-empire-obe-by-the-queen-37965/">"Hymn Writer Keith Getty Becomes First Christian Artist To Be Appointed Officer Of The Order Of The British Empire (OBE) By The Queen"</a>. <i>BREATHEcast</i>. July 27, 2018<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">March 26,</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=BREATHEcast&rft.atitle=Hymn+Writer+Keith+Getty+Becomes+First+Christian+Artist+To+Be+Appointed+Officer+Of+The+Order+Of+The+British+Empire+%28OBE%29+By+The+Queen&rft.date=2018-07-27&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.breathecast.com%2Farticles%2Fhymn-writer-keith-getty-becomes-first-christian-artist-to-be-appointed-officer-of-the-order-of-the-british-empire-obe-by-the-queen-37965%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AContemporary+Christian+music" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-51"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-51">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> WLR Team, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://worshipleaderresearch.com/100-of-the-top-25-worship-songs-are-associated-with-just-a-handful-of-megachurches/">(Almost) 100% of the Top 25 Worship Songs are associated with just a handful of Megachurches</a>, worshipleaderresearch.com, USA, March 30, 2023 </span> </li> <li id="cite_note-52"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-52">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSchwertley" class="citation web cs1">Schwertley, Brian. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130212233146/https://www.reformedonline.com/view/reformedonline/music.htm">"Musical Instruments in the Public Worship of God"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://reformedonline.com/view/reformedonline/music.htm">the original</a> on February 12, 2013.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Musical+Instruments+in+the+Public+Worship+of+God&rft.aulast=Schwertley&rft.aufirst=Brian&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Freformedonline.com%2Fview%2Freformedonline%2Fmusic.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AContemporary+Christian+music" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-53"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-53">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFEllsworth1979" class="citation book cs1">Ellsworth, Donald (1979). <i>Christian Music in Contemporary Witness: Historical Antecedents and Contemporary Practices</i>. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Book House.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Christian+Music+in+Contemporary+Witness%3A+Historical+Antecedents+and+Contemporary+Practices&rft.place=Grand+Rapids%2C+Michigan&rft.pub=Baker+Book+House&rft.date=1979&rft.aulast=Ellsworth&rft.aufirst=Donald&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AContemporary+Christian+music" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-54"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-54">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHesse2022" class="citation web cs1">Hesse, Josiah (July 14, 2022). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/akeg9b/christian-rock-music-lgbtq-musicians-acceptance">"Christian Rock Has Demonized LGBTQ People for Years. Now It Needs Them to Survive"</a>. <i>Vice</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">March 24,</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Vice&rft.atitle=Christian+Rock+Has+Demonized+LGBTQ+People+for+Years.+Now+It+Needs+Them+to+Survive&rft.date=2022-07-14&rft.aulast=Hesse&rft.aufirst=Josiah&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.vice.com%2Fen%2Farticle%2Fakeg9b%2Fchristian-rock-music-lgbtq-musicians-acceptance&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AContemporary+Christian+music" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-55"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-55">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140505161050/https://www.readthehook.com/80056/interview-unmuted-did-mother-earthsuit-beget-mute-math">"INTERVIEW- Unmuted: Did mother Earthsuit beget Mute Math? | The Hook - Charlottesville's weekly newspaper, news magazine"</a>. May 5, 2014. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.readthehook.com/80056/interview-unmuted-did-mother-earthsuit-beget-mute-math">the original</a> on May 5, 2014<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">October 4,</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=INTERVIEW-+Unmuted%3A+Did+mother+Earthsuit+beget+Mute+Math%3F+%7C+The+Hook+-+Charlottesville%27s+weekly+newspaper%2C+news+magazine&rft.date=2014-05-05&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.readthehook.com%2F80056%2Finterview-unmuted-did-mother-earthsuit-beget-mute-math&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AContemporary+Christian+music" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-56"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-56">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFreeman2016" class="citation magazine cs1">Freeman, Jon (August 23, 2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/needtobreathe-talk-christian-band-stigma-experimental-new-lp-101938/">"Needtobreathe Talk Christian-Band Stigma, Experimental New LP"</a>. <i>Rolling Stone</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">October 4,</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Rolling+Stone&rft.atitle=Needtobreathe+Talk+Christian-Band+Stigma%2C+Experimental+New+LP&rft.date=2016-08-23&rft.aulast=Freeman&rft.aufirst=Jon&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rollingstone.com%2Fmusic%2Fmusic-features%2Fneedtobreathe-talk-christian-band-stigma-experimental-new-lp-101938%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AContemporary+Christian+music" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-57"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-57">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBlack2002" class="citation journal cs1">Black, Beau (March 11, 2002). <span class="id-lock-subscription" title="Paid subscription required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2002/marchweb-only/36.75.html">"CCM's growing pains: a survey of labels finds the message—if not the creativity—is intact"</a></span>. <i>Christianity Today</i>. Fine Arts and Music Collection.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Christianity+Today&rft.atitle=CCM%27s+growing+pains%3A+a+survey+of+labels+finds+the+message%E2%80%94if+not+the+creativity%E2%80%94is+intact&rft.date=2002-03-11&rft.aulast=Black&rft.aufirst=Beau&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.christianitytoday.com%2Fct%2F2002%2Fmarchweb-only%2F36.75.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AContemporary+Christian+music" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-58"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-58">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://theweek.com/articles/555603/who-killed-contemporary-christian-music-industry">"Who killed the contemporary Christian music industry?"</a>. <i>The Week</i>. June 21, 2017.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+Week&rft.atitle=Who+killed+the+contemporary+Christian+music+industry%3F&rft.date=2017-06-21&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Ftheweek.com%2Farticles%2F555603%2Fwho-killed-contemporary-christian-music-industry&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AContemporary+Christian+music" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Contemporary_Christian_music&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Alfonso, Barry. <i>The Billboard Guide </i>. Billboard Books, 2002.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBeaujon2006" class="citation book cs1">Beaujon, Andrew (2006). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/bodypiercingsave00beauj"><i>Body Piercing Saved My Life: Inside the Phenomenon of Christian Rock</i></a>. <a href="/wiki/Cambridge,_Massachusetts" title="Cambridge, Massachusetts">Cambridge</a>, <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a>: Da Capo Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-306-81457-9" title="Special:BookSources/0-306-81457-9"><bdi>0-306-81457-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Body+Piercing+Saved+My+Life%3A+Inside+the+Phenomenon+of+Christian+Rock&rft.place=Cambridge%2C+Massachusetts&rft.pub=Da+Capo+Press&rft.date=2006&rft.isbn=0-306-81457-9&rft.aulast=Beaujon&rft.aufirst=Andrew&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fbodypiercingsave00beauj&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AContemporary+Christian+music" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDi_Sabatino1999" class="citation book cs1">Di Sabatino, David (1999). <i>The Jesus People Movement: An Annotated Bibliography and General Resource</i>. Bibliographies and Indexes in Religious Studies, Number 49. <a href="/wiki/Westport,_CT" class="mw-redirect" title="Westport, CT">Westport, CT</a>: Greenwood Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-313-30268-5" title="Special:BookSources/0-313-30268-5"><bdi>0-313-30268-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Jesus+People+Movement%3A+An+Annotated+Bibliography+and+General+Resource&rft.place=Westport%2C+CT&rft.series=Bibliographies+and+Indexes+in+Religious+Studies%2C+Number+49&rft.pub=Greenwood+Press&rft.date=1999&rft.isbn=0-313-30268-5&rft.aulast=Di+Sabatino&rft.aufirst=David&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AContemporary+Christian+music" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDu2003" class="citation book cs1">Du, Paul (2003). "Contemporary Christian Music". <i>The Encyclopedia of Music</i>. <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>: Billboard Books. pp. 422–423. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-8230-7869-8" title="Special:BookSources/0-8230-7869-8"><bdi>0-8230-7869-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Contemporary+Christian+Music&rft.btitle=The+Encyclopedia+of+Music&rft.place=New+York+City&rft.pages=422-423&rft.pub=Billboard+Books&rft.date=2003&rft.isbn=0-8230-7869-8&rft.aulast=Du&rft.aufirst=Paul&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AContemporary+Christian+music" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGranger2001" class="citation book cs1">Granger, Thom (2001). <i>CCM Presents: The 100 Greatest Albums in Christian Music</i>. <a href="/wiki/Nashville" class="mw-redirect" title="Nashville">Nashville</a>: CCM Books.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=CCM+Presents%3A+The+100+Greatest+Albums+in+Christian+Music&rft.place=Nashville&rft.pub=CCM+Books&rft.date=2001&rft.aulast=Granger&rft.aufirst=Thom&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AContemporary+Christian+music" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHendershot2004" class="citation book cs1">Hendershot, Heather (2004). "Why Should the Devil Have all the Good Music? Christian Music and the Secular Marketplace". <i>Shaking the World for Jesus: Media and Conservative Evangelical Culture</i>. <a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a>, <a href="/wiki/Illinois" title="Illinois">Illinois</a>: <a href="/wiki/University_of_Chicago_Press" title="University of Chicago Press">University of Chicago Press</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-226-32679-9" title="Special:BookSources/0-226-32679-9"><bdi>0-226-32679-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Why+Should+the+Devil+Have+all+the+Good+Music%3F+Christian+Music+and+the+Secular+Marketplace&rft.btitle=Shaking+the+World+for+Jesus%3A+Media+and+Conservative+Evangelical+Culture&rft.place=Chicago%2C+Illinois&rft.pub=University+of+Chicago+Press&rft.date=2004&rft.isbn=0-226-32679-9&rft.aulast=Hendershot&rft.aufirst=Heather&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AContemporary+Christian+music" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHoward1999" class="citation book cs1">Howard, Jay R (1999). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/apostlesofrocksp0000howa"><i>Apostles of Rock: The Splintered World of Contemporary Christian Music</i></a></span>. <a href="/wiki/Lexington,_Kentucky" title="Lexington, Kentucky">Lexington</a>, 0-8131-9086-X: The <a href="/wiki/University_of_Kentucky_Press" class="mw-redirect" title="University of Kentucky Press">University of Kentucky Press</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780813121055" title="Special:BookSources/9780813121055"><bdi>9780813121055</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Apostles+of+Rock%3A+The+Splintered+World+of+Contemporary+Christian+Music&rft.place=Lexington%2C+0-8131-9086-X&rft.pub=The+University+of+Kentucky+Press&rft.date=1999&rft.isbn=9780813121055&rft.aulast=Howard&rft.aufirst=Jay+R&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fapostlesofrocksp0000howa&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AContemporary+Christian+music" class="Z3988"></span><span class="cs1-maint citation-comment"><code class="cs1-code">{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_book" title="Template:Cite book">cite book</a>}}</code>: CS1 maint: location (<a href="/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_location" title="Category:CS1 maint: location">link</a>)</span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJoseph1999" class="citation book cs1">Joseph, Mark (1999). <i>The Rock and Roll Rebellion: Why People of Faith Abandoned Rock Music-- And Why They're Coming Back</i>. Nashville: Broadman & Holman.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Rock+and+Roll+Rebellion%3A+Why+People+of+Faith+Abandoned+Rock+Music--+And+Why+They%27re+Coming+Back&rft.place=Nashville&rft.pub=Broadman+%26+Holman&rft.date=1999&rft.aulast=Joseph&rft.aufirst=Mark&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AContemporary+Christian+music" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJoseph2003" class="citation book cs1">Joseph, Mark (2003). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/faithgodrocknrol0000jose"><i>Faith, God & Rock 'n' Roll</i></a></span>. London: Sanctuary. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781860744655" title="Special:BookSources/9781860744655"><bdi>9781860744655</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Faith%2C+God+%26+Rock+%27n%27+Roll&rft.place=London&rft.pub=Sanctuary&rft.date=2003&rft.isbn=9781860744655&rft.aulast=Joseph&rft.aufirst=Mark&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Ffaithgodrocknrol0000jose&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AContemporary+Christian+music" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKyle2006" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Richard_G._Kyle" title="Richard G. Kyle">Kyle, Richard</a> (2006). "If You Can't Beat 'em Join 'em". <i>Evangelicalism: An Americanized Christianity</i>. <a href="/wiki/New_Brunswick,_New_Jersey" title="New Brunswick, New Jersey">New Brunswick</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey" title="New Jersey">New Jersey</a>: Transaction Publishers. pp. 281–286. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7658-0324-0" title="Special:BookSources/0-7658-0324-0"><bdi>0-7658-0324-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=If+You+Can%27t+Beat+%27em+Join+%27em&rft.btitle=Evangelicalism%3A+An+Americanized+Christianity&rft.place=New+Brunswick%2C+New+Jersey&rft.pages=281-286&rft.pub=Transaction+Publishers&rft.date=2006&rft.isbn=0-7658-0324-0&rft.aulast=Kyle&rft.aufirst=Richard&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AContemporary+Christian+music" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLucarini" class="citation book cs1">Lucarini, Dan. <i>Why I left the Contemporary Christian Music Movement</i>. Evangelical Press.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Why+I+left+the+Contemporary+Christian+Music+Movement&rft.pub=Evangelical+Press&rft.aulast=Lucarini&rft.aufirst=Dan&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AContemporary+Christian+music" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMiller1993" class="citation book cs1">Miller, Steve (1993). <i>The Contemporary Christian Music Debate</i>. Tyndale House.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Contemporary+Christian+Music+Debate&rft.pub=Tyndale+House&rft.date=1993&rft.aulast=Miller&rft.aufirst=Steve&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AContemporary+Christian+music" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPowell2002" class="citation book cs1">Powell, Mark Allan (2002). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofco00mark"><i>Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music</i></a>. <a href="/wiki/Peabody,_Massachusetts" title="Peabody, Massachusetts">Peabody</a>, <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a>: Hendrickson Publishers. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-56563-679-1" title="Special:BookSources/1-56563-679-1"><bdi>1-56563-679-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Encyclopedia+of+Contemporary+Christian+Music&rft.place=Peabody%2C+Massachusetts&rft.pub=Hendrickson+Publishers&rft.date=2002&rft.isbn=1-56563-679-1&rft.aulast=Powell&rft.aufirst=Mark+Allan&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fencyclopediaofco00mark&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AContemporary+Christian+music" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li>Romanowski, William D. <i>Eyes Wide Open: Looking for God in Popular Culture</i>. Brazos Press, 2001.</li> <li>Sears, Gordon E. <i>Is Today's Christian Music Sacred?</i> Coldwater, Mich.: [s.n., 199-?]. 32, [1] p. Without ISBN</li> <li>Stephens, Randall J. (2018). <i>The Devil's Music: How Christians Inspired, Condemned, and Embraced Rock 'n' Roll</i>. Harvard University Press.</li> <li>Stowe, David W. (2013). <i>No Sympathy for the Devil: Christian Pop Music and the Transformation of American Evangelicalism</i>. University of North Carolina Press.</li> <li>Young, Shawn David (2015). <i>Gray Sabbath: Jesus People USA, the Evangelical Left, and the Evolution of Christian Rock</i>. Columbia University Press.</li> <li>Passannanti, Erminia (2023). <i>Leonard Cohen: A Jewish Mind's Fascination with Jesus of Nazareth</i>. Mask Press. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/979-8-8609-6254-5" title="Special:BookSources/979-8-8609-6254-5">979-8-8609-6254-5</a></li></ul> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236075235">.mw-parser-output .navbox{box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;width:100%;clear:both;font-size:88%;text-align:center;padding:1px;margin:1em auto 0}.mw-parser-output .navbox .navbox{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .navbox+.navbox,.mw-parser-output .navbox+.navbox-styles+.navbox{margin-top:-1px}.mw-parser-output .navbox-inner,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-title,.mw-parser-output .navbox-abovebelow{padding:0.25em 1em;line-height:1.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .navbox-group{white-space:nowrap;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .navbox,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup{background-color:#fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-list{line-height:1.5em;border-color:#fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-list-with-group{text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid}.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-group,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-image,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-list{border-top:2px solid #fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-title{background-color:#ccf}.mw-parser-output .navbox-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-title{background-color:#ddf}.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-abovebelow{background-color:#e6e6ff}.mw-parser-output .navbox-even{background-color:#f7f7f7}.mw-parser-output .navbox-odd{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td dl,.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td ol,.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td ul,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist ul{padding:0.125em 0}.mw-parser-output .navbox .navbar{display:block;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .navbox-title .navbar{float:left;text-align:left;margin-right:0.5em}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .navbox-image img{max-width:none!important}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .navbox{display:none!important}}</style></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Contemporary_Christian_music" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Contemporary_Christian_Music" title="Template:Contemporary Christian Music"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Contemporary_Christian_Music" title="Template talk:Contemporary Christian Music"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Contemporary_Christian_Music" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Contemporary Christian Music"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Contemporary_Christian_music" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Contemporary Christian music</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Subgenres</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Christian_alternative_rock" title="Christian alternative rock">Christian alternative rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_country_music" title="Christian country music">Christian country music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_electronic_dance_music" title="Christian electronic dance music">Christian electronic dance music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_hip_hop" title="Christian hip hop">Christian hip hop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_metal" title="Christian metal">Christian metal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_rock" title="Christian rock">Christian rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Contemporary_worship_music" title="Contemporary worship music">Contemporary worship music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Urban_contemporary_gospel" title="Urban contemporary gospel">Urban contemporary gospel</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Background</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Religious_music_in_America&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Religious music in America (page does not exist)">Religious music in America</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jesus_music" title="Jesus music">Jesus music</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Contemporary Christian music</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Key executives</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Carmichael" title="Ralph Carmichael">Ralph Carmichael</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tommy_Coomes&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tommy Coomes (page does not exist)">Tommy Coomes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Curb" title="Mike Curb">Mike Curb</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cam_Floria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cam Floria (page does not exist)">Cam Floria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Ray_Hearn" title="Billy Ray Hearn">Billy Ray Hearn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kurt_Kaiser" title="Kurt Kaiser">Kurt Kaiser</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Popular culture</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Christian_culture" title="Christian culture">Christian culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Godspell" title="Godspell">Godspell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jesus_Christ_Superstar" title="Jesus Christ Superstar">Jesus Christ Superstar</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Politics_and_contemporary_Christian_music&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Politics and contemporary Christian music (page does not exist)">Politics and contemporary Christian music</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Popular_music_and_contemporary_Christian_music&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Popular music and contemporary Christian music (page does not exist)">Popular music and contemporary Christian music</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Television_and_contemporary_Christian_music&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Television and contemporary Christian music (page does not exist)">Television and contemporary Christian music</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Distribution and events</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christian_Artists_Seminar_in_the_Rockies&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Christian Artists Seminar in the Rockies (page does not exist)">Christian Artists Seminar in the Rockies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_Booksellers_Association" class="mw-redirect" title="Christian Booksellers Association">Christian Booksellers Association</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christian_radio_and_contemporary_Christian_music&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Christian radio and contemporary Christian music (page does not exist)">Christian radio and contemporary Christian music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GMA_Dove_Award" title="GMA Dove Award">GMA Dove Award</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_festivals" class="mw-redirect" title="Christian festivals">Christian festivals</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gospel_Grammy_Awards&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gospel Grammy Awards (page does not exist)">Gospel Grammy Awards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gospel_Music_Association" title="Gospel Music Association">Gospel Music Association</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gospel_Music_Hall_of_Fame" title="Gospel Music Hall of Fame">Gospel Music Hall of Fame</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Praise_and_Worship_music" class="mw-redirect" title="Praise and Worship music">Praise and Worship music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Christian_record_labels" title="List of Christian record labels">Christan record labels</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Retail_and_contemporary_Christian_music&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Retail and contemporary Christian music (page does not exist)">Retail and contemporary Christian music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zondervan" title="Zondervan">Zondervan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Christian_music" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Christian_music" title="Template:Christian music"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Christian_music" title="Template talk:Christian music"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Christian_music" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Christian music"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Christian_music" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Christian_music" title="Christian music">Christian music</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Roots and beginnings</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Homophony" title="Homophony">Homophony</a> vs. <a href="/wiki/Polyphony#European_polyphony" title="Polyphony">Polyphony</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chorale" title="Chorale">Chorale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hymn" title="Hymn">Hymn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hymn_tune#The_Reformation" title="Hymn tune">Hymn tune</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hymnody_of_continental_Europe" title="Hymnody of continental Europe">Hymnody of continental Europe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Exclusive_psalmody" title="Exclusive psalmody">Exclusive psalmody</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jesus_music" title="Jesus music">Jesus music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sacred_Harp" title="Sacred Harp">Sacred Harp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shape_note" title="Shape note">Shape note</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spirituals" title="Spirituals">Spirituals</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="6" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:ChristianitySymbolWhite.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/ChristianitySymbolWhite.svg/75px-ChristianitySymbolWhite.svg.png" decoding="async" width="75" height="123" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/ChristianitySymbolWhite.svg/113px-ChristianitySymbolWhite.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/ChristianitySymbolWhite.svg/150px-ChristianitySymbolWhite.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="162" data-file-height="266" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Modern genres</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Christian_adult_contemporary" title="Christian adult contemporary">Christian adult contemporary</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Contemporary Christian music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Contemporary_worship_music" title="Contemporary worship music">Contemporary worship music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gospel_music" title="Gospel music">Gospel music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neues_Geistliches_Lied" title="Neues Geistliches Lied">Neues Geistliches Lied</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mass_(music)" title="Mass (music)">Mass (music)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Fusion genres</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Christian_country_music" title="Christian country music">Christian country music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_electronic_dance_music" title="Christian electronic dance music">Christian electronic dance music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_hip_hop" title="Christian hip hop">Christian hip hop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_R%26B" title="Christian R&B">Christian R&B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_rock" title="Christian rock">Christian rock</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Christian_alternative_rock" title="Christian alternative rock">Christian alternative rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_metal" title="Christian metal">Christian metal</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Unblack_metal" title="Unblack metal">Unblack metal</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_punk" title="Christian punk">Christian punk</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Christian_hardcore" title="Christian hardcore">Christian hardcore</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_ska" title="Christian ska">Christian ska</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gospel_blues" title="Gospel blues">Gospel blues</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gospel_reggae" title="Gospel reggae">Gospel reggae</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Latin_Christian_music" title="Latin Christian music">Latin Christian music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_gospel" title="Southern gospel">Southern gospel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Gospel_music" title="Black Gospel music">Black Gospel music</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Traditional_black_gospel" title="Traditional black gospel">Traditional</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Urban_contemporary_gospel" title="Urban contemporary gospel">Urban contemporary gospel</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Chant</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible expanded navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Chant" title="Template:Chant"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Chant" title="Template talk:Chant"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Chant" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Chant"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Christian_liturgical_chant" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Christian_liturgy" title="Christian liturgy">Christian liturgical</a> <a href="/wiki/Chant" title="Chant">chant</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Christianity" title="Eastern Christianity">Eastern</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Armenian_chant" title="Armenian chant">Armenian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Byzantine_music" title="Byzantine music">Byzantine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coptic_music" title="Coptic music">Coptic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethiopian_chant" title="Ethiopian chant">Ethiopian and Eritrean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galician_chant" title="Galician chant">Galician</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Obikhod" title="Obikhod">Obikhod</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kievan_chant" title="Kievan chant">Kievan</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prostopinije" title="Prostopinije">Prostopinije</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syrian_chant" class="mw-redirect" title="Syrian chant">Syrian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Znamenny_chant" title="Znamenny chant">Znamenny</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Latin_Church" title="Latin Church">Western</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/Plainsong" title="Plainsong">Plainsong</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ambrosian_chant" title="Ambrosian chant">Ambrosian</a> (Milanese)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anglican_chant" title="Anglican chant">Anglican</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beneventan_chant" title="Beneventan chant">Beneventan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Celtic_chant" title="Celtic chant">Celtic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gallican_chant" title="Gallican chant">Gallican</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gelineau_psalmody" title="Gelineau psalmody">Gelineau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gregorian_chant" title="Gregorian chant">Gregorian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mozarabic_chant" title="Mozarabic chant">Mozarabic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_Roman_chant" title="Old Roman chant">Old Roman</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ravenna_chant&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ravenna chant (page does not exist)">Ravenna</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Lists</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Anglican_church_composers" title="List of Anglican church composers">Anglican church composers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Christian_bands_and_artists_by_genre" title="List of Christian bands and artists by genre">Christian bands and artists by genre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Christian_country_artists" title="List of Christian country artists">Christian country artists</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Christian_hardcore_bands" title="List of Christian hardcore bands">Christian hardcore bands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Christian_rock_bands" title="List of Christian rock bands">Christian rock bands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Christian_metal_artists" title="List of Christian metal artists">Christian metal artists</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Christian_hip_hop_artists" title="List of Christian hip hop artists">Christian hip hop artists</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Christian_punk_bands" title="List of Christian punk bands">Christian punk bands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Christian_ska_bands" title="List of Christian ska bands">Christian ska bands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Christian_record_labels" title="List of Christian record labels">Christian record labels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Christian_vocal_artists" title="List of Christian vocal artists">Christian vocal artists</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Christian_worship_music_artists" title="List of Christian worship music artists">Christian worship music artists</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_gospel_musicians" title="List of gospel musicians">Gospel musicians</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related topics</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anglican_church_music" title="Anglican church music">Anglican church music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_media" title="Christian media">Christian media</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_music_festival" title="Christian music festival">Christian music festival</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_music_industry" title="Christian music industry">Christian music industry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_music" title="Church music">Church music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Contemporary_Catholic_liturgical_music" title="Contemporary Catholic liturgical music">Contemporary Catholic liturgical music</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3"><div> <ul><li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Category"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/16px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/23px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/31px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Category:Christian_music" title="Category:Christian music">Category</a></li> <li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Commons page"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/12px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/18px-Commons-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/24px-Commons-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1376" /></span></span> <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Christian_music" class="extiw" title="commons:Category:Christian music">Commons</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Pop_music" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Pop_music" title="Template:Pop music"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Pop_music" title="Template talk:Pop music"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Pop_music" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Pop music"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Pop_music" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Pop_music" title="Pop music">Pop music</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Stylistic origins</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tin_Pan_Alley" title="Tin Pan Alley">Tin Pan Alley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Traditional_pop" title="Traditional pop">Traditional pop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rock_and_roll" title="Rock and roll">Rock and roll</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Styles_of_pop_music" title="Styles of pop music">Styles</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adult_contemporary_music" title="Adult contemporary music">Adult contemporary</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Christian_adult_contemporary" title="Christian adult contemporary">Christian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quiet_storm" title="Quiet storm">Quiet storm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhythmic_adult_contemporary" title="Rhythmic adult contemporary">Rhythmic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Urban_adult_contemporary" title="Urban adult contemporary">Urban</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alternative_pop" class="mw-redirect" title="Alternative pop">Alternative</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Paisley_Underground" title="Paisley Underground">Paisley Underground</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ambient_pop" class="mw-redirect" title="Ambient pop">Ambient</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Art_pop" title="Art pop">Art</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avant-pop" title="Avant-pop">Avant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beach_music" title="Beach music">Beach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beat_music" title="Beat music">Beat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brill_Building_(genre)" title="Brill Building (genre)">Brill Building</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bubblegum_music" title="Bubblegum music">Bubblegum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chamber_pop" title="Chamber pop">Chamber</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Contemporary Christian music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Country_pop" title="Country pop">Country</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bro-country" title="Bro-country">Bro-country</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cowboy_pop" title="Cowboy pop">Cowboy</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cringe_pop" title="Cringe pop">Cringe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dancehall_pop" title="Dancehall pop">Dancehall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dance-pop" title="Dance-pop">Dance</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Freestyle_music" title="Freestyle music">Freestyle</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Disco_polo" title="Disco polo">Disco polo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dream_pop" title="Dream pop">Dream</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Experimental_pop" title="Experimental pop">Experimental</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Folk-pop" title="Folk-pop">Folk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hyperpop" title="Hyperpop">Hyperpop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hypnagogic_pop" title="Hypnagogic pop">Hypnagogic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indie_pop" title="Indie pop">Indie</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dunedin_sound" title="Dunedin sound">Dunedin sound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twee_pop" title="Twee pop">Twee</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operatic_pop" title="Operatic pop">Operatic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orchestral_pop" title="Orchestral pop">Orchestral</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baroque_pop" title="Baroque pop">Baroque</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pop_rap" title="Pop rap">Pop rap</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pop_rock" title="Pop rock">Pop rock</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Emo_pop" title="Emo pop">Emo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jangle_pop" title="Jangle pop">Jangle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pop_metal" title="Pop metal">Pop metal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pop-punk" title="Pop-punk">Pop-punk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Power_pop" title="Power pop">Power</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Progressive_pop" title="Progressive pop">Progressive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Psychedelic_pop" title="Psychedelic pop">Psychedelic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Schlager_music" title="Schlager music">Schlager music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sophisti-pop" title="Sophisti-pop">Sophisti-pop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Space_age_pop" title="Space age pop">Space age</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunshine_pop" title="Sunshine pop">Sunshine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swamp_pop" title="Swamp pop">Swamp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Synth-pop" title="Synth-pop">Synth-pop</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Electropop" title="Electropop">Electropop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Futurepop" title="Futurepop">Futurepop</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teen_pop" title="Teen pop">Teen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Traditional_pop" title="Traditional pop">Traditional</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wonky_pop" title="Wonky pop">Wonky</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Regional variants</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Africa</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/African_popular_music" title="African popular music">Africa</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Afrobeats" title="Afrobeats">Afrobeats</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moroccan_pop" title="Moroccan pop">Moroccan</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">The Americas</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/American_popular_music" title="American popular music">American</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Argentina#Popular_music" title="Music of Argentina">Argentine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M%C3%BAsica_popular_brasileira" title="Música popular brasileira">Brazilian (MPB)</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brega_pop" title="Brega pop">Brega pop</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Latin_pop" title="Latin pop">Latin</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tropipop" title="Tropipop">Tropipop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mexican_pop_music" title="Mexican pop music">Mexican</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nueva_ola" title="Nueva ola">Nueva ola</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Asia</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arabic_pop" title="Arabic pop">Arabic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assyrian_folk/pop_music" class="mw-redirect" title="Assyrian folk/pop music">Assyrian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijani_pop_music" title="Azerbaijani pop music">Azerbaijani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C-pop" title="C-pop">Chinese</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cantopop" title="Cantopop">Cantopop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hakka_popular_music" title="Hakka popular music">Hakka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hokkien_pop" title="Hokkien pop">Hokkien</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mandopop" title="Mandopop">Mandopop</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/French_Mandopop" title="French Mandopop">French</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xinyao" title="Xinyao">Xinyao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zhongguo_feng_(music)" title="Zhongguo feng (music)">Zhongguo feng</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinoiserie_music" class="mw-redirect" title="Chinoiserie music">Chinoiserie</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_English_pop" title="Hong Kong English pop">Hong Kong English</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_pop" title="Indian pop">Indian</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bhangra_(music)" title="Bhangra (music)">Bhangra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Filmi" title="Filmi">Filmi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hindutva_pop" title="Hindutva pop">Hindutva</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indo_pop" title="Indo pop">Indonesian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iranian_pop_music" title="Iranian pop music">Iranian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J-pop" title="J-pop">Japanese</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/City_pop" title="City pop">City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kay%C5%8Dkyoku" title="Kayōkyoku">Kayōkyoku</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ry%C5%ABk%C5%8Dka" title="Ryūkōka">Ryūkōka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shibuya-kei" title="Shibuya-kei">Shibuya-kei</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Q-pop" title="Q-pop">Kazakhstani</a></li> <li>Korean <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_North_Korea#Pop_music" title="Music of North Korea">North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K-pop" title="K-pop">South</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lao_pop" title="Lao pop">Lao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malaysian_pop" class="mw-redirect" title="Malaysian pop">Malaysian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pakistani_pop_music" class="mw-redirect" title="Pakistani pop music">Pakistani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pinoy_pop" title="Pinoy pop">Philippine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thai_pop_music" title="Thai pop music">Thai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V-pop" title="V-pop">Vietnamese</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Europe</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Austropop" title="Austropop">Austropop</a></li> <li>Balkan pop-folk <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chalga" title="Chalga">Chalga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/La%C3%AFko" title="Laïko">Laïko</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manele" title="Manele">Manele</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tallava" title="Tallava">Tallava</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turbo-folk" title="Turbo-folk">Turbo-folk</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_pop_music" title="British pop music">British</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nederpop" title="Nederpop">Dutch</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nederbeat" title="Nederbeat">Nederbeat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_pop" title="New pop">New pop</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurodance" title="Eurodance">Eurodance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Europop" title="Europop">Europop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_pop_music" title="French pop music">French pop</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/French_Mandopop" title="French Mandopop">French Mandopop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Y%C3%A9-y%C3%A9" title="Yé-yé">Yé-yé</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hungarian_pop" title="Hungarian pop">Hungarian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italian_popular_music#Rock_and_pop" title="Italian popular music">Italian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_North_Macedonia#Pop_music" title="Music of North Macedonia">Macedonian</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/%C4%8Calgija" title="Čalgija">Čalgija</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rabiz_(music_genre)" title="Rabiz (music genre)">Rabiz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muzic%C4%83_popular%C4%83" title="Muzică populară">Romanian</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Manele" title="Manele">Manele</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_pop" title="Russian pop">Russian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Schlager_music" title="Schlager music">Schlager</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serbian_pop" title="Serbian pop">Serbian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swedish_popular_music" class="mw-redirect" title="Swedish popular music">Swedish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turkish_pop_music" class="mw-redirect" title="Turkish pop music">Turkish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Popular_music_in_the_Socialist_Federal_Republic_of_Yugoslavia" class="mw-redirect" title="Popular music in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia">SFR Yugoslavia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_the_Soviet_Union#Popular_music" title="Music of the Soviet Union">Soviet</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/VIA_music" class="mw-redirect" title="VIA music">VIA music</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pop_music_in_Ukraine" title="Pop music in Ukraine">Ukrainian</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related topics</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Celebrity" title="Celebrity">Celebrity</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_soxer_(music)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bobby soxer (music)">Bobby soxer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sasaeng_fan" title="Sasaeng fan">Sasaeng fan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teenybopper" title="Teenybopper">Teenybopper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_idol#Fan_culture" title="Japanese idol"><span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">Wota</i></span></a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Honorific_nicknames_in_popular_music" title="Honorific nicknames in popular music">Honorific nicknames</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_and_fashion" title="Music and fashion">Music and fashion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pop_music_automation" title="Pop music automation">Pop music automation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Popular_music_pedagogy" title="Popular music pedagogy">Popular music pedagogy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rockism_and_poptimism" title="Rockism and poptimism">Rockism and poptimism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Songwriter" title="Songwriter">Songwriter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Talent_manager" title="Talent manager">Talent manager</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Talent_agent" title="Talent agent">Talent agent</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teen_idol" title="Teen idol">Teen idol</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Boy_band" title="Boy band">Boy band</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Girl_group" title="Girl group">Girl group</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Verse%E2%80%93chorus_form" title="Verse–chorus form">Verse–chorus form</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virtual_band" title="Virtual band">Virtual band</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Worldbeat" title="Worldbeat">Worldbeat</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox authority-control" aria-label="Navbox" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Help:Authority_control" title="Help:Authority control">Authority control databases</a>: National <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1379958#identifiers" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><ul><li><span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh86002542">United States</a></span></li><li><span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://olduli.nli.org.il/F/?func=find-b&local_base=NLX10&find_code=UID&request=987007548748605171">Israel</a></span></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <!-- NewPP limit report Parsed by mw‐web.codfw.main‐f69cdc8f6‐2fxxf Cached time: 20241123104718 Cache expiry: 2592000 Reduced expiry: false Complications: [vary‐revision‐sha1, show‐toc] CPU time usage: 0.924 seconds Real time usage: 1.132 seconds Preprocessor visited node count: 6136/1000000 Post‐expand include size: 187546/2097152 bytes Template argument size: 4356/2097152 bytes Highest expansion depth: 14/100 Expensive parser function count: 5/500 Unstrip recursion depth: 1/20 Unstrip post‐expand size: 309517/5000000 bytes Lua time usage: 0.577/10.000 seconds Lua memory usage: 23382743/52428800 bytes Number of Wikibase entities loaded: 1/400 --> <!-- Transclusion expansion time report (%,ms,calls,template) 100.00% 972.747 1 -total 30.32% 294.912 2 Template:Reflist 16.14% 157.009 22 Template:Cite_web 14.75% 143.479 10 Template:Annotated_link 10.95% 106.540 1 Template:Christian_culture 7.76% 75.472 5 Template:Navbox 7.08% 68.863 19 Template:Cite_book 6.37% 61.965 1 Template:Infobox_music_genre 5.89% 57.336 1 Template:Infobox 5.78% 56.188 1 Template:Short_description --> <!-- Saved in parser cache with key enwiki:pcache:idhash:154403-0!canonical and timestamp 20241123104718 and revision id 1250163551. Rendering was triggered because: page-view --> </div><!--esi <esi:include src="/esitest-fa8a495983347898/content" /> --><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"></noscript> <div class="printfooter" data-nosnippet="">Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Contemporary_Christian_music&oldid=1250163551">https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Contemporary_Christian_music&oldid=1250163551</a>"</div></div> <div id="catlinks" class="catlinks" data-mw="interface"><div id="mw-normal-catlinks" class="mw-normal-catlinks"><a href="/wiki/Help:Category" title="Help:Category">Categories</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Contemporary_Christian_music" title="Category:Contemporary Christian music">Contemporary Christian music</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:20th-century_music_genres" title="Category:20th-century music genres">20th-century music genres</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:21st-century_music_genres" title="Category:21st-century music genres">21st-century music genres</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Christian_music_genres" title="Category:Christian music genres">Christian music genres</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Evangelicalism_in_the_United_States" title="Category:Evangelicalism in the United States">Evangelicalism in the United States</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Popular_music" title="Category:Popular music">Popular music</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Radio_formats" title="Category:Radio formats">Radio formats</a></li></ul></div><div id="mw-hidden-catlinks" class="mw-hidden-catlinks mw-hidden-cats-hidden">Hidden categories: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:CS1_Japanese-language_sources_(ja)" title="Category:CS1 Japanese-language sources (ja)">CS1 Japanese-language sources (ja)</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:CS1_errors:_missing_periodical" title="Category:CS1 errors: missing periodical">CS1 errors: missing periodical</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_location_missing_publisher" title="Category:CS1 maint: location missing publisher">CS1 maint: location missing publisher</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_with_short_description" title="Category:Articles with short description">Articles with short description</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Short_description_is_different_from_Wikidata" title="Category:Short description is different from Wikidata">Short description is different from Wikidata</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Use_mdy_dates_from_May_2022" title="Category:Use mdy dates from May 2022">Use mdy dates from May 2022</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_with_specifically_marked_weasel-worded_phrases_from_November_2010" title="Category:Articles with specifically marked weasel-worded phrases from November 2010">Articles with specifically marked weasel-worded phrases from November 2010</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:All_articles_with_unsourced_statements" title="Category:All articles with unsourced statements">All articles with unsourced statements</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_with_unsourced_statements_from_October_2024" title="Category:Articles with unsourced statements from October 2024">Articles with unsourced statements from October 2024</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_neutral_point_of_view_disputes_from_July_2023" title="Category:Wikipedia neutral point of view disputes from July 2023">Wikipedia neutral point of view disputes from July 2023</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:All_Wikipedia_neutral_point_of_view_disputes" title="Category:All Wikipedia neutral point of view disputes">All Wikipedia neutral point of view disputes</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Pages_displaying_wikidata_descriptions_as_a_fallback_via_Module:Annotated_link" title="Category:Pages displaying wikidata descriptions as a fallback via Module:Annotated link">Pages displaying wikidata descriptions as a fallback via Module:Annotated link</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_location" title="Category:CS1 maint: location">CS1 maint: location</a></li></ul></div></div> </div> </main> </div> <div class="mw-footer-container"> <footer id="footer" class="mw-footer" > <ul id="footer-info"> <li id="footer-info-lastmod"> This page was last edited on 8 October 2024, at 20:44<span class="anonymous-show"> (UTC)</span>.</li> <li id="footer-info-copyright">Text is available under the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_the_Creative_Commons_Attribution-ShareAlike_4.0_International_License" title="Wikipedia:Text of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License</a>; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the <a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Terms_of_Use" class="extiw" title="foundation:Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Terms of Use">Terms of Use</a> and <a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy_policy" class="extiw" title="foundation:Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy">Privacy Policy</a>. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/">Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.</a>, a non-profit organization.</li> </ul> <ul id="footer-places"> <li id="footer-places-privacy"><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy_policy">Privacy policy</a></li> <li id="footer-places-about"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:About">About Wikipedia</a></li> <li id="footer-places-disclaimers"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:General_disclaimer">Disclaimers</a></li> <li id="footer-places-contact"><a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contact_us">Contact Wikipedia</a></li> <li id="footer-places-wm-codeofconduct"><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Universal_Code_of_Conduct">Code of Conduct</a></li> <li id="footer-places-developers"><a href="https://developer.wikimedia.org">Developers</a></li> <li id="footer-places-statslink"><a href="https://stats.wikimedia.org/#/en.wikipedia.org">Statistics</a></li> <li id="footer-places-cookiestatement"><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Cookie_statement">Cookie statement</a></li> <li id="footer-places-mobileview"><a href="//en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Contemporary_Christian_music&mobileaction=toggle_view_mobile" class="noprint stopMobileRedirectToggle">Mobile view</a></li> </ul> <ul id="footer-icons" class="noprint"> <li id="footer-copyrightico"><a href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button--enabled"><img src="/static/images/footer/wikimedia-button.svg" width="84" height="29" alt="Wikimedia Foundation" loading="lazy"></a></li> <li id="footer-poweredbyico"><a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button--enabled"><img src="/w/resources/assets/poweredby_mediawiki.svg" alt="Powered by MediaWiki" width="88" height="31" loading="lazy"></a></li> </ul> </footer> </div> </div> </div> <div class="vector-settings" id="p-dock-bottom"> <ul></ul> </div><script>(RLQ=window.RLQ||[]).push(function(){mw.config.set({"wgHostname":"mw-web.codfw.main-f69cdc8f6-7j489","wgBackendResponseTime":163,"wgPageParseReport":{"limitreport":{"cputime":"0.924","walltime":"1.132","ppvisitednodes":{"value":6136,"limit":1000000},"postexpandincludesize":{"value":187546,"limit":2097152},"templateargumentsize":{"value":4356,"limit":2097152},"expansiondepth":{"value":14,"limit":100},"expensivefunctioncount":{"value":5,"limit":500},"unstrip-depth":{"value":1,"limit":20},"unstrip-size":{"value":309517,"limit":5000000},"entityaccesscount":{"value":1,"limit":400},"timingprofile":["100.00% 972.747 1 -total"," 30.32% 294.912 2 Template:Reflist"," 16.14% 157.009 22 Template:Cite_web"," 14.75% 143.479 10 Template:Annotated_link"," 10.95% 106.540 1 Template:Christian_culture"," 7.76% 75.472 5 Template:Navbox"," 7.08% 68.863 19 Template:Cite_book"," 6.37% 61.965 1 Template:Infobox_music_genre"," 5.89% 57.336 1 Template:Infobox"," 5.78% 56.188 1 Template:Short_description"]},"scribunto":{"limitreport-timeusage":{"value":"0.577","limit":"10.000"},"limitreport-memusage":{"value":23382743,"limit":52428800}},"cachereport":{"origin":"mw-web.codfw.main-f69cdc8f6-2fxxf","timestamp":"20241123104718","ttl":2592000,"transientcontent":false}}});});</script> <script type="application/ld+json">{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Article","name":"Contemporary Christian music","url":"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Contemporary_Christian_music","sameAs":"http:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/entity\/Q1379958","mainEntity":"http:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/entity\/Q1379958","author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Contributors to Wikimedia projects"},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.wikimedia.org\/static\/images\/wmf-hor-googpub.png"}},"datePublished":"2002-12-04T12:26:45Z","dateModified":"2024-10-08T20:44:04Z","image":"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/d\/d1\/Collage-Christian-culture.jpg","headline":"genre of modern popular music lyrically focused on matters concerned with the Christian faith"}</script> </body> </html>