Sheilah Belle

Fantasia Barrino, American Idol season 3 winner, and her manager Brian Dickens, were recently exonerated from accusations that they took $15,000 from Harvest Family Church and failed to appear for a concert at the place of worship. In March, Barrino and Dickens made headlines after Matthew Herman, Music Ministry Team Organizer for Harvest Family Church, […]

With roots grounded in the Baptist church, Lowell Pye began singing at the very early age of four in a small four- walled church house known as First Fellowship on the west side of Detroit, Michigan. As the youngest member of the gospel quartet group known as “The Junior Echo’s”, Lowell never knew this humble […]

Written over 200 years ago in Olney, England, “Amazing Grace” is the world’s most renowned hymn and has been recorded by a who’s who of contemporary music. On May 8th BBC Radio 2, the United Kingdom’s most listened to radio station, will broadcast an original documentary celebrating the song and its controversial history. It airs at 10 p.m. London Time (5 […]

Los Angeles, CA — Four of the most successful performers in gospel music history, Kirk Franklin, Marvin Sapp, Donnie McClurkin and Israel Houghton, announce today that they will share the same stage for the very first time when they embark on The King’s Men concert tour this fall.  The historic U.S. tour will hit major […]

Richmond, VA – Bishop Daniel Robertson, Jr., stopped by Praise 104.7FM to see The Belle and share his testimony on Thursday.  The senior pastor of Mt. Gilead Full Gospel International Ministry said, God helped our church to pay off a 1.6 million dollar mortgage in just three months with more than $352,000 coming in during […]

Creflo Dollar and his wife Taffi have sold the two-bedroom condo on the 67th floor of the Time Warner Center for $3.7 million, media reports said. The 25 Columbus Circle condo is listed with broker Tytus Ciechorski at CMB Realty. In the past, the evangelist has faced criticism for owning two Rolls Royces and private […]

His spine-tingling vocal gymnastics on songs such as James Fortune & FIYA’s #1 smash “I Believe” and his current Top 5 duet with John P. Kee on “One More Time” have made Zacardi Cortez the talk of the music industry and now he wants his fans to talk back to him. “I want everybody who […]

One of gospel music’s most promising new stars, Tim Bowman Jr., is having a beautiful week. His debut album, “Beautiful”, has debuted at #8 on next week’s Billboard Top Gospel Albums sales chart. At the same time, Bowman’s new high-energy radio single, “Free”, is also picking up new adds each week as it makes its […]

You’ve heard of the saying, “You Can’t Keep A Good Man Down,” well it can now also be said that, “You Can’t Keep A Good Song Down.”   I’m referring to the song that could, “Yet Love” by Luther Barnes & The Sunset Jubilaires. (Taken From the full length, Another Level”) “Yet Love” skyrocketed as […]

(The Belle congratulates Hammond on honor) Inspired by President Barack Obama’s 2010 Father’s Day address, Fathers Incorporated (FI) has launched its Ties Never Broken campaign. Fathers Incorporated, a not-for-profit organization in New York is committed to eliminating fatherlessness and increasing the commitment of men to become mentors. Over the last several months, the campaign has […]

Detroit, Michigan — One of the largest religious conferences in the country. will be held in Motor City, Detroit. The National Baptist Congress will be held at Cobo Center June 10-15. More than 5000 people are expected to attend. Organizers say the conference could pump up to $5 million into the Detroit economy. “We feel […]

During a recent interview Nicki Minaj said that the church saved her family, and that God is her hero.   Minaj, recently spoke with The Guardian magazine about how her parent’s violent marriage was saved after they began attending church. In an interview on “Nightline” earlier this month, Minaj said she wanted to kill her father […]