Tamela Jean Mann is a singer, songwriter, and actress. She started her career with the gospel group Kirk Franklin and the Family, and was featured on several tracks: Now Behold the Lamb, Lean on Me, etc. She began her solo career by releasing the album Gotta Keep Movin in 2005, followed by The Master Plan in 2009.

Her third studio album, Best Days, reached No. 1 on the Billboard Gospel Albums Chart, and was certified Gold by the RIAA. The lead single Take Me to the King was a commercial success, earning her a Grammy nomination for Best Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Performance. And her fourth studio album, One Way (2016), also reached No. 1 on the Billboard Gospel Albums Chart; with the single God Provides winning the Grammy Award for Best Gospel Performance/Song in 2017.

As an actress Mann has worked in multiple Tyler Perry productions. She appeared in Diary of a Mad Black Woman, Meet the Browns, Madea Goes to Jail, Madea’s Big Happy Family, and A Madea Homecoming. On television, she starred in the TBS sitcom Meet the Browns from 2009 to 2011, and in 2020 began starring in the BET sitcom Tyler Perry’s Assisted Living. She also starred and produced Bounce TV sitcom Mann & Wife (2015–17).

Along with her Grammy Award, Mann has earned many other accolades and honors, including multiple NAACP Image Awards, a Billboard Music Award, and a BET Award. In 2022, she was inducted into the Black Music & Entertainment Walk of Fame. She has received a total of nine No. 1 on Billboard’s Gospel Airplay Singles Chart.

Gospel singer CeCe Winans has just announced that five additional shows have been added to her Believe For It Tour. The new dates – scheduled for Charlotte (Oct.11), Brooklyn (Oct.12), Baltimore (Oct.13), Atlanta (Oct.18), and St. Louis (Oct.19) – will now extend the tour to mid October.

She also shared that Jenn Johnson and Todd Dulaney will be her special guests on the final six shows. The full itinerary is available on her website.

4A Productions presents United We Stand gospel concert on Wednesday, July 26th at St. John Baptist Church – 525 Bramhall Avenue – in Jersey City, New Jersey. The event calls for unity, and will feature several gospel artists with host Le’Andria Johnson.

Performing are Darrell Walls, Zacardi Cortez, Alic Walls, Melvin Crispell III, and Rich Tolbert Jr. Tickets, which range from $35 to $50, can be purchased from eventbrite.

Bigga Promotion – in association with LJ Purpose – present Re-Surge Gospel Festival: a night of worship and community togetherness. Happening on Saturday, July 15th at the Jockey Factory in Lucea, Hanover, it will feature some of the biggest names in Jamaica gospel music.

Marsha Daniels-Powell, Kukudoo, Petra-Kay Linton, Claudette Whyte and Kevin Downswell will all be there, along with MC Conroy ‘Junior’ Wedderburn. Entrance fee is $3,000 JMD.

Mega gospel recording artist and producer, Kirk Franklin, announced on Friday that he’s bringing The Reunion Tour to cities and towns across America this fall, with one date in Canada. So far he has confirmed a total of 30 shows, starting in Boston on October 1st.

The Reunion Tour will feature Israel Houghton, David & Tamela Mann, Tye Tribbett, The Clark Sisters, and of course Kirk Franklin; with special guests New Breed, The Family and God’s Property.

It’s that time of year again! The annual St. Thomas Jerk Festival is all set for Sunday, July 30th at Lyssons Pavilion, in the suburban parish situated at the south eastern end of Jamaica.

As they’ve always done, the event organizers offer patrons a mix of secular and gospel entertainment. This year the gospel will be presented by Petra Kaye, Kukudoo and Kevin Downswell. Starting time is 12 noon and there is a $2,500 JMD entrance fee.