It was fitting that Rascal Flatts played the first arena concert in Milwaukee in 2026. In addition to performing country pop hits like "Life is a Highway" at Fiserv Forum Jan. 22, the band's Gary ...

New Christian Artists Push Genre Boundaries With Rap, Afrobeats and R&B A new wave of artists is transcending traditional notions of Christian music, drawing young global audiences to faith-based rap, ...

On Jan. 28, 2026, Bruce Springsteen released “Streets of Minneapolis,” a hard-hitting protest against the immigration enforcement surge in the city, including the killings of Renee Good and Alex ...

The Christian Science Monitor was once one of the nation’s most prominent newspapers, rising above its unorthodox status as a church-owned paper to garner seven Pulitzer Prizes. But it’s been decades ...

NEW YORK — The global music industry hit 5.1 trillion streams in 2025. It's a new single-year record, up 9.6% from 2024, which held the previous record. That's according to a 2025 Year-End Report from ...

Longtime Christian music artist Amy Grant has released a new original song reflecting on national division that appears to reference the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot and the idealism of the 1960s. ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Lü Xiaomin never received formal music training. But her worship songs have made her a household name in China’s churches. At 5 a.m. every day, Lü Xiaomin kneels on the floor in a dimly lit room of an ...

A top Christian artist right now has "Mississippi soul" according to his social media accounts. But Solomon Ray is AI. The account recently hit No. 1 on multiple music charts, including Billboard's ...

*An AI-generated Christian artist named Solomon Ray has fueled the AI-music debate, with his gospel album “Faithful Soul” topping both iTunes and Billboard charts. As the New York Post reports, the ...