Labels Daptone | Years active 1999 (1999)–present | |
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Website naomisheltonandthegospelqueens.bandcamp.com Albums What Have You Done, My Brother?, Cold World Genres Gospel music, Soul music, Blues, Funk, Traditional black gospel, Deep funk, Northern soul, Rhythm and blues Similar The Sugarman 3, Bosco Mann, Menahan Street Band, The Budos Band, Como Mamas Profiles | ||
Naomi shelton the gospel queens what have you done
Naomi Shelton & the Gospel Queens are an American gospel and soul music group led by front woman Naomi Shelton. The group was formed in 1999. Two founding members were from Brooklyn, New York. They have released two albums with Daptone Records, What Have You Done, My Brother? (2009) and Cold World (2014). Both albums charted on the Billboard magazine charts, where they placed on the Gospel Albums chart.
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- Naomi shelton the gospel queens what have you done
- Naomi shelton the gospel queens sinner
- Background
- Music history
- Members
- Songs
- References
Naomi shelton the gospel queens sinner
Background
The group was founded in Brooklyn during 1999 by Naomi Shelton and Cliff Driver. They were going to release an album in the mid-2000s, however the label they signed with folded. The group got a recording contract with Daptone Records in the late-2000s. Their current members are lead vocalist, Shelton, pianist and music director, Cliff Driver, background vocalists, Bobbie Jean Gant and Edna Johnson, guitarist, Gabriel Caplan, bassist, Fred Thomas, and drummer, Michael Post.
Music history
Their first studio album, What Have You Done, My Brother?, was released on May 26, 2009, from Daptone Records. This album was their breakthrough release upon the Billboard magazine charts, where it peaked at No. 41 on the Gospel Albums chart. They released, Cold World, on July 29, 2014, with Daptone Records. The album also peaked on the Top Gospel Albums chart, where it placed at No. 23.
Members
Songs
What Have You Done?What Have You Done - My Brother? · 2006
You Got to Move2015
Heaven Is MineCold World · 2014