Best of St. Louis 2012
Arts & Entertainment
Best Gospel Artist
Cheneta Jones
It would be impossible to write about young gospel starlet Cheneta Jones without first taking an inappropriately long pause to contemplate her sex appeal. Onstage, she's a sultry and riveting presence, and she clearly could have had a promising career on the urban R&B circuit. But in 2008, Jones left that scene to devote herself fully to musical ministry, to fusing relentlessly catchy neo-soul soundscapes with devoted spirituality. And though her sound and dizzyingly melismatic phrasing are absolutely contemporary, her recent single "Get There" floats along on a beautiful piano-based melody and then soars into the same glorious, civil-rights-inspired skies of "A Change Is Gonna Come" itself. Jones' voice could make a believer out of anyone.
Previous Winners
- 2013 Best Gospel Artist - Arthur Anthony
- 2011 Best Gospel Artist - Kenny DeShields
- 2010 Best Gospel Artist - Slim and Zella Mae Cox
- 2009 Best Gospel Artist - Flame
- 2007 Best Gospel Artist - Pastor Charles Hilton
- 2006 Best Gospel Artist - Praiz'
- 2005 Best Gospel Artist - The Lofties Sisters
- 2004 Best Gospel Artist - Levi King
- 2003 Best Gospel Artist - Fontella Bass
