Gospel music

==== Traditional ====
{{Main|Traditional black gospel}}
[[Traditional black gospel|Traditional Black gospel]] music is the most well-known form, often seen in Black churches, non-Black Pentecostal and [[Evangelicalism|evangelical]] churches, and in entertainment spaces across the country and world. It originates from the [[Southeastern United States]] ("the South"), where most Black Americans lived prior to the [[Great Migration (African American)|Great Migration]]. This music was highly influenced by the hymnody of the spirituals and of Watts and, later, the musical style and vision of Dorsey. Whereas northern Black churches did not at first welcome Dorsey's music (having become accustomed to their own more Eurocentric flavorings), after the Southern migrants' new churches became more popular, so did gospel music, gospel choirs, and the general trend toward exclusive use of this music in Black churches. Dorsey, Mahalia Jackson, the [[Mississippi Mass Choir]], and the [[Georgia Mass Choir]] are but a few notable examples.