Naomi Shelton & the Gospel Queens are an American gospel and soul music group led by vocalist Naomi Shelton. Formed in 1999, two of the founding members were from Brooklyn, New York. They have released two albums with Daptone, What Have You Done, My Brother? (2009) and Cold World (2014), both of which charted on Billboard's US Gos chart.
The group was founded in Brooklyn in 1999 by Naomi Shelton and Cliff Driver. After a recording deal fell through in the mid-2000s when the label folded, the group signed with Daptone in the late-2000s.[1] The current members are Shelton (lead vocalist), Cliff Driver (pianist and music director), Bobbie Jean Gant, Judy Bennett-Gibbs and Edna Johnson (background vocalists), Gabriel Caplan (guitarist), Fred Thomas (bassist), and Michael Post (drummer).[2]
Music history
Their first studio album, What Have You Done, My Brother?, was released on May 26, 2009, by Daptone Records.[3] It peaked at No. 41 on the BillboardUS Gos chart.[4] They released Cold World on July 29, 2014, also with Daptone Records.[5] The album peaked at No. 23 on the Top Gospel Albums chart.[4][6]
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