Smokie Norful

Gospel singer, pianist and minister Smokie Norful has become a heavyweight of the genre, reaching benchmarks that have taken others a lifetime to achieve: Among other accomplishments, he's a Grammy, Dove, and Stellar award-winner, a bona fide Billboard chart-topper, a two-time gold-selling artist, and a crossover star responsible for the multi-format smash 'I Need You Now.' Norful's music is best described as a fusion of gospel, '70s soul, and contemporary R&B.