Beckah Shae

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Beckah Shae

| image = Beckah Shae.jpg

| caption = Beckah Shae photographed 2017

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| birth_name = Rebecca Wilson{{Cite web |title=Wilson Rebecca A (Work IPI-455005286) |url=https://www.ascap.com/Home/ace-title-search/index.aspx |url-status=dead |publisher=American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) |id=IPI ID-455005286 |accessdate=March 17, 2014 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130306032310/https://www.ascap.com/Home/ace-title-search/index.aspx |archivedate=March 6, 2013}}{{Cite web |title=Rebecca Alice Wilson, Born on September 1, 1978 in California |url=http://www.californiabirthindex.org/birth/rebecca_alice_wilson_born_1978_13877436 |publisher=California Birth Index |accessdate=March 17, 2014}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|09|01}}{{Cite web |date=September 1, 2012 |title=Twitter post |url=https://twitter.com/BECKAHSHAE/status/242044955835633664 |website=BECKAHSHAE |via=Twitter |accessdate=March 17, 2014}}{{Primary source inline|date=July 2022}}

| birth_place = Orange County, California, U.S.

| origin = Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.

| instrument = Vocals

| genre = Contemporary Christian music, Electronic dance music,{{Cite web |last=Fine |first=Sarah |date=April 21, 2014 |title=Seven-time Champ |url=http://www.newreleasetuesday.com/userprofile_reviewssinglepost.php?review_id=22341&user_id=36205 |publisher=New Release Tuesday |accessdate=May 27, 2014}}{{Cite web |last=Brogan |first=Amanda |date=May 4, 2014 |title=Beckah Shae 'Champion' |url=http://christianmusicreview.org/beckah-shae-champion/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140527185647/http://christianmusicreview.org/beckah-shae-champion/ |archive-date=May 27, 2014 |publisher=Christian Music Review |accessdate=May 27, 2014}} Christian hip hop,{{Cite web |last=Sproull |first=Laura |date=August 20, 2011 |title=Beckah Shae, "Destiny" Review |url=http://www.jesusfreakhideout.com/cdreviews/BeckahShaeDestiny.asp |publisher=Jesus Freak Hideout |accessdate=May 29, 2014}} contemporary R&B,{{Cite web |last=Cummings |first=Tony |date=August 26, 2012 |title=Beckah Shae: An alternative to Lady Gaga reflects on finding God's Rest |url=http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/articles/music/Beckah_Shae_An_alternative_to_Lady_Gaga_reflects_on_finding_Gods_Rest/49154/p1/ |publisher=Cross Rhythms |authorlink=Tony Cummings |accessdate=May 29, 2014}}{{Cite web |last=Argyrakis |first=Andy |date=August 16, 2011 |title=Beckah Shae: Destiny |url=http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2011/augustweb-only/destiny-mini.html |website=Christianity Today |accessdate=May 29, 2014}}{{Cite web |last=Honeyman |first=Lins |date=September 23, 2011 |title=Review: Destiny – Beckah Shae |url=http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/products/Beckah_Shae/Destiny/117315/ |publisher=Cross Rhythms |accessdate=May 29, 2014}} Urban contemporary gospel, Contemporary worship music

| occupation = Singer–songwriter

| years_active = 2005–present

| label = Shae Shoc

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| website = {{URL|beckahshae.com}}

}}

Rebecca Shocklee (born September 1, 1978, née Wilson), known professionally by her stage name Beckah Shae, is an American Contemporary Christian music singer-songwriter. She is signed to the independent record label Shae Shoc Records she co-owns with her husband and producer Jack Shocklee.{{Cite web |title=Soulful songstress Beckah Shae receives first Dove Award nod |url=http://savvymediasolutions.com/articles/107/soulful-songstress-beckah-shae-receives-first-dove-award-nod |url-status=dead |publisher=Savvy Media Solutions |accessdate=April 9, 2012 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110828081314/http://savvymediasolutions.com/articles/107/soulful-songstress-beckah-shae-receives-first-dove-award-nod |archivedate=August 28, 2011}}{{Cite web |title=Christian Chart National Airplay |url=http://charts.bdsradio.com/bdsradiocharts/charts.aspx?formatid=25 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100922043047/http://charts.bdsradio.com/bdsradiocharts/charts.aspx?formatid=25 |archivedate=September 22, 2010}}

History

Shae received her first Dove Award nomination in 2011 in the category of Urban Recorded Song of the Year for "Life".{{Cite web |title=Events with high posterior probability |url=https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~ark/bio/modelvis/events/eventclass441.html |website=Event class: best, award, year, album, awards, nominated, artist, music awards, song, received |publisher=Carnegie Mellon University |accessdate=April 14, 2016}} She also appeared on Jonny Lang's Turn Around (A&M), TobyMac's "Funky Jesus Music", Tonight (ForeFront) and joined him onstage for a performance at the 2010 GMA Dove Awards.{{Cite web |last=Danko |first=Michelle C. |date=May 14, 2013 |title=Christian Dance Sensation Beckah Shae Shares Heart Felt Testimony |url=https://https |url-status=dead |website=Faith Filled Family Magazine |accessdate=April 14, 2016 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130819141428/http://https/ |archivedate=August 19, 2013}} Shae co-wrote several songs and featured on the title-track of Montell Jordan's album, Shake Heaven (Victory World Music), and is currently featured on Byron "Mr. Talkbox" Chambers' EP Show Me the Way on the track "Everything Works Together".{{Cite web |title=Show Me the Way – EP |date=January 29, 2013 |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/show-me-the-way-ep/593709980 |publisher=iTunes Store |access-date=April 14, 2016}} Shae also appears on the movie soundtrack I'm in Love with a Church Girl.{{Cite web |title=I'm In Love With a Church Girl (Music From the Motion Picture) |date=October 18, 2013 |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/im-in-love-church-girl-music/727560338 |publisher=iTunes Store |access-date=April 14, 2016}}

The single "#putyourloveglasseson" was released on April 12, 2011.{{Cite web |title=#putyourloveglasseson |date=April 12, 2011 |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/putyourloveglasseson-single/427238547 |publisher=Apple Pty Ltd.}}

Philanthropy

Shae has traveled, promoting and working alongside ministries like Kids Alive International, an organization that rescues abandoned and orphaned children. After a visit to Kenya in 2010 with Kids Alive,{{Cite web |date=August 25, 2013 |title=Beckah Shae came to Kids Alive Kenya in 2010 and loved playing with our children |url=https://www.facebook.com/KidsAliveKenya/photos/a.197272487108537.1073741826.111805468988573/197272510441868/ |publisher=Kids Alive Kenya |accessdate=April 14, 2016}}{{Primary source inline|date=July 2022}} she filmed the music video, "Imagine", from her album LIFE, expressing her desire to "see others open up their eyes to the need and make a difference by becoming involved in sponsorship, adoption and missions." In 2011 she traveled with The A21 Campaign to Greece and acted as a "walking billboard", with matching shirts and taped mouths, as part of an initiative to raise awareness of human trafficking.{{citation needed|date=April 2014}} On July 28, 2011, Shae performed for an [https://www.lipscomb.edu/news/mlks-daughter-bernice-king-speaks-campus-youth-life-fundraising-luncheon audience] that included keynote speaker Bernice King, daughter of Martin Luther King Jr., at the Women and Girls Benefit Luncheon held on the campus of Lipscomb University in Nashville, to raise funds for Youth Life Learning Centers (a program of Youth Life Foundation of Tennessee).{{Cite web |date=May 10, 2011 |title="Put Your Love Glasses On": Youth Life Announces Beckah Shae as Luncheon's Musical Guest |url=https://yllc.wordpress.com/tag/benefit-luncheon/ |website=Youth Life Learning Centers |publisher=Youth Life Foundation of Tennessee |accessdate=April 14, 2016}}

Discography

=Studio albums=

Butterfly (January 23, 2006){{Cite web |title=Butterfly |url=https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/butterfly/id120444174 |publisher=Apple Pty Ltd.}}{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
Joy (June 28, 2008){{Cite web |title=Joy |date=January 2008 |url=https://music.apple.com/au/album/joy/285979536 |publisher=Apple Pty Ltd.}}
Life (June 15, 2010){{Cite magazine |title= Life by Beckah Shae|magazine=Life |date=June 15, 2010 |url=https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/life/id376212116 |publisher=Apple Pty Ltd.}}{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
Destiny (August 16, 2011){{Cite web |title=Destiny |date=August 16, 2011 |url=https://music.apple.com/au/album/destiny/453272634 |publisher=Apple Pty Ltd.}}
Scripture Snacks, Vol. 1 (December 13, 2011){{Cite web |title=Scripture Snacks, Vol. 1 |url=https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/scripture-snacks-vol.-1/id487054528 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203093034/https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/scripture-snacks-vol.-1/id487054528 |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 3, 2016 |publisher=Apple Pty Ltd.}}
Scripture Snacks Vol. 2 (December 4, 2012){{Cite web |title=Scripture Snacks, Vol. 2 |url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/scripture-snacks-vol.-2/id580327050 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121212091612/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/scripture-snacks-vol.-2/id580327050 |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 12, 2012 |publisher=Apple Pty Ltd.}}
Rest (September 4, 2012){{Cite web |title=Rest |date=September 4, 2012 |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/rest/554799464 |publisher=Apple Pty Ltd.}}
Champion (May 6, 2014){{Cite web |title=Champion |date=May 6, 2014 |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/champion/854578739 |publisher=Apple Pty Ltd.}}
Mighty (July 15, 2016)
Scripture Snacks, Vol. 3 (October 25, 2017)

=Christmas albums=

Emmanuel (November 23, 2010)
Let It Snow (December 2, 2016)

{{Cite web |title=Emmanuel |date=November 23, 2010 |url=https://music.apple.com/au/album/emmanuel/403564115 |publisher=Apple Pty Ltd.}}

=Children's albums=

Scripture Snacks Kids, Fun Size, Vol. 1 (July 31, 2015)

= Singles =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" ! rowspan="2" \| Year ! rowspan="2" \| Title ! colspan="2" \| US Christian ! rowspan="2" \| Album
CHR {{Cite magazine \|title=Christian CHR charts \|url=http://charts.bdsradio.com/bdsradiocharts/charts.aspx?formatid=25 \|url-status=dead \|magazine=Billboard \|accessdate=April 9, 2012 \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100922043047/http://charts.bdsradio.com/bdsradiocharts/charts.aspx?formatid=25 \|archivedate=September 22, 2010}} ! Hot Songs {{Cite magazine \|title=Chart history \|url={{BillboardURLbyName\|artist=beckah shae\|chart=all}} \|magazine=Billboard \|accessdate=April 9, 2012}}
2010 \| align="left"\| "Here In this Moment" \| 6 \| 31 \| rowspan="2"\| Life
rowspan="3" \| 2011 \| align="left"\| "Life" \| 8 \| 33
align="left"\| "#putyourloveglasseson" \| — \| — \| Destiny
align="left"\| "Most Beautiful Time of the Year" \| — \| 23 \| Emmanuel
rowspan="2" \| 2012 \| align="left"\| "Overflow" \| — \| — \| Rest
align="left"\| "Gold" \| 23 \| — \| Destiny
rowspan="2" \| 2013 \| align="left"\| "Incorruptible" \| 30 \| — \| rowspan="3" \| Champion
align="left"\| "Turbo Style" \| — \| —
2014 \| align="left"\| "Pioneer" \| — \| —
2015 \| align="left"\| "I'll Be Alright" \| — \| — \| Mighty
rowspan="3"\| 2019 \| align="left"\| "King" \| — \| — \| rowspan="6" \| non-album singles
align="left"\| "Lioness" \| — \| —
align="left"\| "So Will I (100 Billion X)" \| — \| —
rowspan="1"\| 2020 \| align="left"\|"Awake" \| — \| —
rowspan="1"\| 2023 \| align="left"\|"Freedom Is My Anthem" \| — \| —
rowspan="1"\| 2024 \| align="left"\|"Wild & Free" \| — \| —
colspan="7" align=center\| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

! rowspan="2" | Year

! rowspan="2" | Title

! colspan="2" | US Christian

! rowspan="2" | Album

CHR
{{Cite magazine |title=Christian CHR charts |url=http://charts.bdsradio.com/bdsradiocharts/charts.aspx?formatid=25 |url-status=dead |magazine=Billboard |accessdate=April 9, 2012 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100922043047/http://charts.bdsradio.com/bdsradiocharts/charts.aspx?formatid=25 |archivedate=September 22, 2010}}

! Hot Songs
{{Cite magazine |title=Chart history |url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=beckah shae|chart=all}} |magazine=Billboard |accessdate=April 9, 2012}}

2010

| align="left"| "Here In this Moment"

| 6

| 31

| rowspan="2"| Life

rowspan="3" | 2011

| align="left"| "Life"

| 8

| 33

align="left"| "#putyourloveglasseson"

| —

| Destiny

align="left"| "Most Beautiful Time of the Year"

| —

| 23

| Emmanuel

rowspan="2" | 2012

| align="left"| "Overflow"

| —

| Rest

align="left"| "Gold"

| 23

| —

| Destiny

rowspan="2" | 2013

| align="left"| "Incorruptible"

| 30

| —

| rowspan="3" | Champion

align="left"| "Turbo Style"

| —

2014

| align="left"| "Pioneer"

| —

2015

| align="left"| "I'll Be Alright"

| —

| Mighty

rowspan="3"| 2019

| align="left"| "King"

| —

| rowspan="6" | non-album singles

align="left"| "Lioness"

| —

align="left"| "So Will I (100 Billion X)"

| —

rowspan="1"| 2020

| align="left"|"Awake"

| —

rowspan="1"| 2023

| align="left"|"Freedom Is My Anthem"

| —

rowspan="1"| 2024

| align="left"|"Wild & Free"

| —

colspan="7" align=center|

"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Shae has also had success in the Gospel Digital Songs on Billboard where her songs "Here In This Moment" and "Life" peaked at No.3.{{Cite magazine |title=Beckah Shae Chart History |url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/281073/beckah-shae/chart?f=1096 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161023050012/http://www.billboard.com/artist/281073/beckah-shae/chart?f=1096 |archive-date=October 23, 2016 |access-date=April 19, 2016 |magazine=Billboard}}