Dante Bowe
Dante Bowe (born May 10, 1993) is an American contemporary music singer, and songwriter. He is known as a former member of the Bethel Music collective and Maverick City Music.[1][2]
Dante Bowe
In 2017, Bowe released his debut single, "Potter and Friend" featuring Jesse Cline, which was shortly followed with the independent release of his debut studio album, Son of a Father.
Bowe signed with Bethel Music in June 2019. In 2020, He made his debut appearance with Bethel with the single "Champion" which was featured on the album Revival's in the Air. This was also followed by three standalone singles: "Don't Talk About It" featuring Jesse Cline, "Be Alright" featuring Amanda Lindsey Cook, and "Voice of God" featuring Steffany Gretzinger and Chandler Moore. In 2021, he released his second studio album, Circles, which contained the hit single "Joyful". "Joyful" won the GMA Dove Award for Contemporary Gospel Recorded Song of the Year at the 2021 GMA Dove Awards. Circles debuted at No. 7 on Billboard's Top Gospel Albums chart in the United States. Bowe also featured on several collaborations, most notably the song "Wait on You" alongside Elevation Worship, Maverick City Music and Chandler Moore. Bowe received five nominations at the 2022 Grammy Awards, ultimately winning the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Christian Music Album for his work on Old Church Basement (2021) by Elevation Worship and Maverick City Music.
Early life[edit]
Dante Bowe grew in a Christian community in North Carolina.[3] Bowe's grandparents were Christian ministers.[3] Bowe attributed the cultivation of his musical appreciation to his parents, and went on to develop a love for singing after participating in a seventh-grade talent show.[4] At ten years old, Bowe was molested by a church elder.[3] Bowe's parents separated when he was eleven years old,[5] and at twelve, he found out that they were drug dealers in order to sustain their family.[6][7] Bowe became a converted Christian at sixteen years, and his parents stopped dealing drugs around the same time, with his mother also becoming a converted Christian.[8] At sixteen, Bowe also had his spiritual awakening through the music of Kierra Sheard,[9] saying that the record Free (2011) had changed his life.[10] Bowe dropped out of high school and committed himself to full-time ministry,[4] becoming employed by Eddie James Ministries as a worship leader.[10]