Beckah Shae

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Beckah Shae bridges the pop, contemporary Christian, and praise & worship genres in her recorded work, adding positive, uplifting, and spiritual lyrics to 21st century commercial pop rhythms, beats, and arrangements. After her parents divorced when she was an infant, her mother endured several abusive marriages, setting in motion for Shae a young-adult life of depression, eating disorders, low self-esteem, and frequent moves which found her staying in cars, hotels, women’s shelters, and foster homes. Shae struggled, but always stuck with her passion for singing, and shortly after she graduated from high school, she was spotted by a talent scout. Soon, Shae found herself recording a song demo in Los Angeles and the future looked bright, but in the end, nothing came of it. In her early twenties, Shae also spent time living in Las Vegas before moving to Nashville.

There she met Jack “Shoc” Shocklee, a rising young producer who had done work with several Christian artists, including Lil’ iRocc Williams, Group 1 Crew, and tobyMac. The pair soon began working on Shae's music and songwriting. The work partnership deepened, and the pair married in August of 2004. Forming their own independent label, Shae Shoc Records, and with Shocklee producing, they released four albums, Butterfly (2006), Joy (2008), Emmanuel (2010), and Life (2010), each of which featured Shae's positive and hopeful songs set to club beats with crafty pop touches and arrangements.A fifth album, Destiny, was released in 2011.

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History[edit]

Early Years[edit]

Shae's parents divorced when she was a baby, and her mother remarried several times. Living conditions were very unstable, she stayed with family, friends, and spent periods in battered women shelters, hotels and even foster homes.

Shae began singing at the age of 2 and writing songs at the age of 8.

2000s: record label formation and early hits[edit]

In 2004 she married Jack Shocklee, and together formed their own independent label, Shae Shoc Records, with Shocklee producing.

2010-present: "#Putyourloveglasseson" and Rest[edit]

In 2010, she garnered two consecutive Top 10 hits at CHR radio (“Here In This Moment” and “Life”) and was featured as iTunes’ “Discovery Download” of the week. Shae received her first Dove Award nomination in 2011 in the category of Urban Recorded Song of the Year for “Life.” She’s 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. Shae co-wrote several songs and featured on the title-track of Montell Jordan’s album, Shake Heaven (Victory World Music), currently featured on Byron "Mr. Talkbox" Chambers EP Show Me the Way "Everything Works Together". Beckah will also appear in the movie soundtrack I'm In Love With a Church Girl, currently in post-production.She has shared her testimony on CBNs -700 Club and RevolutionTV, Hosted JCTV's "1 Music Village", and has appeared on TBN's "Praise The Lord" 2011 Christmas Special with Donnie McClurkin.

The single "#Putyourloveglasseson" was released on April 12, 2011. She can be seen in numerous photos with various, speakers, artists, celebrities as well as the people she meets during her missions around the world. Regarding this, she stated "To see yourself the way God sees you is the beginning of freedom."

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Philanthropy[edit]

Shae has travelled, promoting and working alongside ministries like Kids Alive, an organization that rescues abandoned and orphaned children. After a visit to Kenya in 2010 with Kids Alive, she filmed a music video with a song entitled “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. On July 28, 2011 Shae performed and linked arms with keynote speaker Dr. Bernice King, daughter of Dr. 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 (YLFT).

Discography[edit]

Studio albums[edit]

Christmas albums[edit]

Singles[edit]

Awards[edit]

GMA Dove Awards[edit]

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