Rebecca Shocklee (born September 1, 1978, née Wilson), known professionally by her stage name Beckah Shae, is an American

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singer-songwriter. She is signed to the

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Shae Shoc Records she co-owns with her husband and producer Jack Shocklee.

History

Shae received her first Dove Award nomination in 2011 in the category of Urban Recorded Song of the Year for "Life". She also appeared on

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's ''Turn Around'' (A&M),

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'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

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'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". Shae also appears on the movie soundtrack ''

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''. The single "#putyourloveglasseson" was released on April 12, 2011.

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

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in 2010 with Kids Alive, 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

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and acted as a "walking billboard", with matching shirts and taped mouths, as part of an initiative to raise awareness of

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. On July 28, 2011, Shae performed for a
audience
that included keynote speaker

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, daughter of

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, at the Women and Girls Benefit Luncheon held on the campus of

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, to raise funds for Youth Life Learning Centers (a program of Youth Life Foundation of Tennessee).

Discography

Studio albums

* ''Butterfly'' (January 23, 2006) * ''Joy'' (June 28, 2008) * ''Life'' (June 15, 2010) * ''

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'' (August 16, 2011) * ''Scripture Snacks, Vol. 1'' (December 13, 2011) * ''Scripture Snacks Vol. 2'' (December 4, 2012) * ''Rest'' (September 4, 2012) * ''

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'' (May 6, 2014) * ''Mighty'' (July 15, 2016) * ''Scripture Snacks, Vol. 3'' (October 25, 2017)

Christmas albums

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

Children's albums

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

Singles

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.

Awards

GMA Dove Awards

References

External links

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