1. Individuals who began their career as “secular” musicians
1.1 Singers who mainly sing in Amharic
Hirut Bekele, 1942–2023
Muluken Melesse, 1954–2024
Tibebu Workiye (Pastor)
1.2 Singers who mainly sing in Oromo
Abitew Kebede (Pastor)
1.3 Singers who mainly sing in Hadiyya
Matiwos Ortabo, * 1970
? Abulo (former member of the Hadiyya Cultural Troupe)
1.4 Instrumentalists
Girmay Hadgu (shaleqa), 1928–2018
Seyoum Gebreyes (aleqa), † 2012
Tigist Ejigu (became a gospel singer)
Tirunesh Yimer (became a gospel singer)
2. ‘Secular’ singers who performed some [Orthodox] spiritual songs
Teddy Afro [Tewodros Kassahun]
3. Musicians who began their career in a gospel band / choir
(Mostly instrumentalists who do not receive the same attention and pay as vocalists)
Alemayehu Eshete
Elias Melka, 1977–2019
Selam Seyoum Woldemariam, * 1954
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