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Recording Academy announces nominees for 2022 GRAMMY Awards

The Recording Academy announced nominees for the 2022 GRAMMY Awards today, Tuesday, November 23. Nominees for the Gospel/CCM categories of the 64th GRAMMY Awards are below.

Nominees for the Grammy Awards have been announced

Best Gospel Performance/Song

VOICE OF GOD
Dante Bowe Featuring Steffany Gretzinger & Chandler Moore; Dante Bowe, Tywan Mack, Jeff Schneeweis & Mitch Wong, songwriters

JOYFUL
Dante Bowe; Dante Bowe & Ben Schofield, songwriters

HELP
Anthony Brown & Group Therapy; Anthony Brown & Darryl Woodson, songwriters

NEVER LOST
CeCe Winans

WAIT ON YOU
Elevation Worship & Maverick City Music; Dante Bowe, Chris Brown, Steven Furtick, Tiffany Hudson, Brandon Lake & Chandler Moore, songwriters

Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song

WE WIN
Kirk Franklin & Lil Baby; Kirk Franklin, Dominique Jones, Cynthia Nunn & Justin Smith, songwriters

HOLD US TOGETHER (HOPE MIX)
H.E.R. & Tauren Wells; Josiah Bassey, Dernst Emile & H.E.R., songwriters

MAN OF YOUR WORD
Chandler Moore & KJ Scriven; Jonathan Jay, Nathan Jess & Chandler Moore, songwriters

BELIEVE FOR IT
CeCe Winans; Dwan Hill, Kyle Lee, CeCe Winans & Mitch Wong, songwriters

JIREH
Elevation Worship & Maverick City Music Featuring Chandler Moore & Naomi Raine; Chris Brown, Steven Furtick, Chandler Moore & Naomi Raine, songwriters

Best Gospel Album

CHANGING YOUR STORY
Jekalyn Carr

ROYALTY: LIVE AT THE RYMAN
Tasha Cobbs Leonard

JUBILEE: JUNETEENTH EDITION
Maverick City Music

JONNY X MALI: LIVE IN LA
Jonathan McReynolds & Mali Music

BELIEVE FOR IT
CeCe Winans

Best Contemporary Christian Music Album

NO STRANGER
Natalie Grant

FEELS LIKE HOME VOL. 2
Israel & New Breed

THE BLESSING (LIVE)
Kari Jobe

CITIZEN OF HEAVEN (LIVE)
Tauren Wells

OLD CHURCH BASEMENT
Elevation Worship & Maverick City Music

Best Roots Gospel Album

ALONE WITH MY FAITH
Harry Connick, Jr.

THAT’S GOSPEL, BROTHER
Gaither Vocal Band

KEEPING ON
Ernie Haase & Signature Sound

SONGS FOR THE TIMES
The Isaacs

MY SAVIOR
Carrie Underwood

Gospel is also represented this year in the Best Album Notes category with The King Of Gospel Music: The Life And Music Of Reverend James Cleveland. Robert Marovich, gospel historian, founder of the Journal of Gospel Music (formerly The Black Gospel Blog), is the album notes writer for the four-disc music collection. 

See the complete nominees list in all 86 categories here.  The GRAMMYs airs Monday, January 31, on CBS, and streams live and on-demand on Paramount+ from 8 p.m. ET.

Franklin, for King & Country score Grammys at 62nd annual awards show

Franklin

Congratulations to gospel and CCM’s winners at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards, announced earlier this evening (January 26, 2020) during the Billboard Grammys Pre-Show in Los Angeles.  


Best Gospel Performance/Song 
“Love Theory” – Kirk Franklin
Written by Kirk Franklin

Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song
“God Only Knows” – for King & Country and Dolly Parton
Written by Josh Kerr, Jordan Reynolds, Joel Smallbone, Luke Smallbone, and Tedd Tjornhom

Best Gospel Album
Long Live Love– Kirk Franklin

Best Contemporary Christian Music Album
Burn the Ships – for King & Country

Best Roots Gospel Album
Testimony – Gloria Gaynor


Click here after the live televised show on CBS to view the winners in all categories.

2020 GRAMMY nominees announced

Congratulations to nominees for the 62nd GRAMMY Awards, announced November 20.

Kirk Franklin, Travis Greene, Koryn Hawthorne, Tasha Cobbs Leonard, and Tauren Wells are among this year’s Gospel/CCM nominees, along with Donald Lawrence & The Tri-City Singers, Gene Moore, William Murphy, and CeCe Winans.  Gloria Gaynor from R&B and Disco fame also received a nod in the Best Roots Gospel Album category for Testimony.  

Gospel also appears this year in the Best Album Notes category with The Gospel According to Malaco.  Kudos to Robert Marovich, gospel historian, founder of the Journal of Gospel Music (formerly The Black Gospel Blog), and album notes writer for the eight-disc project. 

See the complete nominees list in all 84 categories here.  The GRAMMYs will air live Sunday, January 26, on CBS.

Kelly, Daigle, Crabb pick up Grammys at 61st awards

Congratulations to gospel and CCM’s winners at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards, announced last evening (February 10, 2019) in Los Angeles.  

Tori Kelly
Tori Kelly

Best Gospel Performance/Song 
“Never Alone” – Tori Kelly featuring Kirk Franklin
Written by Kirk Franklin and Victoria Kelly

Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song
“You Say” – Lauren Daigle
Written by Lauren Daigle, Jason Ingram, and Paul Mabury

Best Gospel Album
Hiding Place– Tori Kelly

Best Contemporary Christian Music Album
Look Up Child – Lauren Daigle

Best Roots Gospel Album
Unexpected – Jason Crabb

2019 GRAMMY nominees announced

Congratulations to nominees for the 61st GRAMMY Awards, announced earlier today (December 7).
 
Jekalyn Carr, Koryn Hawthorne, Tori Kelly, Jonathan McReynolds, Brian Courtney Wilson,
Cory Asbury, and The Walls Group are among several who received nominations in this year’s Gospel/CCM categories.
 
The complete nominations list is available here.  The awards show airs live Sunday, February 10, on CBS.  

Winans wins pair of trophies at 60th Annual Grammy Awards

Congratulations to gospel and CCM’s winners at the 60th Annual Grammy Awards, announced last evening (January 28, 2018) in Los Angeles.  


Best Gospel Performance/Song 
“Never Have to Be Alone” – CeCe Winans
Written by CeCe Winans, Dwan Hill, and Alvin Love III

Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song
“What A Beautiful Name” – Hillsong Worship
Written by Ben Fielding and Brooke Ligertwood

Best Gospel Album
Let Them Fall In Love– CeCe Winans

Best Contemporary Christian Music Album
Chain Breaker– Zach Williams

Best Roots Gospel Album
Sing It Now: Songs of Faith & Hope– Reba McEntire


Winans celebrated her wins from Nashville Life Church in Tennessee, where she and her husband Alvin Love are pastors. 


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See the full list of 2018 Grammy Award winners here.

60th GRAMMY nominees announced

Congratulations to nominees for the 60th GRAMMY Awards, announced earlier today (November 28).  


Travis Greene, Le’Andria, Marvin Sapp, CeCe Winans, and Anita Wilson are among this year’s Gospel/CCM nominees, along with Tina Campbell, JJ Hairston & Youthful Praise featuring Bishop Cortez Vaughn, Tauren Wells, and the Walls Group.  


The full list of nominees is available here. 

The awards show will air Sunday, January 28, 2018, on CBS.

Franklin, Mann win at 2017 Grammys; Caesar receives Lifetime Achievement Award

Congratulations to the gospel winners at the 59th Annual Grammy Awards, announced this afternoon (February 12, 2017) in Los Angeles. 

Best Gospel Performance/Song
“God Provides” – Tamela Mann; Kirk Franklin, songwriter

Best Gospel Album
Losing My Religion – Kirk Franklin

Best Roots Gospel Album
Hymns – Joey + Roey

Congratulations also to eleven-time Grammy recipient Shirley Caesar, who receives one of this year’s seven Grammy Lifetime Achievement Awards bestowed by the Academy.  Of Pastor Shirley Caesar, The Recording Academy writes, 

A deeply spiritual and affecting gospel singer, Shirley Caesar’s emotive vocal talents were discovered in a church choir when she was 10 years old. She is arguably best known for her eight-year tenure with the Chicago-based gospel group the Caravans, whom she joined after appealing to Albertina Walker to sing a solo with the group. Electing to pursue a solo career in 1966 alongside her own choir, the Caesar Singers, she subsequently carved out a profile that earned her the title of First Lady of Gospel Music. Caesar’s roll call of achievements includes 11 GRAMMY Awards®, 14 Stellar awards, 15 Dove awards, a NAACP Image Award, a Soul Train Music Award, and two current 59th GRAMMY nominations.

Caesar, 78,  enjoyed a highly successful 2016 that, in addition to this year’s Grammy nominations for her Billboard chart-topping album Fill This House, included a number one spot on the Billboard Hot Gospel Songs chart for “Hold My Mule” (as result of the viral Internet success of the “U Name It” Challenge featuring a portion of the sermonette), and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Caesar to be honored with Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award

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By Libra Boyd
Gospel Music Fever


The Recording Academy announced today (Dec. 19) that Shirley Caesar is the recipient of one of the seven 2017 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Awards bestowed by the Academy.  Other Lifetime Achievement Awardees are jazz pianist Ahmad Jamal, country singers Charley Pride and Jimmie Rodgers, vocalist Nina Simone, musician/songwriter Sly Stone, and rock band The Velvet Underground. 


According to a press release from The Recording Academy, “The Lifetime Achievement Award celebrates performers who have made outstanding contributions of artistic significance to the field of recording, while the Trustees Award honors contributions in areas other than performance. The recipients are determined by vote of The Recording Academy’s National Board of Trustees. Technical GRAMMY Award recipients are voted on by The Academy’s Producers & Engineers Wing® Advisory Council and Chapter Committees, and are ratified by The Academy’s Trustees. The award is presented to individuals and/or companies who have made contributions of outstanding technical significance to the recording industry.”
Of Pastor Shirley Caesar, The Recording Academy writes, 

A deeply spiritual and affecting gospel singer, Shirley Caesar’s emotive vocal talents were discovered in a church choir when she was 10 years old. She is arguably best known for her eight-year tenure with the Chicago-based gospel group the Caravans, whom she joined after appealing to Albertina Walker to sing a solo with the group. Electing to pursue a solo career in 1966 alongside her own choir, the Caesar Singers, she subsequently carved out a profile that earned her the title of First Lady of Gospel Music. Caesar’s roll call of achievements includes 11 GRAMMY Awards®, 14 Stellar awards, 15 Dove awards, a NAACP Image Award, a Soul Train Music Award, and two current 59th GRAMMY nominations.

Caesar, 78, has enjoyed a highly successful 2016 that, in addition to the GRAMMY nominations for her Billboard chart-topping album Fill This House, has included a number one spot on the Billboard Hot Gospel Songs chart for “Hold My Mule” (as result of the viral Internet success of the “U Name It” Challenge featuring a portion of the sermonette), and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

2017 Grammy nominees announced

By Libra Boyd
Gospel Music Fever


Originally posted Dec. 6, 2016 at 5:30 PM 

Last updated Dec. 6, 2016 at 11:42 PM



Congratulations to gospel’s nominees for the 59th Annual Grammy Awards.  Given her extraordinarily successful year, it isn’t surprising that Shirley Caesar earned two noms for Best Gospel Performance/Song (“It’s Alright, It’s OK”) and Best Gospel Album (Fill This House).


Gospel trendsetters Kirk Franklin and Hezekiah Walker also earned nominations, along with Jekalyn Carr, Travis Greene, Tamela Mann, Tim Bowman, Jr., Todd Dulaney, and William Murphy.  In addition, God Don’t Change: The Songs of Blind Willie Johnson received a nomination for Best Roots Gospel Album. The Blind Boys of Alabama picked up a nomination for their performance (“Mother’s Children Have a Hard Time”) on the album in the Best American Roots Performance category.


To see the complete lists in each of the gospel categories, visit: 59th Annual Grammy Awards Nominees [Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Award Genre]


The awards show will air February 12, 2017, at 8 PM ET on CBS.


Pictured left to right from top: Caesar, Greene, Carr, Murphy, Walker, Bowman, Mann, Franklin, and Dulaney.