Grammy Award for Best Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Performance

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Grammy Award for Best Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Performance
Awarded forQuality vocal or instrumental
National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
First awarded1968
Last awarded2014
Websitewww.grammy.com

The Grammy Award for Best Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Performance is an award presented at the

Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards.[1] According to the 54th Grammy Awards description guide it is designed for solo, duo/groups or collaborative (vocal or instrumental) gospel or Contemporary Christian music (CCM) and its subgenres' recordings and is limited to singles or tracks only.[2]

This award was first handed out in 1968 under the name of Best Gospel Performance and was intended for albums only.

In 1971 the award was renamed to Best Gospel Performance (other than soul gospel), including both singles and albums, and ran until 1978 when the award was divided into two new awards, the Grammy Awards for Best Gospel Performance, Traditional and Best Gospel Performance, Contemporary.

The category was then revived in 2005 and it was known once again under the name of Best Gospel Performance. In 2012, following a major overhaul of the Grammy categories, this award was renamed as Best Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Performance which was eligible for all subgenres in the gospel/Contemporary Christian Music (CCM) field.

From 2015, due to a restructuring of the Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music category field, this category will merge with the

Best Gospel Performance/Song category). According to the Grammy committee, "changes to the field were made in the interest of clarifying the criteria, representing the current culture and creative DNA of the gospel and Contemporary Christian Music communities, and better reflecting the diversity and authenticity of today's gospel music industry".[3]

The Blackwood Brothers hold the record for most awards in this category with four wins, two of them alongside Porter Wagoner. They also hold the record for most nominations, with seven. Two-time winners include Porter Wagoner, The Oak Ridge Boys, Karen Clark Sheard and CeCe Winans.

Recipients

Two-time award winner Porter Wagoner
The Oak Ridge Boys have won the award twice
2007 winner Yolanda Adams
Mary J. Blige won the award in 2008 alongside Aretha Franklin and tied with The Clark Sisters
2009 winners Mary Mary
Karen Clark Sheard winner in 2008 and 2010
Year Winning artist Work Other nominees Ref.
1968
Porter Wagoner & The Blackwood Brothers Quartet More Grand Old Gospel [4]
1969
Happy Goodman Family The Happy Gospel of the Happy Goodmans [5]
1970
Porter Wagoner & The Blackwood Brothers Quartet In Gospel Country [6]
1971
Oak Ridge Boys
Talk About the Good Times [7]
1972
Charley Pride Let Me Live [8]
1973
Blackwood Brothers L-O-V-E [9]
1974
Blackwood Brothers Release Me (from My Sin)
  • Statesmen
    I Believe in Jesus
  • Andrae Crouch
    Just Andrae
  • The Imperials
    Live
  • Oak Ridge Boys
    Street Gospel
[10]
1975
Oak Ridge Boys
The Baptism of Jesse Taylor
1976
The Imperials
No Shortage [11]
1977
Oak Ridge Boys
Where the Soul Never Dies
  • The Speers
    Between the Cross and Heaven (There's a Whole Lot of Living Going On)
  • Florida BoysHere They Come
  • The Imperials
    Just Because
  • Blackwood BrothersLearning to Lean
[12]
2005
Ray Charles & Gladys Knight "Heaven Help Us All" [13]
2006
CeCe Winans "Pray" [14]
2007
Yolanda Adams "Victory" [15]
2008

(tie)
The Clark Sisters
Aretha Franklin & Mary J. Blige


United States

"Blessed & Highly Favored"
"Never Gonna Break My Faith"
[16]
2009
Mary Mary "Get Up" [17]
2010
Donnie McClurkin featuring Karen Clark Sheard "Wait On The Lord" [18]
2011
BeBe and CeCe Winans
"Grace" [19]
2012
Le'Andria Johnson "Jesus" [20]
2013
Matt Redman "10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord)" [21]
2014
Tasha Cobbs Break Every Chain (Live) [22]

See also

References

General
  • "Past Winners Search".
    National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
    . Retrieved March 4, 2011.
    Note: User must select the "Gospel" category as the genre under the search feature.
Specific
  1. Tribune Company
    . Retrieved April 24, 2010.
  2. National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
    . Retrieved November 25, 2011.
  3. ^ Grammy.com, 12 June 2014
  4. ^ "Grammy Awards 1968". Awards & Shows. Archived from the original on May 19, 2011. Retrieved December 26, 2011.
  5. ^ "Grammy Awards 1969 winners". Infoplease.
  6. ^ "Grammy Awards 1970". Awards & Shows.
  7. ^ "Grammy Awards 1971". Awards & Shows.
  8. ^ "Grammy Awards 1972". Awards & Shows.
  9. ^ "Grammy Awards 1973". Awards & Shows.
  10. ^ "Grammy Awards 1974". Awards & Shows.
  11. ^ "Grammy Awards 1976". Awards & Shows.
  12. ^ "Grammy Awards 1977". Awards & Shows.
  13. Gannett Company
    . February 7, 2005. Retrieved July 12, 2010.
  14. ^ "The Complete List of Grammy Nominations". The New York Times. December 8, 2005. p. 3. Retrieved July 12, 2010.
  15. ^ "The 49th Annual GRAMMY Awards Roundup: Gospel Field". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved December 26, 2011.
  16. ^ "Grammy 2008 Winners List". MTV. February 10, 2008. Retrieved July 12, 2010.
  17. ^ "Complete List of Nominees for the 51st Annual Grammy Awards". E! Online. December 8, 2008. Retrieved December 26, 2011.
  18. The Recording Academy
    . Retrieved December 10, 2011.
  19. The Recording Academy
    . Retrieved December 10, 2011.
  20. The Recording Academy
    . Retrieved December 10, 2011.
  21. ^ "2013 Grammy Nominations Revealed *Updated*". ThatGrapeJuice. Retrieved December 6, 2012.
  22. ^ "2014 Nominations" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 16, 2013. Retrieved December 8, 2013.

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