Grammy Award for Best Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album
The Grammy Award for Best Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album , in German "Grammy award for the best Southern, Country or Bluegrass gospel album", is a music award that was awarded from 1991 to 2011 by the American Recording Academy in the field of Gospel music was awarded.
History and background
Since 1959, the Grammy Awards are presented annually in numerous categories by the Recording Academy in the United States to recognize artistic achievement, technical competence, and overall outstanding performance regardless of album sales or chart position.
One of these categories was the Grammy Award for Best Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album. The prize was awarded from 1991 to 2011 and was initially called the Grammy Award for Best Southern Gospel Album . The first year the award went to Bruce Carroll for the album The Great Exchange . From 1994 the award was called the Grammy Award for Best Southern Gospel, Country Gospel or Bluegrass Gospel Album , from 1998 the Grammy Award for Best Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album . After 2011, the award was merged with the categories Grammy Award for Best Rock Gospel Album and Grammy Award for Best Pop / Contemporary Gospel Album and the new category Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Christian Music Album was formed. In 2015 a similar category, the Grammy Award for Best Roots Gospel Album , was introduced.
Bill Gaither has the most wins in the Grammy Award for Best Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album category , with a total of four wins: two from his work in the Gaither Vocal Band and two more in combination with his wife Gloria. Bill Gaither also received the most nominations, with a total of eleven nominations.
Winners and nominees
year | winner | nationality | plant | Nominees | Picture of the winner (s) |
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1991 | Bruce Carroll | United States | The Great Exchange |
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1992 | Gaither Vocal Band | United States | Homecoming |
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1993 | Bruce Carroll | United States | Sometimes Miracles Hide |
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1994 | Kathy Mattea | United States | Good news |
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1995 | The Cox Family and Alison Krauss | United States | I Know Who Holds Tomorrow |
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1996 | Bill Hearn (producer) | Amazing Grace - A Country Salute to Gospel |
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1997 | Andy Griffith | United States | I Love to Tell the Story - 25 Timeless Hymns |
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1998 | David Corlew and Peter York, producers | Amazing Grace 2: A Country Salute to Gospel |
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1999 | Peter Afterman, John Huie and Ken Levitan (producers) | The Apostle - Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture |
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2000 | Bill and Gloria Gaither and Their Homecoming Friends | United States | Kennedy Center Homecoming |
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2001 |
Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder
Brent King and Alan Shulman (sound engineers) |
United States | Soldier of the Cross |
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2002 | Bill and Gloria Gaither and Their Homecoming Friends
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United States | Bill & Gloria Gaither Present a Billy Graham Music Homecoming |
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2003 |
The Jordanaires , Larry Ford and the Light Crust Doughboys
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United States | We Called Him Mr. Gospel Music: The James Blackwood Tribute Album |
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2004 |
Randy Travis
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United States | Rise and Shine |
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2005 | Randy Travis
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United States | Worship & Faith |
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2006 |
Amy Grant
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United States | Rock of Ages ... Hymns and Faith |
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2007 | Randy Travis
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United States | Glory Train: Songs of Faith, Worship, and Praise |
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2008 | Ricky Skaggs and
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United States | Salt of the Earth |
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2009 | Gaither Vocal Band
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United States | Lovin 'Life |
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2010 |
Jason Crabb
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United States | Jason Crabb |
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2011 |
Diamond Rio
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United States | The reason |
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Web links
- Official website of the Grammy Awards - Recording Academy, Los Angeles (English)
- Grammy Award Winner for Best Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album at grammy.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Grammy Awards. Retrieved June 29, 2019 .
- ^ The Official Site of the Grammy Awards - Overview. Retrieved June 29, 2019 .
- ^ GRAMMY Awards Winners for Best Southern Gospel, Country Gospel or Bluegrass Gospel Album. Retrieved June 29, 2019 .