Grammy Award for Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album

The Grammy Award for Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album , in German "Grammy Award for the Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album", is a music award that was awarded from 1991 to 2011 by the American Recording Academy in the field of gospel music .

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 Contemporary R&B Gospel Album. The prize was awarded from 1991 to 2011 and was initially called the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album until 2006 . From 1978 to 1983, a similar award was given with the Grammy Award for Best Soul Gospel Performance, Contemporary .

The award was discontinued in 2012 as part of a major overhaul of the Grammy categories. From 2012 recordings in this category were awarded in the new category Grammy Award for Best Gospel Album .

Kirk Franklin and Cece Winans are the most common winners in the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album category with four wins each , followed by Take 6 with three wins. Yolanda Adams , who received the most nominations with eight nominations, has received the award twice.

Winners and nominees

year	winner	nationality	album	Nominees	Picture of the winner (s)
1991	Take 6	United States	So Much 2 Say
1992	BeBe Winans and CeCe Winans	United States	Different lifestyles
1993	Mervyn Warren (producer) and various artists	United States	Handel's Messiah: A Soulful Celebration
1994	The Winans	United States	All out
1995	Take 6	United States	Join the band
1996	CeCe Winans	United States	Alone In His Presence
1997	Kirk Franklin & the Family	United States	Whatcha lookin '4
1998	Take 6	United States	Brothers
1999	Kirk Franklin	United States	The Nu Nation Project
2000	Yolanda Adams	United States	Mountain High ... Valley Low
2001	Mary Mary and Warryn Campbell (Producers)	United States	Thankful
2002	Yolanda Adams	United States	The Experience
2003	Eartha	United States	Sidebars
2004	Donnie McClurkin	United States	... again
2005	Smokie Norful	United States	Nothing Without You
2006	CeCe Winans	United States	Purified
2007	Kirk Franklin	United States	Hero
2008	Fred Hammond	United States	Free to Worship
2009	Kirk Franklin	United States	The Fight of My Life
2010	Heather Headley	Trinidad and Tobago	Audience of One
2011	BeBe & CeCe Winans	United States	Quiet

Web links

• Official website of the Grammy Awards - Recording Academy, Los Angeles (English)
• Winner of the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album at grammy.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Grammy Awards. Retrieved June 18, 2019 . 
2. ^ The Official Site of the Grammy Awards - Overview. Retrieved June 18, 2019 . 
3. ↑ GRAMMY Awards Winners for Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album. Retrieved June 18, 2019 .