Grammy Award for Best Gospel / Contemporary Christian Music Performance

The Grammy Award for Best Gospel / Contemporary Christian Music Performance , in German "Grammy award for the best performance in the field of gospel music / Christian pop music", is a music award that was awarded from 1968 to 1977 and from 2005 to 2014 by the American Recording Academy im the field of gospel music / Contemporary Christian 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 excellence regardless of album sales or chart position.

One of these categories was the Grammy Award for Best Gospel / Contemporary Christian Music Performance . The award was first given in 1968 under the name Grammy Award for Best Gospel Performance and only given for albums. In 1971 the award was renamed the Grammy Award for Best Gospel Performance (other than soul gospel) , awarded for albums and singles. He kept this designation until 1977. In 1978 the award was divided into the two new categories Grammy Award for Best Gospel Performance, Traditional and Grammy Award for Best Gospel Performance, Contemporary . The original category was revived in 2005 and given the Grammy Award for Best Gospel Performance . After a major overhaul of the Grammy categories, the 2012 award was renamed the Grammy Award for Best Gospel / Contemporary Christian Music Performance and was used until 2014. In 2015 the music genres gospel and Christian pop music were restructured again and the new Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance / Song was created.

The Blackwood Brothers hold the record for most awards in this category with four wins, two of which with 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 .

Winners and nominees

year	winner	nationality	plant	Nominees	Picture of the winner (s)
1968	Porter Wagoner & The Blackwood Brothers Quartet	United States	More Grand Old Gospel	Happy Goodman Family - Good 'n' Happy Oak Ridge Boys - Oak Ridge Boys Singing Rambos - Singing Rambos, Gospel Ballads The Blackwood Brothers Quartet - The Blackwood Brothers Quartet Sings for Joy
1969	Happy Goodman Family	United States	The Happy Gospel of the Happy Goodmans	No other nominees this year
1970	Porter Wagoner & The Blackwood Brothers Quartet	United States	In gospel country	Oak Ridge Boys - It's Happening LeFevres - The Best Is Yet To Come Happy Goodman Family - This Happy House Singing Rambos - This Is My Valley
1971	Oak Ridge Boys	United States	Talk About the Good Times	Thrasher Brothers - Fantastic Thrashers at Fantastic Caverns LeFevres - Moving Up Wendy Bagwell and the Sunliters - Talk About the Good Times Florida Boys - The Many Moods of the Florida Boys
1972	Charley Pride	United States	Let me live	Blackwood Brothers - He's Still King of Kings Oak Ridge Boys - Jesus Christ, What a Man Hovie Lister & The Statesmen - Put Your Hand in the Hand Imperials - Time to Get It Together
1973	Blackwood Brothers	United States	LOVE	Thrasher Brothers - America Sings Wendy Bagwell and the Sunliters - By Your Request Oak Ridge Boys - Light Rambos - Soul in the Family
1974	Blackwood Brothers	United States	Release Me (from My Sin)	The Statesmen - I Believe in Jesus Andrae Crouch - Just Andrae The Imperials - Live Oak Ridge Boys - Street Gospel
1975	No award this year
1976	The Imperials	United States	No shortage	Connie Smith - Connie Smith Sings Hank Williams Gospel Happy Goodman Family - Happy Goodman Family Hour Statler Brothers - Holy Bible - New Testament Johnny Cash - Johnny Cash Sings Precious Memories
1977	Oak Ridge Boys	United States	Where the Soul Never Dies	The Speers - Between the Cross and Heaven (There's a Whole Lot of Living Going On) Florida Boys - Here They Come The Imperials - Just Because Blackwood Brothers - Learning to Lean
1978	Between 1978 and 1983 the two awards Grammy Award for Best Gospel Performance, Traditional and Grammy Award for Best Gospel Performance, Contemporary were given
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984-2004	No award of the award in these years
2005	Ray Charles and Gladys Knight	United States	"Heaven Help Us All"	Shirley Caesar and Ann Nesby - "The Stone" Dr. John and Mavis Staples - "Lay My Burden Down" Fred Hammond - "Celebrate (He Lives)" Ben Harper and The Blind Boys of Alabama - "There Will Be a Light"
2006	CeCe Winans	United States	"Pray"	Yolanda Adams - "Be Blessed" Kirk Franklin - "Looking For You" Donnie McClurkin - "I Call You Faithful" Hezekiah Walker and Love Fellowship Choir - "Lift Him Up"
2007	Yolanda Adams	United States	"Victory"	Israel & New Breed - "Not Forgotten" Donald Lawrence & The Tri-City Singers - "The Blessing Of Abraham" Chris Tomlin - "Made To Worship" Tye triple bed - "Victory"
2008	The Clark Sisters	United States	"Blessed & Highly Favored"	Casting Crowns - "East To West" Israel & New Breed featuring T-Bone - "With Long Life" CeCe Winans - "He Set My Life To Music"
	Aretha Franklin & Mary J. Blige	United States	"Never Gonna Break My Faith"
2009	Mary Mary	United States	"Get Up"	Kim Burrell, Rance Allen, Bebe Winans , Mariah Carey and Hezekiah Walkers Love Fellowship Tabernacle Church Choir - "I Understand" Casting Crowns - "East to West" Take 6 - "Shall We Gather at the River" CeCe Winans - "Waging War"
2010	Donnie McClurkin featuring Karen Clark Sheard	United States	"Wait On The Lord"	Francesca Battistelli - "Free To Be Me" Heather Headley featuring Smokie Norful - "Jesus Is Love" Jonny Lang with Fisk Jubilee Singers - "I Believe" Third Day featuring Lacey Mosley - "Born Again"
2011	BeBe and CeCe Winans	United States	"Grace"	Forever Jones - "He Wants It All" Israel Houghton - "You Hold My World" VaShawn Mitchell - "Nobody Greater" Kirk Whalum and Lalah Hathaway - "He's Been Just That Good"
2012	Le'Andria Johnson	United States	"Jesus"	Steven Curtis Chapman - "Do Everything" Natalie Grant - "Alive (Mary Magdalene)" Brandon Heath - "Your Love" Chris Tomlin - "I Lift My Hands"
2013	Matt Redman	United Kingdom	" 10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord) "	Casting Crowns - "Jesus, Friend of Sinners" Tamela Mann - "Take Me to the King" Mary Mary - "Go Get It" Marvin Sapp - "I Win"
2014	Tasha Cobbs	United States	Break Every Chain (Live)	Natalie Grant - Hurricane Matt Maher - Lord, I Need You Mandisa - overcomer Tye Tribbett - If He Did It Before ... Same God (Live)

Web links

• Official website of the Grammy Awards - Recording Academy, Los Angeles (English)
• Winner of the Grammy Award for Best Gospel / Contemporary Christian Music Performance at grammy.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Grammy Awards. Retrieved April 2, 2019 . 
2. ^ The Official Site of the Grammy Awards - Overview. Retrieved April 2, 2019 . 
3. ^ Winners Best Gospel / Contemporary Christian Music Performance. Retrieved April 2, 2019 .