Grammy Award for Best Gospel Choir or Chorus Album

The Grammy Award for Best Gospel Choir or Chorus Album , in German "Grammy award for the best gospel choir album", is a music prize that was awarded from 1991 to 2006 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 is the Grammy Award for Best Gospel Choir or Chorus Album. The prize was awarded from 1991 to 2006. From 1991 to 1997 the award was called the Grammy Award for Best Gospel Album by a Choir or Chorus .

The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir and its choir director Carol Cymbala were the most honored artists in this category with six wins.

Winners and nominees

year	winner	Choirmaster	nationality	album	Nominees	Picture of the winner (s)
1991	Southern California Community Choir	James Cleveland	United States	Having Church
1992	Sounds of Blackness	Gary Hines	United States	The Evolution of Gospel	O'landa Draper & the Associates - Above and Beyond Music and Arts Seminar Chicago Mass Choir - Edwin Hawkins Music and Arts Seminar Chicago Mass Choir Christ Church Choir - hand in hand Brooklyn Tabernacle Singers - Jesus Be Praised LA Gospel Messengers - Rev. James Cleveland and the LA Gospel Messengers
1993	Music & Arts Seminar Mass Choir	Edwin Hawkins	United States	Edwin Hawkins Music & Arts Seminar Mass Choir - Recorded Live in Los Angeles
1994	Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir	Carol Cymbala	United States	Live ... We Come Rejoicing
1995	Thompson Community Singers	Milton Brunson	United States	Through God's Eyes	O'landa Draper & The Associates - Live ... A Celebration of Praise Edwin Hawkins Music & Arts Seminar Mass Choir - Kings & Kingdoms Kurt Carr and the Los Angeles Gospel Messengers - We Haven't Forgotten You Hezekiah Walker and the Love Fellowship Crusade Choir - Live in Atlanta at Morehouse College
1996	Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir	Carol Cymbala	United States	Praise Him - Live!	Donald Lawrence & the Tri-City Singers - Bible Stories Hezekiah Walker & the Love Fellowship Crusade Choir - Live in New York by Any Means ... Rev. Milton Brunson and the Thompson Community Singers - Shout New Life Community Choir featuring John P. Kee - Show Up!
1997	Shirley Caesar's Outreach Convention Choir	Shirley Caesar	United States	Just A Word	Edwin Hawkins Music & Arts Seminar - All Things Are Possible O'landa Draper and the Associates - Gotta Feelin ' Mississippi Mass Choir - I'll See You in the Rapture Shirley Caesar's Outreach Convention Choir - Just a Word Full Gospel Baptist Fellowship Mass Choir - A New Thing ... Experience the Fullness
1998	God's Property	Kirk Franklin Myron Butler Robert Searight	United States	God's Property from Kirk Franklin's Nu Nation	Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir - Favorite Song of All Rev. Milton Brunson's Thompson Community Singers - He's Still Good! Hezekiah Walker and Love Fellowship Crusade Choir - Live in London at Wembley Sounds of Blackness - Time for Healing
1999	The Associates	O'landa Draper	United States	Reflections	Bobby Jones and New Life with the Nashville Super Choir - Just Churchin ' The Love Center Choir - Love Alive V - 25th Anniversary Reunion Hezekiah Walker and the LFT Church Choir - Live at Love Fellowship Tabernacle New Life Community Choir - Strength
2000	Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir	Carol Cymbala	United States	High and lifted up	VIP Music & Arts Seminar Mass Choir - Any Day Mississippi Mass Choir - Emmanuel (God With Us) Wilmington Chester Mass Choir - Hosanna! And They Sang The Word Inner City Mass Choir - Let's Make It Better
2001	Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir	Carol Cymbala	United States	Live - God Is Working	New Direction - Get Your Praise On Youth For Christ - Higher University of Mississippi Gospel Choir - Send Up The Praise The Tri-City Singers - tri-city4.com
2002	LFT Church Choir	Hezekiah Walker	United States	Love Is Live!	O'landa Draper's Associates - All About Him (Jesus) Chicago Mass Choir - Calling On You Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir - Light Of The World TD Jakes and the Potter's House Mass Choir - The Storm Is Over Now
2003	Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir	Carol Cymbala	United States	Be glad	VIP Mass Choir - Mighty In The Spirit Donald Lawrence & The Tri-City Singers - Go Get Your Live Back Hezekiah Walker and the Love Fellowship Choir - Family Affair II - Live at Radio City Music Hall Excelsior - Soul Interpretations
2004	Potter's House Mass Choir	TD Jakes	United States	A wing and a prayer	John P. Kee & The New Life Community Choir - Blesssed By Association CeCe Winans Presents The Born Again Church Choir - Born Again Choir Chicago Mass Choir - Live In Nashville Joe Pace and the Colorado Mass Choir - Speak Life
2005	Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir	Carol Cymbala	United States	Live ... This is Your House	Minister Timothy Britten & Shabach Praise Co.- Can't Nobody Do Me Like Jesus Timothy Wright & New York Fellowship Mass Choir II - Live In New York New Birth Total Praise Choir - Spirit & Truth Ricky Dillard & New G - Unplugged ... The Way Church Used To Be
2006	Saints Unified Voices	Gladys Knight	United States	One Voice	Donald Lawrence & Company - I Speak Life VIP Mass Choir - Live at The Fellowship Kurt Carr - One Church Hezekiah Walker and The Love Fellowship Choir - 20/85 The Experience

Web links

• Official website of the Grammy Awards - Recording Academy, Los Angeles (English)
• Winner of the Grammy Award for Best Gospel Choir or Chorus Album at grammy.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Grammy Awards. Retrieved June 12, 2019 . 
2. ^ The Official Site of the Grammy Awards - Overview. Retrieved June 12, 2019 . 
3. ↑ Winners Best Gospel Album By Choir Or Chorus. Retrieved June 12, 2019 .