Grammy Award for Best Rock Gospel Album

The Grammy Award for Best Rock Gospel Album , in German "Grammy Award for the Best Rock Gospel Album", is a music prize 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 is the Grammy Award for Best Rock Gospel Album. The prize was awarded from 1991 to 2011. It was called the Grammy Award for Best Rock / Contemporary Gospel Album from 1991 to 1993 and the Grammy Award for Best Rock or Rap Gospel Album from 2007 to 2011 .

The award was discontinued in 2012 as part of a major overhaul of the Grammy categories. Since 2012, rock gospel recordings have been recognized in the categories Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Christian Music Album or Grammy Award for Best Gospel Album .

Winners and nominees

year	winner	nationality	plant	Nominees	Picture of the winner (s)
1991	Petra	United States	Beyond Belief	Phil Keaggy - Find Me in These Fields Mylon & Broken Heart - Crank It Up Eddie DeGarmo - Phase II Charlie Peacock - The Secret of Time
1992	Russ Taff	United States	Under Their Influence	Kim Hill - Brave Heart DeGarmo & Key - Go to the Top DC Talk - Nu Thang Margaret Becker - Simple House
1993	Petra	United States	Unseen power	White Heart - Tales of Wonder Pray for Rain - Pray for Rain Geoff Moore and the Distance - A Friend Like U Newsboys - Not Ashamed
1994	DC Talk	United States	Free at Last	Phil Keaggy - Crimson and Blue Geoff Moore and the Distance - Evolution DeGarmo & Key - Heat it Up Disciples of Christ - Pullin 'No Punches
1995	Petra	United States	Wake-up call	Steve Taylor - Squint Newsboys - Going Public DeGarmo & Key - To Extremes various artists - Strong Hand of Love
1996	Ashley Cleveland	United States	Lesson of Love	Big Tent Revival - Big Tent Revival Jars of Clay - Jars of Clay Geoff Moore and the Distance - Home Run! Petra - No Doubt
1997	DC Talk	United States	Jesus freak	Audio Adrenaline - Bloom Rebecca St. James - God Newsboys - Take Me to Your Leader Big Tent Revival - Open All Nite
1998	DC Talk	United States	Welcome to the freak show	Third Day - Conspiracy No. 5 Smalltown Poets - Smalltown Poets Geoff Moore and the Distance - Threads All Star United - All Star United
1999	Ashley Cleveland	United States	You are there	Sixpence None the Richer - Sixpence None the Richer Petra - God Fixation Big Tent Revival - Amplifier Audio Adrenaline - Some Kind of Zombie
2000	Rebecca St. James	Australia	Pray	Third day time Gospel Gangstaz - I Can See Clearly Now Big Tent Revival - Choose Life Audio Adrenaline - Underdog
2001	Petra	United States	Double take	Third Day - Offerings: A Worship Album Switchfoot - Learning to Breathe Smalltown Poets - Third Verse Jennifer Knapp - Lay It Down
2002	DC Talk	United States	solo	The Choir - Flap Your Wings T-Bone - Tha Last Street Preacha Sonicflood - Sonicpraise Big Tent Revival - Big Tent Revival Live
2003	Third day	United States	Come together	TobyMac - Momentum Jennifer Knapp - The Way I Am GRITS - The Art of Translation Audio Adrenaline - Lift
2004	Audio adrenaline	United States	Worldwide	Robert Randolph and the Family Band - Unclassified Relient K - Two Lefts Don't Make a Right ... but Three Do Petra - Jekyll and Hyde Freshie - Red Letterz
2005	Third day	United States	Wire	TobyMac - Welcome to Diverse City Various Artists - Holy Hip Hop: Taking Gospel to the Streets Tait - Lose This Life Skillet - Collide Sarah Kelly - Take Me Away
2006	Audio adrenaline	United States	Until My Heart Caves In	Day of Fire - Day of Fire Fresh IE - Truth Is Fallin 'in Tha Streetz GRITS - Dichotomy B The Cross Movement - Higher Definition
2007	Jonny Lang	United States	Turn around	T-Bone - Bone-A-Fide Red - End of Silence DecembeRadio - DecembeRadio Sarah Kelly - Where the Past Meets Today
2008	Ashley Cleveland	United States	Before the daylight's shot	Skillet - Comatosis Pillar - The Reckoning Da 'TRUTH - Open Book The Cross Movement - HIStory: Our Place in His Story
2009	TobyMac	United States	Alive and Transported	Superchick - Rock What You Got Sanctus Real - We Need Each Other Flame - Our World: Redeemed After Edmund - Hello
2010	Third day	United States	Live revelations	John Wells the Tonic - The Dash Red - Innocence & Instinct Decyfer Down - Crash Da 'TRUTH - The Big Picture
2011	Switchfoot	United States	Hello Hurricane	Lecrae - rehab Gungor - Beautiful Things Fireflight - For Those Who Wait David Crowder Band - Church Music

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ^ Grammy Awards. Retrieved May 24, 2019 . 
2. ^ The Official Site of the Grammy Awards - Overview. Retrieved May 24, 2019 . 
3. ↑ Winners Best Rock Gospel Album including Best Rock / Contemporary Gospel Album. Retrieved May 24, 2019 .