Grammy Award for Best Rock Gospel Album

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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 StatesUnited States 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 StatesUnited States 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 StatesUnited States 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 StatesUnited States 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
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1995 Petra United StatesUnited States 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 StatesUnited States 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
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1997 DC Talk United StatesUnited States United States Jesus freak Dctalk-group-picture.jpg
1998 DC Talk United StatesUnited States 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
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1999 Ashley Cleveland United StatesUnited States 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
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2000 Rebecca St. James AustraliaAustralia Australia Pray
  • Third day time
  • Gospel Gangstaz - I Can See Clearly Now
  • Big Tent Revival - Choose Life
  • Audio Adrenaline - Underdog
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2001 Petra United StatesUnited States 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 StatesUnited States United States solo
  • The Choir - Flap Your Wings
  • T-Bone - Tha Last Street Preacha
  • Sonicflood - Sonicpraise
  • Big Tent Revival - Big Tent Revival Live
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2003 Third day United StatesUnited States United States Come together
  • TobyMac - Momentum
  • Jennifer Knapp - The Way I Am
  • GRITS - The Art of Translation
  • Audio Adrenaline - Lift
2004 Audio adrenaline United StatesUnited States United States Worldwide
2005 Third day United StatesUnited States 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 StatesUnited States 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 StatesUnited States United States Turn around
  • T-Bone - Bone-A-Fide
  • Red - End of Silence
  • DecembeRadio - DecembeRadio
  • Sarah Kelly - Where the Past Meets Today
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2008 Ashley Cleveland United StatesUnited States 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
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2009 TobyMac United StatesUnited States 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 StatesUnited States United States Live revelations
  • John Wells the Tonic - The Dash
  • Red - Innocence & Instinct
  • Decyfer Down - Crash
  • Da 'TRUTH - The Big Picture
2011 Switchfoot United StatesUnited States United States Hello Hurricane
  • Lecrae - rehab
  • Gungor - Beautiful Things
  • Fireflight - For Those Who Wait
  • David Crowder Band - Church Music

Web links

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 .