GOSPEL

2008 Winners & Nominees

Best Gospel Performance
(For solo, duo, group as collaborative performances. Singles or tracks with vocal containing Gospel lyrics. All genres of Gospel music are eligible.)

• East To West
Casting Crowns
Track from: The Altar And The Door
[Beach Street Records/Reunion Records]

• Blessed & Highly Favored
The Clark Sisters
Track from: Live - One Last Time
[EMI Gospel]

• Never Gonna Break My Faith
Aretha Franklin & Mary J. Blige (Featuring The Harlem Boys Choir)
Track from: Bobby: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
[Island Def Jam]

• With Long Life
Israel And New Breed Featuring T-Bone
Track from: A Deeper Level
[Integrity Music]

• He Set My Life To Music
CeCe Winans
Track from: She Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool - A Tribute To Barbara Mandrell
[BNA Records]


Best Gospel Song
(A Songwriter(s) Award. For Song Eligibility Guidelines see Category #3. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.)

• Blessed & Highly Favored
Karen Clark-Sheard, songwriter (The Clark Sisters)
Track from: Live - One Last Time
[EMI Gospel; Publisher: K. Sheard's Melody]

• East To West
Mark Hall & Bernie Herms, songwriters (Casting Crowns)
Track from: The Altar And The Door
[Beach Street Records/Reunion Records; Publishers: Club Zoo Music, Sparrow Song, Swecs Music, Banahama Tunes/Word Music]

• Encourage Yourself
Donald Lawrence, songwriter (Donald Lawrence & The Tri-City Singers)
Track from: The Grand Finale: Encourage Yourself
[EMI Gospel; Publishers: QW Songs/Zomba Publishing]

• Made To Love
Cary Barlowe, Toby McKeehan, Jamie Moore & Aaron Rice, songwriters (TobyMac)
Track from: Portable Sounds
[ForeFront Records; Publishers: Achtober Songs/Emack Music/Lowe Bar Music/Jammu Music/Rizzle Music]

• Praise On The Inside
James L. Moss, songwriter (J. Moss)
[Gospo Centric; Publisher: Millenni-era Music]


Best Rock Or Rap Gospel Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)

• Before The Daylight's Shot
Ashley Cleveland
[204 Records]

• HIStory: Our Place In His Story
The Cross Movement
[Cross Movement Records]

• Open Book
Da' T.R.U.T.H.
[Cross Movement Records]

• The Reckoning
Pillar
[Flicker Records]

• Comatose
Skillet
[Atlantic/Lava/Ardent/INO]


Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)

• The Altar And The Door
Casting Crowns
[Beach Street Records/Reunion Records]

• A Deeper Level
Israel And New Breed
[Integrity Music]

• True Beauty
Mandisa
[Sparrow Records]

• Stand
Michael W. Smith
[Reunion Records]

• Portable Sounds
TobyMac
[ForeFront Records]


Best Southern, Country, Or Bluegrass Gospel Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)

• Amazing Grace
Bill & Gloria Gaither And The Homecoming Friends
[Gaither Music Group]

• Journey Of Joy
Karen Peck And New River
[Daywind Records]

• Everybody's Brother
Billy Joe Shaver
[Compadre Records]

• Salt Of The Earth
Ricky Skaggs & The Whites
[Skaggs Family Records]

• Tell Someone
Kenny & Amanda Smith Band
[Rebel Records]

• I'll Fly Away: Country Hymns & Songs Of Faith
Various Artists
Ed Cash, producer
[Sparrow Records]


Best Traditional Gospel Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)

• Live - One Last Time
The Clark Sisters
[EMI Gospel]

• The Grand Finale': Encourage Yourself
Donald Lawrence & The Tri-City Singers
[EMI Gospel]

• Life Changing
Smokie Norful
[EMI Gospel]

• Thirsty
Marvin Sapp
[Verity]

• Cherch
Bebe Winans
[Koch Records]


Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)

• Grateful
Coko
[Light Records]

• Free To Worship
Fred Hammond
[Verity]

• V2…
J. Moss
[Gospo Centric/Zomba Gospel]

• T57
Trin-I-Tee 5:7
[Spirit Rising Music/Music World Entertainment]

• Alone But Not Alone
Marvin Winans
[Pure Springs Gospel]

2007 Winners & Nominees

Best Gospel Performance
(For solo, duo, group as collaborative performances. Singles or tracks with vocal containing Gospel lyrics. All genres of Gospel music are eligible.)

• Victory
  Yolanda Adams
  Track from: The Gospel — Soundtrack
  [Verity Records]
• Not Forgotten
  Israel & New Breed
  Track from: Alive In South Africa
  [Integrity Gospel]
• The Blessing Of Abraham
  Donald Lawrence & The Tri-City Singers
  Track from: Finale Act One
  [EMI Gospel]
• Made To Worship
  Chris Tomlin
  Track from: See The Morning
  [sixstepsrecords/Sparrow Records]
• Victory
  Tye Tribbett & G.A.
  Track from: Victory Live!
  [Columbia, Sony Urban]
  
  

Best Gospel Song
(A Songwriter(s) Award. For Song Eligibility Guidelines see Category #3. (Artist names appear in parenthesis.) Singles or Tracks only.)

• The Blessing Of Abraham
  Donald Lawrence, songwriter (Donald Lawrence & The Tri-City Singers)
  Track from: Finale Act One
  [EMI Gospel; Publishers: QW Songs, Zomba Publishing.]
• Imagine Me
  Kirk Franklin, songwriter (Kirk Franklin)
  [Fo Yo Soul/Verity/Zomba; Publishers: Zomba Songs, Kerrion Publishing, Lilly Mack Music.]
• Mountain Of God
  Brown Bannister & Mac Powell, songwriters (Third Day)
  Track from: Wherever You Are
  [Essential Records; Publishers: Vandura 2500 Songs, New Spring (Zomba), Banistuci Music.]
• Not Forgotten
  Israel Houghton & Aaron Lindsey, songwriters (Israel & New Breed)
  Track from: Alive In South Africa
  [Integrity Gospel; Publishers: Sound of the New Breed, Integrity's Praise! Music, Aaron Lindsey Publishing.]
• Victory
  Tye Tribbett, songwriter (Tye Tribbett & G.A.)
  Track from: Victory Live!
  [Columbia, Sony Urban; Publisher: G.A.S. Music.]
  
  

Best Rock Or Rap Gospel Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)

• DecembeRadio
  DecembeRadio
  [Slanted Records]
• Where The Past Meets Today
  Sarah Kelly
  [Gotee Records]
• Turn Around
  Jonny Lang
  [A&M Records]
• End Of Silence
  Red
  [Essential Records]
• Bone-A-Fide
  T-Bone
  [Bone Yard/Flicker Records]
  
  

Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)

• Sound Of Melodies
  Leeland
  [Essential Records]
• Coming Up To Breathe
  MercyMe
  [INO Records]
• Wherever You Are
  Third Day
  [Essential Records]
• See The Morning
  Chris Tomlin
  [sixstepsrecords/Sparrow Records]
• Introducing Ayiesha Woods
  Ayiesha Woods
  [Gotee Records]
  
  

Best Southern, Country, Or Bluegrass Gospel Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)

• Kenny Bishop
  Kenny Bishop
  [Daywind Records]
• Give It Away
  Gaither Vocal Band
  [Gaither Music Group]
• Precious Memories
  Alan Jackson
  [ACR Records/Arista Nashville]
• The Promised Land
  The Del McCoury Band
  [McCoury Music]
• Glory Train
  Randy Travis
  [Word Records/Curb/Warner Bros.]
  
  

Best Traditional Gospel Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)

• An Invitation To Worship
  Byron Cage
  [Zomba/Gospocentric]
• Paved The Way
  The Caravans
  [Malaco Records]
• Still Keeping It Real
  The Dixie Hummingbirds
  [MCG Records]
• Alive In South Africa
  Israel & New Breed
  [Integrity Gospel]
• Finalé Act One
  Donald Lawrence & The Tri-City Singers
  [EMI Gospel]
  
  

Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)

• Set Me Free
  Myron Butler & Levi
  [EMI Gospel]
• Hero
  Kirk Franklin
  [Fo Yo Soul/Zomba]
• A Timeless Christmas
  Israel And New Breed
  [Integrity Gospel]
• This Is Me
  Kierra Kiki Sheard
  [EMI Gospel]

• Victory Live!
  Tye Tribbett & G.A.
  [Columbia, Sony Urban]