*Nominees for the 53rd Grammy Awards are in. And Christian artists have been selected for seven categories.
The categories include: Best Gospel Performance, Best Gospel Song, Best Rock or Rap Gospel Album, Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel, Best Southern, Country, or Bluegrass Gospel Album, Best Traditional Gospel Album, and Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album.
The brother and sister duo BeBe & CeCe Winans received two nominations for Best Gospel Performance for their song “Grace” and Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album for Still. They already have five Grammy Awards.
Israel Houghton, who received his third Grammy Award early this year, has two nominations as well – one for Best Gospel Performance for the song “You Hold My World” and another for Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album for Love God. Love People. His contenders for the latter category include TobyMac for Tonight, Ricky Skaggs for Mosaic, Sanctus Real for Pieces of a Real Heart and Steven Curtis Chapman for Beauty Will Rise.
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The following is the full list of nominees in the Gospel categories:
Best Gospel Performance
He Wants It All
Forever Jones
Track from: Get Ready
[EMI Gospel]
You Hold My World
Israel Houghton
Track from: Love God. Love People.
[Integrity Music]
Nobody Greater
VaShawn Mitchell
Track from: Triumphant
[EMI Gospel]
He’s Been Just That Good
Kirk Whalum & Lalah Hathaway
Track from: The Gospel According To Jazz Chapter III
[Rendezvous Music/Mack Avenue Records]
Grace
BeBe & CeCe Winans
Track from: Still
[B&C/Malaco]
Best Gospel Song
Beautiful Things
Lisa Gungor & Michael Gungor, songwriters (Gungor)
Track from: Beautiful Things
[Brash Music]
Better Than A Hallelujah
Sarah Hart & Chapin Hartford, songwriters (Amy Grant)
Track from: Somewhere Down The Road
[Amy Grant Productions/ Sparrow Records; Publishers: River Oaks Music, spiritandsong.com Publishing, Sony/Tree Music Publishing, Michael Puryear Music]
It’s What I Do
Jerry Peters & Kirk Whalum, songwriters (Kirk Whalum & Lalah Hathaway)
Track from: The Gospel According To Jazz Chapter III
[Rendezvous Music/Mack Avenue Records; Publishers: Whalumusic/Jerry Peters Music]
Our God
Jonas Myrin, Matt Redman, Jesse Reeves & Chris Tomlin, songwriters (Chris
Tomlin)
Track from: Passion: Awakening
[Sparrow Records / sixstepsrecords; Publishers: Thankyou Music, sixsteps Music/worshiptogether.com Songs/Said And Done Music/Vamos Publishing/Jonas Myrin/SHOUT! Publishing]
Return To Sender
Gordon Kennedy, songwriter (Ricky Skaggs)
Track from: Mosaic
[Skaggs Family Records; Publisher: GlennJoy Music]
Best Rock Or Rap Gospel Album
Church Music
David Crowder Band
[Sparrow Records / Sixstepsrecords]
For Those Who Wait
Fireflight
[Flicker Records]
Beautiful Things
Gungor
[Brash Music]
Rehab
Lecrae
[Reach Records]
Hello Hurricane
Switchfoot
[Atlantic Recording Corp/ Credential Recordings]
Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album
Beauty Will Rise
Steven Curtis Chapman
[Sparrow Records]
Love God. Love People.
Israel Houghton
[Integrity Music]
Pieces Of A Real Heart
Sanctus Real
[Sparrow Records]
Mosaic
Ricky Skaggs
[Skaggs Family Records]
Tonight
TobyMac
[ForeFront Records]
Best Southern, Country, Or Bluegrass Gospel Album
Times Like These
Austins Bridge
[Daywind Records]
The Reason
Diamond Rio
[Word]
Expecting Good Things
Jeff & Sheri Easter
[Spring Hill Music Group/She Loved Music]
Journey On
Ty Herndon
[FUNL Music]
Live At Oak Tree: Karen Peck & New River
Karen Peck & New River
[Daywind Records]
Best Traditional Gospel Album
The Experience
Vanessa Bell Armstrong
[EMI Gospel]
A City Called Heaven
Shirley Caesar
[Light Records]
Downtown Church
Patty Griffin
[Credential Recordings]
Here I Am
Marvin Sapp
[Verity]
All In One
Karen Clark Sheard
[KaRew Records/ EMI Gospel]
Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album
Get Ready
Forever Jones
[EMI Gospel]
Love Unstoppable
Fred Hammond
[Verity]
Triumphant
VaShawn Mitchell
[EMI Gospel]
Aaron Sledge
Aaron Sledge
[EMI Gospel]
Still
BeBe & CeCe Winans
[B&C/Malaco]
