The Grammy Award for Best Rock Gospel Album was awarded from 1991 to 2011. From 1991 to 1993 the category was awarded as Best Rock/Contemporary Gospel Album. From 2007 to 2011 it was awarded as Best Rock or Rap Gospel Album.
The award was discontinued from 2012 in a major overhaul of Grammy categories. From 2012, recordings in this category were shifted to either Best Contemporary Christian Music Album or Best Gospel Album categories.
Recipients Year Winning artist(s) WorkOther nomineesRef.1991 Petra Phil Keaggy – Find Me in These Fields Mylon & Broken Heart – Crank It Up Eddie DeGarmo – Phase II Charlie Peacock – The Secret of Time1992 Kim Hill – Brave Heart DeGarmo & Key – Go to the Top DC Talk – Nu Thang Margaret Becker – Simple House1993 Petra White Heart – Tales of Wonder Pray for Rain – Pray for Rain Geoff Moore and the Distance – A Friend Like U Newsboys – Not Ashamed1994 DC Talk Phil Keaggy – Crimson and Blue Geoff Moore and the Distance – Evolution DeGarmo & Key – Heat it Up Disciples of Christ – Pullin' No Punches1995 Petra Steve Taylor – Squint Newsboys – Going Public DeGarmo & Key – To Extremes Various Artists – Strong Hand of Love1996 Big Tent Revival – Big Tent Revival Jars of Clay – Jars of Clay Geoff Moore and the Distance – Home Run! Petra – No Doubt1997 DC Talk Audio Adrenaline – Bloom Rebecca St. James – God Newsboys – Take Me to Your Leader Big Tent Revival – Open All Nite1998 DC Talk Third Day – Conspiracy No. 5 Smalltown Poets – Smalltown Poets Geoff Moore and the Distance – Threads All Star United – All Star United1999 Ashley Cleveland Sixpence None the Richer – Sixpence None the Richer Petra – God Fixation Big Tent Revival – Amplifier Audio Adrenaline – Some Kind of Zombie2000 Rebecca St. James Third Day – Time Gospel Gangstaz – I Can See Clearly Now Big Tent Revival – Choose Life Audio Adrenaline – Underdog2001 Petra Third Day – Offerings: A Worship Album Switchfoot – Learning to Breathe Smalltown Poets – Third Verse Jennifer Knapp – Lay It Down2002 DC Talk The Choir – Flap Your Wings T-Bone – Tha Last Street Preacha Sonicflood – Sonicpraise Big Tent Revival – Big Tent Revival Live2003 Third Day TobyMac – Momentum Jennifer Knapp – The Way I Am GRITS – The Art of Translation Audio Adrenaline – Lift2004 Audio Adrenaline 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 Letterz2005 Third Day 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 Away2006 Audio Adrenaline Day of Fire – Day of Fire Fresh I.E. – Truth Is Fallin' in Tha Streetz GRITS – Dichotomy B The Cross Movement – Higher Definition2007 Jonny Lang T-Bone – Bone-A-Fide Red – End of Silence DecembeRadio – DecembeRadio Sarah Kelly – Where the Past Meets Today2008 Ashley Cleveland Skillet – Comatose Pillar – The Reckoning Da' T.R.U.T.H. – Open Book The Cross Movement – HIStory: Our Place in His Story2009 TobyMac Superchick – Rock What You Got Sanctus Real – We Need Each Other Flame – Our World: Redeemed After Edmund – Hello2010 Third Day John Wells the Tonic – The Dash Red – Innocence & Instinct Decyfer Down – Crash Da' T.R.U.T.H. – The Big Picture2011 Switchfoot Lecrae – Rehab Gungor – Beautiful Things Fireflight – For Those Who Wait David Crowder Band – Church Music Each year is linked to the article about the Grammy Awards held that year.
See also List of Christian rock bands List of Grammy Award categories
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