The Grammy Award for Best Gospel Album is an honor presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording artists for quality albums in the Gospel music genre. Honors in several categories are presented at the ceremony annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to "honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to album sales or chart position".
The Best Gospel Album award was one of the new categories created after a major overhaul of the Grammy Awards categories for 2012. This award combines recordings that were previously submitted for the Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album, Best Rock or Rap Gospel Album and Best Traditional Gospel Album.
The Recording Academy decided to make a distinction between Contemporary Christian Music (CCM) and Gospel music after determining that there were "two distinct wings to the gospel house: Contemporary Christian Music (CCM) and Urban or Soul Gospel. Additionally, it was determined that the word "Gospel" tends to conjure up the images and sounds of traditional soul gospel and not CCM. With this in mind, it was decided not only to rename each of the categories, but also the entire [genre] field. [It] was determined that album and songwriting categories are of highest importance; Gospel and CCM each now have one category for each". As a result, the previous gospel album categories were combined into Best Gospel Album (for traditional or contemporary/R&B gospel music) and Best Contemporary Christian Music Album.
Recipients
2010s Year Work Artist 2012 Hello Fear Kirk Franklin Angel & Chanelle (Deluxe Edition) Trin-I-Tee 5:7 The Journey Andrae Crouch The Love Album Kim Burrell Something Big Mary Mary 2013 Gravity Lecrae I Win Marvin Sapp Identity James Fortune and FIYA Jesus at the Center: Live Israel & New Breed Worship Soul Anita Wilson 2014 Greater Than (Live) Tye Tribbett Best Days Yet Bishop Paul S. Morton Best for Last: 20 Year Celebration Vol. 1 Donald Lawrence God Chaser (Live) William Murphy Grace (Live) Tasha Cobbs 2015List of Nominees 2015 Help Erica Campbell Amazing (Live) Ricky Dillard and New G Forever Yours Smokie Norful Vintage Worship Anita Wilson Withholding Nothing (Live) William McDowell 2016 Covered: Alive in Asia (Live Deluxe) Israel & New Breed Destined to Win (Live) Karen Clark Sheard Life Music: Stage Two Jonathan McReynolds Living It Dorinda Clark-Cole One Place Live Tasha Cobbs 2017 Losing My Religion Kirk Franklin Demonstrate (Live) William Murphy Fill This House Shirley Caesar Listen Tim Bowman Jr. A Worshipper's Heart (Live) Todd Dulaney 2018Grammy.com, 28 November 2017 Let Them Fall in Love CeCe Winans Bigger Than Me Le'Andria Close Marvin Sapp Crossover: Live from Music City Travis Greene Sunday Song Anita Wilson 2019Grammy.com, 7 December 2018 Hiding Place Tori Kelly A Great Work Brian Courtney Wilson Make Room Jonathan McReynolds One Nation Under God Jekalyn Carr The Other Side The Walls Group
2020s Year Work Artist 20202020 Grammy Awards nominations list Long Live Love Kirk Franklin Goshen Donald Lawrence presents the Tri-City Singers Settle Here William Murphy Something's Happening! A Christmas Album CeCe Winans Tunnel Vision Gene Moore 20212021 Nominations List Gospel According to PJ: From the Songbook of PJ Morton PJ Morton 2econd Wind: Ready Anthony Brown and group therAPy Choirmaster Ricky Dillard Kierra Kierra Sheard My Tribute Myron Butler 2022 Believe for It CeCe Winans Changing Your Story Jekalyn Carr Jonny X Mali: Live in LA Jonathan McReynolds and Mali Music Jubilee: Juneteenth Edition Maverick City Music Royalty: Live at the Ryman Tasha Cobbs Leonard 2023 Kingdom Book One Maverick City Music and Kirk Franklin All Things New Tye Tribbett Breakthrough: The Exodus (Live) Ricky Dillard Clarity DOE Die to Live Maranda Curtis 2024 All Things New: Live in Orlando Tye Tribbett Hymns (Live) Tasha Cobbs Leonard I Love You Erica Campbell The Maverick Way Maverick City Music My Truth Jonathan McReynolds 2025 More Than This CeCe Winans Choirmaster II (Live) Ricky Dillard Covered Vol. 1 Melvin Crispell III Father's Day Kirk Franklin Still Karen Karen Clark Sheard 2026 Heart of Mine Darrell Walls and PJ Morton Live Breathe Fight Tamela Mann Only on the Road (Live) Tye Tribbett Sunny Days Yolanda Adams Tasha Tasha Cobbs Leonard Each year is linked to the article about the Grammy Awards held that year.
See also Grammy Award for Best Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Performance Grammy Award for Best Gospel Song
References
External links Official site of the Grammy Awards