The Grammy Award for Best Roots Gospel Album has been an award category at the annual Grammy Awards since 2015.
The award was first approved by the board of trustees of the Grammy Awards in June 2014.Grammy.com, 12 June 2014
According to NARAS, the award was introduced to "provide a category for traditional Southern gospel and other "roots" gospel albums as both a protector of the heritage of this music and an acknowledgement of the growing interest and support of these genres." It is similar to the Grammy Award for Best Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album category which was active from 1991 to 2011.
The category is open for solo artists, duos, groups and other collaborations and is for albums only. In the Gospel genre field, it will sit with other categories such as Best Gospel Album and Best Contemporary Christian Music Album.
The Grammy is awarded to the performer(s) on the winning recording. If there is no identifiable artist (e.g. in soundtrack or various artist albums), the award is given to the (compilation) producer(s).
Recipients
2010s Year Work Artist 2015List of Nominees 2015 Shine for All the People Mike Farris A Cappella The Martins Forever Changed T. Graham Brown His Way of Loving Me Tim Menzies Hymns Gaither Vocal Band 2016 Still Rockin' My Soul The Fairfield Four Directions Home (Songs We Love, Songs You Know) Point of Grace Pray Now Karen Peck and New River 2017 Hymns That Are Important to Us Joey + Rory Better Together Gaither Vocal Band God Don't Never Change: The Songs of Blind Willie Johnson Various Artists Hymns and Songs of Inspiration Gordon Mote Nature's Symphony in 432 The Isaacs 2018 Sing It Now: Songs of Faith & Hope Reba McEntire The Best of the Collingsworth Family, Volume 1 The Collingsworth Family Give Me Jesus Larry Cordle Hope for All Nations Karen Peck and New River Resurrection Joseph Habedank 2019 Unexpected Jason Crabb Clear Skies Ernie Haase & Signature Sound Favorites: Revisited by Request The Isaacs Love Love Love Gordon Mote Still Standing The Martins
2020s Year Work Artist 20202020 Grammy Awards nominations list Testimony Gloria Gaynor Deeper Oceans Joseph Habedank Deeper Roots: Where the Bluegrass Grows Steven Curtis Chapman Gonna Sing, Gonna Shout Various Artists His Name Is Jesus Tim Menzies 20212021 Nominations List Celebrating Fisk! (The 150th Anniversary Album) Fisk Jubilee Singers 20/20 The Crabb Family Beautiful Day Mark Bishop Something Beautiful: Our Favorite Songs of Bill & Gloria Gaither Ernie Haase and Signature Sound What Christmas Really Means The Erwins 2022 My Savior Carrie Underwood Alone with My Faith Harry Connick Jr. Keeping On Ernie Haase & Signature Sound Songs for the Times The Isaacs That's Gospel, Brother Gaither Vocal Band 2023 The Urban Hymnal Tennessee State University Marching Band 2:22 Karen Peck and New River Confessio - Irish-American Roots Keith & Kristyn Getty Let's Just Praise the Lord Gaither Vocal Band The Willie Nelson Family Willie Nelson 2024 Echoes of the South Blind Boys of Alabama Meet Me at the Cross Brian Free & Assurance Shine: The Darker the Night, the Brighter the Light Gaither Vocal Band Songs That Pulled Me Through the Tough Times Becky Isaacs Bowman Tribute to the King The Blackwood Brothers Quartet 2025 Church Cory Henry The Gospel According to Mark Mark D. Conklin The Gospel Sessions, Vol. 2 Authentic Unlimited Loving You The Nelons Rhapsody The Harlem Gospel Travelers 2026 I Will Not Be Moved (Live) The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir Back to My Roots Candi Staton Good Answers Karen Peck & New River Praise & Worship: More Than a Hollow Hallelujah The Isaacs Then Came the Morning Gaither Vocal Band
Artists with multiple nominations
6 nominations Gaither Vocal Band
4 nominations The Isaacs Karen Peck and New River
3 nominations Ernie Haase & Signature Sound
2 nominations The Martins Tim Menzies Joseph Habedank Gordon Mote
See also List of Grammy Award categories
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