Grammy Award for Best Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Performance

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Grammy Award for Best Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Performance
Awarded forQuality vocal or instrumental gospel and CCM recordings
CountryUnited States
Presented by National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
First awarded1968
Last awarded2014
Website www.grammy.com

The Grammy Award for Best Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Performance is an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards. [1] According to the 54th Grammy Awards description guide it is designed for solo, duo/groups or collaborative (vocal or instrumental) gospel or Contemporary Christian music (CCM) and its subgenres' recordings and is limited to singles or tracks only. [2]

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This award was first handed out in 1968 under the name of Best Gospel Performance and was intended for albums only.

In 1971 the award was renamed to Best Gospel Performance (other than soul gospel), including both singles and albums, and ran until 1978 when the award was divided into two new awards, the Grammy Awards for Best Gospel Performance, Traditional and Best Gospel Performance, Contemporary.

The category was then revived in 2005 and it was known once again under the name of Best Gospel Performance. In 2012, following a major overhaul of the Grammy categories, this award was renamed as Best Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Performance which was eligible for all subgenres in the gospel/Contemporary Christian Music (CCM) field.

From 2015, due to a restructuring of the Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music category field, this category will merge with the Best Contemporary Christian Music Song to create the new Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song category, which will recognize both performers and songwriters of Contemporary Christian Music songs (Gospel performances will now fall under the Best Gospel Performance/Song category). According to the Grammy committee, "changes to the field were made in the interest of clarifying the criteria, representing the current culture and creative DNA of the gospel and Contemporary Christian Music communities, and better reflecting the diversity and authenticity of today's gospel music industry". [3]

The Blackwood Brothers hold the record for most awards in this category with four wins, two of them alongside Porter Wagoner. They also hold the record for most nominations, with seven. Two-time winners include Porter Wagoner, The Oak Ridge Boys, Karen Clark Sheard and CeCe Winans.

Recipients

Two-time award winner Porter Wagoner Porter wagoner 1999.jpg
Two-time award winner Porter Wagoner
The Oak Ridge Boys have won the award twice OAK RIDGE BOYS.jpg
The Oak Ridge Boys have won the award twice
2007 winner Yolanda Adams Yolanda Adams.jpg
2007 winner Yolanda Adams
Mary J. Blige won the award in 2008 alongside Aretha Franklin and tied with The Clark Sisters MaryJBligeJan10.jpg
Mary J. Blige won the award in 2008 alongside Aretha Franklin and tied with The Clark Sisters
2009 winners Mary Mary Erica and Tina Campbell.jpg
2009 winners Mary Mary
Karen Clark Sheard winner in 2008 and 2010 Karen Clark Sheard-photo-by-raymond-boyd.jpg
Karen Clark Sheard winner in 2008 and 2010
YearWinning artistWorkOther nomineesRef.
1968 Porter Wagoner & The Blackwood Brothers Quartet More Grand Old Gospel [4]
1969 Happy Goodman Family The Happy Gospel of the Happy Goodmans— [5]
1970 Porter Wagoner & The Blackwood Brothers Quartet In Gospel Country [6]
1971 Oak Ridge Boys Talk About the Good Times [7]
1972 Charley Pride Let Me Live [8]
1973 Blackwood Brothers L-O-V-E [9]
1974 Blackwood Brothers Release Me (from My Sin) [10]
1975 Oak Ridge Boys The Baptism of Jesse Taylor
1976 The Imperials No Shortage [11]
1977 Oak Ridge Boys Where the Soul Never Dies [12]
2005 Ray Charles & Gladys Knight "Heaven Help Us All" [13]
2006 CeCe Winans "Pray" [14]
2007 Yolanda Adams "Victory" [15]
2008
(tie)		 The Clark Sisters
Aretha Franklin & Mary J. Blige


United States

"Blessed & Highly Favored"
"Never Gonna Break My Faith"		 [16]
2009 Mary Mary "Get Up" [17]
2010 Donnie McClurkin featuring Karen Clark Sheard "Wait On The Lord" [18]
2011 BeBe and CeCe Winans "Grace" [19]
2012 Le'Andria Johnson"Jesus" [20]
2013 Matt Redman "10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord)" [21]
2014 Tasha CobbsBreak Every Chain (Live) [22]

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