Grammy Award for Best Gospel Song

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Grammy Award for Best Gospel Song
Awarded forquality gospel songs
CountryUnited States
Presented by National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
First awarded2006
Last awarded2014
Website grammy.com

The Grammy Award for Best Gospel Song is an honor presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, [1] to recording artists for quality songs 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". [2]

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The award, reserved for songwriters, was first presented to James Harris III, Terry Lewis, James Q. Wright, and Yolanda Adams at the 48th Grammy Awards in 2006, for the song "Be Blessed" performed by Yolanda Adams. According to the category description guide for the 52nd Grammy Awards, the song "must contain melody and lyrics and must be either a new song or a song first achieving prominence during the eligibility year. Songs containing prominent samples or interpolations are not eligible." [3]

From 2012, the category was split into the Best Gospel Song and Best Contemporary Christian Music Song categories; the latter was a newly formed category as part of a major overhaul of Grammy categories, to make a clear distinction between traditional, old-style gospel songs and contemporary gospel songs.

Further changes in the Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music genre field will lead to a merger between this category and the Best Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Performance in 2015 into the new Best Gospel Performance/Song category, which will recognize Gospel performances and songwriting. 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". [4]

Recipients

Year [I] Winning songwriter(s)WorkPerforming artist(s) [II] Other nominees [III] Ref.
2006 Yolanda Adams
James Harris III
Terry Lewis
James Q. Wright		"Be Blessed" Yolanda Adams
[5]
2007 Kirk Franklin "Imagine Me" Kirk Franklin
[6]
2008 Karen Clark-Sheard "Blessed & Highly Favored" The Clark Sisters
  • Mark Hall & Bernie Herms – "East To West" (Casting Crowns)
  • Donald Lawrence – "Encourage Yourself" (Donald Lawrence & The Tri-City Singers)
  • Cary Barlowe, Toby McKeehan, Jamie Moore & Aaron Rice – "Made To Love" (TobyMac)
  • James L. Moss – "Praise On The Inside" (J. Moss)
 [7]
2009 Kirk Franklin "Help Me Believe" Kirk Franklin
  • James L. Moss – "Cover Me" (21:03 With Fred Hammond, Smokie Norful and J. Moss)
  • Erica Campbell, Joi Campbell, Trecina Campbell & Warryn Campbell – "Get Up" (Mary Mary)
  • Brandon Heath – "Give Me Your Eyes" (Brandon Heath)
  • Steven Curtis Chapman & MercyMe – "You Reign" (MercyMe)
 [8]
2010 Erica Campbell
Tina Campbell
Warryn Campbell 		"God In Me" Mary Mary featuring Kierra "Kiki" Sheard
[9]
2011 Jerry Peters
Kirk Whalum 		"It's What I Do" Kirk Whalum & Lalah Hathaway
  • Lisa Gungor & Michael Gungor – "Beautiful Things" (Gungor)
  • Sarah Hart & Chapin Hartford – "Better Than Hallelujah" (Amy Grant)
  • Jonas Myrin, Matt Redman, Jesse Reeves & Chris Tomlin – "Our God" (Chris Tomlin)
  • Gordon Kennedy – "Return to Sender" (Ricky Skaggs)
 [10]
2012 Kirk Franklin "Hello Fear"Kirk Franklin
 [11]
2013 Erica Campbell, Tina Campbell & Warryn Campbell"Go Get It" Mary Mary
  • Cheryl Fortune, James Fortune & Terence Vaughn – "Hold On" (James Fortune & FIYA Featuring Monica & Fred Hammond)
  • Phillip Feaster, Fred Hammond, Jonathan Miller & Calvin Rodgers – "I Feel Good" (Fred Hammond)
  • Aaron Lindsey & Marvin Sapp – "My Testimony" (Marvin Sapp)
  • Donald Lawrence – "Released" (Bill Winston & Living Word Featuring Donald Lawrence)
 [12]
2014 Tye Tribbett "If He Did It Before...Same God" (Live)Tye Tribbett
 [13]

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