Grammy Award for Best Roots Gospel Album

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Grammy Award for Best Roots Gospel Album
Awarded forquality gospel performances in the American Roots subgenres (folk, bluegrass, 'southern' gospel, regional roots music, etc.)
CountryUnited States
Presented by National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
First awarded2015
Currently held by Tennessee State University Marching Band, The Urban Hymnal (2023)
Website grammy.com

The Grammy Award for Best Roots Gospel Album has been an award category at the annual Grammy Awards since 2015.

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The award was first approved by the board of trustees of the Grammy Awards in June 2014. [1]

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

Mike Farris was the first recipient of the award in 2015. Mike Farris Ron Baker 1.jpg
Mike Farris was the first recipient of the award in 2015.
Joey + Rory won in 2017. Rory accepted the award almost one year after Joey died. Fourth of July in Guantanamo DVIDS297046.jpg
Joey + Rory won in 2017. Rory accepted the award almost one year after Joey died.
2022 winner Carrie Underwood. CroppedCarrieUnderwoodAtTheWorldArena.jpg
2022 winner Carrie Underwood.
Year [I] Performing artist(s)WorkNomineesRef.
2015 Mike Farris Shine for All the People
 [2]
2016 The Fairfield Four Still Rockin' My Soul
2017 Joey + Rory Hymns That Are Important to Us
2018 Reba McEntire Sing It Now: Songs of Faith & Hope
  • The Collingsworth Family – The Best of the Collingsworth Family, Volume 1
  • Larry Cordle – Give Me Jesus
  • Joseph Habedank – Resurrection
  • Karen Peck and New River – Hope for All Nations
2019 Jason Crabb Unexpected
2020 Gloria Gaynor Testimony
  • Steven Curtis Chapman - Deeper Roots: Where the Bluegrass Grows
  • Joseph Habedank - Deeper Oceans
  • Tim Menzies - His Name is Jesus
  • Various Artists; Jerry Sally, producer - Gonna Sing, Gonna Shout
 [3]
2021 Fisk Jubilee Singers Celebrating Fisk! (The 150th Anniversary Album)
 [4]
2022 Carrie Underwood My Savior
[5]
2023 Tennessee State University Marching Band The Urban Hymnal [6]
2024 Blind Boys of Alabama Echoes of the South

Artists with multiple nominations

See also

  1. ↑ Grammy.com, 12 June 2014
  2. ↑ List of Nominees 2015
  3. ↑ 2020 Grammy Awards nominations list
  4. ↑ 2021 Nominations List
  5. ↑ "2022 GRAMMYs Awards: Complete Nominations List". GRAMMY.com. 2021-11-23. Retrieved 2021-11-30.
  6. ↑ "2023 GRAMMY Nominations: See The Complete Nominees List". www.grammy.com. Retrieved 2022-11-20.

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