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 byNational Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
First awarded2015
Currently held byFisk Jubilee Singers, Celebrating Fisk! (The 150th Anniversary Album) (2021)
Websitegrammy.com

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.[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."

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[]

Joey + Rory won in 2017. Rory accepted the award almost one year after Joey died
Year[I] Artist Title Other nominees[III] Ref.
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
  • Gaither Vocal Band – Better Together
  • The Isaacs – Nature's Symphony In 432
  • Gordon Mote – Hymns and Songs of Inspiration
  • Various Artists – God Don't Never Change - The Songs of Blind Willie Johnson
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)
  • Mark Bishop - Beautiful Day
  • The Crabb Family - 20/20
  • The Erwins - What Christmas Really Means
  • Ernie Haase and Signature Sound - Something Beautiful: Our Favorite Songs of Bill & Gloria Gaither
 [4]
2022 Winner TBA on 31 January 2022 [5]

See also[]

References and links[]

  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.
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