Juno Award for Contemporary Christian/Gospel Album of the Year

The Juno Award for "Contemporary Christian/Gospel Album of the Year" has been awarded since 1998, as recognition each year for the best Christian/Gospel music album in Canada. A separate organization, the Gospel Music Association of Canada (GMA Canada), hands out a full array of awards for Canadian Contemporary Christian/Gospel music, covering a wide range of genres, each year with the annual Covenant Awards.^{[citation needed]}

Prior to the award's introduction, gospel albums were considered for the Blues/Gospel Album category.

Winners[]

Best Gospel Album (1998 - 2002)[]

Year	Winner	Album	Nominees	Ref.
1998	Steve Bell	Romantics & Mystics	Carolyn Arends, Feel Free , Speak Lord to Me , Caught Up , Just Look	^[1]
1999		Life Is	, To Whom It May Concern Lianna Klassen, Listen to the Sound , Our Message Toronto Mass Choir, Follow Him	^[2]
2000		Legacy of Hope	Jon Buller, Sinner and the Saint , God Only Knows , Sheryl Stacey Sweetsalt. Sweetsalt	^[3]
2001	Steve Bell	Simple Songs	, Mon Seul Espoir Naked Soul , Jake Mark Masri, Mark Masri	^[4]
2002	Downhere	Downhere	Carolyn Arends, Travelers Steve Bell, Waiting for Aidan Matt Brouwer, Imagerical Londa Larmond, Love Letters	^[5]

Contemporary Christian/Gospel Album of the Year (2003 - Present)[]

Year	Winner	Album	Nominees	Ref.
2003	Toronto Mass Choir	Instrument of Praise	, Army of Love Montreal Jubilation Gospel Choir, Jubilation VIII: A Cappella Plus , Saved! Starfield, Tumbling After
2004	Jill Paquette	Jill Paquette	Bec Abbot, Shine Like Stars , Forward to Forever Downhere, So Much for Substitutes Jim Witter, Forgiveness
2005	Greg Sczebel	Here to Stay	Fresh I.E., Red Letterz , Living Water , Taken Thousand Foot Krutch, Phenomenon
2006	Amanda Falk	Amanda Falk	, Livin’ for Something Relient K, MMHMM , In This Time Thousand Foot Krutch, The Art of Breaking
2007	Downhere	Wide-Eyed and Mystified	Carolyn Arends, Pollyanna's Attic Hawk Nelson, Smile, It's the End of the World Manafest, Glory Starfield, Beauty in the Broken
2008	Brian Doerksen	Holy God	Amanda Falk, Beautiful Relient K, Five Score and Seven Years Ago Newworldson, Roots Revolution Thousand Foot Krutch, The Flame in All of Us
2009	Downhere	Ending is Beginning	Article One, Colors and Sounds , Roar of Heaven newworldson, Salvation Station Starfield, I Will Go
2010	Matt Brouwer	Where's Our Revolution	Steve Bell, Devotion FM Static, Dear Diary , What I Gotta Say Thousand Foot Krutch, Welcome to the Masquerade
2011	Greg Sczebel	Love & the Lack Thereof	Article One, Clarity Manafest, The Chase Newworldson, Newworldson Starfield, The Saving One
2012	Downhere	On the Altar of Love	Jon Bauer, Forevermore Hawk Nelson, Crazy Love Kellie Loder, Imperfections & Directions , Don't Close Your Eyes
2013	The City Harmonic	I Have a Dream (It Feels Like Home)	, Hold On Manafest, Fighter Newworldson, Rebel Transmission Thousand Foot Krutch, The End Is Where We Begin
2014	Tim Neufeld	Trees	, Search the Heavens The City Harmonic, Heart The High Bar Gang, Lost & Undone: A Gospel Bluegrass Companion Jordan Raycroft, Jordan Raycroft
2015	Manic Drive	VIP	, Introducing Chelsea Amber , Analog Love in Digital Times Manafest, The Moment Tim Neufeld, The Joy
2016	Dan Bremnes	Where the Light Is	The City Harmonic, We Are Amanda Cook, Brave New World Matt Maher, Saints and Sinners Tim Neufeld, TREES - Chapter 2
2017	Tim Neufeld & the Glory Boys	Hootenanny!	Steve Bell, Where the Good Way Lies Warren Dean Flandez, Eternally Grateful , Potter & Clay Manafest, Reborn
2018	The Color	First Day of My Life	Love & the Outcome, These Are the Days Matt Maher, Echoes Manafest, Stones Jon Neufeld, We Are Free
2019	LoveCollide	Tired of Basic	Brian Doerksen, Grateful Manic Drive, Into the Wild Tim Neufeld and the Glory Boys, The Buffalo Road Show Warren Dean Flandez, Speak
2020	Matt Maher	The Advent of Christmas	Dan Bremnes, Wherever I Go Brian Doerksen, The Heart of Christmas Fresh I.E., Ill Street Blues Brooke Nicholls, Pursue	^[6]
2021	Shawna Cain	The Way	Steve Bell, Wouldn't You Love to Know? Allen Froese, All Things New K-Anthony, The Cure Matt Maher, Alive & Breathing	^[7]
2022	TBA May 15, 2022		, For the Kingdom The Color, No Greater Love , Songs of the Lord Manic Drive, Vol. 1 , Moments Movement	^[8]

References[]

^ "1998 Juno award nominees". Vancouver Sun, March 21, 1998.
^ "1999 Juno nominations". Hamilton Spectator, January 28, 1999.
^ Erin McCracken, "No Juno, but a rich experience for The LaPointes". The Daily Gleaner, March 13, 2000.
^ "The 2001 Juno nominees are...". Toronto Star, January 25, 2001.
^ "Juno nominations". Peterborough Examiner, February 12, 2002.
^ Melody Lau, "Alessia Cara and Tory Lanez lead the 2020 Juno nominations". CBC Music, January 28, 2019.
^ Holly Gordon and Andrea Warner, "Here are the 2021 Juno Award winners". CBC Music, June 4, 2021.
^ "Gala des prix JUNO 2022 | Charlotte Cardin devance Justin Bieber et The Weeknd dans les nominations!". sorstu.ca, March 1, 2022.

[1] "1998 Juno award nominees". Vancouver Sun, March 21, 1998.

[2] "1999 Juno nominations". Hamilton Spectator, January 28, 1999.

[3] Erin McCracken, "No Juno, but a rich experience for The LaPointes". The Daily Gleaner, March 13, 2000.

[4] "The 2001 Juno nominees are...". Toronto Star, January 25, 2001.

[5] "Juno nominations". Peterborough Examiner, February 12, 2002.

[6] Melody Lau, "Alessia Cara and Tory Lanez lead the 2020 Juno nominations". CBC Music, January 28, 2019.

[7] Holly Gordon and Andrea Warner, "Here are the 2021 Juno Award winners". CBC Music, June 4, 2021.

[8] "Gala des prix JUNO 2022 | Charlotte Cardin devance Justin Bieber et The Weeknd dans les nominations!". sorstu.ca, March 1, 2022.

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v t Juno Awards
Awards to individuals	Artist of the Year Fan Choice Group of the Year Breakthrough Artist of the Year Breakthrough Group of the Year Producer Recording Engineer Songwriter
Awards for recordings	Album of the Year Adult Alternative Adult Contemporary Alternative Blues Children's Comedy Classical – Large Ensemble Classical – Solo or Chamber Ensemble Classical – Vocal or Choral Performance Classical Composition CCM/Gospel Contemporary Indigenous Artist Contemporary R&B/Soul Contemporary Roots Country Dance Electronic Francophone Global Music Heavy Metal Instrumental International Jazz – Solo Jazz – Group Jazz – Vocal Pop Rap Album/EP Rap Single Reggae Rock Single of the Year Traditional Indigenous Artist Traditional R&B/Soul Traditional Roots Underground Dance
Awards for technicality	Music DVD Recording Package Video
Discontinued categories	Indigenous Artist or Group (1994-2021) Best Jazz Album (1977-1993) Jazz – Contemporary (1994-2014) Jazz – Traditional (1994-2014) Rap (1991-2021) R&B/Soul (1985-2020) Best Roots and Traditional Album (1989-1995) Roots & Traditional Album – Solo (1996-2015) Roots & Traditional Album – Group (1996-2015)
Special awards	Canadian Music Hall of Fame Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award Juno Humanitarian Award
Years	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1989¹ 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Leadership	Walt Grealis Stan Klees Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
Notes	¹ Due to the rescheduling of the ceremony from late fall to early spring, no ceremony was held in 1988.
See also Music of Canada Polaris Music Prize Much Music Video Awards Félix Awards East Coast Music Awards Western Canadian Music Awards