The Grammy Award for Best Gospel Performance/Song is category at the annual Grammy Awards. It was first awarded in 2015. It combines two previously separate categories in the Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music field, Best Gospel Song (for songwriters) and Best Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Performance (for performers). The current category recognizes both songwriters and performers (solo/duos/groups/collaborations/etc.) and is open for singles or tracks only. Songwriters are only awarded a Grammy Award if it is a newly written song. Grammys for cover versions of previously recorded songs are awarded to the performer(s) only.
| Grammy Award for Best Gospel Performance/Song | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | quality vocal or instrumental Gospel performances and songwriting |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences |
| First awarded | 2015 |
| Currently held by | Maverick City Music & Kirk Franklin, "Kingdom" (2023) |
| Website | grammy.com |
These changes were made in June 2014 by NARAS "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."[1]
Along with its sister category Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song, both are the only Grammy categories that award both performers and songwriters.
According to the Grammy committee, the move recognizes "the critical contribution of both songwriters and performers by combining songwriters and artists into the Best Gospel Performance/Song and Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song categories."
Contemporary Christian Music performances, which were previously recognized in the Best Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Performance category, now fall under the Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song category only.
Kirk Franklin has won the most Grammy's in this category, six as of 2024. (If a winning artist is both the performer and the composer, they win just one Grammy).
Recipients
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| Year[I] | Work | Performing artist(s) | Songwriter(s) | Nominees Songwriter(s) mentioned first, followed by title and performing artist(s) |
Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | "No Greater Love" | Smokie Norful | Aaron W. Lindsey & Smokie Norful |
|
[2] |
| 2016 | "Wanna Be Happy?" | Kirk Franklin | Kirk Franklin |
|
[3] |
| 2017 | "God Provides" | Tamela Mann | Kirk Franklin |
|
[4] |
| 2018 | "Never Have To Be Alone" | CeCe Winans | Dwan Hill & Alvin Love III |
|
[5] |
| 2019 | "Never Alone" | Tori Kelly featuring Kirk Franklin | Kirk Franklin & Victoria Kelly |
|
[6] |
| 2020 | "Love Theory" | Kirk Franklin | Kirk Franklin |
|
[7] |
| 2021 | "Movin' On" | Jonathan McReynolds & Mali Music | Darryl L. Howell, Jonathan Caleb McReynolds, Kortney Jamaal Pollard & Terrell Demetrius Wilson |
|
[8] |
| 2022 | Never Lost | CeCe Winans | Chris Brown, Steven Furtick & Tiffany Hammer |
|
[9] |
| 2023 | Kingdom | Maverick City Music & Kirk Franklin | Kirk Franklin, Jonathan Jay, Chandler Moore & Jacob Poole |
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[10] |
| 2024 | "All Things" | Kirk Franklin | Kirk Franklin |
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Grammy.com, 12 June 2014
- ^ List of Nominees 2015
- ^ "Grammy Awards 2016: See the Full Winners List". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-04-06.
- ^ "59th Annual GRAMMY Awards Winners & Nominees". GRAMMY.com. Retrieved 2017-04-06.
- ^ Grammy.com, 28 November 2017
- ^ Grammy.com, 7 December 2018
- ^ 2020 Grammy Awards nominations list
- ^ 2021 Nominations List
- ^ "2022 GRAMMYs Awards: Complete Nominations List". GRAMMY.com. 2021-11-23. Retrieved 2021-11-30.
- ^ "2023 GRAMMY Nominations: See The Complete Nominees List". www.grammy.com. Retrieved 2022-11-27.