2008 Gospel Grammy Nominees
Best Gospel Performance
(For solo, duo, group as collaborative performances. Singles or tracks with vocal containing Gospel lyrics. All genres of Gospel music are eligible.)
East To West
Casting Crowns
Track from: The Altar And The Door
Blessed & Highly Favored
The Clark Sisters
Track from: Live - One Last Time
[EMI Gospel]
Never Gonna Break My Faith
Aretha Franklin & Mary J. Blige (Featuring The Harlem Boys Choir)
Track from: Bobby: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
[Island Def Jam]
With Long Life
Israel And New Breed Featuring T-Bone
Track from: A Deeper Level
[Integrity Music]
He Set My Life To Music
CeCe Winans
Track from: She Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool - A Tribute To Barbara Mandrell
[BNA Records]
Best Gospel Song
(A Songwriter(s) Award. For Song Eligibility Guidelines see Category #3. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.)
Blessed & Highly Favored
Karen Clark-Sheard, songwriter (The Clark Sisters)
Track from: Live - One Last Time
East To West
Mark Hall & Bernie Herms, songwriters (Casting Crowns)
Track from: The Altar And The Door
Encourage Yourself
Donald Lawrence, songwriter (Donald Lawrence & The Tri-City Singers)
Track from: The Grand Finale: Encourage Yourself
Made To Love
Cary Barlowe, Toby McKeehan, Jamie Moore & Aaron Rice, songwriters (TobyMac)
Track from: Portable Sounds
Praise On The Inside
James L. Moss, songwriter (J. Moss)
[Gospo Centric; Publisher: Millenni-era Music]
Best Rock Or Rap Gospel Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)
Before The Daylight's Shot
Ashley Cleveland
HIStory: Our Place In His Story
The Cross Movement
Open Book
Da' T.R.U.T.H.
The Reckoning
Pillar
Comatose
Skillet
Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)
The Altar And The Door
Casting Crowns
A Deeper Level
Israel And New Breed
True Beauty
Mandisa
Stand
Michael W. Smith
Portable Sounds
TobyMac
Best Southern, Country, Or Bluegrass Gospel Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)
Amazing Grace
Bill & Gloria Gaither And The Homecoming Friends
Journey Of Joy
Karen Peck And New River
Everybody's Brother
Billy Joe Shaver
Salt Of The Earth
Ricky Skaggs & The Whites
Tell Someone
Kenny & Amanda Smith Band
I'll Fly Away: Country Hymns & Songs Of Faith
Various Artists
Ed Cash, producer
Best Traditional Gospel Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)
Live - One Last Time
The Clark Sisters
The Grand Finale': Encourage Yourself
Donald Lawrence & The Tri-City Singers
Life Changing
Smokie Norful
Thirsty
Marvin Sapp
Cherch
Bebe Winans
Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)
Grateful
Coko
Free To Worship
Fred Hammond
V2…
J. Moss
T57
Trin-I-Tee 5:7
Alone But Not Alone
Marvin Winans
Nominees in the Spoken Word category.
Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Story Telling)
Trivia question answers Barack Obama, Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter.
