51st Annual Grammy Award Winners
The Gospel Categories
 The 51st Annual Grammy Award winners were announced from Los Angeles on February 8, 2009.
In brief, eligibility is limited to those recordings released during the period of October 1, 2007 through September 30, 2008.
Like last year, there are four categories specific to Gospel; we list them
below with the winners highlighted in YELLOW text.
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 Best Gospel Performance
"East To West": Casting Crowns;
Track from: The Altar And The Door Live; Beach Street Records/Reunion Records
"I Understand": Kim Burrell, Rance Allen, Bebe Winans, Mariah Carey & Hezekiah Walker's Love Fellowship Tabernacle Church Choir;
Track from: Randy Jackson's Music Club, Volume One ; Concord Records/Dream Merchant 21 Ent.
"Get Up": Mary Mary;
Track from: The Sound; Columbia
"Shall We Gather At The River": Take 6;
Track from: The Standard; Heads Up International
"Waging War": CeCe Winans;
Track from: Thy Kingdom Come ; PureSprings Gospel/EMI Gospel
Best Gospel Song (song/songwriter)
"Cover Me":
James L. Moss, songwriter (21:03 With Fred Hammond, Smokie Norful & J Moss); from
Total Attention;
Verity/Zomba Gospel; Publisher: Millenni-era Music
"Get Up":
Erica Campbell, Tina Campbell, Warryn Campbell & Eric Dawkins, songwriters (Mary Mary); from
The Sound;
Columbia; Publishers: Wet Ink Red Music/That's Plum Song/It's Tea Tyme/EMI April/E.D. Duz-It Music/Irving Music/Underdog Songs
"Give Me Your Eyes":
Brandon Heath & Jason Ingram, songwriter (Brandon Heath); from
What If We;
Reunion Records; Publishers: Sitka6 Music/Peertunes/Grange Hill Music/Windsor Way Music
"Help Me Believe":
Kirk Franklin, songwriter (Kirk Franklin); from
The Fight Of My Life;
Fo Yo Soul Ent./Zomba Gospel ; Publishers: Universal Music-Z Songs/Kerrion Publishing
"You Reign":
Jim Bryson, Steven Curtis Chapman, Nathan Cochran, Barry Graul, Bart Millard, Mike Scheuchzer & Robby Shaffer, songwriters (MercyMe); from
All That Is Within Me; INO Records; Publishers: Simpleville Music/Wet As A Fish Music, Sparrow Song/Peach Hill Songs
Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album
Reflections;
Jason Champion;
EMI Gospel/Brooks Entertainment
The Fight Of My Life;
Kirk Franklin;
Fo Yo Soul Entertainment/ Zomba Gospel
The Sound;
Mary Mary;
Columbia
Donald Lawrence Introduces: The Murrills' Family Prayer
;
Quiet Water/ Verity
Stand Out;
Tye Tribbett & G.A.;
Columbia
Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album
Down In New Orleans; The Blind Boys Of Alabama; Time Life
I'll Say Yes ; The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir; Integrity Music
Take It Back; Dorinda Clark-Cole; GospoCentric/Zomba
Deitrick Haddon Presents... Together In Worship
Voices Of Unity; Tyscot Records
Bishop Charles E. Blake Presents... No Limit
The West Angeles COGIC Mass Choir; EMI Gospel
Also, in the Best Rock or Rap Gospel Album, Toby Mac (for Alive and Transported) won over Flame, After Edmund, Sanctus Real and Superchick.
In the Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album, CeCe Winans (for Thy Kingdom Come) won over Steven Curtis Chapman, Brandon Heath, Leeland and Chris Tomlin.
Other Related Info:
Here's our list of the winners in Gospel from last year (the 50th Annual Grammy Awards), plus a direct link to the official Grammy website.
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