MOTOWN GOSPEL & CAPITOL CHRISTIAN MUSIC GROUP (CCMG) CELEBRATE GRAMMY NOMINATIONS

Motown Gospel announces 5 total nominations for the 2026 GRAMMY Awards, celebrating honorees in five categories. Nominees represent Capitol CMG entities including CCMG Label Group, Motown Gospel & Re:Think and CCMG Publishing. The 2026 GRAMMY Awards will be held at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on Sunday, February 1, 2026. The ceremony will be broadcast live on CBS and available for streaming on Paramount+.

“This year’s Grammy nominations are a testament to the excellence, innovation, and faith that continue to define our Motown Gospel roster. We’ve advocated for collaboration this year and I’m proud to see the results of these collaborations that tested creative boundaries, but also held true to our artists’ core values. I’m extremely proud of all of the nominees,” shared EVP of Motown Gospel and TAMLA, Walter Thomas.

Motown Gospel’s 2026 GRAMMY nominations:

Category 53 – Gospel Performance/Song 

“Amen”

Pastor Mike Jr.

Label Group & Publishing

Category 53 – Gospel Performance/Song 

“Do It Again”

Kirk Franklin

Publishing

Category 53 – Gospel Performance/Song 

“Still (Live)”

Jonathan McReynolds & Jamal Roberts

Label Group & Publishing

Category 53 – Gospel Performance/Song 

“Church”

Tasha Cobbs Leonard, John Legend

Label Group & Publishing

Category 55 – Gospel Album

TASHA

Tasha Cobbs Leonard

Label Group & Publishing

Category 55 – Gospel Album

Only On The Road (Live)

Tye Tribbett

Label Group

About Motown Gospel

Motown Gospel is one of the most prominent gospel music companies in the world, boasting over two decades of chart-topping and award-winning artists, albums, and songs. A division of Capitol CMG/Universal Music Group, the world’s leading Christian music company and market leader in recorded music, distribution, and music publishing, Motown Gospel’s artist roster has included Tasha Cobbs Leonard, Smokie Norful, Tye Tribbett, Brian Courtney Wilson, Kierra Sheard, The Clark Sisters and more.

About Capitol Christian Music Group:

Capitol Christian Music Group (CCMG) is the world’s leading Christian Music company and market leader in recorded music and music publishing. CCMG operates several divisions, including CCMG Label Group, Sparrow Records, Motown Gospel, Tamla Records, ForeFront Records, sixstepsrecords, Jesus Culture, Commercial Partnerships and CCMG Publishing. CCMG is home to artists Chris Tomlin, Amy Grant, TobyMac, Tasha Cobbs Leonard, Tauren Wells, Anne Wilson, Jeremy Camp, We the Kingdom, Tye Tribbett, Crowder, Josiah Queen and many others. Capitol CMG Publishing, in addition to publishing most of the CCMG labels’ premier artist/writers, represents many of the leading writers in Christian/Gospel including Ben Glover, Ed Cash, Tommee Profitt, Kirk Franklin, Jeff Pardo and many more. Key Distribution and Publishing Administration partners include Primary Wave/The Gaither Music Group, Centricity Music, Maranatha Music, The Belonging Co, and Getty Music. Led by Brad O’Donnell and a strong executive team of long-time Christian and Gospel music veterans, CCMG is characterized by a passionate commitment to their artists, songwriters, customers, business partners, and one another, as well as a strong spirit of community service.