2011 Grammy Award Christian Music Nominees

This list covers the gospel categories only as announced on Wednesday  and does not include Christian nominees in other categories…

Note:  This required a lot of editing and time did not permit readjusting the spacing;  the green name or title, followed by space and then additional credits constitute a single entry.   If someone wants to re-edit this and e-mail the HTML, I’ll repost it.

50. 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.

He Wants It All

Forever Jones

Track from: Get Ready

[EMI Gospel]

You Hold My World

Israel Houghton

Track from: Love God. Love People.

[Integrity Music]

Nobody Greater

VaShawn Mitchell

Track from: Triumphant

[EMI Gospel]

He’s Been Just That Good

Kirk Whalum & Lalah Hathaway

Track from: The Gospel According To Jazz Chapter III

[Rendezvous Music/ Mack Avenue Records]

Grace

BeBe & CeCe Winans

Track from: Still

[B&C/Malaco]

51. Best Gospel Song

A Songwriter(s) Award. For Song Eligibility Guidelines see Category #3. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.

Beautiful Things

Lisa Gungor & Michael Gungor, songwriters (Gungor)

Track from: Beautiful Things

[Brash Music]

Better Than A Hallelujah

Sarah Hart & Chapin Hartford, songwriters (Amy Grant)

Track from: Somewhere Down The Road

[Amy Grant Productions/ Sparrow Records; Publishers: River Oaks Music, spiritandsong.com Publishing, Sony/Tree Music Publishing, Michael Puryear Music]

It’s What I Do

Jerry Peters & Kirk Whalum, songwriters (Kirk Whalum & Lalah Hathaway)

Track from: The Gospel According To Jazz Chapter III

[Rendezvous Music/ Mack Avenue Records; Publishers: Whalumusic/Jerry Peters Music]

Our God

Jonas Myrin, Matt Redman, Jesse Reeves & Chris Tomlin, songwriters (Chris

Tomlin)

Track from: Passion: Awakening

[Sparrow Records / sixstepsrecords; Publishers: Thankyou Music, sixsteps Music/worshiptogether.com Songs/Said And Done Music/Vamos Publishing/Jonas Myrin/SHOUT! Publishing]

Return To Sender

Gordon Kennedy, songwriter (Ricky Skaggs)

Track from: Mosaic

[Skaggs Family Records; Publisher: GlennJoy Music]

52. Best Rock Or Rap Gospel Album

For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.

Church Music

David Crowder Band

[Sparrow Records / Sixstepsrecords]

For Those Who Wait

Fireflight

[Flicker Records]

Beautiful Things

Gungor

[Brash Music]

Rehab

Lecrae

[Reach Records]

Hello Hurricane

Switchfoot

[Atlantic Recording Corp/ Credential Recordings]

53. Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album

For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.

Beauty Will Rise

Steven Curtis Chapman

[Sparrow Records]

Love God. Love People.

Israel Houghton

[Integrity Music]

Pieces Of A Real Heart

Sanctus Real

[Sparrow Records]

Mosaic

Ricky Skaggs

[Skaggs Family Records]

Tonight

TobyMac

[ForeFront Records]

54. Best Southern, Country, Or Bluegrass Gospel Album

For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.

Times Like These

Austins Bridge

[Daywind Records]

The Reason

Diamond Rio

[Word]

Expecting Good Things

Jeff & Sheri Easter

[Spring Hill Music Group/She Loved Music]

Journey On

Ty Herndon

[FUNL Music]

Live At Oak Tree: Karen Peck & New River

Karen Peck & New River

[Daywind Records]

55. Best Traditional Gospel Album

For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.

The Experience

Vanessa Bell Armstrong

[EMI Gospel]

A City Called Heaven

Shirley Caesar

[Light Records]

Downtown Church

Patty Griffin

[Credential Recordings]

Here I Am

Marvin Sapp

[Verity]

All In One

Karen Clark Sheard

[KaRew Records/ EMI Gospel]

56. Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album

For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.

Get Ready

Forever Jones

[EMI Gospel]

Love Unstoppable

Fred Hammond

[Verity]

Triumphant

VaShawn Mitchell

[EMI Gospel]

Aaron Sledge

Aaron Sledge

[EMI Gospel]

Still

BeBe & CeCe Winans

[B&C/Malaco]

And The Nominees Are…

GMA Canada announces the nominees in a wide variety of categories… many of these artists have a reach beyond the Canadian border and will be known by readers in other parts of the world.  There are many, many diverse categories; the list below simply reflects a few of the major award nominees.

See the whole list here.

Song Of The Year

Causin’ A Commotion – Greg Sczebel (Greg Sczebel)

Hold Us Together – Matt Maher (Matt Maher – Steve Wilson)

Love Came Down – Ben Cantelon (Ben Cantelon)

Rediscover You – Starfield (Tim Neufeld – Jon Neufeld – Ben Glover)

There Is A Way – Newworldson (Newworldson – Thomas “Tawgs” Salter)

Recorded Song Of The Year

Causin’ A Commotion – Greg Sczebel

Hold Us Together – Matt Maher

No Plan B – Manafest

The One (I’m Fighting For) – Article One

There Is A Way – Newworldson

Producer Of The Year

Sebastian Demrey

Andrew Horrocks

Chris Janz

Steve Klassen

Roy Salmond

New Artist Of The Year

Define The Line

Junkyard Poets

Linnea Salte

The Wiebes

Zerbin

Male Vocalist Of The Year

Ben Cantelon

Matt Maher

Mark Masri

Kevin Pauls

Greg Sczebel

Female Vocalist Of The Year

Carolyn Arends

Amanda Falk

Stephanie Israelson

Ali Matthews

Naomi Striemer

Group Of The Year

Downhere

Hawk Nelson

Newworldson

Starfield

Thousand Foot Krutch

Artist Of The Year

Matt Maher

Manafest

Newworldson

Greg Szcebel

Starfield

Album Of The Year

Alive Again – Matt Maher

The Chase – Manafest

Newworldson – Newworldson

The Saving One – Starfield

Welcome To The Masquerade – Thousand Foot Krutch

Awards in each category will be presented October 29th in Calgary, Alberta