The Recording Academy has unveiled nominations for the 63rd prestigious annual GRAMMY Awards including leading musical genres such as pop, classical, jazz, rap, R&B, rock, Christian music, and more.
Nominations in all categories were announced in the early morning of November 24 via a global livestream featuring Recording Academy Chair and Interim President/CEO Harvey Mason jr. via their official website grammy.com for the first time.
Tauren Wells and the increasingly familiar name – the contemporary family band We The Kingdom have scored big with two nominations each for the Gospel Music category. Kierra Sheard’s new 6th studio album ‘KIERRA‘ has also been nominated in the gospel album of the year category, having scored big points earlier on Billboard and other renowned platforms for a number of weeks after it was released.
Check out the full list for the Gospel fraternity below;
Best Gospel Performance/Song
-“Wonderful Is Your Name” (Melvin Crispell III)
-“Release Live” (Ricky Dillard Feat. Tiff Joy; David Frazier, songwriter)
-“Come Together” (Rodney “Darkchild” Jerkins Present: The Good News; Lashawn Daniels, Rodney Jerkins, Lecrae Moore & Jazz Nixon, songwriters)
-“Won’t Let Go” (Travis Greene; Travis Green, songwriter)
-“Movin’ On” (Jonathan McReynolds & Mali Music; Darryl L. Howell, Jonathan Caleb McReynolds, Kortney Jamaal Pollard & Terrell Demetrius Wilson, songwriters)
Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song
-“The Blessing (Live)” (Kari Jobe, Cody Carnes & Elevation Worship; Chris Brown, Cody Carnes, Kari Jobe Carnes & Steven Furtick, songwriters)
-“Sunday Morning” (Lecrae featuring Kirk Franklin; Denisia Andrews, Jones Terrence Antonio, Saint Bodhi, Brittany Coney, Kirk Franklin, Lasanna Harris, Shama Joseph, Stuart Lowery, Lecrae Moore, & Nathanael Saint-Fleur, songwriters)
-“Holy Water” (We The Kingdom; Andrew Bergthold, Ed Cash, Franni Cash, Martin Cash & Scott Cash, songwriters)
-“Famous For” (I Believe) (Tauren Wells featuring Jenn Johnson; Chuck Butler, Krissy Nordhoff, Jordan Sapp, Alexis Slifer & Tauren Wells, songwriters)
-“There Was Jesus” (Zach Williams & Dolly Parton; Casey Beathard, Jonathan Smith & Zach Williams, songwriters)
Best Gospel Album
–2econd Wind: Ready (Anthony Brown & group therAPy)
–My Tribute (Myron Butler)
–Choirmaster (Ricky Dillard)
–Gospel According To PJ (PJ Morton)
–KIERRA (Kierra Sheard)
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album
–Run To The Father (Cody Carnes)
–All Of My Best Friends (Hillsong Young & Free)
–Holy Water (We The Kingdom)
–Citizen of Heaven (Tauren Wells)
–Jesus Is King (Kanye West)
