Grammy Award for Best Rock Gospel Album

The Grammy Award for Best Rock Gospel Album was awarded from 1991 to 2011. From 1991 to 1993 the category was awarded as Best Rock/Contemporary Gospel Album. From 2007 to 2011 it was awarded as Best Rock or Rap Gospel Album.

The award was discontinued from 2012 in a major overhaul of Grammy categories. From 2012, recordings in this category were shifted to either Best Contemporary Christian Music Album or Best Gospel Album categories.

Recipients

Year^[I]	Winning artist(s)	Work	Other nominees	Ref.
1991	Petra	Beyond Belief	Phil Keaggy – Find Me in These Fields Mylon & Broken Heart – Crank It Up Eddie DeGarmo – Phase II Charlie Peacock – The Secret of Time	[1]
1992	Taff, RussRuss Taff	Under Their Influence	Kim Hill – Brave Heart DeGarmo & Key – Go to the Top DC Talk – Nu Thang Margaret Becker – Simple House	[2]
1993	Petra	Unseen Power	White Heart – Tales of Wonder Pray for Rain – Pray for Rain Geoff Moore and the Distance – A Friend Like U Newsboys – Not Ashamed	[3]
1994	DC Talk	Free at Last	Phil Keaggy – Crimson and Blue Geoff Moore and the Distance – Evolution DeGarmo & Key – Heat it Up Disciples of Christ – Pullin' No Punches	[4]
1995	Petra	Wake-Up Call	Steve Taylor – Squint Newsboys – Going Public DeGarmo & Key – To Extremes Various Artists – Strong Hand of Love	[5]
1996	Cleveland, AshleyAshley Cleveland	Lesson of Love	Big Tent Revival – Big Tent Revival Jars of Clay – Jars of Clay Geoff Moore and the Distance – Home Run! Petra – No Doubt	[6]
1997	DC Talk	Jesus Freak	Audio Adrenaline – Bloom Rebecca St. James – God Newsboys – Take Me to Your Leader Big Tent Revival – Open All Nite	[7]
1998	DC Talk	Welcome to the Freak Show	Third Day – Conspiracy No. 5 Smalltown Poets – Smalltown Poets Geoff Moore and the Distance – Threads All Star United – All Star United	[8]
1999	Ashley Cleveland	You Are There	Sixpence None the Richer – Sixpence None the Richer Petra – God Fixation Big Tent Revival – Amplifier Audio Adrenaline – Some Kind of Zombie	[9]
2000	Rebecca St. James	Pray	Third Day – Time Gospel Gangstaz – I Can See Clearly Now Big Tent Revival – Choose Life Audio Adrenaline – Underdog	[10]
2001	Petra	Double Take	Third Day – Offerings: A Worship Album Switchfoot – Learning to Breathe Smalltown Poets – Third Verse Jennifer Knapp – Lay It Down	[11]
2002	DC Talk	Solo	The Choir – Flap Your Wings T-Bone – Tha Last Street Preacha Sonicflood – Sonicpraise Big Tent Revival – Big Tent Revival Live	[12]
2003	Third Day	Come Together	TobyMac – Momentum Jennifer Knapp – The Way I Am GRITS – The Art of Translation Audio Adrenaline – Lift	[13]
2004	Audio Adrenaline	Worldwide	Robert Randolph and the Family Band – Unclassified Relient K – Two Lefts Don't Make a Right...but Three Do Petra – Jekyll and Hyde Freshie – Red Letterz	[14]
2005	Third Day	Wire	TobyMac – Welcome to Diverse City Various Artists – Holy Hip Hop: Taking Gospel to the Streets Tait – Lose This Life Skillet – Collide Sarah Kelly – Take Me Away	[15]
2006	Audio Adrenaline	Until My Heart Caves In	Day of Fire – Day of Fire Fresh I.E. – Truth Is Fallin' in Tha Streetz GRITS – Dichotomy B The Cross Movement – Higher Definition	[16]
2007	Jonny Lang	Turn Around	T-Bone – Bone-A-Fide Red – End of Silence DecembeRadio – DecembeRadio Sarah Kelly – Where the Past Meets Today	[17]
2008	Ashley Cleveland	Before the Daylight's Shot	Skillet – Comatose Pillar – The Reckoning Da' T.R.U.T.H. – Open Book The Cross Movement – HIStory: Our Place in His Story	[18]
2009	TobyMac	Alive and Transported	Superchick – Rock What You Got Sanctus Real – We Need Each Other Flame – Our World: Redeemed After Edmund – Hello	[19]
2010	Third Day	Live Revelations	John Wells the Tonic – The Dash Red – Innocence & Instinct Decyfer Down – Crash Da' T.R.U.T.H. – The Big Picture	[20]
2011	Switchfoot	Hello Hurricane	Lecrae – Rehab Gungor – Beautiful Things Fireflight – For Those Who Wait David Crowder Band – Church Music	[21]

^{^[I]} Each year is linked to the article about the Grammy Awards held that year.

See also

• List of Christian rock bands
• List of Grammy Award categories

References

General

• "Grammy Award Winners". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved December 19, 2010. Note: User must select the "Gospel" category as the genre under the search feature.

Specific

1. "1991 Grammy Awards". MetroLyrics.com. Retrieved May 1, 2012.
2. "The Grammy Nominations". Los Angeles Times. 9 January 1992. Retrieved May 1, 2012.
3. "1993 Grammy Awards". MetroLyrics.com. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
4. "1994 Grammy Awards". MetroLyrics.com. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
5. "1995 Grammy Awards". MetroLyrics.com. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
6. "List of Grammy nominees". CNN. January 4, 1996. Retrieved January 2, 2011.
7. "1997 Grammy Awards". MetroLyrics.com. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
8. "1998 Grammy Awards". MetroLyrics.com. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
9. "1999 Grammy Awards". MetroLyrics.com. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
10. "2000 Grammy Awards". MetroLyrics.com. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
11. "2001 Grammy Awards". MetroLyrics.com. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
12. "2002 Grammy Awards". MetroLyrics.com. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
13. "2003 Grammy Awards". MetroLyrics.com. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
14. "2004 Grammy Awards". MetroLyrics.com. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
15. "2005 Grammy Awards". MetroLyrics.com. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
16. "Complete list of Grammy Award nominations". USA Today (Gannett Company). December 8, 2005. Retrieved January 2, 2011.
17. "2007 Grammy Awards". MetroLyrics.com. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
18. "2008 Grammy Awards". MetroLyrics.com. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
19. "2009 Grammy Awards". MetroLyrics.com. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
20. "2010 Grammy Awards". MetroLyrics.com. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
21. "2011 Grammy Awards". MetroLyrics.com. Retrieved 12 June 2012.

External links

• Official site of the Grammy Awards