Grammy Award for Best Rock Gospel Album explained

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	Winning artist(s)	Work	Other nominees	Ref.
1991	Petra		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			Kim Hill – Brave Heart DeGarmo & Key – Go to the Top DC Talk – Nu Thang Margaret Becker – Simple House	^[2]
1993	Petra		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		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		Steve Taylor – Squint Newsboys – Going Public DeGarmo & Key – To Extremes Various Artists – Strong Hand of Love	^[5]
1996			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		Audio Adrenaline – Bloom Rebecca St. James – God Newsboys – Take Me to Your Leader Big Tent Revival – Open All Nite	^[7]
1998	DC Talk		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		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		Third Day – Time Gospel Gangstaz – I Can See Clearly Now Big Tent Revival – Choose Life Audio Adrenaline – Underdog	^[10]
2001	Petra		Third Day – Switchfoot – Learning to Breathe Smalltown Poets – Third Verse Jennifer Knapp – Lay It Down	^[11]
2002	DC Talk		The Choir – Flap Your Wings T-Bone – Tha Last Street Preacha Sonicflood – Sonicpraise Big Tent Revival – Big Tent Revival Live	^[12]
2003	Third Day		TobyMac – Momentum Jennifer Knapp – The Way I Am GRITS – The Art of Translation Audio Adrenaline – Lift	^[13]
2004	Audio Adrenaline		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		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		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		T-Bone – Bone-A-Fide Red – End of Silence DecembeRadio – DecembeRadio Sarah Kelly – Where the Past Meets Today	^[17]
2008	Ashley Cleveland		Skillet – Comatose Pillar – The Reckoning Da' T.R.U.T.H. – Open Book The Cross Movement –	^[18]
2009	TobyMac		Superchick – Rock What You Got Sanctus Real – We Need Each Other Flame – After Edmund – Hello	^[19]
2010	Third Day		John Wells the Tonic – The Dash Red – Innocence & Instinct Decyfer Down – Crash Da' T.R.U.T.H. – The Big Picture	^[20]
2011	Switchfoot		Lecrae – Rehab Gungor – Beautiful Things Fireflight – For Those Who Wait David Crowder Band – Church Music	^[21]

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

• Web site: Grammy Award Winners . . December 19, 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100103192148/http://www2.grammy.com/GRAMMY_Awards/Winners/Results.aspx . January 3, 2010 . Note: User must select the "Gospel" category as the genre under the search feature.

Specific

Notes and References

1. News: 1991 Grammy Awards. https://web.archive.org/web/20130701023354/http://www.metrolyrics.com/1991-grammy-awards.html. 2013-07-01. dead. May 1, 2012. MetroLyrics.com.
2. News: The Grammy Nominations. May 1, 2012. Los Angeles Times. 9 January 1992.
3. Web site: 1993 Grammy Awards. https://web.archive.org/web/20130701023354/http://www.metrolyrics.com/1993-grammy-awards.html. 2013-07-01. dead. MetroLyrics.com. 12 June 2012.
4. Web site: 1994 Grammy Awards. https://web.archive.org/web/20130701023354/http://www.metrolyrics.com/1994-grammy-awards.html. 2013-07-01. dead. MetroLyrics.com. 12 June 2012.
5. Web site: 1995 Grammy Awards. https://web.archive.org/web/20130701023354/http://www.metrolyrics.com/1995-grammy-awards.html. 2013-07-01. dead. MetroLyrics.com. 12 June 2012.
6. News: List of Grammy nominees. January 2, 2011. January 4, 1996. CNN.
7. Web site: 1997 Grammy Awards. https://web.archive.org/web/20130701023354/http://www.metrolyrics.com/1997-grammy-awards.html. 2013-07-01. dead. MetroLyrics.com. 12 June 2012.
8. Web site: 1998 Grammy Awards. https://web.archive.org/web/20130701023354/http://www.metrolyrics.com/1998-grammy-awards.html. 2013-07-01. dead. MetroLyrics.com. 12 June 2012.
9. Web site: 1999 Grammy Awards. https://web.archive.org/web/20130701023354/http://www.metrolyrics.com/1999-grammy-awards.html. 2013-07-01. dead. MetroLyrics.com. 12 June 2012.
10. Web site: 2000 Grammy Awards. https://web.archive.org/web/20130701023354/http://www.metrolyrics.com/2000-grammy-awards.html. 2013-07-01. dead. MetroLyrics.com. 12 June 2012.
11. Web site: 2001 Grammy Awards. https://web.archive.org/web/20130701023354/http://www.metrolyrics.com/2001-grammy-awards.html. 2013-07-01. dead. MetroLyrics.com. 12 June 2012.
12. Web site: 2002 Grammy Awards. https://web.archive.org/web/20130701023354/http://www.metrolyrics.com/2002-grammy-awards.html. 2013-07-01. dead. MetroLyrics.com. 12 June 2012.
13. Web site: 2003 Grammy Awards. https://web.archive.org/web/20130701023354/http://www.metrolyrics.com/2003-grammy-awards.html. 2013-07-01. dead. MetroLyrics.com. 12 June 2012.
14. Web site: Complete list of 46th annual Grammy winners and nominees. Chicago Tribune. 4 December 2003 . 28 May 2017.
15. Web site: 2005 Grammy Awards. https://web.archive.org/web/20130701023354/http://www.metrolyrics.com/2005-grammy-awards.html. 2013-07-01. dead. MetroLyrics.com. 12 June 2012.
16. News: Complete list of Grammy Award nominations. December 8, 2005. January 2, 2011. USA Today. Gannett Company.
17. Web site: 2007 Grammy Awards. https://web.archive.org/web/20130701023354/http://www.metrolyrics.com/2007-grammy-awards.html. 2013-07-01. dead. MetroLyrics.com. 12 June 2012.
18. Web site: 2008 Grammy Awards. https://web.archive.org/web/20130701023354/http://www.metrolyrics.com/2008-grammy-awards.html. 2013-07-01. dead. MetroLyrics.com. 12 June 2012.
19. Web site: 2009 Grammy Awards. https://web.archive.org/web/20130701023354/http://www.metrolyrics.com/2009-grammy-awards.html. 2013-07-01. dead. MetroLyrics.com. 12 June 2012.
20. Web site: 2010 Grammy Awards. https://web.archive.org/web/20130701023354/http://www.metrolyrics.com/2010-grammy-awards.html. 2013-07-01. dead. MetroLyrics.com. 12 June 2012.
21. Web site: 2011 Grammy Awards. https://web.archive.org/web/20130701023354/http://www.metrolyrics.com/2011-grammy-awards.html. 2013-07-01. dead. MetroLyrics.com. 12 June 2012.