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{{Short description|Award presented at the Grammy Awards}}
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{{Infobox award
| name        = Grammy Award for Best Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Performance
| awarded_for = Quality vocal or instrumental [[Gospel music|gospel]] and [[Contemporary Christian music|CCM]] recordings
| image       =
| imagesize   = 100px
| alt         = A gold gramophone trophy with a plaque set on a table
| caption     = Gilded gramophone trophy presented to Grammy Award winners
| presenter   = [[National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences]]
| country     = United States
| year        = 1968
| year2       = 2014
| website     = {{URL|www.grammy.com}}
}}
The '''Grammy Award for Best Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Performance''' is an award presented at the [[Grammy Award]]s, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards.<ref name=Grammy>{{cite news|url=http://theenvelope.latimes.com/awards/grammys/env-grammy_awards_info,0,5279018.htmlstory?track=center|title=Grammy Awards at a Glance|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=April 24, 2010}}</ref> According to the 54th Grammy Awards description guide it is designed for solo, duo/groups or collaborative (vocal or instrumental) [[Gospel music|gospel]] or [[Contemporary Christian music]] (CCM) and its subgenres' recordings and is limited to singles or tracks only.<ref name=Categorymapper>{{cite web|url=http://www.grammy.org/recording-academy/announcement/category-mapper/|title=Category Mapper|access-date=November 25, 2011|publisher=[[National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences]]}}</ref>
This award was first handed out in 1968 under the name of '''Best Gospel Performance''' and was intended for albums only.
In 1971 the award was renamed to '''Best Gospel Performance (other than soul gospel)''', including both singles and albums, and ran until 1978 when the award was divided into two new awards, the Grammy Awards for [[Grammy Award for Best Gospel Performance, Traditional|Best Gospel Performance, Traditional]] and [[Grammy Award for Best Gospel Performance, Contemporary|Best Gospel Performance, Contemporary]].
The category was then revived in 2005 and it was known once again under the name of Best Gospel Performance. In 2012, following a major overhaul of the Grammy categories, this award was renamed as '''Best Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Performance''' which was eligible for all subgenres in the gospel/Contemporary Christian Music (CCM) field.
From 2015, due to a restructuring of the Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music category field, this category will merge with the [[Best Contemporary Christian Music Song]] to create the new '''[[Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song]]''' category, which will recognize both performers and songwriters of Contemporary Christian Music songs (Gospel performances will now fall under the [[Best Gospel Performance/Song]] category). According to the Grammy committee, "changes to the field were made in the interest of clarifying the criteria, representing the current culture and creative DNA of the gospel and Contemporary Christian Music communities, and better reflecting the diversity and authenticity of today's gospel music industry".<ref>[http://www.grammy.org/recording-academy/press-release/samples-to-be-allowed-in-all-grammy-award-songwriting-categories Grammy.com, 12 June 2014]</ref>
[[The Blackwood Brothers]] hold the record for most awards in this category with four wins, two of them alongside [[Porter Wagoner]]. They also hold the record for most nominations, with seven. Two-time winners include Porter Wagoner, [[The Oak Ridge Boys]], [[Karen Clark Sheard]] and [[CeCe Winans]].
==Recipients==
[[Image:Porter wagoner 1999.jpg|right|upright|thumb|alt=|Two-time award winner [[Porter Wagoner]]]]
[[Image:OAK RIDGE BOYS.jpg|right|upright|thumb|alt=|[[The Oak Ridge Boys]] have won the award twice]]
[[Image:Yolanda Adams.jpg|right|upright|thumb|alt=|2007 winner [[Yolanda Adams]]]]
[[Image:MaryJBligeJan10.jpg|right|upright|thumb|alt=|[[Mary J. Blige]] won the award in 2008 alongside [[Aretha Franklin]] and tied with [[The Clark Sisters]]]]
[[Image:Erica and Tina Campbell.jpg|right|upright|thumb|alt=|2009 winners [[Mary Mary]]]]
[[Image:Karen Clark Sheard-photo-by-raymond-boyd.jpg|right|upright|thumb|alt=|[[Karen Clark Sheard]] winner in 2008 and 2010]]
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! bgcolor="#efefef"|Year
! bgcolor="#efefef"|Winning artist
! bgcolor="#efefef"|Work
! bgcolor="#efefef" class=unsortable|Other nominees
! bgcolor="#efefef" class=unsortable|{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
| align="center"|[[10th Grammy Awards|1968]]
| [[Porter Wagoner]] & [[The Blackwood Brothers|The Blackwood Brothers Quartet]]
| ''More Grand Old Gospel''
|
* {{small|[[Happy Goodman Family]] – ''Good 'n' Happy''}}
* {{small|[[Oak Ridge Boys]] – ''Oak Ridge Boys''}}
* {{small|[[The Rambos|Singing Rambos]] – ''Singing Rambos, Gospel Ballads''}}
* {{small|[[The Blackwood Brothers|The Blackwood Brothers Quartet]] – ''The Blackwood Brothers Quartet Sings for Joy''}}
|align="center"|<ref name=Grammy1968>{{cite web|url=http://www.india-server.com/awards/features/grammy-awards-1968-218.html|title=Grammy Awards 1968|publisher=Awards & Shows|access-date=December 26, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110519012644/http://www.india-server.com/awards/features/grammy-awards-1968-218.html|archive-date=May 19, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"|[[11th Grammy Awards|1969]]
| [[Happy Goodman Family]]
| ''The Happy Gospel of the Happy Goodmans''
| {{N/a}}
|align="center"|<ref name=Grammy1969>{{cite web|url=http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0150561.html|title=Grammy Awards 1969 winners|publisher=Infoplease}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"|[[12th Grammy Awards|1970]]
| [[Porter Wagoner]] & [[The Blackwood Brothers|The Blackwood Brothers Quartet]]
| ''In Gospel Country''
|
* {{small|[[Oak Ridge Boys]] – ''It's Happening''}}
* {{small|[[LeFevres]] – ''The Best Is Yet To Come''}}
* {{small|[[Happy Goodman Family]] – ''This Happy House''}}
* {{small|[[The Rambos|Singing Rambos]] – ''This Is My Valley''}}
|align="center"|<ref name=Grammy1970>{{cite web|url=http://www.india-server.com/awards/features/grammy-awards-1970-219.html|title=Grammy Awards 1970|publisher=Awards & Shows}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"|[[13th Grammy Awards|1971]]
| [[Oak Ridge Boys]]
| ''Talk About the Good Times''
|
* {{small|[[Thrasher Brothers]] – ''Fantastic Thrashers at Fantastic Caverns''}}
* {{small|[[LeFevres]] – ''Moving Up''}}
* {{small|[[Wendy Bagwell and the Sunliters]] – ''Talk About the Good Times''}}
* {{small|[[Florida Boys]] – ''The Many Moods of the Florida Boys''}}
|align="center"|<ref name=Grammy1971>{{cite web|url=http://www.india-server.com/awards/features/grammy-awards-1971-220.html|title=Grammy Awards 1971|publisher=Awards & Shows}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"|[[14th Grammy Awards|1972]]
| [[Charley Pride]]
| ''Let Me Live''
|
* {{small|[[The Blackwood Brothers|Blackwood Brothers]] – ''He's Still King of Kings''}}
* {{small|[[Oak Ridge Boys]] – ''Jesus Christ, What a Man''}}
* {{small|[[Hovie Lister]] & [[The Statesmen Quartet|The Statesmen]]- ''Put Your Hand in the Hand''}}
* {{small|[[Imperials (gospel music)|Imperials]] – ''Time to Get It Together''}}
|align="center"|<ref name=Grammy1972>{{cite web|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1972-221.html|title=Grammy Awards 1972|publisher=Awards & Shows}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"|[[15th Grammy Awards|1973]]
| [[The Blackwood Brothers|Blackwood Brothers]]
| ''L-O-V-E''
|
* {{small|[[Thrasher Brothers]] – ''America Sings''}}
* {{small|[[Wendy Bagwell and the Sunliters]] – ''By Your Request''}}
* {{small|[[Oak Ridge Boys]] – ''Light''}}
* {{small|[[The Rambos|Rambos]] – ''Soul in the Family''}}
|align="center"|<ref name=Grammy1973>{{cite web|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1973-222.html|title=Grammy Awards 1973|publisher=Awards & Shows}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"|[[16th Grammy Awards|1974]]
| [[The Blackwood Brothers|Blackwood Brothers]]
| ''Release Me (from My Sin)''
|
* {{small|[[Statesmen Quartet|Statesmen]] – ''I Believe in Jesus''}}
* {{small|[[Andrae Crouch]] – ''Just Andrae''}}
* {{small|[[Imperials (gospel music)|The Imperials]] – ''Live''}}
* {{small|[[Oak Ridge Boys]] – ''Street Gospel''}}
|align="center"|<ref name=Grammy1974>{{cite web|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1974-223.html|title=Grammy Awards 1974|publisher=Awards & Shows}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"|[[17th Grammy Awards|1975]]
| [[Oak Ridge Boys]]
| ''The Baptism of Jesse Taylor''
|
|
|-
| align="center"|[[18th Grammy Awards|1976]]
| [[Imperials (gospel music)|The Imperials]]
| ''No Shortage''
|
* {{small|[[Connie Smith]] – ''[[Connie Smith Sings Hank Williams Gospel]]''}}
* {{small|[[Happy Goodman Family]] – ''Happy Goodman Family Hour''}}
* {{small|[[Statler Brothers]] – ''Holy Bible – New Testament''}}
* {{small|[[Johnny Cash]] – ''Johnny Cash Sings Precious Memories''}}
|align="center"|<ref name=Grammy1976>{{cite web|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1976-224.html|title=Grammy Awards 1976|publisher=Awards & Shows}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"|[[19th Grammy Awards|1977]]
| [[Oak Ridge Boys]]
| ''Where the Soul Never Dies''
|
* {{small|[[The Speer Family|The Speers]] – ''Between the Cross and Heaven (There's a Whole Lot of Living Going On)''}}
* {{small|[[Florida Boys]] – ''Here They Come''}}
* {{small|[[Imperials (gospel music)|The Imperials]] – ''Just Because''}}
* {{small|[[The Blackwood Brothers|Blackwood Brothers]] – ''Learning to Lean''}}
|align="center"|<ref name=Grammy1977>{{cite web|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1977-225.html|title=Grammy Awards 1977|publisher=Awards & Shows}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"|[[47th Grammy Awards|2005]]
| [[Ray Charles]] & [[Gladys Knight]]
| "[[Heaven Help Us All]]"
|
* {{small|[[Shirley Caesar]] and [[Ann Nesby]] — "The Stone"}}
* {{small|[[Dr. John]] and [[Mavis Staples]] — "Lay My Burden Down"}}
* {{small|[[Fred Hammond]] — "Celebrate (He Lives)"}}
* {{small|[[Ben Harper]] and [[Blind Boys of Alabama|The Blind Boys of Alabama]] — "There Will Be a Light"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name=Grammy2005>{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2004-12-07-grammy-nominee-list_x.htm|title=Grammy Award nominees in top categories|date=February 7, 2005|access-date=July 12, 2010|publisher=[[Gannett Company]]|work=USA Today}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"|[[48th Grammy Awards|2006]]
| [[CeCe Winans]]
| "Pray"
|
* {{small|[[Yolanda Adams]] — "Be Blessed"}}
* {{small|[[Kirk Franklin]] — "Looking For You"}}
* {{small|[[Donnie McClurkin]] — "I Call You Faithful"}}
* {{small|[[Hezekiah Walker]] & Love Fellowship Choir — "Lift Him Up" }}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name=Grammy2006>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/08/arts/09gram-list.html?pagewanted=3|title=The Complete List of Grammy Nominations|access-date=July 12, 2010|date=December 8, 2005|page=3|work=The New York Times}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"|[[49th Grammy Awards|2007]]
| [[Yolanda Adams]]
| "Victory"
|
* {{small|[[Israel & New Breed]] — "Not Forgotten"}}
* {{small|[[Donald Lawrence|Donald Lawrence & The Tri-City Singers]] — "The Blessing Of Abraham"}}
* {{small|[[Chris Tomlin]] — "Made To Worship"}}
* {{small|[[Tye Tribbett]] — "Victory" }}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name=Grammy2007>{{cite web|url=http://www.grammy.org/recording-academy/news/49th-annual-grammy-awards-roundup-gospel-field|title=The 49th Annual GRAMMY Awards Roundup: Gospel Field|publisher=National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences|access-date=December 26, 2011|archive-date=May 18, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518105846/http://www.grammy.org/recording-academy/news/49th-annual-grammy-awards-roundup-gospel-field|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"|[[50th Grammy Awards|2008]]<br/>(tie)
| [[The Clark Sisters]]<br/>[[Aretha Franklin]] & [[Mary J. Blige]]
<br/>United States
| "Blessed & Highly Favored"<br/>"Never Gonna Break My Faith"
|
* {{small|[[Casting Crowns]] — "East To West"}}
* {{small|[[Israel & New Breed]] featuring [[T-Bone (rapper)|T-Bone]] — "With Long Life"}}
* {{small|[[CeCe Winans]] — "He Set My Life To Music" }}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name=Grammy2008>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1581272/20080210/story.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081216120238/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1581272/20080210/story.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 16, 2008|title=Grammy 2008 Winners List|date=February 10, 2008|publisher=MTV|access-date=July 12, 2010}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"|[[51st Grammy Awards|2009]]
| [[Mary Mary]]
| "[[Get Up (Mary Mary song)|Get Up]]"
|
* {{small|[[Kim Burrell]], [[Rance Allen]], [[Bebe Winans]], [[Mariah Carey]] and [[Hezekiah Walker|Hezekiah Walker's Love Fellowship Tabernacle Church Choir]] — "I Understand"}}
* {{small|[[Casting Crowns]] — "East to West"}}
* {{small|[[Take 6]] — "Shall We Gather at the River"}}
* {{small|[[CeCe Winans]] — "Waging War"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name=Grammy2009>{{cite web|url=http://www.eonline.com/news/complete_list_of_nominees_51st_annual/71618|title=Complete List of Nominees for the 51st Annual Grammy Awards|date=December 8, 2008|publisher=E! Online|access-date=December 26, 2011}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"|[[52nd Grammy Awards|2010]]
| [[Donnie McClurkin]] featuring [[Karen Clark Sheard]]
| "Wait On The Lord"
|
* {{small|[[Francesca Battistelli]] — "Free To Be Me"}}
* {{small|[[Heather Headley]] featuring [[Smokie Norful]] — "Jesus Is Love"}}
* {{small|[[Jonny Lang]] with [[Fisk Jubilee Singers]] — "I Believe"}}
* {{small|[[Third Day]] featuring [[Lacey Mosley]] — "Born Again"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name=Grammy2010>{{cite web|url=http://www.grammy.com/nominees?year=2009&genre=14|title=52nd Annual GRAMMY Awards Nominees And Winners: Gospel Field|publisher=[[Recording Academy|The Recording Academy]]|access-date=December 10, 2011}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"|[[53rd Grammy Awards|2011]]
| [[BeBe and CeCe Winans]]
| "Grace"
|
* {{small|[[Forever Jones]] — "He Wants It All"}}
* {{small|[[Israel Houghton]] — "You Hold My World"}}
* {{small|[[VaShawn Mitchell]] — "Nobody Greater"}}
* {{small|[[Kirk Whalum]] & [[Lalah Hathaway]] — "He's Been Just That Good"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name=Grammy2011>{{cite web|url=http://www.grammy.com/nominees?year=2010&genre=14|title=53rd Annual GRAMMY Awards Nominees And Winners: Gospel Field|publisher=[[Recording Academy|The Recording Academy]]|access-date=December 10, 2011}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"|[[54th Grammy Awards|2012]]
| Le'Andria Johnson
| "Jesus"
|
* {{small|[[Steven Curtis Chapman]] — "Do Everything"}}
* {{small|[[Natalie Grant]] — "Alive (Mary Magdalene)"}}
* {{small|[[Brandon Heath]] — "Your Love"}}
* {{small|[[Chris Tomlin]] — "I Lift My Hands"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name=Grammy2012>{{cite web|url=http://www.grammy.com/nominees?year=2011&genre=14|title=54th Annual GRAMMY Awards Nominees And Winners: Gospel Field|publisher=[[Recording Academy|The Recording Academy]]|access-date=December 10, 2011}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"|[[55th Grammy Awards|2013]]
| [[Matt Redman]]
| "[[10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord)]]"
|
* {{small|[[Casting Crowns]] — "Jesus, Friend of Sinners"}}
* {{small|[[Tamela Mann]] — "Take Me to the King"}}
* {{small|[[Mary Mary]] — "Go Get It"}}
* {{small|[[Marvin Sapp]] — "I Win"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="Grammy Nominations 2013">{{cite web|title=2013 Grammy Nominations Revealed *Updated*|url=http://thatgrapejuice.net/2012/12/2013-grammy-nominations-revealed/|publisher=ThatGrapeJuice|access-date=6 December 2012}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"|[[56th Grammy Awards|2014]]
| Tasha Cobbs
| ''Break Every Chain (Live)''
|
* {{small|[[Natalie Grant]] - ''Hurricane''}}
* {{small|[[Matt Maher]] - ''Lord, I Need You''}}
* {{small|[[Mandisa]] - ''Overcomer''}}
* {{small|Tye Tribbett - ''If He Did It Before...Same God (Live)''}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.grammy.org/files/press-release/pdf/56nomsfinalrelease_final_.pdf |title=2014 Nominations |access-date=December 8, 2013 |archive-date=December 16, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131216085917/http://www.grammy.org/files/press-release/pdf/56nomsfinalrelease_final_.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|}
==See also==
*[[Grammy Award for Best Gospel Song]]
*[[Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Christian Music Song]]
*[[Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song]]
==References==
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* {{cite web|url=http://www.grammy.com/nominees/search|title=Past Winners Search|publisher=[[National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences]]|access-date=March 4, 2011}} Note: User must select the "Gospel" category as the genre under the search feature.
;Specific
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==External links==
* [http://www.grammy.com/ Official site]
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