List of GRAMMY Nominees in Gospel Category

Congratulations to the following gospel artists who have been nominated for a GRAMMY Award!

The 52nd Annual GRAMMY Awards ceremony will take place on Sunday, January 31, 2010 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. For more information, go to http://www.grammy.com/.

Best Gospel Performance

• Free To Be Me
Francesca Battistelli
[Fervent Records/ Word Entertainment]

• Jesus Is Love
Heather Headley Featuring Smokie Norful
Track from: Audience Of One
[EMI Gospel]

• I Believe
Jonny Lang With Fisk Jubilee Singers
Track from: Oh Happy Day
[Vector Recordings/EMI Gospel]

• Wait On The Lord
Donnie McClurkin Featuring Karen Clark Sheard
Track from: We All Are One (Live In Detroit)
[Verity]

• Born Again
Third Day
Track from: Revelation
[Essential Records]

Best Gospel Song

• Born Again
Tai Anderson, David Carr, Mark Lee & Mac Powell, songwriters (Third Day)
Track from: Revelation
[Essential Records; Publisher: Consuming Fire Music.]

• City On Our Knees
Cary Barlowe, Toby McKeehan & Jaime Moore, songwriters (TobyMac)
[Forefront Records; Publishers: Achtober Songs, Emack Music, Jamnu Music, Castle Bound, Bummerman Music.]

• Every Prayer
Dayna Caddell, Israel Houghton, Aaron Lindsey & Ricardo Sanchez, songwriters (Israel Houghton & Mary Mary)
Track from: The Power Of One
[Integrity Music; Publishers: Warner-Tamerlane Publishing, Aaron Lindsey Publishing, Integrity’s Praise! Music, Sound of the New Breed, gnidybab music, Ricardo Music Dot Com.]

• God In Me
Erica Campbell, Tina Campbell & Warryn Campbell, songwriters (Mary Mary Featuring Kierra “KiKi” Sheard)
Track from: The Sound
[Columbia Records; Publishers: EMI April Music, Wet Ink Red Music, That’s Plum Song, It’s Tea Tyme.]

• The Motions
Jason Houser, Sam Mizell & Matthew West, songwriters (Matthew West)
Track from: Something To Say
[Sparrow Records; Publishers: Word Music/Songs For Lulu/Simple Tense Songs/Wyzell Music/Songs of Extreme/Cedar Sides.]

Best Rock Or Rap Gospel Album

• The Big Picture
Da’ T.R.U.T.H.
[Cross Movement Records]

• Crash
Decyfer Down
[INO Records]

• Innocence & Instinct
Red
[Essential Records]

• Live Revelations
Third Day
[Essential Records]

• The Dash
John Wells-The Tonic
[Cross Movement Records]

Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album

• Speaking Louder Than Before
Jeremy Camp
[BEC Recordings]

• The Power Of One
Israel Houghton
[Integrity Music]

• The Long Fall Back To Earth
Jars Of Clay
[Gray Matters/Essential Records]

• Love Is On The Move
Leeland
[Essential Records]

• Freedom
Mandisa
[Sparrow Records]

Best Traditional Gospel Album

• God Don’t Never Change
Ashley Cleveland
[E1 Music]

• The Law Of Confession, Part I
Donald Lawrence & Co.
[Quiet Water/Verity]

• Oh Happy Day
(Various Artists)
Bill Hearn, Ken Levitan, Ken Pennell, Jack Rovner & Cedric Thompson, producers
[EMI Gospel/Vector Recordings]

• The Journey Continues
The Williams Brothers
[Blackberry Records]

• How I Got Over
Vickie Winans
[Destiny Joy Records]

Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album

• Audience Of One
Heather Headley
[EMI Gospel]

• Renewed
Sheri Jones-Moffett
[EMI Gospel]

• Just James
J Moss
[GospoCentric/ Verity]

• Smokie Norful: Live
Smokie Norful
[EMI Gospel]

• Bold Right Life
Kierra Sheard
[EMI Gospel]