This year's Grammys winners of the Christian gospel songs include Smokie Norful, Lecrae Moore, King & Country, Erica Campbell, and Mike Ferris.
While Lecrae was also nominated for Best Rap Performance alongside
Drake, Eminem, Kendrick Lamar was selected as this year's winner. The
event will be held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
For the
category "Best Gospel Performance/Song," the winning song was "No
Greater Love" by Smokie Norful; "Best Contemporary Christian Music
Performance/Song" winner was "Messengers" by Lecrae featuring For Kings
& Country; "Best Gospel Album" winner was "Help" by Erica Campbell,
featuring Lecrae; "Best Contemporary Christian Music Album" winner was
"Run Wild. Live Free. Love Strong." by For King & Country; "Best
Roots Gospel Album" winner was "Shine For All The People" by Mike
Ferris.
"Love
and respect to everybody out here, because this is a celebration of
gifts, and there are so many people out here who are gifted. Obviously,
you can't celebrate the gifts without celebrating the giver of all
gifts, so I want to celebrate Jesus for gifting us all," said Lecrae Moore, upon receiving the award.
At the Thank
you cam, Lecrae and King & Country gave thanks to the "Original
Messenger," referring to God, the "Creator of all Music," and they
thanked each other as well as all those who contributed to the
production of their songs.
Much
excitement has been built up in anticipation of the one-by-one
announcements of this year's Grammys winners of the 70 music categories.
The Grammys is the "biggest concert night" in the entire music industry
as well as the all-encompassing music award, ranging from electronic
music, to country music, to classical music, to rap, and to Gospel
songs.
This year,
the Gospel music nominations features some of the most well-known, and
liked Christian artists, including Francesca Battistelli, Crowder,
MercyMe, Needtobreathe, Natalie Grant, Royal Tailor. Both old and new
artists have continued to be an inspiration and influence towards the
Christians in America, which is only apt that the Grammy Awards continue
to include this section of the biggest music venue of the year.
While the
Dove Awards are dedicated to Christian and Gospel music, the Grammy
Awards includes all genres of songs, which include the Christian praise
and worship, gospel music, to be recognized as part of the contemporary
music landscape of American culture.
The full list of Gospel song nominations can be found at the 57th Grammy Awards website: Grammy.com/nominees.
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