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The Grammy Award for Best Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album was an honor presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards,NEWS,theenvelope.latimes.com/awards/grammys/env-grammy_awards_info,0,5279018.htmlstory?track=center, Grammy Awards at a Glance, Los Angeles Times, September 22, 2012, to artists, producers, and engineers for quality gospel music albums. Honors in several categories are presented at the ceremony annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS) of the United States to “honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to album sales or chart position”.WEB,www.grammy.com/Recording_Academy/, Overview, September 28, 2012, National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, dead,www.grammy.com/recording_academy/," title="web.archive.org/web/20091027163924www.grammy.com/recording_academy/,">web.archive.org/web/20091027163924www.grammy.com/recording_academy/, October 27, 2009, Originally called the Grammy Award for Best Southern Gospel Album, the award was first presented to Bruce Carroll at the 33rd Grammy Awards in 1991 for the album The Great Exchange. Three years later, the category’s name was changed to the Best Southern Gospel, Country Gospel or Bluegrass Gospel Album. The category’s name was changed to Best Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album in 1998. After 2011 it was merged with the Grammy Award for Best Rock Gospel Album and the Grammy Award for Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album, forming the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Christian Music Album. The NARAS made this change in order to “tighten the number of categories” at the Grammy Awards.WEB,www.grammy.org/recording-academy/announcement/explanation-for-category-restructuring, Explanation For Category Restructuring, National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, September 22, 2012, In 2015, a similar category, Best Roots Gospel Album was introduced.Bill Gaither has the most wins in the category, with a total of four: two from his work in the Gaither Vocal Band, and another two in combination with his wife, Gloria. Randy Travis has won one less Grammy than Gaither in this category, with three. Gaither has the most nominations in the category, with eleven; the Light Crust Doughboys have eight, trailing Gaither by three nominations. Kyle Lehning holds the record for most wins as a producer or engineer, with a total of three. Nominated bands include Karen Peck and New River, who were selected in three of the final four years of the Grammy, and the Cathedral Quartet.

Recipients

(File:Alison Krauss MerleFest 2007 01.jpg|thumbnail|upright|alt=A woman wearing a brown jacket and playing a fiddle|Alison Krauss won the award in 1995 along with The Cox Family)(File:Griffith, Andy (Whitehouse).jpg|thumbnail|upright|alt=A man with white hair dressed in a black suit, wearing the Presidential Medal of Freedom|Andy Griffith won the 1997 award for I Love to Tell the Story – 25 Timeless Hymns)(File:Ricky skaggs performing.jpg|thumbnail|upright|alt=A man with white hair playing a guitar in front of two microphones|Two-time award winner Ricky Skaggs)(File:Bill Gaither - Oslo - 2008.JPG|thumbnail|upright|alt=A man, sitting, speaking in front of a microphone|Bill Gaither has won the award four times, the most of any performer)(File:Randytravis.jpg|thumbnail|upright|alt=A man in a black suit clutching a microphone|Randy Travis was awarded the Grammy three times from 2004–2007){| class=“wikitable sortable plainrowheaders“! scope=“col” | Year{{ref|1|[I]}}! scope=“col” | Winning artist! scope=“col” | Personnel! scope=“col” | Work! scope=“col” class=“unsortable” | Other nominees! scope=“col” class=“unsortable” | Ref.! scope=“row” |1991

Happy Goodman Family – The Reunion

The Nelons – Let the Redeemed Say So

Speer Family – He’s Still in the Fire

J. D. Sumner and the Stamps – Victory Road

GRAMMYS GO TO GOSPEL STARS>URL=HTTPS://NEWS.GOOGLE.COM/NEWSPAPERS?ID=M0LWAAAAIBAJ&SJID=REODAAAAIBAJ&PG=3307,7317351PUBLISHER=HALIFAX MEDIA GROUPACCESS-DATE=SEPTEMBER 15, 2012, ! scope=“row” |1992

The Chuck Wagon Gang – Still Rollin’

Mid-South Boys – Shoulder to Shoulder

Speer Family – Hallelujah Time

J. D. Sumner and the Stamps – Peace in the Valley

The Talleys – Love Will

THE GRAMMY NOMINATIONS>URL=HTTP://ARTICLES.LATIMES.COM/1992-01-09/ENTERTAINMENT/CA-2226_1_CHICAGO-SYMPHONY-ORCHESTRA/PAGE=2ACCESS-DATE=SEPTEMBER 15, 2012, ! scope=“row” |1993

Cathedral Quartet – Camp Meeting Live

Jeff & Sheri Easter – Pickin’ the Best ... Live

Florida Boys – Live

Speer Family – 70th Anniversary Celebration

GRAMMY NOMINATIONS>URL=HTTP://ARTICLES.BALTIMORESUN.COM/1993-02-21/FEATURES/1993052208_1_ERIC-CLAPTON-CELINE-DION-DION-AND-PEABOPAGE=3DATE=FEBRUARY 21, 1993ARCHIVE-DATE=OCTOBER 3, 2012URL-STATUS=DEAD, ! scope=“row” |1994

Bruce Carroll – Walk On

Cathedral Quartet – Worship His Glory

Gaither Vocal Band – Southern Classics

Ralph Stanley – Sunday Morning

HTTP://WWW.DESERETNEWS.COM/ARTICLE/330586/HUNDREDS-NOMINATED-FOR-GRAMMYS.HTML >ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20121105190616/HTTP://WWW.DESERETNEWS.COM/ARTICLE/330586/HUNDREDS-NOMINATED-FOR-GRAMMYS.HTML?PG=1 TITLE=HUNDREDS NOMINATED FOR GRAMMYS ACCESS-DATE=SEPTEMBER 15, 2012 NEWSPAPER=DESERET NEWS URL-STATUS=DEAD, ! scope=“row” |1995 Alison Krauss|

Cathedral Quartet – High and Lifted Up

Charlie Daniels – The Door

Wendy Bagwell and the Sunliters – Tell It Again

The Torchmen – Just Stopped By

THE 37TH GRAMMY NOMINATIONS>URL=HTTP://ARTICLES.LATIMES.COM/1995-01-06/ENTERTAINMENT/CA-17089_1_VOCAL-PERFORMANCE/PAGE=3ACCESS-DATE=SEPTEMBER 15, 2012, ! scope=“row” |1996|

Bruce Carroll – One Summer Evening Live

Crystal Gayle – Someday

Joe Isaacs and Ralph Stanley – A Gospel Gathering

Jerry & Tammy Sullivan – At the Feet of God

THE 38TH ANNUAL GRAMMY NOMINATIONS: THE COMPLETE LIST OF NOMINEES>URL=HTTP://ARTICLES.LATIMES.COM/1996-01-05/ENTERTAINMENT/CA-21204_1_VOCAL-PERFORMANCE/PAGE=3ACCESS-DATE=SEPTEMBER 15, 2012, ! scope=“row” |1997

Charlie Daniels – Steel Witness

Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver – There’s a Light Guiding Me

Bobbie Nelson and Willie Nelson – How Great Thou Art

Ricky Van Shelton – Don’t Overlook Salvation

ANDY GRIFFITH >URL=HTTPS://WWW.GRAMMY.COM/ARTISTS/ANDY-GRIFFITH/9460 ACCESS-DATE=MAY 29, 2022, ! scope=“row” |1998 |

James Blackwood and the Light Crust Doughboys – Keep Lookin’ Up: The Texas Swing Sessions

Gaither Vocal Band – Back Home in Indiana

The Martins – Light of the World

1997 GRAMMY NOMINEES>URL=HTTP://ARTICLES.ORLANDOSENTINEL.COM/1998-01-09/ENTERTAINMENT/9801071002_1_PAULA-COLE-SHAWN-COLVIN-TONY-BENNETTPAGE=3DATE=JANUARY 9, 1998, September 16, 2012, ! scope=“row” |1999| Ken Levitan, producers

James Blackwood Quartet and the Light Crust Doughboys – They Gave the World a Smile: The Stamps Quartet Tribute Album

Cathedral Quartet – Faithful

Bill and Gloria Gaither and Their Homecoming Friends – Down by the Tabernacle

Andy Griffith – Just as I Am

ACADEMY’S COMPLETE LIST OF NOMINEES>URL=HTTP://ARTICLES.LATIMES.COM/1999/JAN/06/ENTERTAINMENT/CA-60928PAGE=3ACCESS-DATE=SEPTEMBER 16, 2012, ! scope=“row” |2000

Glen Campbell – A Glen Campbell Christmas

Roy Clark – Roy Clark Sings & Plays Gospel Greats

Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver – Winding Through Life

J. D. Sumner and the Stamp Quartet – The Final Sessions

2000 >TITLE=FINAL NOMINATIONS FOR THE 42ND ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS PUBLISHER=PROMETHEUS GLOBAL MEDIA ISSUE=3 URL=HTTPS://BOOKS.GOOGLE.COM/BOOKS?ID=OQ0EAAAAMBAJ, ! scope=“row” |2001 | Ricky Skaggs, and Kentucky ThunderAlan Shulman, engineers

The Jordanaires, the Light Crust Doughboys with James Blackwood – The Great Gospel Hit Parade: From Memphis to Nashville to Texas

Cathedral Quartet – The Cathedrals: A Farewell Celebration

Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver – Just Over in Heaven

Paul Williams & The Victory Trio – Old Ways & Old Paths

GRAMMYS CAST A WIDER NET THAN USUAL>LAST=BOUCHERURL=HTTP://ARTICLES.LATIMES.COM/2001/JAN/04/ENTERTAINMENT/CA-8072/PAGE=4ACCESS-DATE=SEPTEMBER 21, 2012, ! scope=“row” |2002 Gloria Gaither and Their Homecoming Friends

Merle Haggard and Albert E. Brumley, Jr. – Two Old Friends

Ann-Margret and The Jordanaires, the Light Crust Doughboys with James Blackwood – God Is Love: The Gospel Sessions

The Oak Ridge Boys – From the Heart

Randy Travis – Inspirational Journey

HTTP://WWW.CBSNEWS.COM/STORIES/2002/01/04/ENTERTAINMENT/MAIN323197.SHTML>TITLE=COMPLETE LIST OF GRAMMY NOMINEESARCHIVE-DATE=OCTOBER 10, 2003ACCESS-DATE=SEPTEMBER 22, 2012, CBS, ! scope=“row” |2003 Light Crust DoughboysPhilip York, engineers

Charlie Daniels Band – (How Sweet the Sound: 25 Favorite Hymns and Gospel Greats)

Gaither Vocal Band – Everything Good

The Oak Ridge Boys – An Inconvenient Christmas

HTTP://WWW.SFGATE.COM/ENTERTAINMENT/ARTICLE/COMPLETE-LIST-OF-GRAMMY-NOMINEES-CEREMONY-SET-2687689.PHP >TITLE=COMPLETE LIST OF GRAMMY NOMINEES; CEREMONY SET FOR FEB. 23 ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20121207011605/HTTP://WWW.SFGATE.COM/ENTERTAINMENT/ARTICLE/COMPLETE-LIST-OF-GRAMMY-NOMINEES-CEREMONY-SET-2687689.PHP ACCESS-DATE=SEPTEMBER 22, 2012 PUBLISHER=HEARST CORPORATION, dead, ! scope=“row” |2004 Jason Lehning and Steve Tillisch, engineers

Blue Highway – Wondrous Love

The Crabb Family – The Walk

Gaither Vocal Band – A Cappella

Engelbert Humperdinck, The Blackwood Brothers Quartet, The Jordanaires and the Light Crust Doughboys – Always Hear the Harmony: The Gospel Sessions

HTTPS://WWW.NYTIMES.COM/REF/ARTS/MUSIC/08GRAMMY-LIST.HTML>TITLE=GRAMMY AWARD WINNERSPUBLISHER=THE NEW YORK TIMESDATE=DECEMBER 8, 2003, ! scope=“row” |2005 Jason Lehning and Casey Wood, engineers

The Crabb Family – Driven

Art Greenhaw, The Jordanaires, Nokie Edwards, and the Light Crust Doughboys – 20th Century Gospel: From Hymns to Blackwood Brothers Tribute to Christian Country

Buddy Miller– Universal United House of Prayer

Various artists – (Amazing Grace 3: A Country Salute to Gospel)

HTTPS://WWW.USATODAY.COM/LIFE/MUSIC/NEWS/2004-12-07-GRAMMY-NOMINEE-LIST_X.HTM>TITLE=GRAMMY AWARD NOMINEES IN TOP CATEGORIESPUBLISHER=USA TODAYDATE=FEBRUARY 7, 2005, ! scope=“row” |2006 Brown Bannister, producers. Steve Bishir, engineer

The Crabb Family – Live At Brooklyn Tabernacle

Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers – Sing Their Family Gospel Favorites

The Jordanaires, Nokie Edwards, the Light Crust Doughboys, and Larry “T-Byrd” Gordon – Southern Meets Soul: An American Gospel Jubilee

The Oak Ridge Boys – Common Thread

HTTPS://WWW.NYTIMES.COM/REF/ARTS/MUSIC/08GRAMMY-LIST.HTML>TITLE=GRAMMY AWARD WINNERSPAGE=4ACCESS-DATE=SEPTEMBER 23, 2012, ! scope=“row” |2007 Casey Wood, engineer

Kenny Bishop – Kenny Bishop

Del McCoury Band – The Promised Land

Gaither Vocal Band – Give It Away

Alan Jackson – Precious Memories

HTTP://WWW.SFGATE.COM/ENTERTAINMENT/ARTICLE/COMPLETE-LIST-OF-GRAMMY-NOMINEES-2483347.PHP >ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20121106224721/HTTP://WWW.SFGATE.COM/ENTERTAINMENT/ARTICLE/COMPLETE-LIST-OF-GRAMMY-NOMINEES-2483347.PHP TITLE=COMPLETE LIST OF GRAMMY NOMINEES PUBLISHER=HEARST CORPORATION ACCESS-DATE=SEPTEMBER 25, 2012 URL-STATUS=DEAD, ! scope=“row” |2008 The Whites

Bill and Gloria Gaither and The Homecoming Friends – Amazing Grace

Karen Peck and New River – Journey of Joy

Billy Joe Shaver – Everybody’s Brother

Kenny & Amanda Smith Band – Tell Someone

Various artists (Ed Cash producer) – I’ll Fly Away: Country Hymns & Songs of Faith

HTTPS://WWW.NYTIMES.COM/2007/12/06/ARTS/06GRAMMYLIST.HTML?PAGEWANTED=1&_R=MOC.SEMITYN.WWW>TITLE=THE COMPLETE LIST OF GRAMMY NOMINEESPAGE=3ACCESS-DATE=SEPTEMBER 25, 2012, ! scope=“row” |2009 Pete Greene, engineers

The Booth Brothers – Room for More

Charlie Louvin – Steps to Heaven

Bart Millard – Hymned Again

Karen Peck and New River – Ephesians One

HTTP://WWW.CBSNEWS.COM/STORIES/2008/12/04/ENTERTAINMENT/MAIN4647768.SHTML>ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20090214100417/HTTP://WWW.CBSNEWS.COM/STORIES/2008/12/04/ENTERTAINMENT/MAIN4647768.SHTMLTITLE=THE 51ST ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS NOMINATIONSACCESS-DATE=SEPTEMBER 27, 2012, ! scope=“row” |2010

Ernie Haase & Signature Sound – Dream On

Tracy Lawrence – The Rock

Barry Scott & Second Wind – In God’s Time

Triumphant Quartet – Everyday

TAYLOR SWIFT, MEET JARS OF CLAY ... GRAMMY NOMINEES CHOSEN FOR CHRISTIAN MUSIC>URL=HTTP://LANCASTERONLINE.COM/BLOGS/CROSSROCK/2009/12/07/TAYLOR-SWIFT-MEET-JARS-OF-CLAY-GRAMMY-NOMINEES-CHOSEN-FOR-CHRISTIAN-MUSIC/PUBLISHER=LANCASTER NEWSPAPERS, INCFIRST=DAVEACCESS-DATE=SEPTEMBER 28, 2012ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://ARCHIVE.TODAY/20130127085155/HTTP://LANCASTERONLINE.COM/BLOGS/CROSSROCK/2009/12/07/TAYLOR-SWIFT-MEET-JARS-OF-CLAY-GRAMMY-NOMINEES-CHOSEN-FOR-CHRISTIAN-MUSIC/, January 27, 2013, ! scope=“row” |2011

Austins Bridge – Times Like These

Jeff & Sheri Easter – Expecting Good Things

Ty Herndon – Journey On

Karen Peck & New River – Live at Oak Tree: Karen Peck & New River

HTTP://THEENVELOPE.LATIMES.COM/NEWS/BREAKING/NEWSLETTER/LA-ET-ENV-GRAMMYS-NOMINEES-2010-LIST,0,4822287.HTMLSTORY>TITLE=53RD ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS NOMINEES LISTNEWSPAPER=LOS ANGELES TIMES, {{note|1|[I]}} Each year is linked to the article about the Grammy Awards held that year.

References

General

• WEB,www.grammy.com/nominees/search, Past Winners Search, National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, September 15, 2012, Note: User must select the “Gospel” category as the genre under the search feature.

Specific

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