The winners in the 58th Annual Grammy Awards were unveiled yesterday.
Among those awarded in this year’s most prestigious music event are several Gospel artists.
In the category Best Gospel Performance / Song, songwriter Kirk Franklin won the award for the single “Wanna Be Happy?” Those who went up against Franklin in the same category included Anthony Brown & Group Therapy, Travis Greene, Brian Courtney Wilson and Israel & NewBreed.
Franklin’s latest win marks his eighth Grammy Award.
For the Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance / Song, Francesca Battistelli took home the award for this category through the single “Holy Spirit.”
On the other hand, worship leader and artist Israel & NewBreed, also known as Israel Houghton won the award in the Best Gospel Album category for the live album “Covered: Alive in Asia.”
As mentioned earlier, he was also nominated in the Best Gospel Performance / Song for the live rendition of the song “How Awesome is Our God,” which featured Yolanda Adams.
Taking home the award for the Best Contemporary Christian Music Album was TobyMac for “This is Note a Test.” The other nominees for the category are Chris Tomlin for “Love Ran Red,” Matt Maher for “Saints and Sinners,” Lauren Daigle for “How Can it Be” and Jason Crabb for “Whatever the Road.” Rounding up the winners for the 2016 Grammy Awards’ Gospel categories is The Fairfield Four.
The group won the category Best Roots Gospel Album with “Still Rockin’ My Soul. The first time the band received a Grammy Award was in 1997 for the song “I couldn’t Hear Nobody Pray.”
