45th Annual Grammy Award Nominations

January 7, 2003 - The 45th Annual GRAMMY Awards recently announced nominations. The GRAMMY Awards will originate from Madison Square Garden in New York City, and the show will be broadcast live on the CBS Television Network on Sunday, February 23, 2003, at 8 p.m. (ET/PT).

Established in 1957, the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, Inc., also known as the Recording Academy, is dedicated to improving the quality of life and cultural condition for music and its makers. An organization of more than 18,000 musicians, producers and other recording professionals, the Recording Academy is internationally known for the GRAMMY Awards, and is responsible for numerous groundbreaking outreach, professional development, cultural enrichment, education and human services programs.

Here are the nominees in the Gospel and CCM categories:

Field 11 – Gospel
Category 51 - Best Rock Gospel Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)

• Lift
  Audio Adrenaline
  [ForeFront Records]
  
  
• The Art Of Translation
  Grits
  [Gotee Records]
  
  
• The Way I Am
  Jennifer Knapp
  [Gotee Records]
  
  
• Come Together
  Third Day
  [Essential Records]
  
  
• Momentum
  Tobymac
  [ForeFront Records]
  
  

Field 11 – Gospel
Category 52 - Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)

• New Map Of The World
  Paul Colman Trio
  [Essential Records]
  
  
• The Eleventh Hour
  Jars Of Clay
  [Essential Records]
  
  
• he Christmas Shoes
  Newsong
  [Reunion Records]
  
  
• The Heart Of Me
  Kathy Troccoli
  [Reunion Records]
  
  
• See The Light
  True Vibe
  [Essential Records]
  
  

Field 11 - Gospel
Category 53 - Best Southern, Country, or Bluegrass Gospel Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)

• How Sweet The Sound: 25 Favorite Hymns And Gospel Greats
  The Charlie Daniels Band
  [Sparrow Records]
  
  
• Everything Good
  Gaither Vocal Band
  [Spring Hill Music Group, Inc.]
  
  
• We Called Him Mr. Gospel Music: The James Blackwood Tribute Album
  The Jordanaires, Larry Ford And The Light Crust Doughboys
  [Art Greenhaw Records]
  
  
• An Inconvenient Christmas
  The Oak Ridge Boys
  [Spring Hill Music]
  
  

Field 11 - Gospel
Category 54 - Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)