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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.)
- Higher Ground
The Blind Boys Of Alabama
[Real World]
- Walking By Faith
The Canton Spirituals
[Verity Records]
- Live In Charlotte
Twinkie Clark & Friends
[Verity Records]
- Live At Home
Dorothy Norwood
[Malaco Records]
- Bishop T.D. Jakes Presents Woman Thou Art Loosed - Worship 2002
Various Artists
Kevin Bond & Steve Lawrence, producers
[EMI Gospel]
Field 11 - Gospel
Category 55 - Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)
- The Commissioned Reunion "Live"
Commissioned
Marcus Cole, Fred Hammond, Mitchell Jones, Karl Reid, Marvin Sapp, Keith Staten & Michael Williams, group members
[Verity Records]
- Sidebars
Eartha
[AFRT Music]
- Lost And Found
Deitrick Haddon
[Verity Album/Zomba Recording Corporation]
- Speak Those Things: POL Chapter 3
Fred Hammond
[Verity Records]
- Live And Up Close
BeBe Winans
[Motown Records]
Field 11 - Gospel
Category 56 - Best Gospel Choir Or Chorus Album
(For choirs or choruses only, with or without lead vocalist(s).)
- Be Glad
Carol Cymbala, choir director; The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir
[M2.0 Communications]
- Family Affair II Live at Radio City Music Hall
Hezekiah Walker, choir director; Love Fellowship Choir
[Verity Records]
- Go Get Your Life Back
Donald Lawrence, choir director; The Tri-City Singers
[EMI Gospel]
- Mighty In The Spirit
John P. Kee, choir director; Victory In Praise Mass Choir
[Verity Records]
- Soul Interpretations
Bobby Champion, choir director; Excelsior
[Verity Records]
Other Christian artists nominated in categories other than CCM and gospel:
Best Pop Instrumental Album
- The Power of Love
John Tesh
[Garden City Music]
- The Christmas Message
Kirk Whalum
[Warner Bros. Records]
Best Pop Instrumental Performance
- Playing With Fire
Kirk Whalum
Track from: Unconditional
[Warner Bros. Records]
Best Hard Rock Performance
- Youth of the Nation
P.O.D.
Track from: Satellite
[Atlantic Records]
Best Metal Performance
- Portrait
P.O.D.
Track from: Satellite
[Atlantic Records]
Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
- I'm Standing
Eartha
Track from: Sidebars
[AFRT Music]
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