Grammy Award for Best Traditional Gospel Album

Template:Short description The Grammy Award for Best Traditional Gospel Album was awarded from 1991 to 2011. A similar award, the Grammy Award for Best Soul Gospel Performance, Traditional was awarded from 1978 to 1983. It was previously known as the award Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album.

According to the category description guide for the 52nd Grammy Awards, the award is reserved for "albums containing at least 51% playing time of newly recorded traditional gospel vocal tracks" performed by "solo artists, duos, groups or choirs/choruses."<ref name=52guide>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The category was discontinued from 2012 in a major overhaul of Grammy categories. From 2012, recordings in this category were shifted to the newly formed Best Gospel Album category.

Shirley Caesar and The Blind Boys of Alabama were the biggest recipients in this category with five wins each.

Recipients

Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were presented, for works released in the previous year.

Year{{#if:[I]|[I]|[1]}}	Performing artists	Work	Nominees	Ref.
1991	Tramaine Hawkins	Tramaine Hawkins Live	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammys1991>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1992	Mighty Clouds of Joy	Pray For Me	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name="Grammy Nominations 1992">Template:Cite news</ref>
1993	Shirley Caesar	He's Working It Out For You	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name="Grammy Nominations 1993">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1994	Shirley Caesar	Stand Still	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammys1994>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1995	Albertina Walker	Songs of the Church - Live in Memphis	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name="Grammy Nominations 1995">Template:Cite news</ref>
1996	Shirley Caesar	Live - He Will Come	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name="Grammy Nominations 1996">Template:Cite news</ref>
1997	Cissy Houston	Face to Face	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name="Grammy Nominations 1997">Template:Cite news</ref>
1998	The Fairfield Four	I Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name="Grammy Nominations 1998">Template:Cite news</ref>
1999	Cissy Houston	He Leadeth Me	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name="Grammy Nominations 1999">Template:Cite news</ref>
2000	Shirley Caesar	Christmas with Shirley Caesar	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name="Grammy Nominations 2000">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2001	Shirley Caesar	You Can Make It	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name="Grammy Nominations 2001">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2002	The Blind Boys of Alabama	Spirit of the Century	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammys2002>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2003	The Blind Boys of Alabama	Higher Ground	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name="Grammy Nominations 2003">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2004	The Blind Boys of Alabama	Go Tell It on the Mountain	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammys2004>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2005	Ben Harper and The Blind Boys of Alabama	There Will Be a Light	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name="Grammy Nominations 2005">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2006	Donnie McClurkin	Psalms, Hymns & Spiritual Songs	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name="Grammy Nominations 2006">Template:Cite news</ref>
2007	Israel & New Breed	Alive in South Africa	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammys2007>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2008	The Clark Sisters	Live - One Last Time	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name="Grammy Nominations 2008">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2009	The Blind Boys of Alabama	Down in New Orleans	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammys2009>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2010	Various Artists	Oh Happy Day: An All-Star Music Celebration	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammys2010>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2011	Patty Griffin	Downtown Church	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammys2011>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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See also

• List of Grammy Award categories

References

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Specific

External links

• Official site of the Grammy Awards

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