As artists and fans countdown to the 54th Grammy Awards on Sunday
night, the winners of the five Gospel Music categories have already been
announced at the Grammy Pre-Telecast Ceremony hosted by Cyndi Lauper.
For the "Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance"
category, the winning song was "Break Every Chains [Live]"
by Tasha Cobbs; "If He Did It
Before... Same God [Live]" by Tyre Tribbett won the other
Gospel category of "Best Gospel Song"; "Overcomer" by David
Garcia, Ben Glover and Christopher Stevens, song writers (Mandisa) won the
"Best Contemporary Christian Music Song"; "Greater Than
[Live]" by Tye Tribbett won the "Best Gospel Album";
"Overcomer" by Mandisa won the "Best Contemporary Christian
Music Album."
Grammy winner Tasha
Cobbs onstage at the 56th Annual GRAMMY Awards Pre-Telecast Ceremony on Jan. 26
in Los Angeles. (Photo: Michael Buckner/WireImage.com)
Break Every Chain by Tasha Cobbs
Much excitement have build up as the 54th Grammy Awards announce
the winners of the 70 music categories one-by-one. The Grammys is the
"biggest concert night" in the entire music industry as well as the
all-encompassing music award, ranging from electronic music, to country music,
to classical music, to rap, and to Gospel songs.
This year, the Gospel music nominations features some of the most
well-known and liked Christian artists, including Steven Curtis Chapman, Matt
Redman, Chris Tomlin, Tasha Cobbs, Mandisa, Building 429, Matt Maher, Natalie
Grant. Their music have continued to be an inspiration and influence towards
the Christians in America, which is only apt that the Grammy Awards continue to
include this section of the biggest music venue of the year.
While there is the Dove Awards ceremony that awards only to
Christian and Gospel music, the Grammy Awards allows the gospel songs to be
featured in the mainstream music industry.
In the Pre-Grammy Telecast, Steven Curtis Chapman was interviewed
by the Red Carpet hosts, where he shared that it is his 19th time
strolling the red carpet and has grown familiar to the Grammys, and
he also brought along his family with him. Although he received the nomination
for "Best Contemporary Christian Music Song," the winning song went
to Cobb's "Break Every
Chains [Live]."
Amy Grant
and Building 429
were among other contemporary Christian artists interviewed on the Grammy
Awards Red Carpet coverage.
The full list of Gospel song
nominations can be found at the 54th Grammy Awards website:
Grammy.com/nominees.
Meanwhile, the 56th Grammy Awards will be televised on CBS
nationally from 8-11:30 p.m. ET or 5-8:30 p.m. PT on January 26, 2014. The
awards ceremony/concert that features superstar performances will also be
available to watch online for free through live stream at CBS.com.
Source: Gospel Herald , Self
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