The 51st Annual Grammy Awards will take place on February 8, 2009. It will be broadcast on CBS in the United States at 8PM EST. Nominations were announced on December 3, 2008. For the sixth year in a row, the ceremony will be held in the Staples Center. The nominations were announced on a special concert airing on CBS on December 3rd, 2008, and were posted on the official website afterwards.[1]
To be eligible for an award a recording must have been commercially released between October 1, 2007 and September 30, 2008. This is for all recordings released in the 2008 recording year. After the nominees are announced on December 4, 2008 final voting ballots will be sent to the academy members. This is when they will vote for one of the nominees to win the award. Each category has five nominees. More than five is the result of a tie in the nominating process. Members are allowed to vote in the General field and up to nine other fields on their final voting ballots. All ballots are tabulated by the independent accounting firm Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu. There are about 7,000 people who vote in the nominating and final voting process. These people are artists, producers, engineers, mixers and mastering engineers. Academy members are to vote based upon quality alone. They are not to be influenced by mass sales or personal friendships. The acceptance of gifts is prohibited and can result in termination of membership.
After the nominations are announced the recipients of all special awards such as lifetime achievement awards will be announced. In addition performers and presenters will be announced. Neil Diamond will be the recipient of the MusiCares Person of the Year award. Lil Wayne topped the nominations with eight, Coldplay garnered seven , and Jay-Z, Ne-Yo and Kanye West each earned six nods. Radiohead, Alison Krauss, John Mayer, Robert Plant, Jazmine Sullivan received five, and Jennifer Hudson, Adele, Danger Mouse, The Eagles, Lupe Fiasco, George Strait, Metallica and T.I. each received four nominations.
Find below the 51st Grammy Award Nominees for various gospel music category:
Best Gospel Performance
"I Understand" – Kim Burrell, Rance Allen, BeBe Winans, Mariah Carey & Hezekiah Walker's Love Fellowship Tabernacle Church Choir
"East to West" – Casting Crowns
"Get Up" – Mary Mary
"Shall We Gather at the River" – Take 6
"Waging War" – CeCe Winans
Best Gospel Song
"Cover Me" – 21:03 with Fred Hammond, Smokie Norful & J. Moss
James L. Moss, songwriter
"Get Up" – Mary Mary
Warryn Campbell, Eric Dawkins & Mary Mary, songwriters
"Give Me Your Eyes" – Brandon Heath
Brandon Heath & Jason Ingram, songwriters
"Help Me Believe" – Kirk Franklin
Kirk Franklin, songwriter
"You Reign" – MercyMe
Steven Curtis Chapman & MercyMe, songwriters
Best Rock or Rap Gospel Album
Hello – After Edmund
Our World Redeemed – Flame
We Need Each Other – Sanctus Real
Rock What You Got – Superchick
Alive and Transported – TobyMac
Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album
This Moment – Steven Curtis Chapman
What If We – Brandon Heath
Opposite Way – Leeland
Hello Love – Chris Tomlin
Thy Kingdom Come – CeCe Winans
Best Southern, Country, or Bluegrass Gospel Album
Room for More – Booth Brothers
Lovin' Life – Gaither Vocal Band
Steps to Heaven – Charlie Louvin
Hymned Again – Bart Millard
Ephesians One – Karen Peck & New River
Best Traditional Gospel Album
Down in New Orleans – The Blind Boys of Alabama
I'll Say Yes – The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir
Take It Back – Dorinda Clark Cole
Deitrick Haddon Presents . . . Together In Worship – Voices Of Unity
Bishop Charles E. Blake Presents... No Limit – The West Angeles COGIC Mass Choir
Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album
Reflections – Jason Champion
The Fight of My Life – Kirk Franklin
The Sound – Mary Mary
Donald Lawrence Introduces: Family Prayer – The Murrills
Stand Out – Tye Tribbett & G.A.
Feel free to predict the winners for various categories.
For a complete list of nominees visit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/51st_Grammy_Awards_nominees_and_winners
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