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Christian Artists 48th Annual Grammy Awards

December 20, 2005 – 6:45 pm

Christian Artists And The GRAMMYS -Nominees for the 48th Annual Grammy Awards include new and old faces

Audio Adrenaline, nominated for Best Rock Gospel Album

The Gospel nominees for the 48th Annual Grammy Awards include new and old faces.

This year, Yolanda Adams, Mary Mary, and CeCe Winans received three nominations each, while in the Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album category, Michael W. Smith received his 11th nomination as Healing Rain got a nod.

Third Day, Jars of Clay and Steven Curtis Chapman claimed their seventh, seventh and sixth nominations for their albums Live Wire, Redemption Songs and All I Really Want for Christ.

Other nominees in the category include Casting Crowns and Out of Eden, which received nods for their efforts Lifesong and Hymns.

In the Best Rock Gospel Album category, hip-hop
claimed the bulk of the nominations with GRITS’ Dichotomy B, The Cross Movement’s Higher Definition, and Fresh I.E.’s Truth Is Fallin’ in Tha Streetz all receiving mentions. Audio Adrenaline (Until My Heart Caves In) and Day of Fire (Day of Fire) received the remaining two nominations.

On the traditional gospel side, six nominees secured a slot for the Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album statuette: Shirley Caesar (I Know the Truth), Dorinda Clark-Cole (Live from Houston…The Rose of Gospel), Donnie McClurkin (Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs), Marvin Sapp (Be Exalted), Martha Munizzi (Say the Name), and Bishop G.E. Patterson (Singing the Old Time Way).

Nominees in the Best Gospel Song field, a songwriting category, are: “Again I Say Rejoice” (Israel & New Breed), “Be Blessed” (Yolanda Adams), “Heaven” (Mary Mary), “Lift Him Up” (Hezekiah Walker & LFC), and “We Must Praise” (J Moss).

Other nominees include Amy Grant, the Crabb Family, the Oak Ridge Boys, Donald Lawrence, and Kurt Carr.

Winners will be announced on February 8 at 8 p.m. in a televised ceremony broadcast live on CBS.

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