Gospel Music proves popular at the 42nd Grammy Awards in LA
THE 42nd Grammy Awards held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on
February 23rd produced a number of surprises in the gospel music
section. The winners were: Best rock gospel album: 'Pray', Rebecca St
James; Best pop/contemporary gospel album: 'Speechless', Steven Curtis
Chapman; Best Southern, country or bluegrass gospel album: 'Kennedy
Center Homecoming', Bill & Gloria Gaither & Their Homecoming
Friends; Best contemporary soul gospel album: 'Mountain High...Valley
Low', Yolanda Adams; Best traditional gospel album: Shirley Caeser
'Christmas With Shirley Caeser'; and best gospel choir or chorus
album: 'High & Lifted Up', Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir.