Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song
The Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song is a new category at the 2015 ceremony of the annual Grammy Awards. It combines two previously separate categories in the Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music field, Best Contemporary Christian Music Song and Best Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Performance. The new category will recognize both songwriters and performers (solo/duos/groups/collaborations/etc.) and is open for singles or tracks only.
Along with the also newly formed Best Gospel Performance/Song category, these mark the only Grammy categories which honour both performers and songwriters in one category.
These changes were made in June 2014 by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences "in the interest of clarifying the criteria, representing the current culture and creative DNA of the gospel and Contemporary Christian Music communities, and better reflecting the diversity and authenticity of today's gospel music industry."[1]
According to the Grammy committee, the move recognizes "the critical contribution of both songwriters and performers by combining songwriters and artists into the Best Gospel Performance/Song and Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song categories."
Gospel performances, which were previously recognized in the Best Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Performance category, will now fall under the newly created Best Gospel Performance/Song category.
Recipients
2010s
| Year[I] |
Title |
Artist(s) |
Songwriter(s) |
Other nominees [III] |
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| 2015 |
Messengers |
Lecrae featuring For King & Country |
Torrance Esmond, Ran Jackson, Ricky Jackson, Kenneth Chris Mackey, Lecrae Moore, Joseph Prielozny, Joel Smallbone & Luke Smallbone |
- Francesca Battistelli, David Arthur Garcia & Ben Glover for Write Your Story, performed by Francesca Battistelli
- David Crowder, Ben Glover & Matt Maher for Come As You Are, performed by Crowder
- Nathan Cochran, David Arthur Garcia, Ben Glover, Barry Graul, Bart Millard, Soli Olds, Mike Scheuchzer & Robby Shaffer for Shake, performed by MercyMe
- Bear Rinehart & Bo Rinehart for Multiplied, performed by Needtobreathe
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