Category 51

Best Gospel Performance
(For solo, duo, group as collaborative performances. Singles or tracks with vocal containing Gospel lyrics. All genres of Gospel music are eligible.)

• East To West
  Casting Crowns
  Track from: The Altar And The Door
  [Beach Street Records/Reunion Records]
  
  (Tie)
• Blessed & Highly Favored
  The Clark Sisters
  Track from: Live - One Last Time
  [EMI Gospel]
  
• Never Gonna Break My Faith
  Aretha Franklin & Mary J. Blige (Featuring The Harlem Boys Choir)
  Track from: Bobby: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
  [Island Def Jam]
  
  
• With Long Life
  Israel And New Breed Featuring T-Bone
  Track from: A Deeper Level
  [Integrity Music]
• He Set My Life To Music
  CeCe Winans
  Track from: She Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool - A Tribute To Barbara Mandrell
  [BNA Records]

Category 52

Best Gospel Song
(A Songwriter(s) Award. For Song Eligibility Guidelines see Category #3. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.)

• Blessed & Highly Favored
  Karen Clark-Sheard, songwriter (The Clark Sisters)
  Track from: Live - One Last Time
  [EMI Gospel; Publisher: K. Sheard's Melody]
  
• East To West
  Mark Hall & Bernie Herms, songwriters (Casting Crowns)
  Track from: The Altar And The Door
  [Beach Street Records/Reunion Records; Publishers: Club Zoo Music, Sparrow Song, Swecs Music, Banahama Tunes/Word Music]
• Encourage Yourself
  Donald Lawrence, songwriter (Donald Lawrence & The Tri-City Singers)
  Track from: The Grand Finale: Encourage Yourself
  [EMI Gospel; Publishers: QW Songs/Zomba Publishing]
• Made To Love
  Cary Barlowe, Toby McKeehan, Jamie Moore & Aaron Rice, songwriters (TobyMac)
  Track from: Portable Sounds
  [ForeFront Records; Publishers: Achtober Songs/Emack Music/Lowe Bar Music/Jammu Music/Rizzle Music]
• Praise On The Inside
  James L. Moss, songwriter (J. Moss)
  [Gospo Centric; Publisher: Millenni-era Music]

Category 53

Best Rock Or Rap Gospel Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)

• Before The Daylight's Shot
  Ashley Cleveland
  [204 Records]
  
• HIStory: Our Place In His Story
  The Cross Movement
  [Cross Movement Records]
• Open Book
  Da' T.R.U.T.H.
  [Cross Movement Records]
• The Reckoning
  Pillar
  [Flicker Records]
• Comatose
  Skillet
  [Atlantic/Lava/Ardent/INO]

Category 54

Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)

• The Altar And The Door
  Casting Crowns
  [Beach Street Records/Reunion Records]
• A Deeper Level
  Israel And New Breed
  [Integrity Music]
  
• True Beauty
  Mandisa
  [Sparrow Records]
• Stand
  Michael W. Smith
  [Reunion Records]
• Portable Sounds
  TobyMac
  [ForeFront Records]

Category 55

Best Southern, Country, Or Bluegrass Gospel Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)

• Amazing Grace
  Bill & Gloria Gaither And The Homecoming Friends
  [Gaither Music Group]
• Journey Of Joy
  Karen Peck And New River
  [Daywind Records]
• Everybody's Brother
  Billy Joe Shaver
  [Compadre Records/Music World Entertainment]
• Salt Of The Earth
  Ricky Skaggs & The Whites
  [Skaggs Family Records]
  
• Tell Someone
  Kenny & Amanda Smith Band
  [Rebel Records]
• I'll Fly Away: Country Hymns & Songs Of Faith
  Various Artists
  Ed Cash, producer
  [Sparrow Records]

Category 56

Best Traditional Gospel Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)

• Live - One Last Time
  The Clark Sisters
  [EMI Gospel]
  
• The Grand Finale': Encourage Yourself
  Donald Lawrence & The Tri-City Singers
  [EMI Gospel]
• Life Changing
  Smokie Norful
  [EMI Gospel]
• Thirsty
  Marvin Sapp
  [Verity]
• Cherch
  Bebe Winans
  [Koch Records]

Category 57