Grammy Award for Best Traditional Gospel Album
Year Performing artists Work Nominees
1991 Tramaine Hawkins Tramaine Hawkins Live Shirley Caesar - I Remember Mama Ron Winans Family & Friends Choir - Ron Winans Presents Family and Friends Choir II Mom and Pop Winans - Mom and Pop Winans The Clark Sisters - Bringing It Back Home
1992 Mighty Clouds of Joy Pray For Me Thomas Whitfield - My Faith The Jackson Southernaires - Thank You Mamma for Praying for Me The Williams Brothers - This Is Your Night Vanessa Bell Armstrong - The Truth About Christmas
1993 Shirley Caesar He 's Working It Out For You The Fairfield Four - Standing in the Safety Zone The Gospel Hummingbirds - Steppin ' Out Albertina Walker - Live Mom and Pop Winans - For the Rest of My Life
1994 Shirley Caesar Stand Still The Blind Boys of Alabama - Deep River Dorothy Norwood - Better Days Ahead The Dixie Hummingbirds - In Good Health The Canton Spirituals - Live in Memphis
1995 Albertina Walker Songs of the Church - Live in Memphis Rev . James Moore - I Will Trust in the Lord ... Dorothy Norwood - Live With the Georgia Mass Choir - Feel Like ... The Williams Brothers - In This Place Rev . Timothy Wright and the N.Y. Fellowship Mass Choir - Come Thou Almighty King
1996 Shirley Caesar Live - He Will Come Fontella Bass - No Ways Tired The Blind Boys of Alabama - I Brought Him With Me Mighty Clouds of Joy - Power Rev . James Moore with the Mississippi Mass Choir - Live at Jackson State University
1997 Cissy Houston Face to Face Walter Hawkins & the Hawkins Family - New Dawning Dorothy Norwood - Shake the Devil Off Various Artists ( Mighty Clouds of Joy , The Williams Brothers , and Slim & The Supreme Angels ) - Together As One : A Tribute To The Heritage Of Quartet Music Albertina Walker - Lets Go Back : Live in Chicago
1998 The Fairfield Four I Could n't Hear Nobody Pray Shirley Caesar - A Miracle in Harlem T. D. Jakes - Woman , Thou Art Loosed ! Songs of Healing and Restoration Mighty Clouds of Joy - Live in Charleston Vickie Winans - Live in Detroit
1999 Cissy Houston He Leadeth Me Rance Allen and the Soul Winners ' Conference Choir - Just Right for a Miracle Beverly Crawford - Now That I 'm Here Della Reese - My Soul Feels Better Right Now Rev . Timothy Wright and the B/J Mass Choir Featuring Myrna Summers - Been There Done That
2000 Shirley Caesar Christmas with Shirley Caesar The Dixie Hummingbirds - Music In The Air Dottie Peoples - God Can & God Will Pop Winans & The Winanaires - Uncensored Vickie Winans - Live In Detroit II
2001 Shirley Caesar You Can Make It Mighty Clouds of Joy - It Was You Rev . James Moore - Family & Friends Live From Detroit Aaron Neville - Devotion Dorothy Norwood - Ole Rickety Bridge The Williams Brothers - The Concert
2002 The Blind Boys of Alabama Spirit of the Century Shirley Caesar - Hymns New Life Community Choir featuring John P. Kee - Not Guilty ... The Experience Dottie Peoples - Show Up and Show Out Richard Smallwood with Vision - Persuaded : Live in D.C
2003 The Blind Boys of Alabama Higher Ground Dorothy Norwood - Live At Home The Canton Spirituals - Walking By Faith Twinkie Clark - Live in Charlotte Various Artists - Bishop T.D . Jakes Presents Woman Thou Art Loosed - Worship 2002
2004 The Blind Boys of Alabama Go Tell It on the Mountain Sensational Nightingales - Songs To Edify Aaron Neville - Believe Various Artists - Got ta Serve Somebody : The Gospel Songs of Bob Dylan Shirley Caesar & Friends - Shirley Caesar & Friends
2005 Ben Harper and The Blind Boys of Alabama There Will Be a Light The Rance Allen Group - The Live Experience Dottie Peoples - The Water I Give Richard Smallwood - The Praise & Worship Songs The Williams Brothers - Still Here
2006 Donnie McClurkin Psalms , Hymns & Spiritual Songs Shirley Caesar - I Know the Truth Dorinda Clark-Cole - Live From Houston : The Rose of Gospel Martha Munizzi - Say the Name Bishop G.E . Patterson & Congregation - Singing The Old Time Way Marvin Sapp - Be Exalted
2007 Israel & New Breed Alive in South Africa Donald Lawrence & The Tri-City Singers - Finale : Act One The Dixie Hummingbirds - Still Keeping it Real The Caravans - Paved the Way Byron Cage - An Invitation to Worship
2008 The Clark Sisters Live - One Last Time Donald Lawrence & The Tri-City Singers - The Grand Finale : Encourage Yourself Smokie Norful - Life Changing Marvin Sapp - Thirsty BeBe Winans - Cherch
2009 The Blind Boys of Alabama Down in New Orleans The West Angeles COGIC Mass Choir - Charles E. Blake Presents ... No Limit Voices Of Unity - Deitrick Haddon Presents Together In Worship Dorinda Clark-Cole - Take It Back The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir & Carol Cymbala - I 'll Say Yes
2010 Various Artists Oh Happy Day : An All-Star Music Celebration Vickie Winans - How I Got Over The Williams Brothers - The Journey Continues Ashley Cleveland - God Do n't Never Change Donald Lawrence - The Law of Confession , Part I
Recipients
Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were presented , for works released in the previous year .
The Grammy Award for Best Traditional Gospel Album was awarded from 1991 to 2011. A similar award, the Grammy Award for Best Soul Gospel Performance, Traditional was awarded from 1978 to 1983. It was previously known as the award Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album. According to the category description guide for the 52nd Grammy Awards, the award is reserved for albums containing at least 51% playing time of newly recorded traditional gospel vocal tracks performed by solo artists, duos, groups or choirs/choruses. The category was discontinued from 2012 in a major overhaul of Grammy categories. From 2012, recordings in this category were shifted to the newly formed Best Gospel Album category. Shirley Caesar and The Blind Boys of Alabama were the biggest recipients in this category with five wins each.