The nominees were announced for the 2018 Grammy Awards this week. Some of Gospel’s most celebrated artists received the highly praised nominations, including Tina Campbell, Travis Greene, Marvin Sapp, JJ Hairston & Youthful Praise, Anita Wilson and The Walls Group.
In the Gospel and Christian music categories, multiple nominations were earned by Le’Andria, Ce Ce Winans, Tauren Wells and Mercy Me. Each of these artists nabbed two nominations from the five categories allotted for the Gospel and Christian music genres.
Leading the way overall with the most Grammy nominations is hip hop mogul JAY-Z with eight, including a nomination for record of the year. He is followed by Kendrick Lamar with seven nods. “24 Karat” Bruno Mars is in third landing six nominations. Rapper and Emmy 
award winning actor, Childish Gambino aka Donald Glover and singer Khalid both are sitting pretty with five of the music world’s most coveted award nominations.
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The 60th Grammy Awards will air live from New York City’s Madison Square Garden on January 28, 2018.
2018 Gospel and Christian Grammy Nominees List:
Best Gospel Performance/Song
- Too Hard Not To – Tina Campbell; Tina Campbell & Warryn Campbell, songwriters
- You Deserve It – JJ Hairston & Youthful Praise Featuring Bishop Cortez Vaughn; David Bloom, JJ Hairston, Phontane Demond Reed & Cortez Vaughn, songwriters
- Better Days – Le’Andria
- My Life – The Walls Group; Warryn Campbell, Eric Dawkins, Damien Farmer, Damon Thomas, Ahjah Walls & Darrel Walls, songwriters
- Never Have To Be Alone – CeCe Winans; Dwan Hill & Alvin Love III, songwriters
Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song
- Oh My Soul – Casting Crowns; Mark Hall & Bernie Herms, songwriters
- Clean – Natalie Grant; Natalie Grant, songwriter
- What A Beautiful Name – Hillsong Worship; Ben Fielding & Brooke Ligertwood, songwriters
- Even If – MercyMe; David Garcia, Ben Glover, Crystal Lewis, MercyMe & Tim Timmons, songwriters
- Hills And Valleys – Tauren Wells; Chuck Butler, Jonathan Smith & Tauren Wells, songwriters
Best Gospel Album
- Crossover: Live From Music City – Travis Greene
- Bigger Than Me – Le’Andria
- Close – Marvin Sapp
- Sunday Song – Anita Wilson
- Let Them Fall In Love – CeCe Winans
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album
- Rise – Danny Gokey
- Echoes (Deluxe Edition) – Matt Maher
- Lifer – MercyMe
- Hills And Valleys – Tauren Wells
- Chain Breaker – Zach Williams
Best Roots Gospel Album
- The Best Of The Collingsworth Family – Volume 1 – The Collingsworth Family
- Give Me Jesus – Larry Cordle
- Resurrection – Joseph Habedank
- Sing It Now: Songs Of Faith & Hope – Reba McEntire
- Hope For All Nations – Karen Peck & New River