SR Gospel: Mary Mary Leads Grammy Gospel Nominees, Plus This Week's Top 10 Songs

Gospel/Inspirational Duo Mary Mary are spreading the gospel in Los Angeles this weekend, where they are nominated for three Grammy Awards !

The "Get Up" duo has been nominated for Best Gospel Performance, Best Gospel Song and Best Contemporary R&B Gospel album, categories they share with Stellar Award-nominated artists Kirk Franklin, Tye Tribbett and Dorinda Clark Cole.

Mary Mary's 2008 album "The Sound," which topped the Billboard Gospel Albums chart, will also face off with Jason Champion's "Reflections".

Grammy Award Gospel winners will be revealed this Sunday, Feb. 8 during pre-telecast ceremonies. (see nominees below)

* Click Here for an official list of Gospel Winners (updated)


Grammy 'Gospel' Nominees:


Best Gospel Performance

"I Understand"
Kim Burrell

"East To West"
Casting Crowns

"Get Up"
Mary Mary

"Shall We Gather At The River"
Take 6

"Waging War"
CeCe Winans


Best Gospel Song

"Cover Me"
J. Moss (21:03, Fred Hammond, Smokie Norful)

"Get Up"
Mary Mary, Warren Campbell & Eric Dawkins

"Give Me Your Eyes"
Brandon Heath & Jason Ingram

"Help Me Believe"
Kirk Franklin

"You Reign"
Jim Bryson, Steven Curtis Chapman, Nathan Cochran, Barry Graul, Bart Millard...


Best Rock or Rap Gospel Album

Hello
After Edmund [Slanted Records]

Our World
Redeemed Flame [Cross Movement Records]

We Need Each Other
Sanctus Real [Sparrow Records]

Rock What You Got
Superchick [Inpop Records]

Alive And Transported
TobyMac


Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album

This Moment
Steven Curtis Chapman [Sparrow Records]

What If We
Brandon Heath [Reunion Records]

Opposite Way
Leeland [Essential Records]

Hello Love
Chris Tomlin [Sparrow Records/Sixstepsrecords/EMI CMG]

Thy Kingdom Come
CeCe Winans


Best Traditional Gospel Album

Down In New Orleans
The Blind Boys Of Alabama [Time Life]

I'll Say Yes
The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir Carol Cymbala, producer [Integrity Music]

Take It Back
Dorinda Clark-Cole [GospoCentric/Zomba]

Deitrick Haddon Presents . . . Together In Worship
Voices Of Unity [Tyscot Records]

Bishop Charles E. Blake Presents... No Limit
The West Angeles COGIC Mass Choir [EMI Gospel]


Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album

Reflections
Jason Champion [EMI Gospel/Brooks Entertainment]

The Fight Of My Life
Kirk Franklin [Fo Yo Soul Entertainment/ Zomba Gospel]
The Sound
Mary Mary [Columbia]
Donald Lawrence Introduces: Family Prayer
The Murrills [Quiet Water/ Verity]

Stand Out
Tye Tribbett & G.A.




This Week's Top 10 Gospel Singles
(according to the weekly Gospel National Airplay chart)

1. "Trust You"    James Fortune & FIYA
2. "Get Up"        Mary Mary
3. "Cover Me"    21:03
4. "Souled Out" Hezekiah Walker & LFC
5. "Peace & Favor Rest On Us"  Kurt Carr & The Kurt Carr Singers
6. "I Lift My Hands"  Arkansas Gospel Mass Choir
7. "My Name Is Victory"  Jonathan Nelson feat. Purpose
8. "Praise Me Now"       Kierra Sheard
9. "Lord Prepare Me"    West Angeles Church of God In Christ Mass Choir
10. "Work It Out"          Troy Sneed presents Bonafide Praisers


Inspirational Song of the Week: In honor of this week's Grammy Awards and the aforementioned nominations take a listen to Mary Mary's twice nominated single "Get Up" and Kirk Franklin's "Help Me Believe":

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