Christian Music News: Maverick City Music Wins 4 GRAMMYs (2024)

Contemporary worship music collective, Maverick City Music and Gospel music icon, Kirk Franklin, were among the big winners at the...

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Jun 3, 2023 - 03:35

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Contemporary worship music collective, Maverick City Music and Gospel music icon, Kirk Franklin, were among the big winners at the 2023 Grammy Awards which was held yesterday at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.

Maverick City Music took home four (4) Grammys emerging top winner in the Christian/Gospel music category including Best Contemporary Christian Music Album “Breathe”. They bagged three Grammy Awards with Kirk Franklin for their collaborative projects including, Best Gospel Album “One Deluxe”, Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance “Fear Is Not My Future” and Best Gospel Song “Kingdom”.

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Meanwhile, The Tennessee State University Marching Band won the Best Root Gospel album for their project, “The Urban Hymnal”.

See the Full List in the Christian/Gospel Category Below;

Best Contemporary Christian music album “Breathe” — Maverick City Music | WINNER “Lion” — Elevation Worship “Life After Death” — TobyMac “Always” — Chris Tomlin “My Jesus” — Anne Wilson

Best Gospel album “Kingdom Book One Deluxe” — Maverick City Music & Kirk Franklin | WINNER “Die To Live” — Maranda Curtis “Breakthrough: The Exodus (Live)” — Ricky Dillard “Clarity” — DOE “All Things New” — Tye Tribbett

Best Roots gospel album “The Urban Hymnal” — Tennessee State University Marching Band | WINNER “Let’s Just Praise The Lord” — Gaither Vocal Band “Confessio – Irish American Roots” — Keith & Kristyn Getty “The Willie Nelson Family” — Willie Nelson “2:22” — Karen Peck & New River

Best Contemporary Christian music performance/song “Fear Is Not My Future” — Maverick City Music & Kirk Franklin; Kirk Franklin, Nicole Hannel, Jonathan Jay, Brandon Lake & Hannah Shackelford, songwriters | WINNER “God Really Loves Us (Radio Version)” — Crowder Featuring Dante Bowe and Maverick City Music; Dante Bowe, David Crowder, Ben Glover & Jeff Sojka, songwriters “So Good” — DOE; Chuck Butler, Dominique Jones & Ethan Hulse, songwriters “For God Is With Us” — for KING & COUNTRY & Hillary Scott; Josh Kerr, Jordan Reynolds, Joel Smallbone & Luke Smallbone, songwriters “Holy Forever” — Chris Tomlin; Jason Ingram, Brian Johnson, Jenn Johnson, Chris Tomlin & Phil Wickham, songwriters “Hymn Of Heaven (Radio Version)” — Phil Wickham; Chris Davenport, Bill Johnson, Brian Johnson & Phil Wickham, songwriters

Best Gospel performance/song “Kingdom” — Maverick City Music & Kirk Franklin; Kirk Franklin, Jonathan Jay, Chandler Moore & Jacob Poole, songwriters | WINNER “Positive” — Erica Campbell; Erica Campbell, Warryn Campbell & Juan Winans, songwriters “When I Pray” — DOE; Dominique Jones & Dewitt Jones, songwriters “The Better Benediction” — PJ Morton Featuring Zacardi Cortez, Gene Moore, Samoht, Tim Rogers & Darrel Walls; PJ Morton, songwriter “Get Up” — Tye Tribbett; Brandon Jones, Christopher Michael Stevens, Thaddaeus Tribbett & Tye Tribbett, songwriters