Recording Academy News - December 7, 2004
47th GRAMMY Nominees Announced
Nominations reflect numerous and diverse collaborations,
breakout music makers
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Holy Hip Hop: Taking the Gospel to the Streets -
Nominated for Grammy Award 'Best Rock Gospel' Album
Featuring Ministers of the Gospel: ShonLock; Ziklag;
Shei Atkins; Dynamic Twins; Mr. Del; Izreal; Canton
Jones; R.Jones; Infinity; FTF; R.Swift; Mariaha Markel.
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The Recording Academy announced nominations for the 47th Annual
GRAMMY Awards today. The press event was held at the Music Box @ The
Fonda in Hollywood and was attended by national and international
media, as well as key music industry executives.The 47th Annual
GRAMMY Awards will be held on GRAMMY Sunday, Feb. 13, at Staples
Center in Los Angeles and once again will be broadcast live on CBS
from 8 – 11:30 p.m. (EST/PST).
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL HOLY HIP HOP AND GOSPEL ARTISTS, LABELS,
PRODUCERS, TELEVISION, CABLE NETWORKS, RADIO STATIONS, EXECUTIVES,
DISTRIBUTORS, RETAILERS, ORGANIZATIONS, CHURCHES, PASTORS, WEBSITES, MAGAZINES, DEEJAYS, PROGRAM DIRECTORS AND GLOBAL
SUPPORTERS OF THE MOVEMENT TO TAKE THE GOSPEL TO THE STREETS, SO THAT THE
COMMUNITY CAN BE POSITIVELY IMPACTED AND UPLIFTED FOR GENERATIONS TO
COME!!!! YOUR AWESOME SUPPORT AND STEADFASTNESS THROUGH THE YEARS HAS RESULTED IN THE FOLLOWING
47TH GRAMMY AWARDS NOMINATION, FOR BEST 'ROCK GOSPEL ALBUM', FOR SUMMER 2004 CD DEBUT, DISTRIBUTED WORLDWIDE BY
EMI GOSPEL, TITLED:
Holy Hip Hop: Taking the Gospel to the Streets
EMI GOSPEL GRAMMY NOMINEES IN
'*BOLD/Italicized*' TEXT BELOW:
Category 52
Best Rock Gospel Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)
* Take Me Away
Sarah Kelly
[Gotee Records]
* Collide
Skillet
[Ardent Records]
* Lose This Life
Tait
[ForeFront Records]
* Wire
Third Day
[Essential Records]
* Welcome To Diverse City
TobyMac
[ForeFront Records]
* Holy Hip Hop "Taking The Gospel To The Streets"
Various Artists
David (Damonsta) Lynch, producer
[Holy Hip Hop Music]/[EMI Gospel]
Category 56
Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)
* He-Motions
Bishop T. D. Jakes
[EMI Gospel/Dexterity Sounds]
* Nothing Without You
Smokie Norful
[EMI Gospel]
Category 57
Best Gospel Choir Or Chorus Album
(For choirs or choruses only, with or without lead vocalist(s).)
* Spirit & Truth
Kevin Bond, choir director; Newbirth Total Praise Choir (Bishop Eddie L.
Long)
[EMI Gospel]
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GRAMMY ballots for the final round of voting will be mailed on Dec.
15 to the voting members of The Recording Academy. They are due back to the
accounting firm of Deloitte by Jan. 12, 2005, when they will be tabulated
and the results kept secret until the telecast.
The GRAMMY Awards are produced in association with Cossette Productions.
Ken Ehrlich and John Cossette are executive producers, Walter C. Miller is
producer/director, Tisha Fein is the coordinating producer, Tzvi Small is
executive in charge of production, and Anthea Bhargava is associate
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