Breaking News (Holy Hip Hop Global Press)47th GRAMMY
Nominees and Winners
reflect numerous and diverse collaborations,
breakout music makers -
Third Day
garners Grammy Award for 'Best Rock Gospel' Album 2004 - Edging Out
Grammy Nominees:
Toby Mac, Sarah Kelly, Tait and Holy Hip Hop: Taking the Gospel to
the Streets. EMI
Gospel's Smokie Norful Wins Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Soul
Gospel Album
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47th Annual Grammy Awards Nominee: Holy Hip Hop: Taking the Gospel to the
Streets - Featured Ministers of the Gospel: ShonLock; Ziklag;
Shei Atkins; Dynamic Twins; Mr. Del; Izreal; Canton
Jones; R.Jones; Infinity; FTF; R.Swift; Mariaha Markel.
Management: Danny Wilson and Panchetta
Harris
Producer: David 'Damonsta' Lynch
Exec.Producer: Christopher Martin
Engineering: John Penn
Additional Editing: Kevin Hipp
Advisory Directors: Ken Pennell, Larry
Blackwell, Brandon Egerton, Carla Williams, Eboni
Funderburk, EMI CMG Sales and Marketing
Technical Support: Lawrence Stroman
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Los Angeles, CA/Atlanta, GA. Sunday, February
13, 2005, The Recording Academy announced nominees and winners of The 47th Annual
GRAMMY Awards held at Staples Center in Los Angeles.
'Best Rock Gospel'
Category Award went to Third Day for the 2004 album
titled: Wire.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THIRD DAY;
AND CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN TO ALL HOLY HIP HOP AND GOSPEL ARTISTS, LABELS,
PRODUCERS, TELEVISION, CABLE NETWORKS, RADIO STATIONS, EXECUTIVES,
DISTRIBUTORS, RETAILERS, ORGANIZATIONS, CHURCHES, PASTORS, WEBSITES,
NEWSPAPERS, 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!
THE UNPRECEDENTED WORLDWIDE EXPOSURE
TOUCHING MILLIONS, SURROUNDING THE 47TH ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS, IS A SIGNIFICANT
AND NOTABLE VICTORY IN ITSELF FOR THE ENTIRE GLOBAL HOLY
HIP HOP
COMMUNITY, AND EVERY CITY, STATE, BOROUGH AND COUNTRY
WORLDWIDE WHERE DEDICATED MINISTERS OF THE GOSPEL HAVE UPLIFTED AND POSITIVELY IMPACTED THE COMMUNITY
THROUGH BANGIN BEATS AND SPIRIT-FILLED SANCTIFLOW OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS.
YOUR CONTINUED ABILITY TO WEATHER ADVERSITY
AND PERSEVERE HAS NOW SET THE STAGE FOR A NEW GRAMMY CATEGORY FOR MINISTERS OF
THE GOSPEL, AS THE GRAMMY AWARDS VOTERS BY OVERTLY PLACING: HOLY HIP HOP: TAKING THE
GOSPEL TO THE STREETS IN THE 'ROCK GOSPEL' CATEGORY HAVE NOW TAKEN A VISIBLY
POWERFUL STEP IN EXPLICITLY HIGHLIGHTING THE CAUSE FOR ALL THE WORLD
TO SEE. LET'S CONTINUE TO WIN THEM BACK
ONE-AT-A-TIME. THE DAWN OF A NEW DAY IS UPON US. James 5:20. Amen.
GRAMMY WINNER
'*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]
WINNER:
* 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]
Category 56
EMI Gospel earned a Grammy Award Victory for the following Album:
Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)
Winner: * Nothing Without You
Smokie Norful
[EMI Gospel]
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