Most nominated, never won this award
- 01AWAnita Wilson3 noms
- 02JMJonathan McReynolds3 noms
- 03RDRicky Dillard3 noms
- 04WMWilliam Murphy3 noms
- 05JCJekalyn Carr2 noms
- 06KSKaren Clark Sheard2 noms
A visual history · Grammys
The winners who defined Gospel Album.
14 ceremonies, 2012–2025. 9 different winners.
- Who won most recently?
- CeCe Winans in 2025 for More Than This.
- Who has won the most?
- CeCe Winans and Kirk Franklin, tied on 3 wins each.
- More Than ThisCeCe Winans01
- All Things New: Live in OrlandoTye Tribbett02
- Kingdom Book OneMaverick City Music and Kirk Franklin03
- Believe for ItCeCe Winans04
- Gospel According to PJ: From the Songbook of PJ MortonPJ Morton05
- Long Live LoveKirk Franklin06
- Years explored
- 2012–2025
- Different winners
- 9
- Category leader
- CeCe Winans · 3
About this record
Best Gospel Album was first awarded in 2012, so it does not run the full 1959–2025 window.
It absorbed the traditional and contemporary R&B gospel album awards, and also took in the rock or rap gospel recordings that are not tracked here as their own category.
It took over from Best Traditional Gospel Album and Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album.
2012–2025
14 ceremonies
20122025
01 / The reigns
9 winners shaped this category.
The timeline turns the 2012–2025 record into a sequence of reigns. Longer bands reveal sustained runs; color shows the credited label.
- 01CeCe Winans3 wins
- 02Kirk Franklin3 wins
- 03Tye Tribbett2 wins
Kirk Franklin'12
Lecrae'13
Tye Tribbett'14
Erica Campbell'15
Israel & New Breed'16
Kirk Franklin'17
CeCe Winans'18
Tori Kelly'19
Kirk Franklin'20
PJ Morton'21
CeCe Winans'22
Maverick City Music and Kirk Franklin'23
Tye Tribbett'24
CeCe Winans'25
02 / The power map
Who stood behind the winners?
Sony leads the recorded label credits with 2 wins, 2012–2025. The full distribution shows whether power was concentrated or shared.
Sony2 wins01
eOne1 win02
Morton Recordings1 win03
PureSprings1 win04
Puresprings Gospel1 win05
PureSprings Gospel1 win06
Wins by label
- Sony218%
- eOne19%
- Morton Recordings19%
- PureSprings19%
- Puresprings Gospel19%
- PureSprings Gospel19%
- Other436%
3 further wins have no label on record and are not counted in the 11 above.
3 of these 14 wins have no label on record, so the chart covers the other 11.
03 / The near misses
The names that kept coming back without the ending they wanted.
Counting nominations in this category only, 2012–2025.
Most losses in this category
- 01AWAnita Wilson3L · 0W
- 02JMJonathan McReynolds3L · 0W
- 03RDRicky Dillard3L · 0W
- 04WMWilliam Murphy3L · 0W
- 05JCJekalyn Carr2L · 0W
- 06KSKaren Clark Sheard2L · 0W
04 / The archive
Every year.
Every winner.
The complete reference behind the story, showing 2012–2025. Open any year to see the rest of the field when nominee records are available.
| Year | Winner | Label |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | CeCe Winans (More Than This)beat 4 others
| PureSprings |
| 2024 | Tye Tribbett (All Things New: Live in Orlando)beat 4 others
| Unknown |
| 2023 | Maverick City Music and Kirk Franklin (Kingdom Book One)unverifiedbeat 4 others
| Tribl/Fo Yo Soul/RCA Inspiration |
| 2022 | CeCe Winans (Believe for It)beat 4 others
| Puresprings Gospel/Fair Trade Services |
| 2021 | PJ Morton (Gospel According to PJ: From the Songbook of PJ Morton)beat 4 others
| Morton Recordings/Empire Records |
| 2020 | Kirk Franklin (Long Live Love)beat 4 others
| RCA Inspiration/Fo Yo Soul |
| 2019 | Tori Kelly (Hiding Place)beat 4 others
| Capitol/Schoolboy |
| 2018 | CeCe Winans (Let Them Fall in Love)beat 4 others
| PureSprings Gospel |
| 2017 | Kirk Franklin (Losing My Religion)beat 4 others
| RCA Inspiration/RCA/Fo Yo Soul |
| 2016 | Israel & New Breed (Covered: Alive in Asia (Live Deluxe))beat 4 others
| Unknown |
| 2015 | Erica Campbell (Help)beat 4 others
| eOne |
| 2014 | Tye Tribbett (Greater Than (Live))beat 4 others
| Unknown |
| 2013 | Lecrae (Gravity)beat 4 others
| Reach Records |
| 2012 | Kirk Franklin (Hello Fear)beat 4 others
| Verity/Jive/Fo Yo Soul |