Every Grammys Best Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album winner

12 ceremonies, 2000–2011. 9 different winners. The longest run was Randy Travis, 2 years straight (2004–2005).

It was awarded for the last time in 2011.

Its ground reopened in 2015 as Best Roots Gospel Album, which is a separate award rather than this one returning.

From 2012 the Grammys awarded Best Contemporary Christian Music Album instead.

Randy Travis ×3Bill and Gloria Gaither and Their Homecoming Friends ×2

Each band is one winner’s reign. Wider means a longer run. Colored by label; hover for details.

Bill and Gloria Gaither and Their Homecoming Friends'00

Ricky Skaggs, and Kentucky Thunder'01

Bill and Gloria Gaither and Their Homecoming Friends'02

The Jordanaires, Larry Ford, the Light Crust Doughboys'03

Randy Travis'04–'05×2

Amy Grant'06

Randy Travis'07

Ricky Skaggs, The Whites'08

Gaither Vocal Band'09

Jason Crabb'10

Diamond Rio'11

Wins by label

Word450%
Spring Hill Music Group225%
Skaggs Family Records113%
Word Entertainment113%

4 further wins have no label on record and are not counted in the 8 above.

4 of these 12 wins have no label on record, so the bar covers the other 8.

Who kept losing

Counting nominations in this category only, 2000–2011. Excludes 2 nominations credited to Various artists, which names a compilation rather than an act.

Most nominated, never won

The Crabb Family3 noms
The Oak Ridge Boys3 noms
Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver2 noms
Karen Peck and New River2 noms

Most losses

Gaither Vocal Band3L · 1W
The Crabb Family3L · 0W
The Oak Ridge Boys3L · 0W
Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver2L · 0W
Karen Peck and New River2L · 0W
Randy Travis1L · 3W

The full list

Year	Winner	Label
2011	Diamond Rio (The Reason) beat 4 others Austins Bridge (Times Like These) Jeff & Sheri Easter (Expecting Good Things) Ty Herndon (Journey On) Karen Peck & New River (Live at Oak Tree: Karen Peck & New River)	Word
2010	Jason Crabb (Jason Crabb) beat 4 others Ernie Haase & Signature Sound (Dream On) Tracy Lawrence (The Rock) Barry Scott & Second Wind (In God's Time) Triumphant Quartet (Everyday)	Spring Hill Music Group
2009	Gaither Vocal Band (Lovin' Life) beat 4 others The Booth Brothers (Room for More) Charlie Louvin (Steps to Heaven) Bart Millard (Hymned Again) Karen Peck and New River (Ephesians One)	Spring Hill Music Group
2008	Ricky Skaggs, The Whites (Salt of the Earth) beat 5 others Bill and Gloria Gaither and The Homecoming Friends (Amazing Grace) Karen Peck and New River (Journey of Joy) Billy Joe Shaver (Everybody's Brother) Kenny & Amanda Smith Band (Tell Someone) Various artists (I'll Fly Away: Country Hymns & Songs of Faith)	Skaggs Family Records
2007	Randy Travis (Glory Train: Songs of Faith, Worship, and Praise) beat 4 others Kenny Bishop (Kenny Bishop) Del McCoury Band (The Promised Land) Gaither Vocal Band (Give It Away) Alan Jackson (Precious Memories)	Word/Warner Bros. Nashville/Curb
2006	Amy Grant (Rock of Ages... Hymns and Faith) beat 4 others The Crabb Family (Live At Brooklyn Tabernacle) Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers (Sing Their Family Gospel Favorites) The Jordanaires, Nokie Edwards, the Light Crust Doughboys, and Larry "T-Byrd" Gordon (Southern Meets Soul: An American Gospel Jubilee) The Oak Ridge Boys (Common Thread)	Word Entertainment
2005	Randy Travis (Worship & Faith)repeat beat 4 others The Crabb Family (Driven) Art Greenhaw, The Jordanaires, Nokie Edwards, and the Light Crust Doughboys (20th Century Gospel: From Hymns to Blackwood Brothers Tribute to Christian Country) Buddy Miller (Universal United House of Prayer) Various artists (Amazing Grace 3: A Country Salute to Gospel)	Word
2004	Randy Travis (Rise and Shine) beat 4 others Blue Highway (Wondrous Love) The Crabb Family (The Walk) Gaither Vocal Band (A Cappella) Engelbert Humperdinck, The Blackwood Brothers Quartet, The Jordanaires and the Light Crust Doughboys (Always Hear the Harmony: The Gospel Sessions)	Word
2003	The Jordanaires, Larry Ford, the Light Crust Doughboys (We Called Him Mr. Gospel Music: The James Blackwood Tribute Album) beat 3 others Charlie Daniels Band (How Sweet the Sound: 25 Favorite Hymns and Gospel Greats) Gaither Vocal Band (Everything Good) The Oak Ridge Boys (An Inconvenient Christmas)	Unknown
2002	Bill and Gloria Gaither and Their Homecoming Friends (Bill & Gloria Gaither Present a Billy Graham Music Homecoming) beat 4 others Merle Haggard and Albert E. Brumley, Jr. (Two Old Friends) Ann-Margret and The Jordanaires, the Light Crust Doughboys with James Blackwood (God Is Love: The Gospel Sessions) The Oak Ridge Boys (From the Heart) Randy Travis (Inspirational Journey)	Unknown
2001	Ricky Skaggs, and Kentucky Thunder (Soldier of the Cross) beat 4 others The Jordanaires, the Light Crust Doughboys with James Blackwood (The Great Gospel Hit Parade: From Memphis to Nashville to Texas) Cathedral Quartet (The Cathedrals: A Farewell Celebration) Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver (Just Over in Heaven) Paul Williams & The Victory Trio (Old Ways & Old Paths)	Unknown
2000	Bill and Gloria Gaither and Their Homecoming Friends (Kennedy Center Homecoming) beat 4 others Glen Campbell (A Glen Campbell Christmas) Roy Clark (Roy Clark Sings & Plays Gospel Greats) Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver (Winding Through Life) J. D. Sumner and the Stamp Quartet (The Final Sessions)	Unknown

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