1997 Gospel Grammy Award Nominees

GOSPEL ROCK ALBUM

Bloom, Audio Adrenaline

Open All Nite, Big Tent Revival

Jesus Freak, DC Talk (winner)

Take Me to Your Leader, Newsboys

God, Rebecca St. James

POP/CONTEMPORARY GOSPEL ALBUM

Shelter, Gary Chapman

Signs of Life, Steven Curtis Chapman

The Message, 4 Him

Life Love and Other Mysteries, Point of Grace

Tribute: The Songs of Andrae Crouch, Various Artists (winner)

SOUTHERN, COUNTRY OR BLUEGRASS GOSPEL ALBUM

Steel Witness, Charlie Daniels

I Love to Tell the Story: 25 Timeless Hymns, Andy Griffith (winner)

There's a Light Guiding Me, Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver

How Great Thou Art, Willie Nelson and Bobbie Nelson

Don't Overlook Salvation, Ricky Van Shelton

TRADITIONAL GOSPEL ALBUM

New Dawning,Walter Hawkins and the Hawkins Family

Face to Face, Cissy Houston (winner)

Shake the Devil Off, Dorothy Norwood

Together as One: A Tribute to the Heritage of Quartet Music, Various Artists

Let's Go Back: Live in Chicago, Albertina Walker.

CONTEMPORARY GOSPEL ALBUM

Live in Washington, Yolanda Adams

Love Brought Me Back, Helen Baylor

Whatcha Lookin' 4, Kirk Franklin and the Family (winner)

Shakin' the House ... Live in L.A., Hezekiah Walker, Yolanda Adams and Fred Hammond

Heart and Soul, The Winans.

ALBUM BY A CHOIR OR CHORUS

All Things Are Possible, Edwin Hawkins Music and Arts Seminar

Gotta Feelin', The Associates

I'll See You in the Rapture Mississippi Mass Choir

Just a Word, Shirley Caesar's Outreach Convention Choir (winner)

A New Thing ... Experience the Fullness, Full Gospel Baptist Fellowship Mass Choir.

Color photos by Diana Morris. Photo of Andy Griffith courtesy of Sparrow Records.