The GRAMMYs

2026

Best Roots Gospel Album

Best Roots Gospel Album

Dec 1st, 2025

Best Roots Gospel Album

Best Roots Gospel Album

Best Roots Gospel Album

Nominees for The GRAMMY Awards

2026

Previous Winner

Church (Cory Henry)

Criteria

Albums with >75% playing time of newly recorded traditional/roots gospel (e.g., Southern gospel, bluegrass, Americana).

Albums with >75% playing time of newly recorded traditional/roots gospel (e.g., Southern gospel, bluegrass, Americana).

Albums with >75% playing time of newly recorded traditional/roots gospel (e.g., Southern gospel, bluegrass, Americana).

The nominees for The GRAMMYs Best Roots Gospel Album 2026 are I Will Not Be Moved (Live) (The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir), Then Came The Morning (Gaither Vocal Band), Praise & Worship: More Than A Hollow Hallelujah (The Isaacs), Good Answers (Karen Peck & New River), Back To My Roots (Candi Staton).

Read on for more information about all the nominees and their contributors..

Best Roots Gospel Album

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