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Best Gospel Performance "Free To Be Me": Francesca Battistelli; Fervent Records/ Word Entertainment "Jesus Is Love": Heather Headley featuring Smokie Norful; Track from: Audience Of Onee ; EMI Gospel "I Believe": Jonny Lang With Fisk Jubilee Singers; Track from: Oh Happy Day; Vector Recordings/EMI Gospel "Shall We Gather At The River": Donnie McClurkin Featuring Karen Clark Sheard; Track from: We All Are One (Live In Detroit); Verity "Born Again": Third Day; Track from: Revelation ; Essential Records
Best Gospel Song (song/songwriter) 
"Born Again" Tai Anderson, David Carr, Mark Lee & Mac Powell, songwriters (Third Day) Track from: Revelation Essential Records "City On Our Knees" Cary Barlowe, Toby McKeehan & Jaime Moore, songwriters (TobyMac) Forefront Records "Every Prayer" Dayna Caddell, Israel Houghton, Aaron Lindsey & Ricardo Sanchez, songwriters (Israel Houghton & Mary Mary) Track from: The Power Of One Integrity Music "God In Me" Erica Campbell, Tina Campbell & Warryn Campbell, songwriters (Mary Mary Featuring Kierra "KiKi" Sheard) Track from: The Sound Columbia Records "The Motions" Jason Houser, Sam Mizell & Matthew West, songwriters (Matthew West) Track from: Something To Say Sparrow Records
Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album 
Audience Of One Heather Headley; EMI Gospel Renewed Sheri Jones-Moffett; EMI Gospel Just James J Moss; GospoCentric/ Verity Smokie Norful: Live Smokie Norful; EMI Gospel Bold Right Life Kierra Sheard; EMI Gospel
Best Traditional Gospel Album
God Don't Never Change Ashley Cleveland; E1 Music The Law Of Confession, Part I Donald Lawrence & Co.; Quiet Water/Verity Oh Happy Day (Various Artists) Bill Hearn, Ken Levitan, Ken Pennell, Jack Rovner & Cedric Thompson, producers; EMI Gospel/Vector Recordings The Journey Continues The Williams Brothers; Blackberry Records How I Got Over Vickie Winans; Destiny Joy Records
Also, in the Best Rock or Rap Gospel Album, Da' T.R.U.T.H. (for The Big Picture ) and John Wells-The Tonic (for The Dash ) together with ReaDecyfer Down, Red and Third Day were nominated.
In the Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album, Israel Houghton (for The Power of One) and Mandisa (for Freedom) was nominated along with Jeremy Camp, Jars of Clay and Leeland. http://twitter.com/IndustryBlitz (OR EMAIL) gawood8@gmail.com
