The Recording Academy recently announced the nominations for the 49th Annual GRAMMY Awards. Artists who announced the nominations included Mary J. Blige, Chris Brown and Corinne Bailey Rae.

The 49th GRAMMY Awards take center stage at the STAPLES Center in Los Angeles on Feb. 11, 2007, on CBS. Below is a partial list of the nominations in the Christian/gospel music categories.

Best Gospel Performance
(For solo, duo, group as collaborative performances. Singles or tracks with vocal containing Gospel lyrics. All genres of Gospel music are eligible.)

Victory
Yolanda Adams
Track from: The Gospel - Soundtrack
[Verity Records]

Not Forgotten
Israel & New Breed
Track from: Alive In South Africa
[Integrity Gospel]

The Blessing Of Abraham
Donald Lawrence & The Tri-City Singers
Track from: Finale Act One
[EMI Gospel]

Made To Worship
Chris Tomlin
Track from: See The Morning
[Sparrow Records/SixStepsRecords]

Victory
Tye Tribbett & G.A.
Track from: Victory Live!
[Columbia, Sony Urban]

Best Gospel Song
(A Songwriter(s) Award. (Artist names appear in parenthesis.) Singles or Tracks only.)

The Blessing Of Abraham
Donald Lawrence, songwriter (Donald Lawrence & The Tri-City Singers)
Track from: Finale Act One
[EMI Gospel; Publishers: QW Songs, Zomba Publishing.]

Imagine Me
Kirk Franklin, songwriter (Kirk Franklin)
[Fo Yo Soul/Verity/Zomba; Publishers: Zomba Songs, Kerrion Publishing, Lilly Mack Music.]

Mountain Of God
Brown Bannister & Mac Powell, songwriters (Third Day)
Track from: Wherever You Are
[Essential Records; Publishers: Vandura 2500 Songs, New Spring (Zomba), Banistuci Music.]

Not Forgotten
Israel Houghton & Aaron Lindsey, songwriters (Israel & New Breed)
Track from: Alive In South Africa
[Integrity Gospel; Publishers: Sound of the New Breed, Integrity's Praise! Music, Aaron Lindsey Publishing.]

Victory
Tye Tribbett, songwriter (Tye Tribbett & G.A.)
Track from: Victory Live!
[Columbia, Sony Urban; Publisher: G.A.S. Music.]


Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)

Sound Of Melodies
Leeland
[Essential Records]

Coming Up To Breathe
MercyMe
[INO Records]

Wherever You Are
Third Day
[Essential Records]

See The Morning
Chris Tomlin
[Sixstepsrecords/sparrow]

Introducing Ayiesha Woods
Ayiesha Woods
[Gotee Records]

Best Southern, Country Or Bluegrass Gospel Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)

Kenny Bishop
Kenny Bishop
[Daywind Records]

Give It Away
Gaither Vocal Band
[Gaither Music Group]

Precious Memories
Alan Jackson
[ACR Records/Arista Nashville]

The Promised Land
The Del McCoury Band
[McCoury Music]

Glory Train
Randy Travis
[Word Records/Curb/Warner Bros.]

For a complete listing of all 49th Annual GRAMMY Nominations, click here