The nominations are in for the 2009 Grammys, and lots of your favorite Christian music artists are nominated.
Well, in the Gospel category, anyway.
That's the weird thing about the Grammys. All Christian artists fall into the Gospel categories.
For a lot of artists, that makes perfect sense. Traditional Gospel or Southern, Country or Bluegrass are actually genres of music, with specific sounds. Like Polka or Hawaiian or Zydeco or Cajun. (Yes, those are actual Grammy categories.)
But Pop/Contemporary Gospel? Rock or Rap Gospel? That's always seemed a little weird to me, because those artists are lumped together not based on their style of music, but the content of their songs. Kind of like having a category for Best Breakup Album or Best Suicide/Life Sucks Themed Album. So you end up with rock and rap artists vying in the same category for Best Album. It's like asking which is better, apples or carrots.
Personally, I think it'd be a bigger coup to win a Grammy if a Christian rock band went head to head with a mainstream rock band and won. Then again, if you're like some Christian music fans, you probably think they wouldn't stand a chance.
But I digress. To be nominated for a Grammy is certainly a huge, huge, HUGE honor. Once you win, you're a Grammy winner for life. So let's take a look at some of the artists who got this year's Grammy nods:
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