Kirk Franklin and Charles Jenkins tied for Songwriter of the Year; Capitol CMG Publishing won Publisher of the Year.

Gospel music has its origins in the hymns, spirituals and sacred songs found in Afro-American culture in the 18th and 19th Century. Gospel songs were originally sung by African slaves. Lyrics ...

left some begrudgingly lamenting at the transformation – especially the ‘thinning of a line between gospel and secular songs'. An unholy alliance? Well, maybe not. There is a subdued ...