Grammy Nominees: Holy Hip Hop: Taking the Gospel to the Streets Edged out by Grammy Winner: Third Day

Third Day garners Grammy Award for 'Best Rock Gospel' Album 2004 - Edging Out Grammy Nominees: Toby Mac, Sarah Kelly, Tait and Holy Hip Hop: Taking the Gospel to the Streets. EMI Gospel's Smokie Norful Wins Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album

Los Angeles, CA/Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) February 15, 2005 -- Sunday, February 13, 2005, The Recording Academy announced nominees and winners of The 47th Annual GRAMMY Awards held at Staples Center in Los Angeles.

'Best Rock Gospel' Category Award went to Third Day for the 2004 album titled: Wire.

Congratulations to Third Day; and Congratulations to all Holy Hip Hop and Gospel Artists, Labels, Producers, Television Cable Networks, Radio, Distributors, Executives, Churches, Pastors, Retailers, Websites, Magazines, Program Directors and Global Supporters of the Global Movement to Take the Gospel to the Streets so that the community can be positively impacted and uplifted for generations to come.

The Unprecedented worldwide exposure touching millions, surrounding the 47th Annual Grammy Awards, is a significant and notable victory for the entire global Holy Hip Hop community, and every city, state borough and country worldwide where dedicated and focused Ministers of the Gospel have impacted the community through bangin beats and spirit-filled sanctiflow over the past several years.

Your continued ability to weather adversity and persevere has now set the stage for a New Grammy Category for Ministers of the Gospel, as the Grammy Awards Voters by Overtly Placing: Holy Hip Hop: Taking the Gospel to the Streets in the 'Rock Gospel' Category have not taken a visibly powerful step in explicitly highlighting the cause for all the world to see. Let's continue to win them back one-at-a-time. The dawn of a new day is upon us. James 5:20. Amen.

Grammy Winner '*BOLD/Italicized*' Text Below:

Category 52

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

WINNER: * Wire
Third Day
[Essential Records

47th Annual Grammy Awards Nominee: Holy Hip Hop: Taking the Gospel to the Streets - Featured Ministers of the Gospel: ShonLock; Ziklag; Shei Atkins; Dynamic Twins; Mr. Del; Izreal; Canton Jones; R.Jones; Infinity; FTF; R.Swift; Mariaha Markel.
Management: Danny Wilson and Panchetta Harris
Producer: David 'Damonsta' Lynch
Exec.Producer: Christopher Martin
Engineering: John Penn
Additional Editing: Kevin Hipp
Advisory Directors: Ken Pennell, Larry Blackwell, Brandon Egerton, Carla Williams, Eboni Funderburk, EMI CMG Sales and Marketing
Technical Support: Lawrence Stroman

Category 56

EMI Gospel earned a Grammy Award Victory for the following Album:

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

Winner: * Nothing Without You
Smokie Norful
[EMI Gospel

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Holy Hip Hop: Taking the Gospel to the Streets, Vol. 1 and Vol.2, distributed worldwide by EMI Gospel. For more information on the Global movement to take the Gospel to Streets, log on to the Internet at: HolyHipHop.com.

EMI Gospel, a division of EMI CMG, is a global leader in the production, marketing and distribution of the best in Gospel music (including but not limited to: Kierra Sheard, Smokie Norful, Bishop Eddie Long, Bishop T.D. Jakes and more). For more information, log on to: EMIGospel.com.

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