Grammy Award for Best Roots Gospel Album

[1] According to NARAS, the award was introduced to "provide a category for traditional Southern gospel and other "roots" gospel albums as both a protector of the heritage of this music and an acknowledgement of the growing interest and support of these genres."

It is similar to the Grammy Award for Best Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album category which was active from 1991 to 2011.

The category is open for solo artists, duos, groups and other collaborations and is for albums only.

In the Gospel genre field, it will sit with other categories such as Best Gospel Album and Best Contemporary Christian Music Album.

The Grammy is awarded to the performer(s) on the winning recording.

Mike Farris was the first recipient of the award in 2015.
Joey + Rory won in 2017. Rory accepted the award almost one year after Joey died.
2022 winner Carrie Underwood .