Grammy Award for Best Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Performance

[1] According to the 54th Grammy Awards description guide it is designed for solo, duo/groups or collaborative (vocal or instrumental) gospel or Contemporary Christian music (CCM) and its subgenres' recordings and is limited to singles or tracks only.

From 2015, due to a restructuring of the Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music category field, this category will merge with the Best Contemporary Christian Music Song to create the new Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song category, which will recognize both performers and songwriters of Contemporary Christian Music songs (Gospel performances will now fall under the Best Gospel Performance/Song category).

According to the Grammy committee, "changes to the field were made in the interest of clarifying the criteria, representing the current culture and creative DNA of the gospel and Contemporary Christian Music communities, and better reflecting the diversity and authenticity of today's gospel music industry".

[3] The Blackwood Brothers hold the record for most awards in this category with four wins, two of them alongside Porter Wagoner.

Two-time winners include Porter Wagoner, The Oak Ridge Boys, Karen Clark Sheard and CeCe Winans.

Two-time award winner Porter Wagoner
The Oak Ridge Boys have won the award twice
2007 winner Yolanda Adams
Mary J. Blige won the award in 2008 alongside Aretha Franklin and tied with The Clark Sisters
2009 winners Mary Mary
Karen Clark Sheard winner in 2008 and 2010