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Best Gospel Performance/Song

2016 • 58th Annual GRAMMY Awards

Honoring recordings released between Aug 31, 2014 and Aug 30, 2015

2016 Winner is Kirk Franklin with "Wanna Be Happy?"

Wanna Be Happy?

Kirk Franklin

Nominees 2016

Winners

Year Winner Nomination
2026 CeCe Winans, Shirley Caesar Come Jesus Come All Nominees
2025 Tasha Cobbs Leonard, Erica Campbell, Israel Houghton, Jonathan McReynolds, Jekalyn Carr, G. Morris Coleman, Kenneth Leonard, Jr., Naomi Raine One Hallelujah All Nominees
2024 Kirk Franklin All Things All Nominees
2023 Maverick City Music, Kirk Franklin, Jonathan Jay, Chandler Moore, Jacob Poole Kingdom All Nominees
2022 CeCe Winans Never Lost All Nominees
2021 Jonathan McReynolds, Mali Music, Darryl L. Howell, Terrell Demetrius Wilson Movin' On All Nominees
2020 Kirk Franklin Love Theory All Nominees
2019 Tori Kelly, Kirk Franklin Never Alone All Nominees
2018 CeCe Winans, Dwan Hill, Alvin Love III Never Have To Be Alone All Nominees
2017 Tamela Mann, Kirk Franklin God Provides All Nominees
2016 Kirk Franklin Wanna Be Happy? All Nominees
2015 Smokie Norful, Aaron Lindsey No Greater Love All Nominees

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