BET Award for Dr. Bobby Jones Best Gospel/Inspirational Award

The BET Awards Dr. Bobby Jones Best Gospel/Inspirational Award is given to an urban contemporary gospel artist. The winner is determined based on sales and overall quality of content released within the eligibility period. The award was originally titled Best Gospel Artist, but was later renamed to its current title in 2017. Kirk Franklin currently holds the record for this category, with seven wins.

BET Awards for Dr. Bobby Jones Best Gospel/Inspirational Award
"Rain Down on Me" by GloRilla featuring Kirk Franklin and Maverick City Music is the most recent recipient
Country	United States
Presented by	BET Awards
First award	2001
Currently held by	GloRilla featuring Kirk Franklin and Maverick City Music – "Rain Down on Me" (2025)
Most wins	Kirk Franklin (8)
Most nominations	Kirk Franklin (20)
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Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

2000s

Year	Artist	Ref
2001
	Donnie McClurkin	[citation needed]
	Yolanda Adams
	Kirk Franklin
	Mary Mary
	Hezekiah Walker
2002
	Yolanda Adams	[citation needed]
	Kurt Carr
	Kirk Franklin
	Fred Hammond
	CeCe Winans
2003
	Yolanda Adams	[citation needed]
	Kirk Franklin
	Donnie McClurkin
	Smokie Norful
	Tonéx
2004
	Yolanda Adams	[citation needed]
	Byron Cage
	Donnie McClurkin
	Smokie Norful
	Vickie Winans
2005
	Donnie McClurkin	[1]
	Fred Hammond
	Ruben Studdard
	Kanye West
	CeCe Winans
2006
	Kirk Franklin	[citation needed]
	Yolanda Adams
	Mary Mary
	Smokie Norful
	CeCe Winans
2007
	Kirk Franklin	[citation needed]
	Shirley Caesar
	Fred Hammond
	Dave Hollister
	Mary Mary
2008
	Marvin Sapp	[citation needed]
	The Clark Sisters
	Kirk Franklin
	Deitrick Haddon
	Trin-I-Tee 5:7
2009
	Mary Mary	[citation needed]
	Regina Belle
	Shirley Caesar
	Smokie Norful
	Trin-I-Tee 5:7

2010s

Year	Artist	Song	Ref
2010
	Marvin Sapp		[citation needed]
	The Anointed Pace Sisters
	Kirk Franklin Presents Artists United For Haiti
	Tamela Mann
	Vickie Winans
2011
	Mary Mary		[citation needed]
	Byron Cage
	Deitrick Haddon
	Karen Clark Sheard
	BeBe & CeCe Winans
2012
	Yolanda Adams		[citation needed]
	Kim Burrell
	James Fortune & FIYA
	Fred Hammond
	Trin-I-Tee 5:7
2013
	Mary Mary		[2]
	Deitrick Haddon
	Lecrae
	Tamela Mann
	Marvin Sapp
2014
	Tamela Mann		[3]
	Erica Campbell
	Donnie McClurkin
	Tye Tribbett
	Hezekiah Walker
2015
	Lecrae		[4]
	Erica Campbell
	Deitrick Haddon
	Fred Hammond
	Mali Music
	Michelle Williams
2016
	Kirk Franklin		[5]
	Erica Campbell
	Anthony Brown & Group TherAPy
	Tasha Cobbs
	Lecrae
	Tamela Mann
2017
	Lecrae	"Can't Stop Me Now (Destination)"	[6]
	Fantasia (feat. Tye Tribbett)	"I Made It"
	Kirk Franklin (feat. Sarah Reeves, Tasha Cobbs and Tamela Mann)	"My World Needs You"
	Tamela Mann	"God Provides"
	CeCe Winans	"Never Have to Be Alone"
2018
	Lecrae (feat. Tori Kelly)	"I'll Find You"	[7]
	Marvin Sapp	"Close"
	Ledisi & Kirk Franklin	"If You Don't Mind"
	Snoop Dogg (feat. B.Slade)	"Words Are Few"
	Tasha Cobbs Leonard (feat. Nicki Minaj)	"I'm Getting Ready"
2019
	Snoop Dogg (feat. Rance Allen)	"Blessing Me Again"	[8]
	Erica Campbell (feat. Warryn Campbell)	"All of My Life"
	Fred Hammond	"Tell Me Where It Hurts"
	Kirk Franklin	"Love Theory"
	Tori Kelly (feat. Kirk Franklin)	"Never Alone"

2020s

Year	Artist	Song	Ref
2020
	Kirk Franklin	"Just for Me"	[9]
	Fred Hammond	"Alright"
	John P. Kee (feat. Zacardi Cortez)	"All of My Life"
	Kanye West	"Follow God"
	PJ Morton (feat. Le'Andria Johnson and Mary Mary)	"All In His Pain"
	The Clark Sisters	"Victory"
2021
	Kirk Franklin	"Strong God"	[10]
	BeBe Winans	"In Jesus Name"
	CeCe Winans	"Never Lost"
	H.E.R.	"Hold Us Together"
	Marvin Sapp	"Thank You for It All"
	Tamela Mann	"Touch from You"
2022
	Kirk Franklin and Lil Baby	"We Win"	[11]
	Kanye West	"Come to Life"
	Kelly Price	"Grace"
	Fred Hammond	"Hallelujah"
	H.E.R. and Tauren Wells	"Hold Us Together (Hope Mix)"
	Elevation Worship and Maverick City Music	"Jireh"
	Marvin Sapp	"All in Your Hands"
2023
	Maverick City Music & Kirk Franklin	"Bless Me"
	Tamela Mann	"Finished (Live)"
	CeCe Winans	"I've Got Joy"
	Maverick City Music & Kirk Franklin featuring Naomi Raine & Chandler Moore	"Kingdom"
	Tye Tribbett	"New"
	Yolanda Adams	"One Moment from Glory"
	PJ Morton featuring Lisa Knowles-Smith, Le'Andria Johnson, Keke Wyatt, Kierra Sheard & Tasha Cobbs Leonard	"The Better Benediction (Pt.2)"
2024
	Tems	"Me & U"
	Shirley Caesar	"Award All of the Glory"
	Kirk Franklin	"All Things"
	Halle	"Angel"
	CeCe Winans	"Come Jesus Come"
	Erica Campbell	"Do You Believe in Love?"
	Maverick City Music, Naomi Raine & Chandler Moore	"God Problems"
	Kirk Franklin	"Try Love"

Multiple wins and nominations

Wins

7 wins Kirk Franklin 4 wins Yolanda Adams 3 wins Mary Mary Lecrae

2 wins Donnie McClurkin Marvin Sapp

Nominations

19 nominations Kirk Franklin 8 nominations Fred Hammond Tamela Mann CeCe Winans 7 nominations Mary Mary 6 nominations Yolanda Adams Marvin Sapp 5 nominations Erica Campbell Lecrae Donnie McClurkin 4 nominations Deitrick Haddon Maverick City Music Smokie Norful

3 nominations Shirley Caesar Tye Tribbett Trin-I-Tee 5:7 Kanye West 2 nominations Byron Cage The Clark Sisters Tasha Cobbs H.E.R. Le'Andria Johnson Tasha Cobbs Leonard Chandler Moore Naomi Raine Hezekiah Walker Vickie Winans