Soul Train Music Award for Best Gospel Album

This page lists the winners and nominees for the Soul Train Music Award for Best Gospel Album. The award was first given during the 1989 ceremony, after the categories honoring solo albums and group albums were combined. The category was retired after the 2007 ceremony.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

1980s

Year	Artist	Single	Ref
1989
	Take 6	Take 6	[1]
	Shirley Caesar	Live in Chicago
	The Clark Sisters	Conqueror
	James Cleveland	Inspired

1990s

Year	Artist	Single	Ref
1990
	BeBe & CeCe Winans	Heaven	[2]
	Al Green	I Get Joy
	Mississippi Mass Choir	Mississippi Mass Choir Live
	The Winans	Live at Carnegie Hall
1991
	The Winans	Return	[3]
	Commissioned	State of Mind
	Tramaine Hawkins	Live
	Take 6	So Much to Say
1992
	BeBe & CeCe Winans	Different Lifestyles	[4]
	Reverend James Cleveland and the L.A. Gospel Messengers	Reverend James Cleveland and the L.A. Gospel Messengers
	The Rance Allen Group	Phenomenon
	Sounds of Blackness	Evolution of Gospel
1993
	Shirley Caesar	He's Working It Out for You	[5]
	Milton Brunson and The Thompson Community Singers	My Mind is Made Up
	Commissioned	Number 7
	John P. Kee and the New Life Choir	We Walk By Faith
1994
	Mississippi Mass Choir	It Remains to Be Seen	[6]
	Shirley Caesar	Stand Still
	Kirk Franklin and the Family	Kirk Franklin and the Family
	The Winans	All Out
1995
	Sounds of Blackness	Africa to America: The Journey of the Drum	[7]
	Helen Baylor	The Live Experience
	Hezekiah Walker & the Fellowship Crusade Choir	Live in Atlanta at Morehouse College
	BeBe & CeCe Winans	Relationships
1996
	The New Life Community Choir Featuring John P. Kee	Show Up	[8]
	Yolanda Adams	More Than a Melody
	Shirley Caesar	He Will Come
	Kirk Franklin and the Family	Kirk Franklin and the Family
1997
	Kirk Franklin	Whatcha Lookin' 4	[9][failed verification]
	Rev. Clay Evans	I've Got a Testimony
	Dottie Peoples and the Peoples Choice Chorale	Count on God
	The Williams Sisters	Live on the East Coast
1998
	Kirk Franklin and God's Property	God's Property from Kirk Franklin's Nu Nation	[10]
	The Canton Spirituals	Living the Dream: Live from Washington, D.C.
	GMWA Gospel Announcers Guild	So You Would Know
	The Williams Brothers	Still Standing
1999
	Kirk Franklin	The Nu Nation Project	[11]
	Ronnie Bryant and the Christian Community Choir	He's a Keepa
	Fred Hammond	Pages of Life - Chapters I & II
	Walter Hawkins and the Love Center Choir	Love Alive V: 25th Anniversary Reunion

2000s

Year	Artist	Single	Ref
2000
	Dottie Peoples	God Can & God Will	[12]
	Dorothy Norwood	The Lord is a Wonder
	Richard Smallwood	Healing: Live in Detroit
	Vickie Winans	Live in Detroit, Vol. 2
2001
	Mary Mary	Thankful	[13]
	Chester D.T. Baldwin and Music Ministry Mass	Sing It on Sunday Morning!
	Mississippi Mass Choir	Emmanuel (God With Us)
	Lee Williams and the Spiritual QC's	Good Time
2002
	Donnie McClurkin	Live in London	[14]
	Yolanda Adams	The Experience
	Kim Burrell	Live in Concert
	Doug and Melvin Williams	Duets
2003
	Kirk Franklin	The Rebirth of Kirk Franklin	[15]
	The Canton Spirituals	Walking By Faith
	Donald Lawrence and The Tri City Singers	Go Get Your Life Back
	Hezekiah Walker and the Love Fellowship Crusade Choir	Family Affair II: Live at Radio City Music Hall
2004
	Byron Cage	The Prince of Praise (Live at New Birth Cathedral)	[16]
	Donnie McClurkin	Donnie McClurkin... Again
	Marvin Sapp	Diary of a Psalmist
	Vickie Winans	Bringing it All Together
2005
	Israel and New Breed	Live From Another Level	[17]
	Karen Clark-Sheard	The Heavens Are Telling
	J Moss	The J Moss Project
	Kierra "Kiki" Sheard	I Owe You
2006
	Donnie McClurkin	Psalms, Hymns & Spiritual Songs	[18]
	Kurt Carr Project	One Church
	Kirk Franklin	Hero
	CeCe Winans	Purified
2007
	Kirk Franklin	Songs from the Storm, Volume I	[19]
	The Caravans	Paved the Way
	Bishop G.E. Patterson & Congregation	Singing the Old Time Way, Volume II
	Youth for Christ	The Struggle is Over

See also

• Soul Train Music Award for Best Gospel Album – Group or Band
• Soul Train Music Award for Best Gospel Album – Solo