Double Grammy Win For Kirk Franklin, Plus Wins For Chris Tomlin, Laura Story
The winners of the 54th Annual Grammy Awards were announced in Los Angeles on 12th February 2012. The big winner in the Christian & Gospel music categories was Kirk Franklin who won Best Gospel Album for 'Hello Fear' and Best Gospel Song for the title track of the same album.
Other winners included Chris Tomlin winning Best Contemporary Christian Music Album for his latest release 'And If Our God Is For Us...', Laura Story winning Best Contemporary Christian Music Song for her track 'Blessings' from the album of the same title, and Le'Andria Johnson winning Best Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Performance for 'Jesus' from 'The Awakening Of Le'Andria Johnson'.
Kirk Franklin has now won nine Grammy Awards and achieved both Best Gospel Song and Album in the same year on three occasions, having previously won them in both 2006 and 2008. Chris Tomlin, having been nominated for three awards this year, wins his first ever Grammy Award. Writing on Twitter after winning the award, the worship leader said "So grateful and humble to be a part of an incredible, talented, fearless team/family/band. Grammy goes to all of them!"
