page_title: Grammy Award for Best Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album
section_title: Recipients
hierarchical_section_title: Grammy Award for Best Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album / Recipients
caption_attribution_description: English: American country/bluegrass musician Alison Krauss performing at MerleFest, Wilkes Community College, Wilkes County, North Carolina. Photo by Forrest L. Smith, III.
context_page_description: The Grammy Award for Best Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album was an honor presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to artists, producers, and engineers for quality gospel music albums. Honors in several categories are presented at the ceremony annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to "honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to album sales or chart position".
  Originally called the Grammy Award for Best Southern Gospel Album, Bruce Carroll first won the award at the 33rd Grammy Awards in 1991 for the album The Great Exchange. Three years later, the category's name was changed to the Best Southern Gospel, Country Gospel or Bluegrass Gospel Album. The category's name was changed to Best Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album in 1998. After 2011 it was merged with the Grammy Award for Best Rock Gospel Album and the Grammy Award for Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album, forming the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Christian Music Album.
context_section_description: Each year is linked to the article about the Grammy Awards held that year.
caption: Alison Krauss won the award in 1995 along with The Cox Family
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