The first Dove Award for Traditional Gospel Album of the Year was given out in 1981. The first Traditional Gospel Song of the Year didn't get named until 1989. These categories were formerly called Traditional Black Gospel.
2009
Traditional Gospel Album of the Year
- Down In New Orleans - The Blind Boys of Alabama
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Traditional Gospel Song of the Year
- "Free At Last" from Down In New Orleans - The Blind Boys of Alabama
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2008
Traditional Gospel Album of the Year
- Past And Present - Lillie Knauls
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Traditional Gospel Song of the Year
- "Ready For A Miracle" from Evan Almighty Soundtrack - LeAnn Rimes
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2007
Traditional Gospel Album of the Year
- Mighty Wind - Andraé Crouch
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Traditional Gospel Song of the Year
- "Can’t Nobody Do Me Like Jesus" from Blur The Lines - The Crabb Family
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2006
Traditional Gospel Album of the Year
- Atom Bomb - Blind Boys of Alabama
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Traditional Gospel Song of the Year
- "God Blocked It" from One Church Project - Kurt Carr
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2005
Traditional Gospel Album of the Year
- A Tribute to Mahalia Jackson - Lynda Randle
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Traditional Gospel Song of the Year
- "Through the Fire" from Driven - The Crabb Family featuring Donnie McClurkin
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2004
Traditional Gospel Album of the Year
- CeCe Winans Presents...The Born Again Church Choir - The Born Again Church Choir
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Traditional Gospel Song of the Year
- "Poor Man Lazarus" from In Bright Mansions - Fisk Jubilee Singers
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2003
Traditional Gospel Album of the Year
- Higher Ground - Blind Boys of Alabama
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Traditional Gospel Song of the Year
- "Holding On" from Amazing Love - Mississippi Mass Choir
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2002
Traditional Gospel Album of the Year
- Hymns - Shirley Caesar
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Traditional Gospel Song of the Year
- "Hold On" from Press On - Selah
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2001
Traditional Gospel Album of the Year
- You Can Make It - Shirley Caesar
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Traditional Gospel Song of the Year
- "We Fall Down" from Live in London & More - Donnie McClurkin
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2000
Traditional Gospel Album of the Year
- Healing - Live in Detroit - Richard Smallwood with Vision
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Traditional Gospel Song of the Year
- "God Can" from God Can & God Will - Dottie Peoples
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