RCA/Inspiration recording artist TRAVIS GREENE received a 2018 GRAMMY® nomination today for“Best Gospel Album” for his chart-topping and critically acclaimed album, CROSSOVER: LIVE FROM MUSIC CITY. The upcoming 60thGRAMMY® award ceremony will take place on January 28, 2018 at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
Say Greene, ““Am I dreaming? This is so surreal. I am truly grateful to be recognized again, for simply doing what I love. All I’ve ever wanted to do is make a difference through music. I poured my heart into this album ‘Crossover,’ and it’s an honor to know that it has touched so many.”
Greene recently reached #1on the Billboard Gospel Airplay Chart for his song, “You Waited,” marking his third consecutive #1 single. Greene’s CROSSOVER: LIVE FROM MUSIC CITY, also debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top Gospel Albums chart.
Greene has previously been nominated for two GRAMMY® Awards, two Billboard Music Awards, one 49th NAACP Image Awards nomination for “Outstanding Gospel Album (Traditional or Contemporary); 13 Stellar Awards, three Dove Awards and one Soul Train Award. At the2017 Stellar Gospel Music Awards, he won in seven key categories, including: “Song of the Year” (for “Made A Way,” which also hit #1 on the Hot Gospel Songs chart), “Male Vocalist of the Year,” “CD of the Year (The Hill, which also reached #1 on the Top Gospel Albums chart),”“Contemporary Male Vocalist of the Year,” “Contemporary CD of the Year,” “Recorded Music Packaging of the Year” and “Praise and Worship CD of the Year.” In 2016, Billboard named him “Gospel Airplay Artist of the Year.”
Greene will kick off 2018 with a U.S. tour beginning February 18 through March 1. Launching at the Majestic Theatre in Detroit, Michigan, the tour will hit Detroit, Michigan, Chicago, IL, Pittsburgh, PA, New York, NY, Philadelphia, PA, Richmond, VA, Washington, DC, Charlotte, NC and Atlanta, GA.
