{"id":450555,"date":"2026-02-05T13:21:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T13:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/450555\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T13:21:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T13:21:12","slug":"brooklyn-tabernacle-wins-grammy-award-for-i-will-not-be-moved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/450555\/","title":{"rendered":"Brooklyn Tabernacle wins Grammy Award for \u2018I Will Not Be Moved’"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Leonardo Blair<\/a>, Senior Reporter Wednesday, February 04, 2026\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"Twitter\"<\/a>Quick SummaryAI SummaryBrooklyn Tabernacle Choir wins Grammy Award for ‘I Will Not Be Moved \u2013 Live.’This marks the choir’s seventh Grammy win.Taranda Greene accepted the award on behalf of the choir’s director, Carol Cymbala.<\/p>\n

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\"BradBrad Hudson and the Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir perform “I Will Not Be Moved\u201d from their new album of the same name on Feb. 28, 2025. | Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir<\/p>\n

The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir won their seventh Grammy Award Sunday night as their 32nd album, I Will Not Be Moved \u2013 Live, dubbed<\/a> \u201can anointed masterpiece in praise and worship music\u201d by The Christian Post last year, was selected as the best roots gospel album of 2025 by the Recording Academy<\/a>‘s voting members.<\/p>\n

The Best Roots Gospel Album category features only albums with \u201cgreater than 75% playing time of newly recorded, vocal, traditional\/roots gospel music, including country, Southern gospel, bluegrass, and Americana recordings,\u201d according to the Recording Academy<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir\u2019s I Will Not Be Moved \u2013 Live beat out Then Came The Morning by the Gaither Vocal Band; Praise & Worship: More Than A Hollow Hallelujah by The Isaacs; Good Answers by Karen Peck & New River; and Back To My Roots\u00a0by Candi Staton.<\/p>\n

The choir\u2019s longtime director, Carol Cymbala, who is the wife of Brooklyn Tabernacle Pastor Jim Cymbala, could not attend the awards show, but in a statement to The Christian Post on Wednesday, she said, \u201cWe are deeply grateful to receive this Grammy Award. We would like to express our sincere thanks to the Grammy Association and all those who made this honor possible.\u201d<\/p>\n

Singer Taranda Greene, who is featured on \u201cHow Jesus Loves\u201d on the award-winning album, accepted the award on the choir\u2019s behalf on Sunday.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn representation of the Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir, 50 years of singing and recording and writing gospel music, we just want to thank the academy. Thank you, voters. This is incredible,\u201d Greene said in accepting the award<\/a>. \u201cCarol Cymbala could not be here tonight. On behalf of her and the entire choir and everyone involved. We are so grateful to write songs, record songs, and get music out there that we pray will encourage you and will bring hope to the world in the name of Jesus.\u201d<\/p>\n

Landon Beene, Greene\u2019s husband and a partner at StowTown Records, which produced the Grammy-winning album, had high praise for the work of Carol Cymbala and the Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir as they emerged from the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn behalf of StowTown Records, I just want to say after a 16-month hiatus with the Brooklyn Tabernacle being completely closed due to the pandemic, it’s amazing to see a small group of individuals come together and still volunteer week after week to proclaim the name of Jesus Christ,\u201d Beene said. \u201cWe just want to honor the Brooklyn Tabernacle Church [Choir] as well as their fearless leader, Carol Cymbala, on her seventh Grammy.\u201d<\/p>\n

In addition to the title track \u201cI Will Not Be Moved\u201d featuring\u00a0Brad Hudson<\/a> and the kicker \u201cNo Other Name,\u201d the album features a variety of praise and worship music, including \u201cYou Keep on Blessing Me,\u201d an up-tempo song about God\u2019s faithfulness, and \u201cCome Jesus Come,\u201d featuring Stephen McWhirter. Other songs on the album are \u201cFill My Cup\u201d and \u201cNo Other Name.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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