Handel's Messiah: A Soulful Celebration

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Handel's Messiah: A Soulful Celebration
Studio album by
Various Artists
Released1992
GenreGospel, Contemporary Christian, jazz, R&B, hip hop
Length75:42
LabelAlliance
ProducerNorman Miller
Gail Hamilton
Mervyn Warren
(executive producers)

Handel's Messiah: A Soulful Celebration is a gospel album by various artists released in 1992 on Warner Alliance. Executive-produced by Norman Miller, Gail Hamilton and Mervyn Warren, it is a reinterpretation of the 1741 oratorio Messiah by George Frideric Handel. It has been widely praised for its use of multiple genres of African-American music, including spirituals, blues, ragtime, big band, jazz fusion, R&B and hip hop.

The album received the 1992 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album, as well as the 1992 Dove Award for Contemporary Gospel Album of the Year.[1] In 1993, the various recording artists in the project were collectively nominated for the for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Gospel Artist.[citation needed]

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