| Year | Artist | |
|---|
| 2009 | Mary Mary | |
| 2008 | Kirk Franklin | |
| 2006 | Yolanda Adams | |
| 2005 | Ben Harper and The Blind Boys of Alabama | |
| 2004 | Donnie McClurkin | |
| 2003 | Kirk Franklin | |
| 2002 | Shirley Caesar (Traditional); Yolanda Adams (Contemporary) | |
| 2001 | Aaron Neville (Traditional); Yolanda Adams (Contemporary) | |
| 2000 | Vickie Winans (Traditional); Yolanda Adams (Contemporary) | |
| 1999 | Kirk Franklin | |
| 1998 | God's Property | |
| 1997 | Whitney Houston and the Georgia Mass Choir | |