{"id":25,"date":"2011-02-14T12:21:56","date_gmt":"2011-02-14T12:21:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/the_prophet_of_pop\/2011\/02\/switchfoot-takes-home-first-grammy.html"},"modified":"2011-02-14T12:21:56","modified_gmt":"2011-02-14T12:21:56","slug":"switchfoot-takes-home-first-grammy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/the_prophet_of_pop\/2011\/02\/switchfoot-takes-home-first-grammy.html","title":{"rendered":"Switchfoot Takes Home Their First GRAMMY!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>2010 was a great year for Switchfoot and Sunday night it got even better when their 2010 release <i>Hello Hurricane<\/i> won the GRAMMY for Rock or Rap Gospel Album.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p><i>Hello Hurricane<\/i> took a winding path to become a GRAMMY winner.&nbsp; The album was initially slated for an independent release but got picked up late in the game by Warner Records.&nbsp; Prospects for the album were mediocre until it exploded just this past Fall with help from a contract with ESPN that brought the band to the attention of every college football fan in America.&nbsp; I believe the award is well-deserved not only for the album but for Switchfoot&#8217;s career, which had lost a lot of traction in the mainstream since their breakout record <i>The Beautiful Letdown<\/i>.&nbsp; It is good to have you back guys!<\/p>\n<p>Another interesting and deserving winner was folk singer Patty Griffin, whose latest release <i>Downtown Church<\/i> won Best Traditional Gospel Album.&nbsp; This interesting album combines Griffin&#8217;s trademark folk arrangements with traditional black gospel songs.&nbsp; On her website Griffin calls gospel &#8220;the foundation for almost everything that I love&#8221; and it shows through in the album&#8217;s warm texture and stand out performances.&nbsp; What seems like an odd match on paper works out very well, and that was certainly recognized by the GRAMMY voters.<\/p>\n<p>There were many other surprises and gems, so don&#8217;t forget to check out the other <a href=\"http:\/\/www.grammys.com\/\">GRAMMY winners<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2010 was a great year for Switchfoot and Sunday night it got even better when their 2010 release Hello Hurricane won the GRAMMY for Rock or Rap Gospel Album.&nbsp; Hello Hurricane took a winding path to become a GRAMMY winner.&nbsp; The album was initially slated for an independent release but got picked up late in&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":95,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[106,95,101,97,102,100,68,98,103,96,94,25,105,104,99],"class_list":["post-25","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-in-your-face","tag-christian-artists-and-the-grammys","tag-david-crowder","tag-downtown-church","tag-fireflight","tag-gospel","tag-grammy-winners","tag-grammys","tag-gungor","tag-hello-hurricane","tag-lecrae","tag-patty-griffin","tag-switchfoot","tag-the-beautiful-letdown","tag-warner-music-group","tag-who-won"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Switchfoot Takes Home Their First GRAMMY! - The Prophet of Pop<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/the_prophet_of_pop\/2011\/02\/switchfoot-takes-home-first-grammy.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Switchfoot Takes Home Their First GRAMMY! - The Prophet of Pop\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"2010 was a great year for Switchfoot and Sunday night it got even better when their 2010 release Hello Hurricane won the GRAMMY for Rock or Rap Gospel Album.&nbsp; Hello Hurricane took a winding path to become a GRAMMY winner.&nbsp; The album was initially slated for an independent release but got picked up late in&hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/the_prophet_of_pop\/2011\/02\/switchfoot-takes-home-first-grammy.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Prophet of Pop\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-02-14T12:21:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"S. 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