Lecrae, Susan Archie among early Grammy Award winners

Several Atlanta/Georgia artists have already collected gold trophies for their award shelves.

Hip-hop Christian star Lecrae acquired his second career Grammy with the song "Messengers," which won for best contemporary Christian music performance/song (that same category featured fellow Atlanta transplant David Crowder and former Canton resident Francesca Battistelli).

A tuxedo-clad Lecrae sent “love and respect to everybody out here because this a celebration of gifts, and you can’t celebrate gifts without celebrating the giver of all gifts…so I want to thank Jesus for gifting us all.”

Susan Archie was among the winners for "The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume One (1917-27)" in the best boxed or special limited edition package category. Archie thanked a "team of 40 artists, writers and record collectors" for their assistance with the project.

Michael Graves, the mastering engineer for "The Garden Spot Programs, 1950," was part of the squad that won for best historical album and gave a shout-out to the Atlanta chapter of the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences "for their continued support."

The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, which holds the record for the most number of Grammys among Georgia artists with 27, factored in a win for engineer Michael Bishop, who nabbed best engineered album, classical for "Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem; Symphony No. 4; the Lark Ascending" from Robert Spano and the ASO. Bishop was not there to accept.

Also during the non-televised award distribution, Pentatonix, who play The Tabernacle March 21, won their first-ever Grammy for best arrangement, instrumental or a capella for "Daft Punk."

“We recorded this in a bedroom closet and now we’re Grammy winners,” said an excited Scott Hoying, the baritone of the vocal group spawned from the TV competition show, “The Sing-Off.”

The Grammys live ceremony airs at 8 p.m. on CBS.

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