“Commissioned” Gospel Group

Commissioned is an American urban contemporary gospel group from Detroit, Michigan that formed in the 1908’s. From their beginning, they were trailblazers with a sound listeners raved as being the R&B of gospel.

• The six original members were Fred Hammond, Mitchell Jones, Keith Staten, Karl Reid, Michael Brooks and Michael Williams.
• Members have also included Marvin Sapp, Marcus Cole, Chris Poole and Montrell Darrett.
• By 1999, Marcus Cole and Chris Poole had taken the place of Sapp, Frank and Darrett on the group’s last studio album.

The group recorded twelve albums over a period of seventeen years, and were nominated for Grammy and Stellar awards.

45TH ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS (2002) Nomination BEST CONTEMPORARY SOUL GOSPEL ALBUM The Commissioned Reunion “Live”

37TH ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS (1994) Nominations BEST CONTEMPORARY SOUL GOSPEL ALBUM Matters Of The Heart (Album)

34TH ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS (1991) Nominations BEST POP GOSPEL ALBUM Shakin’ The House…Live (Album)

32ND ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS (1989) Nomination Best SOUL GOSPEL VOCAL PERFORMANCE BY A DUO, GROUP, CHOIR OR CHORUS Will You Be Ready? (Album)