Fast Facts
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Inducted into the Iowa
Rock n' Roll Music Association Hall of Fame
(as part of Head East) - 2011
* Presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award - India
in 2010
* Named Best Christian Rock Singer by
GospelMusicChannel.com in 2009
* Inducted into the Christian Music Hall of Fame in 2008
* Inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame in 2000
* Petra Praise I & II sales number over 1 million
* Only artist to simultaneously have 4 albums in the Top
100
of SoundScan top Christian albums:
No Doubt, Beyond Belief, Petra Praise, Wake-Up Call
* First rock group to win the GMA Dove Award for "Group
of the Year"
* First group to win 10 consecutive CCM Magazine
Reader’s Choice Awards
* Top-selling non-European Christian artist in Europe
* 1994 - Inducted into the Hard Rock Cafe
(The first Christian group to ever be inducted)
RIAA Certified
Gold Albums:
Petra: Beyond Belief
Petra: Petra Praise: The Rock Cries Out
Head East: Flat As A Pancake
Grammy Awards:
2000 - Best Rock Gospel Album - Double Take
1994 - Best Rock Gospel Album - Wake-Up Call
1992 - Best Rock/Contemporary Gospel Album - Unseen
Power
1990 - Best Rock/Contemporary Gospel Album - Beyond
Belief
Dove Awards:
1998 - Praise & Worship Album - Petra Praise 2
1996 - Rock Album - No Doubt
1994 - Rock Album - Wake-Up Call
1993 - Rock Recorded Song - "Destiny"
1991 - Recorded Music Packaging - Beyond Belief
1991 - Rock Recorded Song - "Beyond Belief"
1991 - Rock Album - Beyond Belief
1991 - Group of the Year
1990 - Long Form Music Video - "On Fire"
1990 - Recorded Music Packaging - Petra Praise