Fred Hammond

Hammond has been active both as a member of the gospel performing group Commissioned, and as a solo artist (currently for Verity Records). He is a multiple Grammy, Dove, and Stellar award winner and nominee as a performer, producer, and writer. Hammond first gained recognition while playing bass guitar for the gospel group The Winans. ==Discography==

Solo Albums ===with Commissioned=== with Radical for Christ with FK&M ==Awards and nominations==

BET Awards The BET Awards are awarded annually by the Black Entertainment Television network. Hammond has received 8 nominations. Dove Awards The Dove Awards are awarded annually by the Gospel Music Association. Hammond has received 9 awards from 34 nominations and has also been inducted into the Hall of Fame. Grammy Awards The Grammy Awards are awarded annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Hammond has received 1 award from 15 nominations. NAACP Image Awards The NAACP Image Awards are awarded annually by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Hammond has received 7 nominations. Soul Train Awards The Soul Train Music Awards are awarded annually. Hammond has received 5 nominations. Stellar Awards The Stellar Awards are awarded annually by SAGMA. Hammond has received 9 awards from 58 nominations. ==Personal life==

Hammond has two children who have appeared on his 2009 album, Love Unstoppable. Hammond divorced his wife of 18 years, Kim, in 2004, and he currently resides in Cedar Hill, Texas. Hammond revealed on the Donnie McClurkin Show that his mother confessed to him three months before she died that she tried to get an abortion when she was pregnant with him, and the procedure, done in 1960, before abortions were legal, failed. Hammond's mother returned for a second attempt but decided against the procedure; Hammond was later born in December 1960. According to Fred Hammond in an interview with Tim Ross, his father is Bishop Charles Watkins (now deceased), a former gospel artist and a former full bishop in the Pentecostal Assemblies of the World, Inc. (Headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana) Hammond is an honorary member of Phi Beta Sigma fraternity ==References==