24th GMA Dove Awards
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The 24th Annual GMA Dove Awards were held on April 1, 1993 recognizing accomplishments of musicians for the year 1992. The show was held in Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...

, and was hosted by Barbara Mandrell
Barbara Mandrell
Barbara Ann Mandrell is an American country music singer best known for a 1970s–1980s series of Top 10 hits and TV shows that helped her become one of country's most successful female vocalists of the 1970s and 1980s...

.

Award recipients

  • Artist of the Year
    • Michael English
  • New Artist of the Year
    • Point of Grace
      Point of Grace
      Point of Grace is an all-female Contemporary Christian music group. The trio consists of Shelley Breen, Denise Jones, and Leigh Cappillino. The group started out as a quartet in 1991, with original members Breen and Jones, as well as Terry Jones and Heather Payne...

  • Group of the Year
    • 4Him
      4Him
      4Him was a Contemporary Christian group founded in 1990 in Alabama, USA. The group has a Grammy nomination, seven Dove awards and an album certified gold to their credit. The group was inducted into Alabama's Music Hall of Fame, following the awarding of The Governor’s Achievement Award...

  • Male Vocalist of the Year
    • Michael English
  • Female Vocalist of the Year
    • Twila Paris
      Twila Paris
      Twila Paris Wright is a Contemporary Christian Music songwriter, author, vocalist and pianist.-Musical career:Since 1980, Twila Paris has released 22 albums, amassed 33 number one Christian Radio singles, and was named the Gospel Music Association Female Vocalist of the Year three years in a row...

  • Songwriter of the Year
    • Steven Curtis Chapman
      Steven Curtis Chapman
      Steven Curtis Chapman is an American musician, songwriter, record producer, actor, author, and social activist.After starting his career in the late 1980s as a singer/songwriter of contemporary Christian music, Chapman has since been recognized as one of the most prolific singers in the genre,...

  • Producer of the Year
    • Wayne Kirkpatrick
      Wayne Kirkpatrick
      Wayne Kirkpatrick is an American singer/songwriter and musician born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana but now lives in Nashville, Tennessee. He graduated from Baton Rouge Magnet High School in 1979....


Songs

  • Song of the Year
    • “In Christ Alone”; Andrew Shawn Craig, Donald Koch
  • Rap/Hip Hop Recorded Song of the Year
    • "Socially Acceptable"; Free at Last
      Free at Last (dc Talk album)
      Free at Last is the third studio album from DC Talk, which was released in 1992. Music videos were filmed for "Jesus Is Just Alright", "The Hardway" and "Luv Is A Verb"...

      ; dc Talk
      Dc Talk
      DC Talk , is a Grammy-winning Christian rock music trio. The group was formed in Lynchburg, Virginia in 1987 by Toby McKeehan, Michael Tait, and Kevin Max Smith. They have released five major studio albums together: DC Talk , Nu Thang , Free at Last , Jesus Freak , and Supernatural...

  • Rock Recorded Song of the Year
    • "Jesus Is Just Alright"; Free at Last; dc Talk
  • Pop/Contemporary Recorded Song of the Year
    • “Go There With You”; The Great Adventure; Steven Curtis Chapman
      Steven Curtis Chapman
      Steven Curtis Chapman is an American musician, songwriter, record producer, actor, author, and social activist.After starting his career in the late 1980s as a singer/songwriter of contemporary Christian music, Chapman has since been recognized as one of the most prolific singers in the genre,...

  • Hard Music Recorded Song of the Year
    • “Psychedelic Super Jesus”; Snakes in the Playground
      Snakes in the Playground
      The album contains unlisted instrumental pieces in between select tracks, like an untitled track before "Dont Use Me" and a piano piece before "Goodbye."-Personnel:*Dale Thompson - Lead Vocals, Background Vocals, Tambourine, Shakers...

      ; Bride
      Bride (band)
      Bride is a Christian heavy metal/hard rock band formed in the 80s, by brothers Dale and Troy Thompson. During the band's peak years it was known for covering a wide range of musical styles and remains popular in places like Brazil...

  • Southern Gospel Recorded Song of the Year
    • "Satisfied"; The Gaither Vocal Band
  • Inspirational Recorded Song of the Year
    • "Holding Out Hope To You"; Hope; Michael English
  • Country Recorded Song of the Year
    • "There But for the Grace of God"; Love Is Strong
      Love Is Strong (album)
      Love Is Strong is the title of the fourth studio album by country music artist Paul Overstreet released in 1992. It produced three singles, "Me and My Baby", "Still Out There Swinging" and "Take Another Run". While this album was not as successful as his previous two, "Me And My Baby" managed to...

      ; Paul Overstreet
      Paul Overstreet
      Paul Lester Overstreet is an American country music singer and songwriter. He recorded 10 studio albums between 1982 and 2005, and charted 16 singles on the Billboard country charts, including two #1 hits...

  • Traditional Gospel Recorded Song of the Year
    • "Why We Sing"; Kirk Franklin and the Family; Kirk Franklin
      Kirk Franklin
      Kirk Dwayne Franklin is an American Gospel music musician, choir director, and author, and is most notably known for leading urban contemporary gospel choirs such as The Family, God's Property and One Nation Crew .- Early years :...

  • Contemporary Gospel Recorded Song of the Year
    • "Sold Out"; Start All Over; Helen Baylor
      Helen Baylor
      Helen Baylor is an American gospel singer.Baylor was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma and raised in Los Angeles, where she first performed as a secular nightclub act. She opened for Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder, and B.B. King while still in her teens, and performed in the musical Hair...


Albums

  • Rock Album of the Year
    • Wake-Up Call
      Wake-Up Call (album)
      Wake-Up Call is the fifteenth release of the Christian rock band, Petra. It was released on November 9, 1993. The album was one of the most successful for the band garnering them both a Grammy Award and a Dove Award....

      ; Petra
      Petra (band)
      Petra is a music group regarded as a pioneer of the Christian rock and contemporary Christian music genres. Formed in 1972, the band took its name from the Greek word for "rock"...

  • Pop/Contemporary Album of the Year
    • Hope; Michael English
  • Hard Music Album of the Year
    • Tamplin; Ken Tamplin
      Ken Tamplin
      Ken Tamplin is an American Christian rock performer and vocal coach. Tamplin is known for his 4 octave vocal range and has composed music for television and movies.-Early years:...

  • Instrumental Album of the Year
    • Psalms, Hymns, & Spiritual Songs; Kurt Kaiser
      Kurt Kaiser
      Kurt Kaiser, is an award winning songwriter of Contemporary Christian music and member of the Gospel Music Hall of Fame. He has produced and arranged albums for the likes of: Kathleen Battle, Ernie Ford, Larnelle Harris, Burl Ives, Ken Medema, Christopher Parkening, George Beverly Shea, Joni...

  • Praise & Worship Album of the Year
    • Songs from the Loft; Susan Ashton
      Susan Ashton
      Susan Ashton is a best-selling and award-winning American Contemporary Christian Music and country music artist who topped the Christian charts throughout the 1990s...

      , Gary Chapman
      Gary Chapman (musician)
      Gary Chapman is an American Contemporary Christian music singer-songwriter and former television talk show host.-Early life and music career:...

      , Ashley Cleveland
      Ashley Cleveland
      Ashley Cleveland is an American singer/songwriter perhaps best known as a background vocalist and Grammy-winning gospel singer. Ashley Cleveland was born in Knoxville, Tennessee...

      , Amy Delaine, Amy Grant
      Amy Grant
      Amy Lee Grant is an American singer-songwriter, musician, author, media personality and actress, best known for her Christian music. She has been referred to as "The Queen of Christian Pop"...

      , Kim Hill, Michael James, Wes King
      Wes King
      Wes King , born in Winder, Georgia, is an American contemporary-Christian singer, songwriter, and musician. He is perhaps best known for his 1993 album The Robe. For a very brief period in the late 1980s, he attended Covenant College outside of Chattanooga, Tennessee...

      , Donna McElroy, and Michael W. Smith
      Michael W. Smith
      Michael Whitaker Smith is a Billboard top ten Billboard Hot 100 recording artist and Grammy Award-winning American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor. He is one of the best-selling and most influential artists in Contemporary Christian music. Smith also has achieved a considerable amount of...

  • Children's Music Album of the Year
    • Come to the Cradle; Michael Card
      Michael Card
      Michael Card is an American Christian singer-songwriter, musician, author, and radio host from Franklin, Tennessee. He is best known for his contributions in Contemporary Christian Music, which couple folk-style melodies and instrumentation with lyrics that stem from intensive study of the Bible...

  • Musical Album
    • God with Us; Don Moen, Tom Fettke, Tom Hartley, Jack Hayford, and Camp Kirkland
  • Choral Collection Album
    • Al Denson Youth Chorus Book, Vol. III; Dave Spear and Al Denson
      Al Denson
      Albert Wray Denson , more commonly known as Al Denson, is a contemporary Christian music artist and a Christian radio and television show host.-Biography:...


Videos

  • Long Form Music Video of the Year
    • The Great Adventure; Steven Curtis Chapman
      Steven Curtis Chapman
      Steven Curtis Chapman is an American musician, songwriter, record producer, actor, author, and social activist.After starting his career in the late 1980s as a singer/songwriter of contemporary Christian music, Chapman has since been recognized as one of the most prolific singers in the genre,...

  • Short Form Music Video of the Year
    • "Hand on My Shoulder"; Sandi Patti
  • Recorded Music Packaging of the Year
    • The Wonder Years 1983-1993
      The Wonder Years (Michael W. Smith box set)
      The Wonder Years 1983-1993 book/2-CD package was released by Reunion Records in 1993, and intended to be a greatest hits/career overview album. The elaborate slipcase packaging contained a tall spiral-bound book that contained facing pairs of pages highlighting each of his 8 albums...

      ; Michael W. Smith
      Michael W. Smith
      Michael Whitaker Smith is a Billboard top ten Billboard Hot 100 recording artist and Grammy Award-winning American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor. He is one of the best-selling and most influential artists in Contemporary Christian music. Smith also has achieved a considerable amount of...


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