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Dove Awards of 2002

Dove Awards of 2002

Overview
The thirty-third GMA Music Awards
GMA Music Awards
The Gospel Music Association Dove Awards were created in 1969 by the Gospel Music Association to honor the outstanding achievements in Christian music. The awards, representing a wide variety of musical styles, including metal, pop, rock, rap & hip hop, country, gospel, and praise & worship, are...

 were held at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville, TN on April 25, 2002 recognizing accomplishments of musicians for the year 2001. Recipients below, see also full list of nominees
2002 Dove Award Nominees
2002 Dove Award Nominees for the thirty-third annual ceremony of the Dove Awards.-Song of the Year:* "Above All"; Lenny LeBlanc, Paul Baloche; Integrity Hosanna! Music, LenSongs Publishing...

.

The awards were broadcast live on the i Network, the first live national broadcast since 1998.

Song of the Year
  • "I Can Only Imagine
    I Can Only Imagine
    "I Can Only Imagine" is a song recorded by contemporary Christian music group MercyMe. Released on MercyMe's 2001 debut album Almost There, the song received major airplay on both Christian and mainstream radio. It earned three Dove Awards in 2002 for "Pop Song", "Song of the Year", and "Songwriter...

    " - Bart Millard; Simpleville Music (ASCAP)

Songwriter of the Year
  • Bart Millard

Male Vocalist of the Year
  • Mac Powell
    Mac Powell
    Johnny Mac Powell , originally from Montgomery, Alabama, is an American singer-songwriter and producer who formed the Christian rock band Third Day with guitarist Mark Lee...


Female Vocalist of the Year
  • Nichole Nordeman
    Nichole Nordeman
    Nichole Ellyse Nordeman is a nine time Dove Award winning contemporary Christian American singer–songwriter.-Biography:...


Group of the Year
  • Third Day
    Third Day
    Third Day is a CCM and Christian rock band formed in Marietta, Georgia during the 1990s. The band was founded by lead singer Mac Powell, guitarist Mark Lee and former member Billy Wilkins. The other band members are bassist Tai Anderson and drummer David Carr...


Artist of the Year
  • Michael W. Smith
    Michael W. Smith
    Michael W. Smith is a Grammy Award-winning American singer-songwriter, musician, recording artist, composer, and actor. He is one of the best-selling and most influential artists in Contemporary Christian Music, and he has achieved considerable success in the mainstream music industry as well...


New Artist of the Year
  • ZOEgirl
    ZOEgirl
    ZOEgirl was a Christian pop rock band. It was formed of singers Chrissy Conway-Katina, Alisa Childers and Kristin Swinford-Schweain. In 2002, ZOEgirl received a GMA Dove Award for New Artist of the Year...


Producer of the Year
  • Toby McKeehan
    Toby McKeehan
    Kevin Michael "Toby" McKeehan , professionally known as TobyMac, is a popular Grammy Award winning artist, producer, and songwriter. TobyMac is one of the very first Christian Rappers. He was first known for being a member of the Christian trio DC Talk, staying with them from 1989 until their...


Rap/Hip Hop/Dance Recorded Song of the Year
  • "Somebody's Watching Me"; Toby Mac; Toby McKeehan, Michael-Anthony Taylor, Rockwell

Modern Rock/Alternative Recorded Song of the Year
  • "Invade My Soul"; By The Tree
    By the Tree
    By the Tree is a two-time Dove Award-winning contemporary Christian rock group.-Overview:By the Tree was founded in Weatherford, Texas in 1997 by Chuck Dennie and Bala Boyd....

    ; Chuck Dennie

Hard Music Recorded Song of the Year
  • "Live For Him"; Pillar
    Pillar (band)
    Pillar is a Grammy-nominated Christian rock band currently located in Tulsa, Oklahoma.- Formation and independent albums :Pillar started in Hays, Kansas in 1998, when Fort Hays State University roommates Brad Noone and Rob Beckley got together with friends Travis Jenkins, Dustin Adams, and Michael...

    ; Rob Beckley
    Rob Beckley
    Robert Benjamin Beckley is lead singer of the Christian band Pillar, which was voted Best Hard Rock Band in CCM Magazine's 2006 Reader's Choice Awards. Beckley started the band in 1998 in Kansas....

    , Travis Jenkins, Brad Noone, Michael Wittig
    Michael Wittig
    Michael Wittig is an American Christian musician who is best known as "Kalel," the former bass player for the Dove Awards winning and Grammy nominated Christian hard rock band Pillar. After ten years of playing with Pillar, Wittig left the band in September 2008.-Musical career:In 1992 he formed a...


Rock Recorded Song of the Year
  • "Come Together"; Third Day
    Third Day
    Third Day is a CCM and Christian rock band formed in Marietta, Georgia during the 1990s. The band was founded by lead singer Mac Powell, guitarist Mark Lee and former member Billy Wilkins. The other band members are bassist Tai Anderson and drummer David Carr...

    ; Tai Anderson, Brad Avery, David Carr, Mark Lee, Mac Powell

Pop/Contemporary Recorded Song of the Year
  • "I Can Only Imagine
    I Can Only Imagine
    "I Can Only Imagine" is a song recorded by contemporary Christian music group MercyMe. Released on MercyMe's 2001 debut album Almost There, the song received major airplay on both Christian and mainstream radio. It earned three Dove Awards in 2002 for "Pop Song", "Song of the Year", and "Songwriter...

    " - MercyMe
    MercyMe
    MercyMe is an American contemporary Christian band founded in Greenville, Texas. The band consists of vocalist Bart Millard, keyboardist James Bryson, percussionist Robin Shaffer, bassist Nathan Cochran and guitarists Michael Scheuchzer and Barry Graul....

    ; Bart Millard

Inspirational Recorded Song of the Year
  • "Above All"; Michael W. Smith
    Michael W. Smith
    Michael W. Smith is a Grammy Award-winning American singer-songwriter, musician, recording artist, composer, and actor. He is one of the best-selling and most influential artists in Contemporary Christian Music, and he has achieved considerable success in the mainstream music industry as well...

    ; Lenny LeBlanc, Paul Baloche

Southern Gospel Recorded Song of the Year
  • "He's Watching Me"; Gaither Vocal Band
    Gaither Vocal Band
    The Gaither Vocal Band is a Grammy-winning Southern Gospel and contemporary Christian music group.-Musical career:Bill Gaither himself often says that the Gaither Vocal Band was formed in 1981, but it was actually formed in 1980 on the spur of the moment before a concert with the song, "First Day...

    ; Tina Sadler

Bluegrass Recorded Song of the Year
  • "Thank You, Lord, For Your Blessings On Me"; Easter Brothers; Russell Easter, James Easter, Edd Easter

Country Recorded Song of the Year
  • "Goin' Away Party"; Jeff & Sheri Easter; Bruce Haynes

Urban Recorded Song of the Year
  • "Thank You"; Kirk Franklin
    Kirk Franklin
    Kirk Dwayne Franklin is an American Gospel music singer and author and is most notably known as the leader of urban contemporary gospel choirs such as the Family, God's Property and 1NC .-Early years:...

    , Mary Mary
    Mary Mary
    Mary Mary is a two-time Grammy award winning Platinum American gospel music duo, consisting of sisters Erica Campbell and Tina Campbell . The duo are often credited along with Kirk Franklin for broadening the fan base of urban contemporary gospel in the 2000s by introducing elements of soul music,...

    ; Kirk Franklin

Traditional Gospel Recorded Song of the Year
  • "Hold On"; Selah
    Selah
    Selah is a word used frequently in the Hebrew Bible, often in the Psalms and is a difficult concept to translate. It should not be confused with the Hebrew word Sela which means "rock"....

    ; Jesse Dixon

Contemporary Gospel Recorded Song of the Year
  • "Anybody Wanna Pray?"; CeCe Winans
    CeCe Winans
    Priscilla Winans Love and known professionally as CeCe Winans, is an American Gospel singer and winner of numerous Grammy Awards and Stellar Awards.-Early life:...

    ; Cedric Caldwell, Victor Caldwell, Margaret Bell, Tommy Sims

Rap/Hip Hop/Dance Album of the Year
  • "Momentum"; Toby Mac; Toby Mac, Micahel-Anthony Taylor, Pete Stewart, Jeff Savage, Randy Crawford, Todd Collins

Modern Rock/Alternative Album of the Year
  • "Invade My Soul"; By The Tree; Steve Hindalong, Bob Wohler

Hard Music Album of the Year
  • "The Light In Guinevere's Garden
    The Light In Guinevere's Garden
    The Light In Guinevere's Garden is the sixth album released by East West. It received the Dove award for hard rock album of the year in 2002. By most fans, it is considered to be their best album.-Track listing:#"Wake" – 3:12#"Song-X" – 2:41...

    "; East West
    East West (band)
    East West was a Christian metal band from Irvine, California, who later re-located to Corona, California. The band takes its name from the Bible verse Psalms 103:12....

    ; Bob Burch

Rock Album of the Year
  • Come Together; Third Day
    Third Day
    Third Day is a CCM and Christian rock band formed in Marietta, Georgia during the 1990s. The band was founded by lead singer Mac Powell, guitarist Mark Lee and former member Billy Wilkins. The other band members are bassist Tai Anderson and drummer David Carr...

    ; Monroe Jones

Pop/Contemporary Album of the Year
  • Declaration; Steven Curtis Chapman
    Steven Curtis Chapman
    Steven Curtis Chapman is a Contemporary Christian musician.After starting his career in the late 80s as a songwriter, Chapman has turned into one of the most prolific singers in the genre, releasing more than 20 albums to this date...

    ; Brown Bannister, Steven Curtis Chapman

Inspirational Album of the Year
  • Press On; Selah
    Selah
    Selah is a word used frequently in the Hebrew Bible, often in the Psalms and is a difficult concept to translate. It should not be confused with the Hebrew word Sela which means "rock"....

    ; Jason Kyle, Todd Smith, Allan Hall, Nicol Smith

Southern Gospel Album of the Year
  • Encore; Old Friends Quartet; Bill Gaither, Wesley Pritchard, Ben Speer

Country Album of the Year
  • From The Heart; The Oak Ridge Boys; Michael Sykes, Duane Allen

Urban Album of the Year
  • Just Remember Christmas; Fred Hammond; Fred Hammond

Traditional Gospel Album of the Year
  • Hymns; Shirley Caesar; Bubba Smith, Shirley Caesar, Michael Mathis

Contemporary Gospel Album of the Year
  • CeCe Winans; CeCe Winans
    CeCe Winans
    Priscilla Winans Love and known professionally as CeCe Winans, is an American Gospel singer and winner of numerous Grammy Awards and Stellar Awards.-Early life:...

    ; Brown Bannister, Robbie Buchanon, Tommy Sims

Instrumental Album of the Year
  • Freedom; Michael W. Smith
    Michael W. Smith
    Michael W. Smith is a Grammy Award-winning American singer-songwriter, musician, recording artist, composer, and actor. He is one of the best-selling and most influential artists in Contemporary Christian Music, and he has achieved considerable success in the mainstream music industry as well...

    ; Michael W.
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Encyclopedia
The thirty-third GMA Music Awards
GMA Music Awards
The Gospel Music Association Dove Awards were created in 1969 by the Gospel Music Association to honor the outstanding achievements in Christian music. The awards, representing a wide variety of musical styles, including metal, pop, rock, rap & hip hop, country, gospel, and praise & worship, are...

 were held at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville, TN on April 25, 2002 recognizing accomplishments of musicians for the year 2001. Recipients below, see also full list of nominees
2002 Dove Award Nominees
2002 Dove Award Nominees for the thirty-third annual ceremony of the Dove Awards.-Song of the Year:* "Above All"; Lenny LeBlanc, Paul Baloche; Integrity Hosanna! Music, LenSongs Publishing...

.

The awards were broadcast live on the i Network, the first live national broadcast since 1998.

Award recipients


Song of the Year
  • "I Can Only Imagine
    I Can Only Imagine
    "I Can Only Imagine" is a song recorded by contemporary Christian music group MercyMe. Released on MercyMe's 2001 debut album Almost There, the song received major airplay on both Christian and mainstream radio. It earned three Dove Awards in 2002 for "Pop Song", "Song of the Year", and "Songwriter...

    " - Bart Millard; Simpleville Music (ASCAP)

Songwriter of the Year
  • Bart Millard

Male Vocalist of the Year
  • Mac Powell
    Mac Powell
    Johnny Mac Powell , originally from Montgomery, Alabama, is an American singer-songwriter and producer who formed the Christian rock band Third Day with guitarist Mark Lee...


Female Vocalist of the Year
  • Nichole Nordeman
    Nichole Nordeman
    Nichole Ellyse Nordeman is a nine time Dove Award winning contemporary Christian American singer–songwriter.-Biography:...


Group of the Year
  • Third Day
    Third Day
    Third Day is a CCM and Christian rock band formed in Marietta, Georgia during the 1990s. The band was founded by lead singer Mac Powell, guitarist Mark Lee and former member Billy Wilkins. The other band members are bassist Tai Anderson and drummer David Carr...


Artist of the Year
  • Michael W. Smith
    Michael W. Smith
    Michael W. Smith is a Grammy Award-winning American singer-songwriter, musician, recording artist, composer, and actor. He is one of the best-selling and most influential artists in Contemporary Christian Music, and he has achieved considerable success in the mainstream music industry as well...


New Artist of the Year
  • ZOEgirl
    ZOEgirl
    ZOEgirl was a Christian pop rock band. It was formed of singers Chrissy Conway-Katina, Alisa Childers and Kristin Swinford-Schweain. In 2002, ZOEgirl received a GMA Dove Award for New Artist of the Year...


Producer of the Year
  • Toby McKeehan
    Toby McKeehan
    Kevin Michael "Toby" McKeehan , professionally known as TobyMac, is a popular Grammy Award winning artist, producer, and songwriter. TobyMac is one of the very first Christian Rappers. He was first known for being a member of the Christian trio DC Talk, staying with them from 1989 until their...


Rap/Hip Hop/Dance Recorded Song of the Year
  • "Somebody's Watching Me"; Toby Mac; Toby McKeehan, Michael-Anthony Taylor, Rockwell

Modern Rock/Alternative Recorded Song of the Year
  • "Invade My Soul"; By The Tree
    By the Tree
    By the Tree is a two-time Dove Award-winning contemporary Christian rock group.-Overview:By the Tree was founded in Weatherford, Texas in 1997 by Chuck Dennie and Bala Boyd....

    ; Chuck Dennie

Hard Music Recorded Song of the Year
  • "Live For Him"; Pillar
    Pillar (band)
    Pillar is a Grammy-nominated Christian rock band currently located in Tulsa, Oklahoma.- Formation and independent albums :Pillar started in Hays, Kansas in 1998, when Fort Hays State University roommates Brad Noone and Rob Beckley got together with friends Travis Jenkins, Dustin Adams, and Michael...

    ; Rob Beckley
    Rob Beckley
    Robert Benjamin Beckley is lead singer of the Christian band Pillar, which was voted Best Hard Rock Band in CCM Magazine's 2006 Reader's Choice Awards. Beckley started the band in 1998 in Kansas....

    , Travis Jenkins, Brad Noone, Michael Wittig
    Michael Wittig
    Michael Wittig is an American Christian musician who is best known as "Kalel," the former bass player for the Dove Awards winning and Grammy nominated Christian hard rock band Pillar. After ten years of playing with Pillar, Wittig left the band in September 2008.-Musical career:In 1992 he formed a...


Rock Recorded Song of the Year
  • "Come Together"; Third Day
    Third Day
    Third Day is a CCM and Christian rock band formed in Marietta, Georgia during the 1990s. The band was founded by lead singer Mac Powell, guitarist Mark Lee and former member Billy Wilkins. The other band members are bassist Tai Anderson and drummer David Carr...

    ; Tai Anderson, Brad Avery, David Carr, Mark Lee, Mac Powell

Pop/Contemporary Recorded Song of the Year
  • "I Can Only Imagine
    I Can Only Imagine
    "I Can Only Imagine" is a song recorded by contemporary Christian music group MercyMe. Released on MercyMe's 2001 debut album Almost There, the song received major airplay on both Christian and mainstream radio. It earned three Dove Awards in 2002 for "Pop Song", "Song of the Year", and "Songwriter...

    " - MercyMe
    MercyMe
    MercyMe is an American contemporary Christian band founded in Greenville, Texas. The band consists of vocalist Bart Millard, keyboardist James Bryson, percussionist Robin Shaffer, bassist Nathan Cochran and guitarists Michael Scheuchzer and Barry Graul....

    ; Bart Millard

Inspirational Recorded Song of the Year
  • "Above All"; Michael W. Smith
    Michael W. Smith
    Michael W. Smith is a Grammy Award-winning American singer-songwriter, musician, recording artist, composer, and actor. He is one of the best-selling and most influential artists in Contemporary Christian Music, and he has achieved considerable success in the mainstream music industry as well...

    ; Lenny LeBlanc, Paul Baloche

Southern Gospel Recorded Song of the Year
  • "He's Watching Me"; Gaither Vocal Band
    Gaither Vocal Band
    The Gaither Vocal Band is a Grammy-winning Southern Gospel and contemporary Christian music group.-Musical career:Bill Gaither himself often says that the Gaither Vocal Band was formed in 1981, but it was actually formed in 1980 on the spur of the moment before a concert with the song, "First Day...

    ; Tina Sadler

Bluegrass Recorded Song of the Year
  • "Thank You, Lord, For Your Blessings On Me"; Easter Brothers; Russell Easter, James Easter, Edd Easter

Country Recorded Song of the Year
  • "Goin' Away Party"; Jeff & Sheri Easter; Bruce Haynes

Urban Recorded Song of the Year
  • "Thank You"; Kirk Franklin
    Kirk Franklin
    Kirk Dwayne Franklin is an American Gospel music singer and author and is most notably known as the leader of urban contemporary gospel choirs such as the Family, God's Property and 1NC .-Early years:...

    , Mary Mary
    Mary Mary
    Mary Mary is a two-time Grammy award winning Platinum American gospel music duo, consisting of sisters Erica Campbell and Tina Campbell . The duo are often credited along with Kirk Franklin for broadening the fan base of urban contemporary gospel in the 2000s by introducing elements of soul music,...

    ; Kirk Franklin

Traditional Gospel Recorded Song of the Year
  • "Hold On"; Selah
    Selah
    Selah is a word used frequently in the Hebrew Bible, often in the Psalms and is a difficult concept to translate. It should not be confused with the Hebrew word Sela which means "rock"....

    ; Jesse Dixon

Contemporary Gospel Recorded Song of the Year
  • "Anybody Wanna Pray?"; CeCe Winans
    CeCe Winans
    Priscilla Winans Love and known professionally as CeCe Winans, is an American Gospel singer and winner of numerous Grammy Awards and Stellar Awards.-Early life:...

    ; Cedric Caldwell, Victor Caldwell, Margaret Bell, Tommy Sims

Rap/Hip Hop/Dance Album of the Year
  • "Momentum"; Toby Mac; Toby Mac, Micahel-Anthony Taylor, Pete Stewart, Jeff Savage, Randy Crawford, Todd Collins

Modern Rock/Alternative Album of the Year
  • "Invade My Soul"; By The Tree; Steve Hindalong, Bob Wohler

Hard Music Album of the Year
  • "The Light In Guinevere's Garden
    The Light In Guinevere's Garden
    The Light In Guinevere's Garden is the sixth album released by East West. It received the Dove award for hard rock album of the year in 2002. By most fans, it is considered to be their best album.-Track listing:#"Wake" – 3:12#"Song-X" – 2:41...

    "; East West
    East West (band)
    East West was a Christian metal band from Irvine, California, who later re-located to Corona, California. The band takes its name from the Bible verse Psalms 103:12....

    ; Bob Burch

Rock Album of the Year
  • Come Together; Third Day
    Third Day
    Third Day is a CCM and Christian rock band formed in Marietta, Georgia during the 1990s. The band was founded by lead singer Mac Powell, guitarist Mark Lee and former member Billy Wilkins. The other band members are bassist Tai Anderson and drummer David Carr...

    ; Monroe Jones

Pop/Contemporary Album of the Year
  • Declaration; Steven Curtis Chapman
    Steven Curtis Chapman
    Steven Curtis Chapman is a Contemporary Christian musician.After starting his career in the late 80s as a songwriter, Chapman has turned into one of the most prolific singers in the genre, releasing more than 20 albums to this date...

    ; Brown Bannister, Steven Curtis Chapman

Inspirational Album of the Year
  • Press On; Selah
    Selah
    Selah is a word used frequently in the Hebrew Bible, often in the Psalms and is a difficult concept to translate. It should not be confused with the Hebrew word Sela which means "rock"....

    ; Jason Kyle, Todd Smith, Allan Hall, Nicol Smith

Southern Gospel Album of the Year
  • Encore; Old Friends Quartet; Bill Gaither, Wesley Pritchard, Ben Speer

Country Album of the Year
  • From The Heart; The Oak Ridge Boys; Michael Sykes, Duane Allen

Urban Album of the Year
  • Just Remember Christmas; Fred Hammond; Fred Hammond

Traditional Gospel Album of the Year
  • Hymns; Shirley Caesar; Bubba Smith, Shirley Caesar, Michael Mathis

Contemporary Gospel Album of the Year
  • CeCe Winans; CeCe Winans
    CeCe Winans
    Priscilla Winans Love and known professionally as CeCe Winans, is an American Gospel singer and winner of numerous Grammy Awards and Stellar Awards.-Early life:...

    ; Brown Bannister, Robbie Buchanon, Tommy Sims

Instrumental Album of the Year
  • Freedom; Michael W. Smith
    Michael W. Smith
    Michael W. Smith is a Grammy Award-winning American singer-songwriter, musician, recording artist, composer, and actor. He is one of the best-selling and most influential artists in Contemporary Christian Music, and he has achieved considerable success in the mainstream music industry as well...

    ; Michael W. Smith, Bryan Lenox

Praise & Worship Album of the Year
  • Worship; Michael W. Smith
    Michael W. Smith
    Michael W. Smith is a Grammy Award-winning American singer-songwriter, musician, recording artist, composer, and actor. He is one of the best-selling and most influential artists in Contemporary Christian Music, and he has achieved considerable success in the mainstream music industry as well...

    ; Michael W. Smith, Tom Laune

Children's Music Album of the Year
  • Bedtime Prayers Lullabies and Peaceful Worship; Twila Paris
    Twila Paris
    Twila Paris Wright is a Contemporary Christian Music songwriter, author, vocalist and pianist.-Musical career:...

    ; John Hartley, Derald Daugherty

Spanish Language Album of the Year
  • Mi Corazón
    Mi Corazon
    Mi Corazón is the sophomore Spanish album by the Latin pop/contemporary Christian singer Jaci Velasquez. The lead single, "Como Se Cura Una Herida", charted at #1 on the Billboard Hot Latin Tracks chart...

    ; Jaci Velasquez
    Jaci Velasquez
    Jacquelyn Davette Velasquez is an American Contemporary Christian Latin PopJacquelyn Davette Velasquez (born October 15 1979) is an American Contemporary Christian Latin PopJacquelyn Davette Velasquez (born October 15 1979) is an American Contemporary Christian Latin Pop(in both English & Spanish...

    ; Emilio Estefan, Jr.
    Emilio Estefan
    Emilio Estefan, Jr. is a Cuban-American of Lebanese ancestry who is a musician and producer. Estefan's first taste of celebrity came as a member of the Miami Sound Machine, but he is currently better known as the producer of many famous singers...

    , Rudy Perez, Mark Heimermann, Alberto Gaitin, Ricardo Gaitin, Alejandro Jean, Freddy Pinero, Jr., Lewis Martineé
    Lewis Martineé
    Lewis Antonio Martineé is a freestyle music producer and former DJ based in Miami, Florida. In addition to founding the girl group Exposé in 1984, he also wrote and produced the songs for their first two albums, Exposure and What You Don't Know . He also contributed on the group's third effort,...

    , Jose Miguel Velasquez

Special Event Album of the Year
  • Prayer of Jabez; Sarah Sadler, Margaret Becker
    Margaret Becker
    Margaret Becker is an American Christian rock singer, guitarist, and songwriter. She has had fourteen #1 Christian radio hits, won three Dove Awards, and been nominated for four Grammy Awards.-Biography:...

    , Geoff Moore
    Geoff Moore
    Geoff Moore is a Contemporary Christian music artist and songwriter. He started recording as a solo artist in 1984. In 1987, he formed Geoff Moore and the Distance. The contemporary gospel band released together 8 albums...

    , Steve Reischl, Erin O'Donnell
    Erin O'Donnell
    Erin O'Donnell is an American Contemporary Christian music singer. She grew up in Jacksonville, Florida before going to the University of Miami Frost School of Music, where she got her degree in Jazz Performance and where she met her husband, Brad O'Donnell, with whom she began her career and who...

    , Adrienne Liesching, Jamie Rowe
    Jamie Rowe
    Jamie Rowe is the lead vocalist of the Christian hard rock band, Guardian. He is also the lead vocalist for power pop band, The Ruled...

    , Phil Keaggy
    Phil Keaggy
    Philip Tyler Keaggy is an American acoustic and electric guitarist and vocalist who has released more than 50 albums and contributed to many more recordings in both the contemporary Christian music and mainstream markets...

    , Rebecca St. James
    Rebecca St. James
    Rebecca St. James , is a multiple Dove Award and Grammy Award-winning Christian pop rock singer, songwriter, musician, published author, actor and an outspoken teenage sexual abstinence and pro-life advocate. She is known for her hit singles including "Wait For Me", "God" and others.-Early...

    , Michael Tait
    Michael Tait
    Michael DeWayne Tait is a Contemporary Christian Music artist who is the current lead singer of Newsboys, and one third of Christian rock group dc Talk . Tait also has had success in his solo career, founding a band called Tait in 1997. He toured as a solo act until 2007...

    , Jill Phillips, Kevin Max
    Kevin Max
    Kevin Max is an American singer, songwriter, and poet. He is best known for being a member of the Christian pop group dc Talk. As a solo artist since 2001, he has recorded four full-length studio albums and two EPs.-Early years:...

    ; John Hartley, David Zaffiro

Musical of the Year
  • He Chose The Nails; Bryan Lenox, Glenn Wagner

Youth/Children's Musical of the Year
  • The Noise We Make; Karla Worley, Robert Sterling

Choral Collection of the Year
  • God of Wonders; Steven V. Taylor, Johnathan Crumpton

Recorded Music Packaging of the Year
  • Freedom; Michael W. Smith
    Michael W. Smith
    Michael W. Smith is a Grammy Award-winning American singer-songwriter, musician, recording artist, composer, and actor. He is one of the best-selling and most influential artists in Contemporary Christian Music, and he has achieved considerable success in the mainstream music industry as well...

    ; Tim Parker; Tim Parker; Andrew Southam, Jimmy Abegg
    Jimmy Abegg
    Jimmy Abegg aka Jimmy A, is a guitarist, composer, director, photographer and artist, currently living in Nashville, Tennessee....


Short Form Music Video of the Year
  • "Call On Jesus"; Nicole C. Mullen
    Nicole C. Mullen
    Nicole Coleman Mullen is an award-winning singer, songwriter, and choreographer. She was born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio. She recorded her first solo album, Don’t Let Me Go, in 1991 with the independent label Frontline Records. Mullen continued her singing-songwriting-choreography career in...

    ; Randy Brewer; Jeffrey Phillips

Long Form Music Video of the Year
  • Third Day Live In Concert - The Offerings Experience; Third Day
    Third Day
    Third Day is a CCM and Christian rock band formed in Marietta, Georgia during the 1990s. The band was founded by lead singer Mac Powell, guitarist Mark Lee and former member Billy Wilkins. The other band members are bassist Tai Anderson and drummer David Carr...

    ; Michael Sacci, Ken Conrad; Carl Diebold; CT Ventures