The 35th Annual GMA Music Awards (the show had a name change in 2004-05) were held on April 28, 2004 recognizing accomplishments of musicians for the year 2003. The show was held at the Municipal Auditorium

Nashville Municipal Auditorium

The Nashville Municipal Auditorium is an indoor sports and concert venue in Nashville, Tennessee...

 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 Deion Sanders

Deion Sanders

Deion Luwynn Sanders , nicknamed "Prime Time" and "Neon Deion", is a former National Football League cornerback and Major League Baseball outfielder who currently works as an NFL Network analyst...

 and Yolanda Adams

Yolanda Adams

Yolanda Adams is an American Grammy- and Dove-award-winning Yolanda Adams is an American [[Grammy Awards|Grammy]]- and [[Dove Awards|Dove]]-award-winning...

.

Nominations were announced months earlier by 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,...

 and Toby McKeehan

Toby McKeehan

Toby McKeehan , better known by his stage name TobyMac , is a Christian recording artist, music producer, hip-hop/pop artist, singer-songwriter, and author....

.

The event was transmitted live to theaters in 50 cities as part of Regal Entertainment Group

Regal Entertainment Group

Regal Entertainment Group also known as REG is a movie theater chain headquartered in Knoxville, Tennessee. Regal operates the largest and most geographically diverse theater circuit in the United States, consisting of 6,775 screens in 548 locations in 39 states and the District of Columbia as of...

 "One Night Only" event. The livecast was shown at Regal Cinemas

Regal Cinemas

Regal Cinemas is a UK-based cinema chain since the early days of the cinema. In 1928, Regal Cinemas became part of Associated British Cinemas but has retained the name 'Regal Cinemas'....

, United Artists Theatres, and Edwards Theatres. There was no delayed television broadcast, as part of a controversial move by broadcast rights holder United Paramount Network, scorned by Sanders for leaving CBS' The NFL Today

The NFL Today

The NFL Today is an American sports series that precedes the American football program The NFL on CBS on CBS Sports. The program usually airs at noon on Sundays of the National Football League regular season...

 (UPN owned CBS) in favour of Disney's NFL Countdown in the weeks between the awards ceremony and broadcast date, cancelled the television broadcast entirely.

MercyMe

MercyMe

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

 won Artist of the Year, plus two other awards, while Jeremy Camp

Jeremy Camp

Jeremy Thomas Camp is a contemporary Christian musician from Lafayette, Indiana. Camp has released seven albums, four of them RIAA-certified as Gold and two are live albums, and 17 number-one hit songs...

 was awarded New Artist of the Year.

Performers

Telecast ceremony
The following performed:

Artist(s)	Song(s)
Tait Tait (band) Tait is a Christian rock band formed by Michael Tait, one of the members of dc Talk and the lead singer of Newsboys since 2010.- Pre-formation of Tait :... T-Bone T-Bone (rapper) T-Bone is a Christian rapper. His father is Nicaraguan and his mother is Salvadoran. His name came from being called 'Bones' as a youngster because he was very skinny...
Hezekiah Walker Hezekiah Walker Bishop Hezekiah Xzavier Walker, Jr. is a Grammy Award-winning gospel music artist, founder and leader of the Love Fellowship Choir , and Pastor and Bishop of the Love Fellowship Tabernacle, with locations in Brooklyn, New York, and Bensalem, Pennsylvania, in the United States... Byron Cage Byron Cage Byron Cage is an American gospel recording artist.-Early years:Inspired by the singing of the late Rev. Donald Vails and Thomas Whitfield, Cage began singing gospel music as a teenager. Cage went on to attend Morehouse College in Atlanta, GA, where he was a member of the Morehouse College Glee...	"I Need You To Survive" "Presence of the Lord"
MercyMe MercyMe MercyMe is an American Christian rock band founded in Greenville, Texas. The band consists of vocalist Bart Millard, keyboardist James Bryson, percussionist Robby Shaffer, bassist Nathan Cochran and guitarists Michael Scheuchzer and Barry Graul....	"Here with Me"
Smokie Norful Smokie Norful Rev. W.R. "Smokie" Norful, Jr. is an American gospel singer and pianist, best known for his 2002 album, I Need You Now and his 2004 release, Nothing Without You, which won a Grammy at the 47th Annual Grammy Awards for Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album in 2004.-Early life:Norful, a minister who...
Jeremy Camp Jeremy Camp Jeremy Thomas Camp is a contemporary Christian musician from Lafayette, Indiana. Camp has released seven albums, four of them RIAA-certified as Gold and two are live albums, and 17 number-one hit songs...
Third Day Third Day Third Day is a Grammy award-winning 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...
CeCe Winans CeCe Winans Priscilla "CeCe" Marie Winans Love is an American Gospel singer, who has won numerous Grammy and Stellar Awards.-Early life:CeCe Winans was born in Detroit, Michigan, to David and Delores Winans, on October 8, 1964...
Randy Travis Randy Travis Randy Travis is an American country music singer and actor. Since 1985, he has recorded 20 studio albums and charted more than 30 singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, 22 of which were number one hits...
Jars of Clay Jars of Clay Jars of Clay is a Christian rock band from Nashville, Tennessee. They met at Greenville College in Greenville, Illinois.Jars of Clay consists of Dan Haseltine on vocals, Charlie Lowell on piano and keyboards, Stephen Mason on lead guitars and Matthew Odmark on rhythm guitars... 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... The Williams Brothers	"Amazing Grace Amazing Grace "Amazing Grace" is a Christian hymn with words written by the English poet and clergyman John Newton , published in 1779. With a message that forgiveness and redemption are possible regardless of the sins people commit and that the soul can be delivered from despair through the mercy of God,... "
Out of Eden Out of Eden Out of Eden was an American Gospel music group often identified with R&B, and contemporary Christian music. It featured sisters Lisa Kimmey, Andrea Kimmey-Baca, and Danielle Kimmey...
Nicole C. Mullen Nicole C. Mullen Aileen Nicole Coleman-Mullen, known professionally as Nicole C. Mullen, is an award-winning singer, songwriter, and choreographer. She was born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio.-Music career:...
Pillar Pillar (band) Pillar is a Christian rock band currently located in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Their sixth studio album, Confessions, was released in 2009.- Formation and independent albums :...
Newsboys Newsboys Newsboys are a Christian pop rock band founded in 1985 in Mooloolaba, Australia. They have released 15 studio albums, six of which have been certified gold...

Presenters

Telecast ceremony
The following presented:

• 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"...
  
   and Vince Gill
  Vince Gill
  Vincent Grant "Vince" Gill is an American neotraditional country singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He has achieved commercial success and fame both as frontman to the country rock band Pure Prairie League in the 1970s, and as a solo artist beginning in 1983, where his talents as a...
  
   — introduced video message from Bono
  Bono
  Paul David Hewson , most commonly known by his stage name Bono , is an Irish singer, musician, and humanitarian best known for being the main vocalist of the Dublin-based rock band U2. Bono was born and raised in Dublin, Ireland, and attended Mount Temple Comprehensive School where he met his...
  
  
• Bono
  Bono
  Paul David Hewson , most commonly known by his stage name Bono , is an Irish singer, musician, and humanitarian best known for being the main vocalist of the Dublin-based rock band U2. Bono was born and raised in Dublin, Ireland, and attended Mount Temple Comprehensive School where he met his...
  
   — introduced Jars of Clay
  Jars of Clay
  Jars of Clay is a Christian rock band from Nashville, Tennessee. They met at Greenville College in Greenville, Illinois.Jars of Clay consists of Dan Haseltine on vocals, Charlie Lowell on piano and keyboards, Stephen Mason on lead guitars and Matthew Odmark on rhythm guitars...
  
  
• Stephen Baldwin
  Stephen Baldwin
  Stephen Andrew Baldwin is an American actor, director, producer and author. One of the Baldwin brothers, he is known for his roles as William F. Cody in the western show The Young Riders and as Stuart in the movie Threesome...
  
  
• Derrick Mason
  Derrick Mason
  Derrick James Mason is an American football wide receiver for the Houston Texans of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Tennessee Oilers in the fourth round of the 1997 NFL Draft. He played college football at Michigan State.Mason has also played for the Baltimore Ravens where he...
  
  
• Bethany Hamilton
  Bethany Hamilton
  Bethany Meilani Hamilton is an American professional surfer. She is known for surviving a shark attack in which she lost her left arm, and for overcoming the injury to ultimately return to professional surfing. She wrote about her experience in the 2004 autobiography Soul Surfer: A True Story of...
  
  
• Kristy Starling
  Kristy Starling
  Kristy Starling is a Contemporary Christian Music singer, born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. After marrying husband Adam in the fall of 2002, she came second in a national singing competition, Today's Superstar, NBC News' morning show. She signed to Warner Bros. Records, working with successful...
  
  
• R.J. Helton
• LaShell Griffin
• 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,...
  
  
• TobyMac
  TobyMac
  Toby McKeehan , better known by his stage name TobyMac , is a Christian recording artist, music producer, hip-hop/pop artist, singer-songwriter, and author....
  
  
• 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 :...
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• Mary Mary
  Mary Mary
  Mary Mary is an American gospel music duo, consisting of sisters Erica Atkins-Campbell and Tina Atkins-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, hip hop, funk and jazz...
  
  
• Michelle Williams
  Michelle Williams (singer)
  Tenitra Michelle Williams , commonly known as Michelle Williams, is an American singer, songwriter, record producer and actress...
  
  
• Charlie Peacock
  Charlie Peacock
  Charlie Peacock is an American singer-songwriter, pianist, record producer, session musician and author. While growing up in California Peacock was inspired by John Coltrane and began playing the piano. After completing his education, Peacock formed a band and began a career as a professional...
  
  

General

Artist of the Year

• MercyMe
  MercyMe
  MercyMe is an American Christian rock band founded in Greenville, Texas. The band consists of vocalist Bart Millard, keyboardist James Bryson, percussionist Robby Shaffer, bassist Nathan Cochran and guitarists Michael Scheuchzer and Barry Graul....
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• Randy Travis
  Randy Travis
  Randy Travis is an American country music singer and actor. Since 1985, he has recorded 20 studio albums and charted more than 30 singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, 22 of which were number one hits...
  
  
• Stacie Orrico
  Stacie Orrico
  Stacie Joy Orrico is a Contemporary Christian and R&B singer-songwriter and occasional actress. In 1998, she signed to ForeFront Records when she was 12 years old, and recorded her first album Genuine , which sold 13,000 in the first week of release.After her first album she signed to a new record...
  
  
• Switchfoot
  Switchfoot
  Switchfoot is an American rock band from San Diego, California. The band's members are Jon Foreman , Tim Foreman , Chad Butler , Jerome Fontamillas , and Drew Shirley .After early successes in the Christian rock scene, Switchfoot first gained mainstream...
  
  

New Artist of the Year

• Across the Sky
  Across The Sky
  Across the Sky was a Dove Award-nominated Christian band formed in Nashville, Tennessee during 2000 by Matt Martin, Ben Kolarcik, and Justin Unger. Matt eventually left before their first album was recorded and now resides in Louisville, KY. Both musicians are of the singer-songwriter style...
  
  
• Casting Crowns
  Casting Crowns
  Casting Crowns is a Grammy Award and Dove Award winning Contemporary Christian/Christian Rock band. Casting Crowns was started in 1999 by youth pastor Mark Hall at First Baptist Church in Downtown Daytona Beach, Florida as part of a youth group. He now serves as a lead vocalist...
  
  
• Jeremy Camp
  Jeremy Camp
  Jeremy Thomas Camp is a contemporary Christian musician from Lafayette, Indiana. Camp has released seven albums, four of them RIAA-certified as Gold and two are live albums, and 17 number-one hit songs...
  
  
• Kristy Starling
  Kristy Starling
  Kristy Starling is a Contemporary Christian Music singer, born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. After marrying husband Adam in the fall of 2002, she came second in a national singing competition, Today's Superstar, NBC News' morning show. She signed to Warner Bros. Records, working with successful...
  
  
• Todd Agnew
  Todd Agnew
  Todd Agnew is a Contemporary Christian musician and songwriter.-Musical career:Agnew's best-known song is a version of the hymn "Amazing Grace" called "Grace Like Rain" that was featured on his first album, Grace Like Rain, released in June 2003. Agnew wrote this song with his friend, Chris Collins...
  
  

Group of the Year

• Jars of Clay
  Jars of Clay
  Jars of Clay is a Christian rock band from Nashville, Tennessee. They met at Greenville College in Greenville, Illinois.Jars of Clay consists of Dan Haseltine on vocals, Charlie Lowell on piano and keyboards, Stephen Mason on lead guitars and Matthew Odmark on rhythm guitars...
  
  
• MercyMe
  MercyMe
  MercyMe is an American Christian rock band founded in Greenville, Texas. The band consists of vocalist Bart Millard, keyboardist James Bryson, percussionist Robby Shaffer, bassist Nathan Cochran and guitarists Michael Scheuchzer and Barry Graul....
  
  
• Newsboys
  Newsboys
  Newsboys are a Christian pop rock band founded in 1985 in Mooloolaba, Australia. They have released 15 studio albums, six of which have been certified gold...
  
  
• Switchfoot
  Switchfoot
  Switchfoot is an American rock band from San Diego, California. The band's members are Jon Foreman , Tim Foreman , Chad Butler , Jerome Fontamillas , and Drew Shirley .After early successes in the Christian rock scene, Switchfoot first gained mainstream...
  
  
• Third Day
  Third Day
  Third Day is a Grammy award-winning 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...
  
  

Male Vocalist of the Year

• Bart Millard
• David Phelps
  David Phelps
  David Norris Phelps is an American Christian vocalist, songwriter and vocal arranger, who is best known for singing tenor in the Gaither Vocal Band. He has also released several solo albums, including four Christmas collections...
  
  
• Jeremy Camp
  Jeremy Camp
  Jeremy Thomas Camp is a contemporary Christian musician from Lafayette, Indiana. Camp has released seven albums, four of them RIAA-certified as Gold and two are live albums, and 17 number-one hit songs...
  
  
• Mark Schultz
  Mark Schultz (musician)
  Mark Schultz is a Contemporary Christian music singer/songwriter. He grew up in Colby, Kansas and graduated from Kansas State University with a degree in marketing. At Kansas State, Mark was a member of Lambda Chi Alpha. He moved to Nashville, Tennessee where he served eight years as a youth group...
  
  
• 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,...
  
  

Female Vocalist of the Year

• CeCe Winans
  CeCe Winans
  Priscilla "CeCe" Marie Winans Love is an American Gospel singer, who has won numerous Grammy and Stellar Awards.-Early life:CeCe Winans was born in Detroit, Michigan, to David and Delores Winans, on October 8, 1964...
  
  
• Joy Williams
• Nichole Nordeman
  Nichole Nordeman
  Nichole Ellyse Nordeman is an eight-time Dove Award-winning contemporary Christian American singer–songwriter.-Biography:Nordeman was raised in Colorado Springs, Colorado, where she played the piano in church...
  
  
• Rebecca St. James
  Rebecca St. James
  Rebecca St. James , is a Christian pop rock singer, songwriter, musician, author, and actor. She began performing in Australia in the late 1980s and released her first full-length studio album in 1991. In 1993 she was signed to the record label ForeFront Records and released her major label debut a...
  
  
• Stacie Orrico
  Stacie Orrico
  Stacie Joy Orrico is a Contemporary Christian and R&B singer-songwriter and occasional actress. In 1998, she signed to ForeFront Records when she was 12 years old, and recorded her first album Genuine , which sold 13,000 in the first week of release.After her first album she signed to a new record...
  
  

Song of the Year

• "All About Love" - 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,...
  
  
  • Steven Curtis Chapman, songwriter
• "Everything to Me" - Avalon
  Avalon (band)
  Avalon is an American contemporary Christian vocal quartet who has earned multiple RIAA-certified gold records, sold four million albums, and released 22 number one Christian hits.- 1995–1997: Formation of Avalon and A Maze of Grace :...
  
  
  • Chad Cates, Sue Smith, songwriters
• "Great Light of the World" - Bebo Norman
  Bebo Norman
  Jeffrey Stephen "Bebo" Norman is a contemporary Christian musician from Columbus, Georgia, USA. His most successful album to date is Myself When I Am Real, which included hit songs "Great Light of the World" and "Falling Down". Other popular songs by Norman include "Disappear", "Nothing Without...
  
  
  • Bebo Norman, songwriter
• "He Reigns" - Newsboys
  Newsboys
  Newsboys are a Christian pop rock band founded in 1985 in Mooloolaba, Australia. They have released 15 studio albums, six of which have been certified gold...
  
  
  • Peter Furler
    Peter Furler
    Peter Andrew Furler is an Australian musician, songwriter, producer, and record executive but is best known as the former lead singer for the Christian rock band Newsboys.-Biography:...
    
    , Steve Taylor
    Steve Taylor
    Roland Stephen Taylor , is an American Christian singer, songwriter, record producer and film director.-Early life:Taylor, the eldest of three children, was born in Brawley, California. Taylor's father, Roland Taylor, was a Baptist minister. When Taylor was six years old, the family relocated to...
    
    , songwriters
• "If We Are the Body
  If We Are the Body
  "If We Are the Body" is a song by the Christian rock band Casting Crowns. It was released as their debut single from their debut album, Casting Crowns.This song's lyrical content is based on James 2:1-9, a Bible passage.-Chart positions:...
  
  " - Casting Crowns
  Casting Crowns
  Casting Crowns is a Grammy Award and Dove Award winning Contemporary Christian/Christian Rock band. Casting Crowns was started in 1999 by youth pastor Mark Hall at First Baptist Church in Downtown Daytona Beach, Florida as part of a youth group. He now serves as a lead vocalist...
  
  
  • Mark Hall
    Mark Hall (musician)
    Mark Hall, Jr. is the lead vocalist for the Georgia-based Christian rock group Casting Crowns, a seven-member group made up of all youth pastors.-Early childhood:...
    
    , songwriter
• "Lord Have Mercy" - 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...
  
  
  • Steve Merkel, songwriter
• "Meant to Live
  Meant to Live
  "Meant to Live" is a single by alternative rock band Switchfoot. It peaked at #5 on the US Modern Rock chart, #6 on U.S. Top 40 radio, and #18 on the U.S. Hot 100. It is the first track on the group's 2003 major-label debut album The Beautiful Letdown, and was also featured in a UK version of a...
  
  " - Switchfoot
  Switchfoot
  Switchfoot is an American rock band from San Diego, California. The band's members are Jon Foreman , Tim Foreman , Chad Butler , Jerome Fontamillas , and Drew Shirley .After early successes in the Christian rock scene, Switchfoot first gained mainstream...
  
  
  • Jonathan Foreman
    Jon Foreman
    Jonathan Mark Foreman is the lead singer, lead guitarist, main songwriter and co-founder of the alternative rock band Switchfoot. He started Switchfoot in 1996 with drummer Chad Butler and bassist Tim Foreman ....
    
    , Tim Foreman, songwriter
• "Three Wooden Crosses
  Three Wooden Crosses
  "Three Wooden Crosses" the title of a song written by Kim Williams and Doug Johnson, and recorded by American country music singer-songwriter Randy Travis. The first single released in November 2002 from his 2002 album, Rise and Shine, it became Travis' sixteenth Number One single, and his first...
  
  " - Randy Travis
  Randy Travis
  Randy Travis is an American country music singer and actor. Since 1985, he has recorded 20 studio albums and charted more than 30 singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, 22 of which were number one hits...
  
  
  • Doug Johnson, Kim Williams, songwriter
• "You Are a Child of Mine" - Mark Schultz
  Mark Schultz (musician)
  Mark Schultz is a Contemporary Christian music singer/songwriter. He grew up in Colby, Kansas and graduated from Kansas State University with a degree in marketing. At Kansas State, Mark was a member of Lambda Chi Alpha. He moved to Nashville, Tennessee where he served eight years as a youth group...
  
  
  • Mark Schultz, Chris Eaton, songwriters
• "Word of God Speak" - MercyMe
  MercyMe
  MercyMe is an American Christian rock band founded in Greenville, Texas. The band consists of vocalist Bart Millard, keyboardist James Bryson, percussionist Robby Shaffer, bassist Nathan Cochran and guitarists Michael Scheuchzer and Barry Graul....
  
  
  • Pete Kipley, Bart Millard, songwriters

Songwriter of the Year

• Mark Hall
  Mark Hall (musician)
  Mark Hall, Jr. is the lead vocalist for the Georgia-based Christian rock group Casting Crowns, a seven-member group made up of all youth pastors.-Early childhood:...
  
  

Producer of the Year

• Brown Bannister
  Brown Bannister
  Brown Bannister is a CCM producer and songwriter. Bannister released one album of his own, Talk to One Another, in 1981 on NewPax Records. It was reissued on the Reunion Records Label five years later, featuring a newer recording of the album's final cut, "Create In Me A Clean Heart"...
  
  
• Christopher Harris
• Marc Byrd
  Marc Byrd
  Marc Byrd is an American musician, writer, and producer best known as one-half of the post-rock/ambient duo Hammock, along with former Common Children band-mate Andrew Thompson....
  
  
• Steve Hindalong
  Steve Hindalong
  Steve Hindalong is an American drummer, percussionist, songwriter and producer best known for his work with the alternative rock band The Choir...
  
  
• Steven V. Taylor

Pop

Pop/Contemporary Recorded Song of the Year

• "(There's Gotta Be) More to Life
  (There's Gotta Be) More to Life
  " More To Life" is a song by American singer and songwriter Stacie Orrico, from her second studio album Stacie Orrico . The song was produced by The Underdogs and was written by Sabelle Breer, Kevin Kadish, Lucy Woodward, Harvey Mason Jr. and Damon Thomas...
  
  " - Stacie Orrico
  Stacie Orrico
  Stacie Joy Orrico is a Contemporary Christian and R&B singer-songwriter and occasional actress. In 1998, she signed to ForeFront Records when she was 12 years old, and recorded her first album Genuine , which sold 13,000 in the first week of release.After her first album she signed to a new record...
  
  
• "You Are a Child of Mine" - Mark Schultz
  Mark Schultz (musician)
  Mark Schultz is a Contemporary Christian music singer/songwriter. He grew up in Colby, Kansas and graduated from Kansas State University with a degree in marketing. At Kansas State, Mark was a member of Lambda Chi Alpha. He moved to Nashville, Tennessee where he served eight years as a youth group...
  
  
• "I Still Believe" - Jeremy Camp
  Jeremy Camp
  Jeremy Thomas Camp is a contemporary Christian musician from Lafayette, Indiana. Camp has released seven albums, four of them RIAA-certified as Gold and two are live albums, and 17 number-one hit songs...
  
  
• "If We Are the Body
  If We Are the Body
  "If We Are the Body" is a song by the Christian rock band Casting Crowns. It was released as their debut single from their debut album, Casting Crowns.This song's lyrical content is based on James 2:1-9, a Bible passage.-Chart positions:...
  
  " - Casting Crowns
  Casting Crowns
  Casting Crowns is a Grammy Award and Dove Award winning Contemporary Christian/Christian Rock band. Casting Crowns was started in 1999 by youth pastor Mark Hall at First Baptist Church in Downtown Daytona Beach, Florida as part of a youth group. He now serves as a lead vocalist...
  
  
• "Word of God Speak" - MercyMe
  MercyMe
  MercyMe is an American Christian rock band founded in Greenville, Texas. The band consists of vocalist Bart Millard, keyboardist James Bryson, percussionist Robby Shaffer, bassist Nathan Cochran and guitarists Michael Scheuchzer and Barry Graul....
  
  

Pop/Contemporary Album of the Year

• All About Love - 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,...
  
  
• Casting Crowns
  Casting Crowns (album)
  - Charts and certifications :-Decade-end charts:...
  
   - Casting Crowns
  Casting Crowns
  Casting Crowns is a Grammy Award and Dove Award winning Contemporary Christian/Christian Rock band. Casting Crowns was started in 1999 by youth pastor Mark Hall at First Baptist Church in Downtown Daytona Beach, Florida as part of a youth group. He now serves as a lead vocalist...
  
  
• Simple Things
  Simple Things (Amy Grant album)
  Simple Things is the 19th album by Christian music and pop music singer-songwriter Amy Grant, released in 2003.Grant's first secular album since 1997's Behind the Eyes, Simple Things did not see the mainstream success similar to Grant's albums from the 1990s...
  
   - 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"...
  
  
• Stacie Orrico
  Stacie Orrico (album)
  Stacie Orrico is the second studio album and self-titled album by American singer and songwriter Stacie Orrico, which was released on March 25, 2003 by ForeFront Records and Virgin Records...
  
   - Stacie Orrico
  Stacie Orrico
  Stacie Joy Orrico is a Contemporary Christian and R&B singer-songwriter and occasional actress. In 1998, she signed to ForeFront Records when she was 12 years old, and recorded her first album Genuine , which sold 13,000 in the first week of release.After her first album she signed to a new record...
  
  
• Stories & Songs - Mark Schultz
  Mark Schultz (musician)
  Mark Schultz is a Contemporary Christian music singer/songwriter. He grew up in Colby, Kansas and graduated from Kansas State University with a degree in marketing. At Kansas State, Mark was a member of Lambda Chi Alpha. He moved to Nashville, Tennessee where he served eight years as a youth group...
  
  

Rock

Rock Recorded Song of the Year

• "All About You" - Nate Sallie
  Nate Sallie
  Nate Allen Sallie is a Contemporary Christian music singer. He is signed to Curb Records.-Background:...
  
  
• "Ammunition" - Switchfoot
  Switchfoot
  Switchfoot is an American rock band from San Diego, California. The band's members are Jon Foreman , Tim Foreman , Chad Butler , Jerome Fontamillas , and Drew Shirley .After early successes in the Christian rock scene, Switchfoot first gained mainstream...
  
  
• "Dirty" - Audio Adrenaline
  Audio Adrenaline
  Audio Adrenaline was a Christian rock band that formed in the late 1980s at Kentucky Christian University in Grayson, Kentucky. During the band's 17-year existence, they were awarded two Grammy awards, multiple Dove Awards and they released 17 number one singles. They were regular performers at the...
  
  
• "Free" - Plumb
  Plumb (singer)
  Tiffany Arbuckle Lee is a Contemporary Christian singer-songwriter who uses the stage name Plumb...
  
  
• "Get This Party Started" - TobyMac
  TobyMac
  Toby McKeehan , better known by his stage name TobyMac , is a Christian recording artist, music producer, hip-hop/pop artist, singer-songwriter, and author....
  
  

Rock Album of the Year

• Believe - Big Dismal
  Big Dismal
  Big Dismal was a Florida based post-grunge Christian Rock band featuring vocalist Eric Durrance, guitarist Chuck Shea, bassist Gary Sobel, and drummer Jeff Chomin. Before the band found its way to Wind-Up, it was essentially just Durrance, toiling away in Tallahassee's local scene...
  
  
• Lose This Life
  Lose This Life
  Lose This Life is the second album by the Christian rock band Tait. It is a sequel to their first album, Empty. According to frontman Michael Tait, the songs all have to do with the striving human passion to know, feel and experience God's love....
  
   - Tait
  Tait (band)
  Tait is a Christian rock band formed by Michael Tait, one of the members of dc Talk and the lead singer of Newsboys since 2010.- Pre-formation of Tait :...
  
  
• Phenomenon
  Phenomenon (Thousand Foot Krutch album)
  Phenomenon is the second studio album by Christian rock band Thousand Foot Krutch, and their first project on Tooth & Nail Records. The album was released on September 30, 2003. It displays a different style than the band's previous album, with less rapping and instead, a fusion of modern rock and...
  
   - Thousand Foot Krutch
  Thousand Foot Krutch
  Thousand Foot Krutch is a Canadian Christian rock band formed in 1995. They have released five major studio albums: Set It Off , Phenomenon , The Art of Breaking , The Flame In All of Us , and Welcome to the Masquerade . They also have one live album, Live at the Masquerade...
  
  
• Picking Up the Pieces
  Picking Up the Pieces (album)
  Picking Up the Pieces is the fourth studio album released by Christian rock band Seventh Day Slumber.-Track listing:# "I Know" - 03:49# "Candy" - 04:42# "My Struggle" - 04:27# "Running Away" - 03:02# "Spiraling" - 03:01# "Innocence" - 03:33...
  
   - Seventh Day Slumber
  Seventh Day Slumber
  Seventh Day Slumber is a Christian rock band from Dallas, Texas formed in 1996. They were an independent band for five years. until signed to Tooth and Nail Records in 2007. They are best known for their songs "Oceans from the Rain" and "Surrender". "Oceans from the Rain" was the 14th most played...
  
  
• Say It Loud - Sanctus Real
  Sanctus Real
  Sanctus Real is an American Christian rock band formed in Toledo, Ohio, in 1996. The group is composed of Matt Hammitt , Chris Rohman , Dan Gartley , Pete Prevost , and Mark Graalman...
  
  

Rock/Contemporary Recorded Song of the Year

• "Gone
  Gone (Switchfoot song)
  "Gone" is a song and single by rock band Switchfoot. It was released on the 2003 double-platinum record, The Beautiful Letdown. Despite not being released as an official mainstream radio single, the song achieved solid success on Christian radio due to its Christian-based references, though they...
  
  " - Switchfoot
  Switchfoot
  Switchfoot is an American rock band from San Diego, California. The band's members are Jon Foreman , Tim Foreman , Chad Butler , Jerome Fontamillas , and Drew Shirley .After early successes in the Christian rock scene, Switchfoot first gained mainstream...
  
  
• "Meant to Live
  Meant to Live
  "Meant to Live" is a single by alternative rock band Switchfoot. It peaked at #5 on the US Modern Rock chart, #6 on U.S. Top 40 radio, and #18 on the U.S. Hot 100. It is the first track on the group's 2003 major-label debut album The Beautiful Letdown, and was also featured in a UK version of a...
  
  " - Switchfoot
• "Sing a Song" - Third Day
  Third Day
  Third Day is a Grammy award-winning 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...
  
  
• "This Fragile Breath (The Thunder Song)" - Todd Agnew
  Todd Agnew
  Todd Agnew is a Contemporary Christian musician and songwriter.-Musical career:Agnew's best-known song is a version of the hymn "Amazing Grace" called "Grace Like Rain" that was featured on his first album, Grace Like Rain, released in June 2003. Agnew wrote this song with his friend, Chris Collins...
  
  
• "You Are So Good to Me" - Third Day

Rock/Contemporary Album of the Year

• Furthermore: From the Studio, From the Stage
  Furthermore: From the Studio, From the Stage
  Furthermore: From the Studio, From the Stage is the fifth album of Christian band Jars of Clay. It was released in 2003 by Essential Records...
  
   - Jars of Clay
  Jars of Clay
  Jars of Clay is a Christian rock band from Nashville, Tennessee. They met at Greenville College in Greenville, Illinois.Jars of Clay consists of Dan Haseltine on vocals, Charlie Lowell on piano and keyboards, Stephen Mason on lead guitars and Matthew Odmark on rhythm guitars...
  
  
• Grace Like Rain
  Grace Like Rain
  Grace Like Rain is the first record-label released album by Contemporary Christian songwriter Todd Agnew, and was released on October 7, 2003 by Ardent Records...
  
   - Todd Agnew
  Todd Agnew
  Todd Agnew is a Contemporary Christian musician and songwriter.-Musical career:Agnew's best-known song is a version of the hymn "Amazing Grace" called "Grace Like Rain" that was featured on his first album, Grace Like Rain, released in June 2003. Agnew wrote this song with his friend, Chris Collins...
  
  
• So Much for Substitutes - Downhere
  Downhere
  Not to be confused with the album Down Here by Tracy Bonham.Downhere is a Juno Award-winning Christian rock band from Canada...
  
  
• The Beautiful Letdown
  The Beautiful Letdown
  The Beautiful Letdown is the fourth studio album by alternative rock band Switchfoot. Released in early 2003, it launched the band into the mainstream on the strength of two top 20 singles: "Meant to Live" and "Dare You to Move." The album was hugely popular and remained a staple on the Billboard...
  
   - Switchfoot
  Switchfoot
  Switchfoot is an American rock band from San Diego, California. The band's members are Jon Foreman , Tim Foreman , Chad Butler , Jerome Fontamillas , and Drew Shirley .After early successes in the Christian rock scene, Switchfoot first gained mainstream...
  
  
• Worldwide
  Worldwide (Audio Adrenaline album)
  -Track listing:All songs written by Tyler Burkum, Ben Cissell, Bob Herdman, Will McGinniss, and Mark Stuart, except where noted.#"Worldwide One" - 3:23#"Church Punks" - 1:45#"Dirty" - 3:00...
  
   - Audio Adrenaline
  Audio Adrenaline
  Audio Adrenaline was a Christian rock band that formed in the late 1980s at Kentucky Christian University in Grayson, Kentucky. During the band's 17-year existence, they were awarded two Grammy awards, multiple Dove Awards and they released 17 number one singles. They were regular performers at the...
  
  

Modern Rock Recorded Song of the Year

• "Beautiful Day
  Beautiful Day
  "Beautiful Day" is a song by the rock band U2. It is the first track from their 2000 album, All That You Can't Leave Behind, and it was released as the album's lead single. It was a commercial success, helping launch the album to multi-platinum status, and is one of U2's biggest hits to date...
  
  " - Sanctus Real
  Sanctus Real
  Sanctus Real is an American Christian rock band formed in Toledo, Ohio, in 1996. The group is composed of Matt Hammitt , Chris Rohman , Dan Gartley , Pete Prevost , and Mark Graalman...
  
  
• "Breaking Me Down" - Downhere
  Downhere
  Not to be confused with the album Down Here by Tracy Bonham.Downhere is a Juno Award-winning Christian rock band from Canada...
  
  
• "Go" - Andy Hunter°
  Andy Hunter°
  Andy Hunter° is a British Christian DJ and composer of electronic dance music.-Biography:Hunter, professionally known as Andy Hunter°, was born in Leicester, England on 23 April 1974. He became involved in music in his early days of adolescence, and later became interested in sound engineering in...
  
  
• "I Am Understood" - Relient K
  Relient K
  Relient K is an American rock band formed in 1998 in Canton, Ohio by Matt Thiessen, Brian Pittman, and Matt Hoopes during the band's junior year in high school and their time at Malone University...
  
  
• "Savior" - Skillet
  Skillet (band)
  Skillet is an American Christian rock band formed in Memphis, Tennessee in 1996. The band currently consists of husband and wife John and Korey Cooper , along with Jen Ledger and lead guitarist Seth Morrison. The band has released eight albums, two receiving Grammy nominations: Collide and Comatose...
  
  

Modern Rock Album of the Year

• 2 - Apt.core
  Apt.core
  Apt.Core was the side project of Will Hunt, former drummer for many CCM artists such as Rebecca St. James, Shane and Shane, as well as others.-Style and Influences:...
  
  
• A Beautiful Glow - Rock n Roll Worship Circus
  Rock N Roll Worship Circus
  The Rock 'n' Roll Worship Circus is a band from Kelso, Washington, USA.-History:The band began as worship team members in a church undergoing changes in the mid-1990s. Their transition to a nationally touring act came in 2001 after the release of their first full-length album, entitled Big Star...
  
  
• Beautiful Lumps of Coal
  Beautiful Lumps of Coal
  Beautiful Lumps of Coal is the third album by Christian singer Plumb. After undergoing many member changes, a record label change and marriage, Tiffany Arbuckle Lee decided to go solo...
  
   - Plumb
  Plumb (singer)
  Tiffany Arbuckle Lee is a Contemporary Christian singer-songwriter who uses the stage name Plumb...
  
  
• Perfect Change - Dakona
  Dakona
  Dakona is a Canadian Christian alternative rock band that formed in 1997 and dispersed in 2004. The group was made up of lead vocalist and songwriter Ryan McAllister, Shane Duek on base and as co-songwriter, Brook Winstanley on guitar and John Biondillo on drums. The band originated their musical...
  
  
• Two Lefts Don't Make a Right...but Three Do
  Two Lefts Don't Make a Right...but Three Do
  Two Lefts Don't Make a Right...but Three Do is the third full-length album released by Christian rock band Relient K. The album was nominated for a Grammy for Best Rock Gospel Album, but the award that year ended up being won by Worldwide by Audio Adrenaline...
  
   - Relient K
  Relient K
  Relient K is an American rock band formed in 1998 in Canton, Ohio by Matt Thiessen, Brian Pittman, and Matt Hoopes during the band's junior year in high school and their time at Malone University...
  
  

Rap/Hip-Hop

Rap/Hip Hop Recorded Song of the Year

• "Believe" - GRITS
  GRITS
  GRITS, also known as G.R.I.T.S., is a Christian Hip Hop group from Nashville, Tennessee. Their name is an acronym, which stands for "Grammatical Revolution In The Spirit." GRITS is made up of Stacey "Coffee" Jones and Teron "Bonafide" Carter, both of whom were DC Talk dancers.Their song "Ooh Aah"...
  
   (featuring Jennifer Knapp
  Jennifer Knapp
  Jennifer Lynn Knapp is an American-Australian folk rock, and formerly contemporary Christian musician. She is best known for her first single "Undo Me" from her debut album Kansas , and the song "A Little More" from her Grammy Award-nominated album Lay It Down . The Way I Am , was also nominated...
  
  )
• "Dear Slim Pt. 2" - KJ-52
  KJ-52
  KJ-52 is a Christian rapper from Tampa, Florida. The "KJ" part of his name refers to his old rap alias, "King J...
  
  
• "Jubilee" - Souljahz
  Souljahz
  Souljahz is a Christian Hip hop group, consisting of siblings Joshua , Jekob , and Rachael Washington , all from San Diego. Early on in their career they appeared on the pilot show for MTV's "It's your Show" and in 2002 they released their debut album, The Fault is History. The album received...
  
  
• "Love Is In The House" - TobyMac
  TobyMac
  Toby McKeehan , better known by his stage name TobyMac , is a Christian recording artist, music producer, hip-hop/pop artist, singer-songwriter, and author....
  
  
• "Raised in Harlem
  !Hero (album)
  !Hero is an album featuring the songs from the rock opera, !Hero. It is based on the question, "What if Jesus was born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania?" The rock opera modernizes Jesus' last two years on earth and features a cast of many well-known Christian artists with Michael Tait, Rebecca St...
  
  " - T-Bone
  T-Bone (rapper)
  T-Bone is a Christian rapper. His father is Nicaraguan and his mother is Salvadoran. His name came from being called 'Bones' as a youngster because he was very skinny...
  
  , Michael Tait
  Michael Tait
  Michael DeWayne Tait is a Contemporary Christian Music artist. Michael Tait met Toby McKeehan and Kevin Max while attending Liberty University in the late 1980s, and formed four-time grammy winning band DC Talk, with whom he released 5 acclaimed studio albums...
  
   and Donnie Lewis

Rap/Hip Hop Album of the Year

• Gospelalphamegafunkyboogiediscomusic - T-Bone
  T-Bone (rapper)
  T-Bone is a Christian rapper. His father is Nicaraguan and his mother is Salvadoran. His name came from being called 'Bones' as a youngster because he was very skinny...
  
  
• Holy Culture
  Holy Culture
  Holy Culture is the 4th album from the Christian hip hop group the Cross Movement, released on April 22, 2003. Includes The Ambassador, Phanatik, Tonic and Tru-Life...
  
   - The Cross Movement
  The Cross Movement
  -Ministry:The Cross Movement has three separate and distinct eponymous components which comprise its ministry. The first component is the Christian hip hop group known as The Cross Movement which was most recently composed of four solo rappers: The Ambassador , The Tonic , Phanatik , and...
  
  
• It's Pronounced Five Two
  It's Pronounced Five Two
  - Track listing :# "Welcome to the Five Two's"# "KJ Five Two"# "Whoop Whoop"# "Dear Slim Pt. 2"# "So in Love With You"# "Cartoon Network"# "Rock On" # "Back in the Day"# "Can I Speak With a Manager? /Ya Bref Stank"...
  
   - KJ-52
  KJ-52
  KJ-52 is a Christian rapper from Tampa, Florida. The "KJ" part of his name refers to his old rap alias, "King J...
  
  
• Lil iROCC Williams - Lil iROCC Williams
  Lil iROCC Williams
  Justin Williams is an American rapper and actor. Williams began his career using the stage name Lil iROCC Williams, but eventually dropped the "Lil". His name is often stylized multiple ways, including Irocc, iROCC, irocc, and iroCc.Williams is a Christian, which is heavily reflected in his lyrics...
  
  
• The Exodus
  The Exodus (album)
  The Exodus is the fourth album released by Gospel Gangstaz. It was released on October 15, 2002 for Native Record and featured production from Mr. Solo, Tik Tokk, Chillie' Baby, Prodeje, Bootsy Collins and Bobby Ross Avila. The Exodus found some success, making it to 17 on the Top Gospel Albums...
  
   - Gospel Gangstaz
  Gospel Gangstaz
  Gospel Gangstaz is a Grammy-nominated Christian rap group from Compton and South Central, Los Angeles. The group has featured members formerly affiliated with the Crips and Bloods gangs, Mr. Solo, Chilly Baby, DJ Dove and Tik Tokk....
  
  

Inspirational

Inspirational Recorded Song of the Year

• "Everything To Me" - Avalon
  Avalon (band)
  Avalon is an American contemporary Christian vocal quartet who has earned multiple RIAA-certified gold records, sold four million albums, and released 22 number one Christian hits.- 1995–1997: Formation of Avalon and A Maze of Grace :...
  
  
• "Free (Take My Life)" - Jill Paquette
• "In the Garden/There Is None Like You (Remix)" - Watermark
  Watermark (Band)
  Watermark was a Contemporary Christian singing duo composed of husband and wife Nathan and Christy Nockels. They were under Michael W. Smith's record label, Rocketown Records.-History:...
  
   with Shane & Shane
  Shane & Shane
  Shane & Shane is a Texas based, Christian band known for acoustic praise and worship music. The band consists of Shane Barnard and Shane Everett...
  
  
• "Jesus Is" - Jaci Velasquez
  Jaci Velasquez
  Jacquelyn Davette Velasquez is an American Contemporary Christian and Latin Pop singer—in both English and Spanish languages....
  
  
• "My Hope" - Darlene Zschech
  Darlene Zschech
  Darlene Joyce Zschech is an Australian Pentecostal worship leader and singer-songwriter who primarily writes praise and worship songs. She is the former worship pastor of Hillsong Church and is currently a member of Compassionart, a charity founded by Martin Smith.-Biography:As a young adult...
  
   & Hillsong
  Hillsong Church
  Hillsong Church is a Pentecostal megachurch affiliated with Australian Christian Churches and located in Sydney, Australia. The church's senior pastors, Brian and Bobbie Houston, began the church in 1983 as the Hills Christian Life Centre in Baulkham Hills...
  
  

Inspirational Album of the Year

• Above It All - The Martins
  The Martins
  The Martins are a Christian music vocal trio composed of three siblings: Joyce Martin Sanders, Jonathan Martin, and Judy Martin Hess.-Music career:...
  
  
• Becoming - Christine Dente
• Forgiveness - Jim Witter
  Jim Witter
  Jim Witter, born November 2, 1964 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, is an award winning country music and Christian music singer/songwriter. Ten of Witter's songs reached the top 10 on Canadian country radio.-Biography:...
  
  
• Live...This Is Your House - Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir
• Take Hold of Christ - Sandi Patty
  Sandi Patty
  Sandra Faye "Sandi" Patty is an American Christian music singer. For many years she was known as Sandi Patti. She has been dubbed "The Voice" by critics, because of her wide range and flexibility.-Early life:...
  
  

Gospel

Southern Gospel Recorded Song of the Year

• "Gentle Shepherd" - Gaither Vocal Band
  Gaither Vocal Band
  The Gaither Vocal Band is a Grammy award-winning Christian music vocal group, headed by Bill Gaither. They originally recorded contemporary Christian music, but after the popularity of the Gaither Homecoming videos, the group has become known for southern gospel.-Group history:The Gaither Vocal...
  
  
• "He Forgets" - Legacy Five
  Legacy Five
  Legacy Five is a Southern Gospel Quartet founded by former Cathedral Quartet members Roger Bennett and Scott Fowler after the owners of the Cathedral Quartet, Glen Payne and George Younce, decided to retire in 1999. Group members attribute their success to the changing face of gospel music and...
  
  
• "The Cross" - The Crabb Family
  The Crabb Family
  The Crabb Family was a Grammy-nominated, Dove Award-winning Southern Gospel group from Beaver Dam, Kentucky. They had sixteen No. 1 songs on the national radio charts.-Members:...
  
  
• "The Promise" - The Martins
  The Martins
  The Martins are a Christian music vocal trio composed of three siblings: Joyce Martin Sanders, Jonathan Martin, and Judy Martin Hess.-Music career:...
  
  
• "When the Savior Wipes the Tears From Our Eyes" - The Hoskins Family

Southern Gospel Album of the Year

• A Cappella
  A Cappella (Gaither Vocal Band album)
  A Cappella is an album from Contemporary Christian, Southern Gospel group Gaither Vocal Band. The album was released on September 30, 2003.-Track listing:#"Low Down the Chariot"  – 2:52...
  
   - Gaither Vocal Band
  Gaither Vocal Band
  The Gaither Vocal Band is a Grammy award-winning Christian music vocal group, headed by Bill Gaither. They originally recorded contemporary Christian music, but after the popularity of the Gaither Homecoming videos, the group has become known for southern gospel.-Group history:The Gaither Vocal...
  
  
• Best of Friends - Joyce Martin McCollough, Karen Peck Gooch, Sheri Easter
• Great Day - The Hoppers
  The Hoppers
  The Hoppers are a Southern Gospel group from North Carolina.The Hoppers are a family ensemble which first began performing together in 1957. They appeared at the inauguration ceremony for Ronald Reagan in 1981...
  
  
• Quartets - Greater Vision
  Greater Vision
  Greater Vision is a Southern Gospel trio founded in 1990 by Gerald Wolfe, Mark Trammell, and Chris Allman, and often accompanied by pianist Stan Whitmire . Over the last several years, this trio has consistently been named Southern Gospel's favorite trio of the year in the Singing News Fan Awards...
  
  
• The Walk - The Crabb Family
  The Crabb Family
  The Crabb Family was a Grammy-nominated, Dove Award-winning Southern Gospel group from Beaver Dam, Kentucky. They had sixteen No. 1 songs on the national radio charts.-Members:...
  
  

Traditional Gospel Recorded Song of the Year

• "Breakthrough" - The Born Again Church Choir
• "Holiness Is Right" - The Born Again Church Choir
• "I Need You to Survive" - Hezekiah Walker & The Love Fellowship Choir
• "Poor Man Lazarus" - Fisk Jubilee Singers
  Fisk Jubilee Singers
  The Fisk Jubilee Singers are an African-American a cappella ensemble, consisting of students at Fisk University. The first group was organized in 1871 to tour and raise funds for their college. Their early repertoire consisted mostly of traditional spirituals, but included some Stephen Foster songs...
  
  
• "View The City" - Rizen

Traditional Gospel Album of the Year

• Ann McCrary - Ann McCrary
• Believe - Aaron Neville
  Aaron Neville
  Aaron Neville is an American soul and R&B singer and musician. He has had four top-20 hits in the United States along with four platinum-certified albums...
  
  
• CeCe Winans Presents...The Born Again Church Choir - The Born Again Church Choir
• Rizen - Rizen
  Rizen (gospel group)
  Rizen is a two-time Stellar Award–winning gospel traditional and contemporary group consisting of sisters Adriann Rayshell Lewis and Aundrea Roeshell Lewis.- Early life :...
  
  
• Shirley Caesar & Friends - Shirley Caesar
  Shirley Caesar
  Shirley Ann Caesar is an American Gospel music singer, songwriter and recording artist whose career has spanned six decades...
  
  

Contemporary Gospel Recorded Song of the Year

• "Because of Who You Are" - Vicki Yohe
• "Hallelujah Praise" - CeCe Winans
  CeCe Winans
  Priscilla "CeCe" Marie Winans Love is an American Gospel singer, who has won numerous Grammy and Stellar Awards.-Early life:CeCe Winans was born in Detroit, Michigan, to David and Delores Winans, on October 8, 1964...
  
  
• "I Need More Love" - Robert Randolph & The Family Band
  Robert Randolph & the Family Band
  Robert Randolph and the Family Band is a multicultural American funk and soul band led by pedal steel guitarist Robert Randolph. Other band members include drummer Marcus Randolph, bass guitarist Danyel Morgan, vocalist Lenesha Randolph, keyboardist and guitarist Brett Andrew Haas, and one of...
  
  
• "I Need You Now" - Smokie Norful
  Smokie Norful
  Rev. W.R. "Smokie" Norful, Jr. is an American gospel singer and pianist, best known for his 2002 album, I Need You Now and his 2004 release, Nothing Without You, which won a Grammy at the 47th Annual Grammy Awards for Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album in 2004.-Early life:Norful, a minister who...
  
  
• "The Presence of the Lord
  The Presence of the Lord Is Here
  "The Presence of the Lord Is Here" is a contemporary worship song, written by gospel musician, Kurt Carr, that was originally recorded by Byron Cage on the Live at New Birth Cathedral CD. Since its release in 2003, it has become a common praise & worship song. The presence of the Lord was very...
  
  " - Byron Cage
  Byron Cage
  Byron Cage is an American gospel recording artist.-Early years:Inspired by the singing of the late Rev. Donald Vails and Thomas Whitfield, Cage began singing gospel music as a teenager. Cage went on to attend Morehouse College in Atlanta, GA, where he was a member of the Morehouse College Glee...
  
  

Contemporary Gospel Album of the Year

• Donnie McClurkin Again - Donnie McClurkin
  Donnie McClurkin
  Donald Andrew McClurkin, Jr. is an American gospel music singer and minister. He has won three Grammy awards, ten Stellar awards, two BET awards, two Soul Train awards, one Dove award and one NAACP Image award for his work....
  
  
• Bringing It All Together - Vickie Winans
  Vickie Winans
  Vickie Winans is an American Gospel recording artist.-Biography:The seventh of twelve children, Vickie was born in Detroit, Michigan to Mattie A. Bowman, a housewife, and Aaron Bowman, a father who worked at various times as a laborer, contractor, carpenter and mason...
  
  
• Byron Cage: Live at New Birth Cathedral
  Live at New Birth Cathedral
  Byron Cage: Live At New Birth Cathedral is the solo, self-titled, debut album by Byron Cage, released in 2003 on Gospocentric Records. The album was recorded live in Atlanta, Georgia and features production by famed gospel vocalist Kurt Carr.Live at New Birth Cathedral peaked at #4 on the U.S....
  
   - Byron Cage
  Byron Cage
  Byron Cage is an American gospel recording artist.-Early years:Inspired by the singing of the late Rev. Donald Vails and Thomas Whitfield, Cage began singing gospel music as a teenager. Cage went on to attend Morehouse College in Atlanta, GA, where he was a member of the Morehouse College Glee...
  
  
• I Need You Now: Limited Edition
  I Need You Now (album)
  I Need You Now is the debut studio album from Contemporary Gospel singer Smokie Norful. The album was released on May 21, 2002 through EMI Gospel and Chordant Records...
  
   - Smokie Norful
  Smokie Norful
  Rev. W.R. "Smokie" Norful, Jr. is an American gospel singer and pianist, best known for his 2002 album, I Need You Now and his 2004 release, Nothing Without You, which won a Grammy at the 47th Annual Grammy Awards for Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album in 2004.-Early life:Norful, a minister who...
  
  
• On the Inside - Alvin Slaughter
  Alvin Slaughter
  Alvin Slaughter is an American gospel musician, worship leader, singer-songwriter.Slaughter is based out of New York City, where he was a member of the Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir until the early 1990s, when he was signed by Integrity Music and began his solo career. He has been nominated for several...
  
  
• Speak Life - Joe Pace
  Joe Pace
  Joe Pace is a retired American basketball player with the NBA's Washington Bullets. A 6'10" center from the University of Maryland Eastern Shore and Coppin State University, he played from 1976 to 1978 and averaged 3.2 points per game. Pace won a league championship with the Bullets in 1978...
  
   & The Colorado Mass Choir
  Colorado Mass Choir
  The Colorado Mass Choir is an American gospel choir.The group's lead vocalist is Joe Pace. They released their first album in 1997, and won a Stellar Award for New Artist of the Year. Several releases on Verity Records followed.-Discography:...
  
  

Country & Bluegrass

Country Recorded Song of the Year

• "Closer To Home" - Connie Smith
  Connie Smith
  Connie Smith is an American country music artist. She began her career in 1963 after winning a local talent contest near Columbus, Ohio, which attracted the attention of country songwriter Bill Anderson...
  
  , Sharon White, Barbara Fairchild
  Barbara Fairchild
  Barbara Fairchild is an American Country Music/Gospel Music Singer, who is best known for her 1973 Country chart-topper "The Teddy Bear Song". After the success of the song, she continued to have success on the Country charts....
  
   (SW & F)
• "Family Man" - Andrew Peterson
• "Love Never Fails" - Connie Smith, Sharon White, Barbara Fairchild (SW & F)
• "Pray for the Fish" - Randy Travis
  Randy Travis
  Randy Travis is an American country music singer and actor. Since 1985, he has recorded 20 studio albums and charted more than 30 singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, 22 of which were number one hits...
  
  
• "Stand by the River" - Dottie Rambo
  Dottie Rambo
  Dottie Rambo was an American gospel singer and songwriter. She was a Grammy and multiple Dove Award-winning artist. Rambo, along with husband Buck and daughter Reba, formed the award-winning southern Gospel group, The Rambos...
  
   and Dolly Parton
  Dolly Parton
  Dolly Rebecca Parton is an American singer-songwriter, author, multi-instrumentalist, actress and philanthropist, best known for her work in country music. Dolly Parton has appeared in movies like 9 to 5, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Steel Magnolias and Straight Talk...
  
  
• "Three Wooden Crosses
  Three Wooden Crosses
  "Three Wooden Crosses" the title of a song written by Kim Williams and Doug Johnson, and recorded by American country music singer-songwriter Randy Travis. The first single released in November 2002 from his 2002 album, Rise and Shine, it became Travis' sixteenth Number One single, and his first...
  
  " - Randy Travis

Country Album of the Year

• Colors - The Oak Ridge Boys
  The Oak Ridge Boys
  The Oak Ridge Boys are an American country and gospel vocal quartet.The group was founded in the 1940s as the Oak Ridge Quartet. They became popular in southern gospel during the 1950s...
  
  
• Love Never Fails - Connie Smith
  Connie Smith
  Connie Smith is an American country music artist. She began her career in 1963 after winning a local talent contest near Columbus, Ohio, which attracted the attention of country songwriter Bill Anderson...
  
  , Sharon White, Barbara Fairchild
  Barbara Fairchild
  Barbara Fairchild is an American Country Music/Gospel Music Singer, who is best known for her 1973 Country chart-topper "The Teddy Bear Song". After the success of the song, she continued to have success on the Country charts....
  
   (SW & F)
• Refuse To Be Afraid - LordSong
• The Christmas Guest
  The Christmas Guest
  The Christmas Guest: Stories and Songs of Christmas is a Country/Gospel/Christian album by Andy Griffith. It was released on September 30, 2003 by Sparrow Records...
  
   - Andy Griffith
  Andy Griffith
  Andy Samuel Griffith is an American actor, director, producer, Grammy Award-winning Southern-gospel singer, and writer. He gained prominence in the starring role in director Elia Kazan's epic film A Face in the Crowd before he became better known for his television roles, playing the lead...
  
  
• The Other Side
  The Other Side (Billy Ray Cyrus album)
  The Other Side is a Country/Gospel/Christian album by country singer Billy Ray Cyrus. It is also the only album he recorded for the Word Records label. Three singles were released from the album, "Always Sixteen", "Face of God", and the title track...
  
   - Billy Ray Cyrus
  Billy Ray Cyrus
  William "Billy" Ray Cyrus is an American country music singer, songwriter, actor and philanthropist, who helped make country music a worldwide phenomenon...
  
  
• Worship & Faith
  Worship & Faith
  Worship & Faith is the title of an album released in 2003 by American country music artist Randy Travis. It is the third gospel music album of his career, as well as his third release on Word Records. The album is composed of twenty covers of traditional gospel tunes...
  
   - Randy Travis
  Randy Travis
  Randy Travis is an American country music singer and actor. Since 1985, he has recorded 20 studio albums and charted more than 30 singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, 22 of which were number one hits...
  
  

Bluegrass Recorded Song of the Year

• "Love is Free" - George Hamilton IV
  George Hamilton IV
  George Hege Hamilton IV is an American country musician. He began performing in the late 1950s as a teen idol, later switching to country music in the early 1960s.-Biography:Hamilton was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina...
  
  
• "She Found Jesus Alive" - The Hoppers
  The Hoppers
  The Hoppers are a Southern Gospel group from North Carolina.The Hoppers are a family ensemble which first began performing together in 1957. They appeared at the inauguration ceremony for Ronald Reagan in 1981...
  
  
• "So Many Years, So Many Blessings" - The Lewis Family
  The Lewis Family
  The Lewis Family is a family of gospel and bluegrass musicians from Lincolnton, Georgia. They are known as the "First Family of Bluegrass Gospel"....
  
  
• "Teach Me To Love Like That" - LordSong
• "Walkin Through The Fire" - Connie Smith
  Connie Smith
  Connie Smith is an American country music artist. She began her career in 1963 after winning a local talent contest near Columbus, Ohio, which attracted the attention of country songwriter Bill Anderson...
  
  , Sharon White, Barbara Fairchild
  Barbara Fairchild
  Barbara Fairchild is an American Country Music/Gospel Music Singer, who is best known for her 1973 Country chart-topper "The Teddy Bear Song". After the success of the song, she continued to have success on the Country charts....
  
   (SW & F)

Bluegrass Album of the Year

• Wondrous Love - Blue Highway
  Blue Highway
  Blue Highway is an American contemporary bluegrass band. They have released eight CDs, their sixth and seventh – Wondrous Love , and Marbletown – received Grammy Award nominations.-Personnel:...
  
  

Praise & Worship

Worship Song of the Year

• "Above All" - Randy Travis
  Randy Travis
  Randy Travis is an American country music singer and actor. Since 1985, he has recorded 20 studio albums and charted more than 30 singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, 22 of which were number one hits...
  
  
  • Lenny LeBlanc
    Lenny LeBlanc
    Lenny LeBlanc is an American musician and songwriter, half of the music duo LeBlanc and Carr.-Early life:...
    
    , Paul Baloche
    Paul Baloche
    Paul Baloche is an American Christian music artist, worship leader, and singer-songwriter. A native of Maple Shade, New Jersey, Baloche is currently the worship pastor at Community Christian Fellowship in Lindale, Texas. Baloche composes on piano and acoustic guitar, favoring guitar when leading...
    
    , songwriters
• "God of Wonders" - Third Day
  Third Day
  Third Day is a Grammy award-winning 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...
  
  
  • Marc Byrd
    Marc Byrd
    Marc Byrd is an American musician, writer, and producer best known as one-half of the post-rock/ambient duo Hammock, along with former Common Children band-mate Andrew Thompson....
    
    , Steve Hindalong
    Steve Hindalong
    Steve Hindalong is an American drummer, percussionist, songwriter and producer best known for his work with the alternative rock band The Choir...
    
    , songwriters
• "He Reigns" - Newsboys
  Newsboys
  Newsboys are a Christian pop rock band founded in 1985 in Mooloolaba, Australia. They have released 15 studio albums, six of which have been certified gold...
  
  
  • Steve Taylor
    Steve Taylor
    Roland Stephen Taylor , is an American Christian singer, songwriter, record producer and film director.-Early life:Taylor, the eldest of three children, was born in Brawley, California. Taylor's father, Roland Taylor, was a Baptist minister. When Taylor was six years old, the family relocated to...
    
    , Peter Furler
    Peter Furler
    Peter Andrew Furler is an Australian musician, songwriter, producer, and record executive but is best known as the former lead singer for the Christian rock band Newsboys.-Biography:...
    
    , songwriters
• "Here I Am to Worship
  Here I am to Worship (song)
  "Here I Am to Worship" is a song written by Tim Hughes and was released as the title song of his debut album Here I Am to Worship. The song is a popular worship ballad. It is commonly sung at Christian churches, festivals and youth gatherings...
  
  " - Salvador
  Salvador (band)
  Salvador is a Christian band. The band began with Art, Nic, and Josh Gonzales as part of the worship band in their home church located in north east Austin, Texas. Which was called King of Glory church...
  
  
  • Tim Hughes
    Tim Hughes
    Tim Hughes is a British worship leader and singer-songwriter. He is currently Director of Worship at Holy Trinity Brompton, an Anglican church in central London, and heads up Worship Central, an international worship training and resource centre.- Personal life :Hughes is the son of an Anglican...
    
    , songwriter
• "Throne Room" - CeCe Winans
  CeCe Winans
  Priscilla "CeCe" Marie Winans Love is an American Gospel singer, who has won numerous Grammy and Stellar Awards.-Early life:CeCe Winans was born in Detroit, Michigan, to David and Delores Winans, on October 8, 1964...
  
  
  • CeCe Winans, Andraé Crouch
    Andrae Crouch
    Andraé Crouch is a seven-time Grammy Award-winning American gospel singer, songwriter, arranger, recording artist, record producer, and pastor.-Early years:Born Andraé Edward Crouch in San Francisco, California....
    
    , songwriters

Praise and Worship Album of the Year

• Adoration: The Worship Album
  Adoration: The Worship Album
  Adoration: The Worship Album is the tenth studio album by Christian pop rock band Newsboys, released in 2003. Unlike the band's previous albums, Adoration is a solely worship-oriented album, deviating from the Newsboys' standard pop rock sound...
  
   - Newsboys
  Newsboys
  Newsboys are a Christian pop rock band founded in 1985 in Mooloolaba, Australia. They have released 15 studio albums, six of which have been certified gold...
  
  
• Illuminate - David Crowder Band
  David Crowder Band
  The David Crowder Band is a six-piece Christian Modern Worship band from Waco, Texas.-Band history:The band began when David Crowder, from Texarkana, Texas, realized that almost half of the students at Baylor University were not attending church...
  
  
• Offerings II: All I Have to Give
  Offerings II: All I Have To Give
  Offerings II: All I have To Give is a 2003 album by Third Day. It is the band's second worship album, and features live recordings from the Come Together Fall Tour in 2002.-Track listing:#"Sing A Song" – 4:09#"You Are So Good To Me" – 4:02...
  
   - Third Day
  Third Day
  Third Day is a Grammy award-winning 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...
  
  
• Throne Room
  Throne Room (album)
  Throne Room is the sixth studio album by multiple Grammy winning gospel artist CeCe Winans. In comparison for Winans' previous projects, this one is more inspirational with more traditional songs. This was not one of Winans' most commercially successful projects as the only single spawned from the...
  
   - CeCe Winans
  CeCe Winans
  Priscilla "CeCe" Marie Winans Love is an American Gospel singer, who has won numerous Grammy and Stellar Awards.-Early life:CeCe Winans was born in Detroit, Michigan, to David and Delores Winans, on October 8, 1964...
  
  
• Worship Live - Salvador
  Salvador (band)
  Salvador is a Christian band. The band began with Art, Nic, and Josh Gonzales as part of the worship band in their home church located in north east Austin, Texas. Which was called King of Glory church...
  
  

Urban

Urban Recorded Song of the Year

• "Dance, Dance, Dance" - Mary Mary
  Mary Mary
  Mary Mary is an American gospel music duo, consisting of sisters Erica Atkins-Campbell and Tina Atkins-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, hip hop, funk and jazz...
  
  
• "Let Go" - Souljahz
  Souljahz
  Souljahz is a Christian Hip hop group, consisting of siblings Joshua , Jekob , and Rachael Washington , all from San Diego. Early on in their career they appeared on the pilot show for MTV's "It's your Show" and in 2002 they released their debut album, The Fault is History. The album received...
  
  
• "Love, Peace & Happiness" - Out of Eden
  Out of Eden
  Out of Eden was an American Gospel music group often identified with R&B, and contemporary Christian music. It featured sisters Lisa Kimmey, Andrea Kimmey-Baca, and Danielle Kimmey...
  
  
• "Nobody Like Jesus" - Darwin Hobbs
  Darwin Hobbs
  Darwin Hobbs is an American gospel music singer noted for his vocal similarity to classic soul singer Luther Vandross. In addition to his career as a gospel artist, Hobbs and his ensemble The Darwin Hobbs Choir have also performed both studio and live background vocals for artists such as...
  
  
• "Showpiece" - Out of Eden

Urban Album of the Year

• Based on a True Story - Sandtown
  Sandtown
  Sandtown is a predominantly African-American neighborhood located southwest of Atlanta, Georgia. It is one of the Atlanta area's most affluent African American communities with the majority of the population belonging to the middle and upper middle class....
  
  
• Broken - Darwin Hobbs
  Darwin Hobbs
  Darwin Hobbs is an American gospel music singer noted for his vocal similarity to classic soul singer Luther Vandross. In addition to his career as a gospel artist, Hobbs and his ensemble The Darwin Hobbs Choir have also performed both studio and live background vocals for artists such as...
  
  
• Free
  Free (Virtue album)
  Free is the fourth album from gospel group, Virtue. Singles released off the album include, "Healin'", "Lord I Lift My Hands", and "You Just Be You"-Track listing:#Only God's In This#Healin'#Jesus Paid The Ransom#Free#Thankful#You'll Win If You Try...
  
   - Virtue
  Virtue (musical group)
  Virtue is a popular Gospel music group. The group Currently consists of sisters Ebony Holland, Karima Kibble and Heather Martin.-Biography:The group was formed 1994 by Karima Trotter , Ebony Trotter , Negelle Sumter, and Shavonne Sampson...
  
  
• Soul Music - Lisa McClendon
• Unclassified
  Unclassified (album)
  -Track listing:# "Going in the Right Direction" – 3:32# "I Need More Love" – 3:42# "Nobody" – 4:32# "Soul Refreshing" – 3:41# "Squeeze" – 5:46# "Smile" – 4:53# "Good Times " – 3:47# "Why Should I Feel Lonely" – 4:25# "Calypso" – 4:07...
  
   - Robert Randolph & The Family Band
  Robert Randolph & the Family Band
  Robert Randolph and the Family Band is a multicultural American funk and soul band led by pedal steel guitarist Robert Randolph. Other band members include drummer Marcus Randolph, bass guitarist Danyel Morgan, vocalist Lenesha Randolph, keyboardist and guitarist Brett Andrew Haas, and one of...
  
  

Others

Instrumental Album of the Year

• An Acoustic Christmas - Tom Hemby
• I Can Only Imagine - Fletch Wiley
• Irish Christmas - Craig Duncan
• Masterpiece - Anthony Burger
  Anthony Burger
  Anthony John Burger was an American musician and singer, most closely associated with Southern Gospel music.-Early life:...
  
  
• The Trumpet Sounds - Rod McGaha

Spanish Language Album of the Year

• Amar a Alguien Como Yo - Patty Cabrera
• Con Poder - Salvador
  Salvador (band)
  Salvador is a Christian band. The band began with Art, Nic, and Josh Gonzales as part of the worship band in their home church located in north east Austin, Texas. Which was called King of Glory church...
  
  
• El Poder Esta En Ti - René González
• Exitos de Hoy - Various artists
• Trono de Gracia - Don Moen

Special Event Album of the Year

• !Hero The Rock Opera
  !Hero (album)
  !Hero is an album featuring the songs from the rock opera, !Hero. It is based on the question, "What if Jesus was born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania?" The rock opera modernizes Jesus' last two years on earth and features a cast of many well-known Christian artists with Michael Tait, Rebecca St...
  
   (Forefront Records
  ForeFront Records
  ForeFront Records is a Christian Music record label founded in 1987 by Dan R. Brock, Eddie DeGarmo, Dana Key, and Ron W. Griffin. It was purchased by EMI in 1996 from current owners Dan R. Brock and Eddie DeGarmo and is now part of the EMI Christian Music Group.In 1998, ForeFront released a 2-CD...
  
  )
• City on a Hill: The Gathering
  City on a Hill: The Gathering
  City on a Hill: The Gathering is the fourth album released in the City on a Hill series of compilation albums by popular Contemporary Christian musicians.-Track listing:#"Shall We Gather at River" - Prelude...
  
   (Essential Records
  Essential Records (Christian)
  Essential Records is a Contemporary Christian record label based in Franklin, Tennessee. It is a division of a major label, Sony Music Entertainment.-History:...
  
  )
• Mansion Over The Hilltop (Daywind Records)
• Next Door Savior (Creative Trust)
• Passion: Sacred Revolution
  Sacred Revolution
  Sacred Revolution is an album recorded live at OneDay03, held in May 2003 in Sherman, Texas.-Track listing :# O Praise Him - David Crowder Band# O Come Let Us Adore Him - Matt Redman# Holy is the Lord - Chris Tomlin...
  
   (Sixsteps Records)

Children’s Music Album of the Year

• Acorns to Oaks - Celeste Clydesdale
• Canciones de Gozo Para Ninos - Alejandro Allen and Edgar Arceo
• Crazy Praize: Songs From the Lighter Side Vol. 2 - Ed Kee and Dave Hunt
• I Can Only Imagine... Lullabies for a Peaceful Rest - Various artists
• Shout Praises Kids 3 - Jeff Sandstrom
• Songtime Kids: All New Praise Songs - Dennis Dearing and Kevin Stokes

Choral Collection of the Year

• Extreme! Youth Worship - Steven V. Taylor and Johnathan Crumpton
• High Praises - Phil Barfoot and Lari Goss
• Hymns for Praise & Worship - John E. Coates and Travis Cottrell
  Travis Cottrell
  Travis Cottrell is an American contemporary Christian music artist, songwriter, and worship leader.- Biography :Cottrell was raised in Boone, North Carolina. In 1990, he moved to Nashville, Tennessee to study at Belmont University. After graduating in 1992 with a degree in music, Cottrell...
  
  
• Inhabit The Praise - Geron Davis
  Geron Davis
  Geron Davis is a musician best known as a composer. He was first signed by Meadowgreen Music and best known for penning the song "Holy Ground"...
  
  , Wayne Haun and Steve Carey
• Simply Worship - Rob Howard, David Guthrie and Dale Bleam

Recorded Music Packaging of the Year

• !Hero The Rock Opera
  !Hero (album)
  !Hero is an album featuring the songs from the rock opera, !Hero. It is based on the question, "What if Jesus was born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania?" The rock opera modernizes Jesus' last two years on earth and features a cast of many well-known Christian artists with Michael Tait, Rebecca St...
  
   - Various artists
  • Bethany Newman (art director)
• City on a Hill: The Gathering
  City on a Hill: The Gathering
  City on a Hill: The Gathering is the fourth album released in the City on a Hill series of compilation albums by popular Contemporary Christian musicians.-Track listing:#"Shall We Gather at River" - Prelude...
  
   - Various artists
  • Robert Beeson
    Robert Beeson
    Robert Beeson is a music executive. He founded Essential Records in 1992, home to artists Jars of Clay and Third Day, along with Caedmon’s Call, Bebo Norman and FFH. He also created the City On a Hill series. He became Senior VP A&R for Provident Music Group after they bought Essential, working...
    
    , Jordyn Thomas (art directors)
• Furthermore: From the Studio, From the Stage
  Furthermore: From the Studio, From the Stage
  Furthermore: From the Studio, From the Stage is the fifth album of Christian band Jars of Clay. It was released in 2003 by Essential Records...
  
   - Jars of Clay
  Jars of Clay
  Jars of Clay is a Christian rock band from Nashville, Tennessee. They met at Greenville College in Greenville, Illinois.Jars of Clay consists of Dan Haseltine on vocals, Charlie Lowell on piano and keyboards, Stephen Mason on lead guitars and Matthew Odmark on rhythm guitars...
  
  
  • Tim Parker (art director)
• Here in America
  Here in America
  Here in America is a CD compilation of early songwriting demos and rare live recordings of concert performances given by American singer/songwriter Rich Mullins as he toured across America in 1986-1987 with song collaborator Steve Cudworth and Kyle Stevens...
  
   - Various artists
  • Rusty Mitchell, Jill Paquette, Scott Hughes, Stephanie McBrayer (art directors)
• The Agony Scene
  The Agony Scene (album)
  The Agony Scene is the debut self-titled album released by the metalcore band The Agony Scene.-Track listing:# "We Bury Our Dead At Dawn" – 3:06# "Habeas Corpus" – 3:23# "Judas" – 4:08# "The Lines Of Suicide" – 3:12...
  
   - The Agony Scene
  The Agony Scene
  The Agony Scene was a metalcore/deathcore band from Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA. On October 8, 2008, frontman Mike Williams confirmed that the band had broken up in the spring of that year...
  
  
  • Don Clark
    Don Clark (musician)
    Don Clark was the rhythm guitarist for the Christian metalcore band Demon Hunter, which he co-founded with his brother, vocalist Ryan Clark. Before Demon Hunter, Clark was a former guitarist and co-founder of Training for Utopia with Rob Dennler.Clark also founded Seattle-based Asterik Studio with...
    
     (art director)
• In Bright Mansions - The Fisk Jubilee Singers
  • Jim McAnally (art director)

Musicals

Musical of the Year

• A Thrill of Hope
• Evidence of Grace
• The Love of Jesus
• The Wonderful Cross

Youth/Children’s Musical of the Year

• Acorns to Oaks
• City on a Hill Christmas
• Noelle, The First
• The Christmas S.O.C.C.E.R. Team
• The First Leon

Videos

Short Form Music Video of the Year

• "(There's Gotta Be) More to Life
  (There's Gotta Be) More to Life
  " More To Life" is a song by American singer and songwriter Stacie Orrico, from her second studio album Stacie Orrico . The song was produced by The Underdogs and was written by Sabelle Breer, Kevin Kadish, Lucy Woodward, Harvey Mason Jr. and Damon Thomas...
  
  " - Stacie Orrico
  Stacie Orrico
  Stacie Joy Orrico is a Contemporary Christian and R&B singer-songwriter and occasional actress. In 1998, she signed to ForeFront Records when she was 12 years old, and recorded her first album Genuine , which sold 13,000 in the first week of release.After her first album she signed to a new record...
  
  
• "Dear Slim" - KJ-52
  KJ-52
  KJ-52 is a Christian rapper from Tampa, Florida. The "KJ" part of his name refers to his old rap alias, "King J...
  
  
• "Breathe Slow" - Mars Ill
  Mars ILL
  Mars Ill is an emcee/DJ hip-hop duo from Atlanta, Georgia. The duo consists of Gregory Owens and Nathan Corrona . They are also part of the hip-hop collective Deepspace5....
  
  
• "Hoy Mas Que Nunca" - Miguel Angel Guerra
• "Legacy" - Nichole Nordeman
  Nichole Nordeman
  Nichole Ellyse Nordeman is an eight-time Dove Award-winning contemporary Christian American singer–songwriter.-Biography:Nordeman was raised in Colorado Springs, Colorado, where she played the piano in church...
  
  
• "You Get Me
  You Get Me
  "You Get Me" is the first single from ZOEgirl's third studio album, Different Kind Of FREE. It was written by Chrissy Conway-Katina and her then-lover, now-husband James Katina....
  
  " - 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. Before disbanding, the band released three more studio albums, as well as a remix album and a...
  
  

Long Form Music Video of the Year

• #1 Hits Live - The Crabb Family
  The Crabb Family
  The Crabb Family was a Grammy-nominated, Dove Award-winning Southern Gospel group from Beaver Dam, Kentucky. They had sixteen No. 1 songs on the national radio charts.-Members:...
  
  
• Alive
  Alive (Audio Adrenaline DVD)
  Alive is a DVD by the Christian rock band Audio Adrenaline. It was released in 2003 and sold as a package with their album Worldwide. The DVD is a concert of the band's performance at Alive 2003, a Christian rock festival in Ohio.-Track listing:...
  
   - Audio Adrenaline
  Audio Adrenaline
  Audio Adrenaline was a Christian rock band that formed in the late 1980s at Kentucky Christian University in Grayson, Kentucky. During the band's 17-year existence, they were awarded two Grammy awards, multiple Dove Awards and they released 17 number one singles. They were regular performers at the...
  
  
• Free At Last: The Movie (10th Anniversary) - 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...
  
  
• Steven Curtis Chapman Live - 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,...
  
  
• Third Day Live In Concert, The Come Together Tour - Third Day
  Third Day
  Third Day is a Grammy award-winning 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...
  
  

External links

• Nominations announced for 35th annual Dove Awards
• The 35th Annual Dove Awards: Nominees