The 40th Annual GMA Dove Awards were held on April 23, 2009 recognizing accomplishments of musicians for the year 2008. The show was held at the Grand Ole Opry House 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 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...

, Matthew West

Matthew West

On July 26, 2002, only a week or two before signing a record contract with Universal South Records, West had an injury to his left arm which threatened his musical career and guitar playing. He says, "I locked myself out of my house. But I'd done that before, and I had a way of breaking in through...

, and Lisa Kimmey.

Nominations were announced on February 20, 2009 by Lisa Kimmey, Dan Evans

Dan Evans

Daniel Evans or Dan Evans may refer to:* Daniel Evans , Welsh poet*Daniel Evans * Dan Evans , American baseball executive, presently with West Coast Sports Management...

 and Jackie Evans during a press conference at the Nashville Convention & Visitors Bureau Visitor Information Center 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...

.

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,...

 won two awards, including Artist of the Year and Songwriter of the Year, while Tenth Avenue North

Tenth Avenue North

Tenth Avenue North is an American contemporary Christian music band from West Palm Beach, Florida. They took their name from a major east-west road in Palm Beach County.The group was formed while attending Palm Beach Atlantic University...

 won New Artist of the Year. 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...

 and Brandon Heath

Brandon Heath

Brandon Heath is a contemporary Christian musician from Nashville, Tennessee. He has released three studio albums: Don't Get Comfortable , What If We and "Leaving Eden" . He is best known for the No. 1 "I'm Not Who I Was" and "Give Me Your Eyes". He was nominated four times at the Dove Awards of...

 each won three awards. Other multiple winners include: 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...

, The Blind Boys of Alabama

The Blind Boys of Alabama

The Blind Boys of Alabama are a gospel group from Alabama that first formed at the Alabama Institute for the Negro Blind at Talladega, Alabama in 1939. The three main vocalists of the group and their drummer/percussionist are all blind....

, and Michael W. Smith

Michael W. Smith

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

.

Performers

Pre-telecast

• Meredith Andrews
  Meredith Andrews
  Meredith Sooter is a Dove Award winning Contemporary Christian music artist and worship leader.-Childhood:Andrews grew up in Wilson, NC, where she started singing when she was six years old. She attended Wilson Christian Academy, where she graduated. Andrews later attended college at Liberty...
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• J.R.
  J.R. (singer)
  Courtney O. Peebles, a.k.a. "J.R.", is a Christian singer and producer signed to Cross Movement Records. J.R. is also half of the So Hot Productions team along with N.A.B. His debut album was Metamorphosis, released in 2005. He often appears on the hooks of songs by fellow labelmates, such as...
  
  

Telecast ceremony
The following performed:

Artist(s)	Song(s)
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...	"Get Up Get Up (Mary Mary song) "Get Up" is the lead single for Mary Mary's fourth studio album The Sound. The single was written and produced by both Mary Mary and producer Warryn Campbell, husband of member Erica Campbell. The song is known as "the movement anthem"... "
Kierra Sheard Kierra Sheard Kierra "Kiki" Sheard is an American gospel recording artist. She is the daughter of gospel singer Karen Clark Sheard and the granddaughter of gospel choral director Mattie Moss Clark.-Early life:Born in Detroit, Michigan and raised in the suburb of West Bloomfield, Sheard spent her formative years...
Francesca Battistelli Francesca Battistelli Francesca Battistelli is an American Christian musician from New York City, New York. She was originally an independent artist and had released an independent album, Just a Breath, in 2004. Her first studio album on Fervent Records, My Paper Heart, was released on July 22, 2008...
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,...	"Cinderella Cinderella (Steven Curtis Chapman song) "Cinderella" is a song by contemporary Christian singer Steven Curtis Chapman from his album This Moment. In 2009, a special edition of the album titled This Moment: Cinderella Edition was released, featuring two versions of the song.... "
Natalie Grant Natalie Grant Natalie Grant is a singer-songwriter of contemporary Christian music. Her work has gained prominence, including four consecutive Dove Awards for best female artist, and with her signature song, Held... Group 1 Crew Group 1 Crew Group 1 Crew is a Christian hip hop band signed to Fervent Records and Warner Bros. Records. They made their debut with their hit song "Can't Go On" on WOW Hits 2007. Soon after they released their first EP I Have a Dream . The band released their self-titled debut full-length studio album, Group 1...	"Make It Matter"
Brandon Heath Brandon Heath Brandon Heath is a contemporary Christian musician from Nashville, Tennessee. He has released three studio albums: Don't Get Comfortable , What If We and "Leaving Eden" . He is best known for the No. 1 "I'm Not Who I Was" and "Give Me Your Eyes". He was nominated four times at the Dove Awards of...	"Give Me Your Eyes Give Me Your Eyes "Give Me Your Eyes" is a song by contemporary Christian musician Brandon Heath from his second album, What If We. It was released in July 2008 as the album's lead single and quickly gained success. It sold nearly 6,000 downloads in the first week, and became 2008's highest-debuting Christian track... "
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....	"I Can Only Imagine I Can Only Imagine "I Can Only Imagine" is a single recorded by contemporary Christian and Christian rock band MercyMe. Written and composed by Bart Millard, the song, based around a main piano track, was inspired by the death of Millard's father and considers what it would be like in Heaven and to be standing... "
Jonathan Nelson
Remedy Drive Remedy Drive Remedy Drive is a Christian contemporary band with from Nashville, Tennessee. The band is composed of lead vocalist David Zach, guitarist Dave Mohr, bassist Corey Horn, and drummer Timmy Jones. They have recorded five independent studio albums, one independent live album and released their first...
Chris Sligh Chris Sligh Charles Christopher Sligh is an American singer; songwriter and producer who was a finalist on the sixth season of American Idol, finishing in tenth place.-Early years:...
Tenth Avenue North Tenth Avenue North Tenth Avenue North is an American contemporary Christian music band from West Palm Beach, Florida. They took their name from a major east-west road in Palm Beach County.The group was formed while attending Palm Beach Atlantic University...
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...
Chris Tomlin Chris Tomlin Christopher Dwayne "Chris" Tomlin is an American Christian Contemporary Music artist, worship leader, and songwriter from Grand Saline, Texas, United States. He is a former staff member at Austin Stone Community Church and is signed to EMI's sixstepsrecords. Tomlin also leads worship at many...
Kim Hopper Brian Free & Assurance Ronnie Milsap Ronnie Milsap Ronnie Lee Milsap is an American country music singer and pianist. He was one of country’s most popular and influential performers of the 1970s and 1980s... Jason Crabb Jason Crabb Jason Crabb is the oldest of the Crabb sons and the lead male vocalist for the group The Crabb Family. His debut solo album, Jason Crabb, won a 2010 Grammy... Reba Rambo-McGuire Reba Rambo-McGuire - Biography :At the age of 12, Reba started singing with her father and mother, Buck and Dottie Rambo, as the Southern Gospel family group, The Singing Rambos, which was later shortened to The Rambos... Dony McGuire Destiny McGuire 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:... Larnelle Harris Larnelle Harris Larnelle Steward Harris is a gospel singer and songwriter. During his 30-plus years of ministry, Harris has recorded 18 albums, won five Grammy Awards and 18 Dove Awards, and has had several number one songs on the inspirational music charts.-Early life:A native of Danville, Kentucky, Harris...	Tribute to 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... :
Blind Boys of Alabama Mac Powell Mac Powell Johnny Mac Powell , originally from Clanton, Alabama, is an American singer-songwriter and producer who formed the Christian rock band Third Day with guitarist Mark Lee...	"Free at Last"
Edwin Hawkins Edwin Hawkins Edwin Hawkins is a Grammy Award-winning American gospel and R&B musician, pianist, choir master, composer and arranger. He is one of the originators of the urban contemporary gospel sound. He are best known for his arrangement of "Oh Happy Day" , which was included on the Songs of the Century list... 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.... Mandisa Mandisa Mandisa Hundley is an American gospel singer, who was the ninth-place finalist in the fifth season of American Idol.-Early life:... Phil Stacey Phil Stacey Joel Philip "Phil" Stacey is an American singer who first gained national attention on season 6 of the television talent show American Idol. After being eliminated from the competition on May 2, 2007, he was signed to a recording contract with Lyric Street Records... Melinda Watts	"Oh Happy Day Oh Happy Day "Oh Happy Day" is a 1967 gospel music arrangement of an 18th century hymn. Recorded by the Edwin Hawkins Singers, it became an international hit in 1969, reaching US #4 and UK #2 on the pop charts... "

Presenters

Telecast ceremony
The following presented:

• William Baldwin
  William Baldwin
  William Joseph "Billy" Baldwin is an American actor, producer, and writer, known for his starring roles in such films as Flatliners , Backdraft , Sliver , Fair Game , Virus , Double Bang , as Johnny 13 in Danny Phantom , Art Heist , The Squid and the Whale , as himself...
  
  
• Chyna Vaughan (Chyna Phillips and Vaughan Penn
  Vaughan Penn
  Vaughan Penn is an American singer/songwriter from North Carolina who has had over 100 major television and film placements featuring 35 different songs on shows such as Grey's Anatomy , Private Practice , Boston Legal , The Hills , Laguna Beach , Wildfire and Jockey's...
  
  )
• Sinbad
  Sinbad (entertainer)
  David Adkins better known by his professional name of Sinbad, is an American stand-up comedian and actor. He became well known in the 1990s from being featured on his own HBO specials, appearing on several television series, and starring in the films Necessary Roughness, Houseguest, First Kid,...
  
  
• A.J. Styles
  A.J. Styles
  Allen Neal Jones , better known by his ring name A.J. Styles is an American professional wrestler currently working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling...
  
  
• Mandisa
  Mandisa
  Mandisa Hundley is an American gospel singer, who was the ninth-place finalist in the fifth season of American Idol.-Early life:...
  
  
• Phil Stacey
  Phil Stacey
  Joel Philip "Phil" Stacey is an American singer who first gained national attention on season 6 of the television talent show American Idol. After being eliminated from the competition on May 2, 2007, he was signed to a recording contract with Lyric Street Records...
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• Fireflight
  Fireflight
  Fireflight is an American Christian rock band formed in Eustis, Florida in 1999. The band is signed by Flicker Records. They have played in Shoutfest, Revelation Generation, and have been featured on The Scars Remain tour with Disciple, Family Force 5, and Decyfer Down...
  
  
• 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...
  
   — introduced 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,...
  
  
• 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 :...
  
  
• Richie McDonald
  Richie McDonald
  Richard Vance "Richie" McDonald is an American country music artist. From 1992 until his departure in 2007, he was the lead singer of the group Lonestar, which recorded seven studio albums on BNA Records during his tenure as lead vocalist. McDonald co-wrote several of the band's singles, and sang...
  
  
• Ronnie Milsap
  Ronnie Milsap
  Ronnie Lee Milsap is an American country music singer and pianist. He was one of country’s most popular and influential performers of the 1970s and 1980s...
  
  
• Tye Tribbett
• 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...
  
  
• Martha Munizzi
  Martha Munizzi
  -Award wins:-Award nominations:Munizzi has been nominated for Grammy, Dove, Stellar and Soul Train Awards as both a performer and songwriter. In 2006, Munizzi was nominated for a Grammy for Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album...
  
  
• Mary Alessi
  Mary Alessi
  -Personal life:Mary and her husband currently serve as co-pastors of Metro Life Church, a nondenominational congregation established in 1997 in Doral, Florida,...
  
  
• DecembeRadio
  DecembeRadio
  DecembeRadio is an American Christian rock band originally formed in 2003; presently composed of bassist and lead vocalist Josh Reedy, lead guitarist Brian Bunn and rhythm guitarist Eric Miker....
  
  
• 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"...
  
  
• Jason Crabb
  Jason Crabb
  Jason Crabb is the oldest of the Crabb sons and the lead male vocalist for the group The Crabb Family. His debut solo album, Jason Crabb, won a 2010 Grammy...
  
  
• Kim Hopper
• The Afters
  The Afters
  The Afters are a Christian rock band founded by Joshua Havens and Matt Fuqua. Havens and Fuqua first worked together in a Starbucks coffee shop in Mesquite, Texas, where they played for customers, before deciding to form a band. They added Brad Wigg and Marc Dodd, who were also employed at the same...
  
  
• Canton Jones
  Canton Jones
  Canton Jones, born in Deerfield Beach, Florida, is an American Christian musician and Christian hip-hop artist.-Early years:Canton Jones began singing at the age of 5 in a vocal group founded by his father...
  
  
• Isaiah D. Thomas
• Marty Magehee
• Mark Harris
  Mark Harris (musician)
  Mark Harris is an American CCM singer.Harris was a member of 4Him from 1990 to 2004. He released his debut solo record in 2005, and followed with a sophomore effort in 2007...
  
  
• Wayne Watson
  Wayne Watson
  Wayne Watson is a Dove Award-winning singer-songwriter in contemporary Christian music. Some of his songs have become CCM classics, including "Another Time, Another Place," "For Such a Time as This," "Friend of a Wounded Heart," "Touch of the Master's Hand," "New Lives for Old," and "Watercolour...
  
  
• Damita Haddon
• Mac Powell
  Mac Powell
  Johnny Mac Powell , originally from Clanton, Alabama, is an American singer-songwriter and producer who formed the Christian rock band Third Day with guitarist Mark Lee...
  
   — introduced the "Oh Happy Day
  Oh Happy Day
  "Oh Happy Day" is a 1967 gospel music arrangement of an 18th century hymn. Recorded by the Edwin Hawkins Singers, it became an international hit in 1969, reaching US #4 and UK #2 on the pop charts...
  
  " tribute
• Carrie Prejean
  Carrie Prejean
  Caroline Michelle "Carrie" Prejean Boller is an American model, author, former Miss California USA 2009 and Miss USA 2009 first runner-up. Prejean received national attention in 2009 when she told a pageant judge that marriage should be between a man and a woman; pageant judge and gossip blogger...
  
   — introduced 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....
  
  

General

Artist of the Year

• 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...
  
  
• 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,...
  
  
• Fireflight
  Fireflight
  Fireflight is an American Christian rock band formed in Eustis, Florida in 1999. The band is signed by Flicker Records. They have played in Shoutfest, Revelation Generation, and have been featured on The Scars Remain tour with Disciple, Family Force 5, and Decyfer Down...
  
  
• Marvin Sapp
  Marvin Sapp
  Pastor Marvin Louis Sapp is an American Gospel music singer-songwriter who recorded with the group Commissioned during the 1990s before beginning a record-breaking solo career...
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• 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....
  
  
• Chris Tomlin
  Chris Tomlin
  Christopher Dwayne "Chris" Tomlin is an American Christian Contemporary Music artist, worship leader, and songwriter from Grand Saline, Texas, United States. He is a former staff member at Austin Stone Community Church and is signed to EMI's sixstepsrecords. Tomlin also leads worship at many...
  
  

New Artist of the Year

• Addison Road
• Francesca Battistelli
  Francesca Battistelli
  Francesca Battistelli is an American Christian musician from New York City, New York. She was originally an independent artist and had released an independent album, Just a Breath, in 2004. Her first studio album on Fervent Records, My Paper Heart, was released on July 22, 2008...
  
  
• Fee
  Fee (band)
  Fee is a Christian rock and Contemporary worship music band from Alpharetta, Georgia, United States named for the group's founder and front-man Steve Fee...
  
  
• Jonathan Nelson
• Remedy Drive
  Remedy Drive
  Remedy Drive is a Christian contemporary band with from Nashville, Tennessee. The band is composed of lead vocalist David Zach, guitarist Dave Mohr, bassist Corey Horn, and drummer Timmy Jones. They have recorded five independent studio albums, one independent live album and released their first...
  
  
• Chris Sligh
  Chris Sligh
  Charles Christopher Sligh is an American singer; songwriter and producer who was a finalist on the sixth season of American Idol, finishing in tenth place.-Early years:...
  
  
• Tenth Avenue North
  Tenth Avenue North
  Tenth Avenue North is an American contemporary Christian music band from West Palm Beach, Florida. They took their name from a major east-west road in Palm Beach County.The group was formed while attending Palm Beach Atlantic University...
  
  

Group of the Year

• 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...
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• Ernie Haase & Signature Sound
  Ernie Haase & Signature Sound
  Ernie Haase & Signature Sound is a Southern Gospel vocal quartet founded in 2002 by Ernie Haase, former Cathedral Quartet tenor, and Garry Jones, former Gold City pianist.-Musical career:...
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• 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....
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• 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

• 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...
  
  
• Jon 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 ....
  
  
• Ernie Haase
  Ernie Haase
  Ernie Haase started singing as a young boy at Washington Ave. Baptist Church. He is a Christian tenor vocalist known for being the founder of Ernie Haase and Signature Sound...
  
  
• Brandon Heath
  Brandon Heath
  Brandon Heath is a contemporary Christian musician from Nashville, Tennessee. He has released three studio albums: Don't Get Comfortable , What If We and "Leaving Eden" . He is best known for the No. 1 "I'm Not Who I Was" and "Give Me Your Eyes". He was nominated four times at the Dove Awards of...
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• Marvin Sapp
  Marvin Sapp
  Pastor Marvin Louis Sapp is an American Gospel music singer-songwriter who recorded with the group Commissioned during the 1990s before beginning a record-breaking solo career...
  
  
• Chris Tomlin
  Chris Tomlin
  Christopher Dwayne "Chris" Tomlin is an American Christian Contemporary Music artist, worship leader, and songwriter from Grand Saline, Texas, United States. He is a former staff member at Austin Stone Community Church and is signed to EMI's sixstepsrecords. Tomlin also leads worship at many...
  
  

Female Vocalist of the Year

• Francesca Battistelli
  Francesca Battistelli
  Francesca Battistelli is an American Christian musician from New York City, New York. She was originally an independent artist and had released an independent album, Just a Breath, in 2004. Her first studio album on Fervent Records, My Paper Heart, was released on July 22, 2008...
  
  
• Brooke Fraser
  Brooke Fraser
  Brooke Gabrielle Fraser Ligertwood, better known as Brooke Fraser is a New Zealand award-winning folk-pop and Christian music artist...
  
  
• Karen Peck Gooch
• Natalie Grant
  Natalie Grant
  Natalie Grant is a singer-songwriter of contemporary Christian music. Her work has gained prominence, including four consecutive Dove Awards for best female artist, and with her signature song, Held...
  
  
• Mandisa
  Mandisa
  Mandisa Hundley is an American gospel singer, who was the ninth-place finalist in the fifth season of American Idol.-Early life:...
  
  
• 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:...
  
  
• Laura Story
  Laura Story
  Laura Story is an American Contemporary Christian music singer-songwriter from Spartanburg, South Carolina.Her single off the album "Blessings" became her first to reach No...
  
  

Song of the Year

• "Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone)" - Chris Tomlin
  Chris Tomlin
  Christopher Dwayne "Chris" Tomlin is an American Christian Contemporary Music artist, worship leader, and songwriter from Grand Saline, Texas, United States. He is a former staff member at Austin Stone Community Church and is signed to EMI's sixstepsrecords. Tomlin also leads worship at many...
  
  
  • Louie Giglio
    Louie Giglio
    Louie Giglio is a pastor , speaker and founder of the Passion Movement.-Biography:Giglio graduated from Georgia State University and earned a Master of Divinity from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas. Later he went to Grace Theological Seminary to pursue a Doctor of...
    
    , Chris Tomlin, songwriters
• "Cinderella
  Cinderella (Steven Curtis Chapman song)
  "Cinderella" is a song by contemporary Christian singer Steven Curtis Chapman from his album This Moment. In 2009, a special edition of the album titled This Moment: Cinderella Edition was released, featuring two versions of the song....
  
  " - 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
• "Empty Me" - Chris Sligh
  Chris Sligh
  Charles Christopher Sligh is an American singer; songwriter and producer who was a finalist on the sixth season of American Idol, finishing in tenth place.-Early years:...
  
  
  • Chris Sligh, Clint Lagerberg, Tony Wood
• "Give Me Your Eyes
  Give Me Your Eyes
  "Give Me Your Eyes" is a song by contemporary Christian musician Brandon Heath from his second album, What If We. It was released in July 2008 as the album's lead single and quickly gained success. It sold nearly 6,000 downloads in the first week, and became 2008's highest-debuting Christian track...
  
  " - Brandon Heath
  Brandon Heath
  Brandon Heath is a contemporary Christian musician from Nashville, Tennessee. He has released three studio albums: Don't Get Comfortable , What If We and "Leaving Eden" . He is best known for the No. 1 "I'm Not Who I Was" and "Give Me Your Eyes". He was nominated four times at the Dove Awards of...
  
  
  • Brandon Heath, Jason Ingram
    Jason Ingram
    Jason Ingram is a Christian music producer and songwriter. He has served as a songwriter for many Christian artists, including Sonicflood, Rebecca St. James, Bebo Norman, Point of Grace, and Brandon Heath, among others.-Career:...
    
    , songwriters
• "I Will Not Be Moved" - Natalie Grant
  Natalie Grant
  Natalie Grant is a singer-songwriter of contemporary Christian music. Her work has gained prominence, including four consecutive Dove Awards for best female artist, and with her signature song, Held...
  
  
  • Natalie Grant, songwriter
• "I'm Letting Go" - Francesca Battistelli
  Francesca Battistelli
  Francesca Battistelli is an American Christian musician from New York City, New York. She was originally an independent artist and had released an independent album, Just a Breath, in 2004. Her first studio album on Fervent Records, My Paper Heart, was released on July 22, 2008...
  
  
  • Francesca Battistelli, Tony Wood, Ian Eskelin
    Ian Eskelin
    Ian Eskelin , is a record producer, songwriter, solo artist, and founding member and lead singer of the Grammy-nominated Christian rock band All Star United. He won the Dove Award for "Producer of the Year" in 2011 and 2008, and was nominated for the same award in 2007, 2009, and 2010...
    
    , songwriters
• "Mighty to Save" - Hillsong Church
  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...
  
  
  • Ben Fielding, Joel Houston, songwriters
• "Never Going Back to OK" - The Afters
  The Afters
  The Afters are a Christian rock band founded by Joshua Havens and Matt Fuqua. Havens and Fuqua first worked together in a Starbucks coffee shop in Mesquite, Texas, where they played for customers, before deciding to form a band. They added Brad Wigg and Marc Dodd, who were also employed at the same...
  
  
  • Matt Fuqua, Josh Havens, Brad Wigg, Dan Muckala, songwriters
• "Reason Enough" - Ernie Haase & Signature Sound
  Ernie Haase & Signature Sound
  Ernie Haase & Signature Sound is a Southern Gospel vocal quartet founded in 2002 by Ernie Haase, former Cathedral Quartet tenor, and Garry Jones, former Gold City pianist.-Musical career:...
  
  
  • Ernie Haase, Wayne Haun, Joel Lindsey, songwriters
• "You Reign" - 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....
  
  
  • Bart Millard, Barry Graul, Steven Curtis Chapman, songwriters

Songwriter of the Year

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

Producer of the Year

• 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"...
  
  
• Ed Cash
  Ed Cash
  Ed Cash is a producer, songwriter, engineer, and multi-instrumentalist. He was named the “Producer of the Year” at the Gospel Music Awards for four consecutive years and gains recognition for his work with Christian singer, Chris Tomlin...
  
  
• Ian Eskelin
  Ian Eskelin
  Ian Eskelin , is a record producer, songwriter, solo artist, and founding member and lead singer of the Grammy-nominated Christian rock band All Star United. He won the Dove Award for "Producer of the Year" in 2011 and 2008, and was nominated for the same award in 2007, 2009, and 2010...
  
  
• Wayne Haun
• Bernie Herms
• Jason Ingram
  Jason Ingram
  Jason Ingram is a Christian music producer and songwriter. He has served as a songwriter for many Christian artists, including Sonicflood, Rebecca St. James, Bebo Norman, Point of Grace, and Brandon Heath, among others.-Career:...
  
   and Rusty Varenkamp

Pop

Pop/Contemporary Recorded Song of the Year

• "Cinderella
  Cinderella (Steven Curtis Chapman song)
  "Cinderella" is a song by contemporary Christian singer Steven Curtis Chapman from his album This Moment. In 2009, a special edition of the album titled This Moment: Cinderella Edition was released, featuring two versions of the song....
  
  " - 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,...
  
  
• "Give Me Your Eyes
  Give Me Your Eyes
  "Give Me Your Eyes" is a song by contemporary Christian musician Brandon Heath from his second album, What If We. It was released in July 2008 as the album's lead single and quickly gained success. It sold nearly 6,000 downloads in the first week, and became 2008's highest-debuting Christian track...
  
  " - Brandon Heath
  Brandon Heath
  Brandon Heath is a contemporary Christian musician from Nashville, Tennessee. He has released three studio albums: Don't Get Comfortable , What If We and "Leaving Eden" . He is best known for the No. 1 "I'm Not Who I Was" and "Give Me Your Eyes". He was nominated four times at the Dove Awards of...
  
  
• "I Will Not Be Moved" - Natalie Grant
  Natalie Grant
  Natalie Grant is a singer-songwriter of contemporary Christian music. Her work has gained prominence, including four consecutive Dove Awards for best female artist, and with her signature song, Held...
  
  
• "I’m Letting Go" - Francesca Battistelli
  Francesca Battistelli
  Francesca Battistelli is an American Christian musician from New York City, New York. She was originally an independent artist and had released an independent album, Just a Breath, in 2004. Her first studio album on Fervent Records, My Paper Heart, was released on July 22, 2008...
  
  
• "This Is Home
  This Is Home
  "This Is Home" is a song written and recorded by the alternative rock band Switchfoot, and is featured on the soundtrack for the 2008 film The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian. The song was featured during the end credits of the film. It was the 17th most-played song on U.S...
  
  " - 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...
  
  

Pop/Contemporary Album of the Year

• Bebo Norman - 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...
  
  
• Fall & Winter - Jon 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 ....
  
  
• My Paper Heart
  My Paper Heart (album)
  My Paper Heart is the major label debut album from Christian pop rock singer Francesca Battistelli, released on July 22, 2008. The album's lead single, "I'm Letting Go", was released before the album in mid-2008, and was the 16th most-played song on Christian radio of 2008...
  
   - Francesca Battistelli
  Francesca Battistelli
  Francesca Battistelli is an American Christian musician from New York City, New York. She was originally an independent artist and had released an independent album, Just a Breath, in 2004. Her first studio album on Fervent Records, My Paper Heart, was released on July 22, 2008...
  
  
• Relentless
  Relentless (Natalie Grant album)
  Relentless is the second album and seventh release by Christian singer Natalie Grant. It was released in February 2008. Four singles have been released from the album: "In Better Hands", "I Will Not Be Moved", "Perfect People", and "Our Hope Endures"....
  
   - Natalie Grant
  Natalie Grant
  Natalie Grant is a singer-songwriter of contemporary Christian music. Her work has gained prominence, including four consecutive Dove Awards for best female artist, and with her signature song, Held...
  
  
• Revelation
  Revelation (Third Day album)
  Revelation is the ninth studio album and thirteenth overall release from Third Day, which was released on July 29, 2008. It debuted at #6 on the Billboard 200 and #1 on Christian Album charts. The first radio single released in promotion of the album, "Call My Name", was released on April 22, 2008...
  
   - 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...
  
  

Rock

Rock Recorded Song of the Year

• "Better Man" - DecembeRadio
  DecembeRadio
  DecembeRadio is an American Christian rock band originally formed in 2003; presently composed of bassist and lead vocalist Josh Reedy, lead guitarist Brian Bunn and rhythm guitarist Eric Miker....
  
  
• "For The Love Of The Game" - 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 :...
  
  
• "Lost" - Red
  Red (band)
  Red is an American rock band from Nashville, Tennessee, formed in 2004. The band's lineup consists of singer Michael Barnes, guitarist Anthony Armstrong, bassist Randy Armstrong and drummer Joe Rickard. They are known for their Christian rock music which incorporates other sounds such as...
  
  
• "Shine Like The Stars" - Stellar Kart
  Stellar Kart
  Stellar Kart is a Christian pop punk band from Phoenix, Arizona, USA . The band is signed to INO Records and released its first album in February 2005. Some of the singles from their debut album, All Gas. No Brake - including "Finish Last" and "Life Is Good" - have been played on Christian radio...
  
  
• "The Hunger" - Fireflight
  Fireflight
  Fireflight is an American Christian rock band formed in Eustis, Florida in 1999. The band is signed by Flicker Records. They have played in Shoutfest, Revelation Generation, and have been featured on The Scars Remain tour with Disciple, Family Force 5, and Decyfer Down...
  
  

Rock/Contemporary Recorded Song of the Year

• "Find You Waiting" - DecembeRadio
  DecembeRadio
  DecembeRadio is an American Christian rock band originally formed in 2003; presently composed of bassist and lead vocalist Josh Reedy, lead guitarist Brian Bunn and rhythm guitarist Eric Miker....
  
  
• "Keys To The Kingdom" - Group 1 Crew
  Group 1 Crew
  Group 1 Crew is a Christian hip hop band signed to Fervent Records and Warner Bros. Records. They made their debut with their hit song "Can't Go On" on WOW Hits 2007. Soon after they released their first EP I Have a Dream . The band released their self-titled debut full-length studio album, Group 1...
  
  
• "Never Going Back To OK" - The Afters
  The Afters
  The Afters are a Christian rock band founded by Joshua Havens and Matt Fuqua. Havens and Fuqua first worked together in a Starbucks coffee shop in Mesquite, Texas, where they played for customers, before deciding to form a band. They added Brad Wigg and Marc Dodd, who were also employed at the same...
  
  
• "Unbreakable
  Unbreakable (Fireflight song)
  "Unbreakable" is a song by Christian rock band Fireflight from their second album, Unbreakable. It was released in November 2007 as the album's lead single, receiving television promotion on the NBC network that month. The song soon became popular on Christian rock radio, charting at number one in...
  
  " - Fireflight
  Fireflight
  Fireflight is an American Christian rock band formed in Eustis, Florida in 1999. The band is signed by Flicker Records. They have played in Shoutfest, Revelation Generation, and have been featured on The Scars Remain tour with Disciple, Family Force 5, and Decyfer Down...
  
  
• "Washed by the Water
  Washed by the Water
  "Washed by the Water" is a 2007 song by the Christian rock band Needtobreathe from their second studio album The Heat. It was released as a radio single at the end of 2007, becoming a #1 hit in the spring of 2008. It was the sixth most-played song on R&Rs Christian CHR chart for...
  
  " - Needtobreathe
  Needtobreathe
  Needtobreathe is an American rock band from Seneca, South Carolina. The band has charted on mainstream rock/pop charts, but have had their greatest number of singles on Christian music charts...
  
  

Rock Album of the Year

• Comatose Comes Alive
  Comatose Comes Alive
  Comatose Comes Alive DVD/CD is the second live album and second live DVD by the Christian rock band Skillet, which peaked at #164 on the Billboard 200. It is the band's first combination CD/DVD of live recording, as their first official live album was 2000's Ardent Worship, a worship album recorded...
  
   - 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...
  
  
• For The Love Of The Game
  For the Love of the Game (album)
  For the Love of the Game is the fifth studio album from Christian metal group Pillar, which was released on February 26, 2008. According to their website, Pillar defines the title as: "For the love of" = the passion of, and "The game" = the pursuit of Christ.This is the last album to include...
  
   - 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 :...
  
  
• Satisfied - DecembeRadio
  DecembeRadio
  DecembeRadio is an American Christian rock band originally formed in 2003; presently composed of bassist and lead vocalist Josh Reedy, lead guitarist Brian Bunn and rhythm guitarist Eric Miker....
  
  
• Southern Hospitality
  Southern Hospitality (album)
  Southern Hospitality is the seventh album from Christian rock group Disciple, released October 21, 2008. The album debuted at #98 on the Billboard 200...
  
   - Disciple
  Disciple (band)
  Disciple is a Christian metal / rock band from Knoxville, Tennessee, formed in 1992.-History:Disciple was formed in 1992 by high school friends Kevin Young, Brad Noah, and Tim Barrett. The band released their first CD, What Was I Thinking in 1995...
  
  
• To Know That You're Alive
  To Know That You're Alive
  To Know That You're Alive is the fifth full length studio album by the Christian rock band Kutless. It was released on June 24, 2008. It is their first album to feature guitarist Nick DePartee. The album debuted at #64 on the Billboard Top 200 album chart. The album's first rock single, "The...
  
   - Kutless
  Kutless
  Kutless is a Christian rock band from Portland, Oregon formed in 1999. Since their formation, they have released six studio albums including their latest, It Is Well. The band has also released a live album, Live from Portland. Currently, they have sold almost 2 million records.-Biography:Formed in...
  
  

Rock/Contemporary Album of the Year

• Daylight Is Coming
  Daylight Is Coming
  Daylight Is Coming is the first non-independent album from Christian rock band Remedy Drive. The album was released on August 26, 2008, on Word Records. It peaked at #119 on the Billboard 200, and #5 on the Hot Christian Albums. On March 30, 2010, an "Extended Edition" of the album was released,...
  
   - Remedy Drive
  Remedy Drive
  Remedy Drive is a Christian contemporary band with from Nashville, Tennessee. The band is composed of lead vocalist David Zach, guitarist Dave Mohr, bassist Corey Horn, and drummer Timmy Jones. They have recorded five independent studio albums, one independent live album and released their first...
  
  
• Expect the Impossible
  Expect the Impossible
  Expect the Impossible is the third studio album from the Christian pop punk band Stellar Kart. It was released on February 26, 2008. It is their follow up to We Can't Stand Sitting Down. Produced by Ian Eskelin , the album stays with the bands familiar sound, while adding a bit of 1980s flair...
  
   - Stellar Kart
  Stellar Kart
  Stellar Kart is a Christian pop punk band from Phoenix, Arizona, USA . The band is signed to INO Records and released its first album in February 2005. Some of the singles from their debut album, All Gas. No Brake - including "Finish Last" and "Life Is Good" - have been played on Christian radio...
  
  
• Hello
  Hello (After Edmund album)
  Hello is the first non-independent studio album from American Christian rock band After Edmund. It was released on February 26, 2008 through Slanted Records. Four radio singles were released off the album: "Thank God", "Like a Dream", "Fighting For Your Heart " and "Clouds"...
  
   - After Edmund
  After Edmund
  After Edmund is an independent, Grammy nominated Art Rock band from LaGrange, Georgia.-Band history:The members of After Edmund formed as a band in 2001, originally under the name Taken. During that time they had five independent releases: Not the Typical EP , Moonlight E-CD Single and ARE You...
  
  
• Never Going Back to OK
  Never Going Back to OK
  Never Going Back to OK is the second album by Christian rock group The Afters, released on February 26, 2008.The first single from the album is the title track, "Never Going Back to OK". The track has been released as a streaming file on their MySpace website and for purchase on iTunes...
  
   - The Afters
  The Afters
  The Afters are a Christian rock band founded by Joshua Havens and Matt Fuqua. Havens and Fuqua first worked together in a Starbucks coffee shop in Mesquite, Texas, where they played for customers, before deciding to form a band. They added Brad Wigg and Marc Dodd, who were also employed at the same...
  
  
• Unbreakable
  Unbreakable (Fireflight album)
  Unbreakable is the third full-length studio album released by Christian rock band Fireflight, but second full-length to be released on Flicker Records. The album was released on March 4, 2008 on Flicker Records.-Background:...
  
   - Fireflight
  Fireflight
  Fireflight is an American Christian rock band formed in Eustis, Florida in 1999. The band is signed by Flicker Records. They have played in Shoutfest, Revelation Generation, and have been featured on The Scars Remain tour with Disciple, Family Force 5, and Decyfer Down...
  
  

Rap/Hip-Hop

Rap/Hip-Hop Recorded Song of the Year

• "Beautfiul Morning" - 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 Pigeon John
  Pigeon John
  Pigeon John is an American hip hop rapper raised in Hawthorne, California and based in Los Angeles, California.-Biography:Pigeon John is a Los Angeles area rapper who has recorded four studio albums as a solo artist, as well as several others as a member of the groups like L.A. Symphony and...
  
  
• "Do Yo Thang
  Do Yo Thang
  "Do Yo Thang" is a song by Christian hip hop musician KJ-52, from his 2007 album The Yearbook. In 2009, it won the GMA Dove Award for Rap/Hip Hop Recorded Song of the Year at the 40th GMA Dove Awards....
  
  " - 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...
  
  
• "Joyful Noise" - Flame, featuring Lecrae
  Lecrae
  Lecrae Moore is an American Christian Hip Hop artist signed to Reach Records, the record label that he co-founded. Thus far Lecrae has released five solo studio albums, and his latest Rehab: The Overdose was released on January 11, 2011...
  
   & John Reilly
• "Pull Your Pants Up!" - Dooney “Da Priest”
• "So Beautiful" - Manafest
  Manafest
  Chris Greenwood better known by his stage name Manafest, is a Canadian Christian rapper and rock artist from Pickering, Ontario....
  
  , featuring Trevor McNevan
  Trevor McNevan
  Trevor McNevan , also known as Teerawk, is a Canadian musician and lead singer/songwriter of Thousand Foot Krutch and pop punk side project FM Static along with Steve Augustine...
  
  

Rap/Hip-Hop Album of the Year

• Citizens Activ
  Citizens Activ
  Citizens Activ is the third studio album released under BEC Recordings by the Christian rapper Manafest. It features the hit singles "So Beautiful," "4321," and "Steppin Out".- Musical Style and Concept :...
  
   - Manafest
  Manafest
  Chris Greenwood better known by his stage name Manafest, is a Canadian Christian rapper and rock artist from Pickering, Ontario....
  
  
• Ordinary Dreamers
  Ordinary Dreamers
  Ordinary Dreamers is the second full-length studio album by Christian hip hop band Group 1 Crew. It was released on September 16, 2008 through Fervent Records. The album charted at #15 on Billboards Top Heatseekers chart. The album was produced by Chris Stevens...
  
   - Group 1 Crew
  Group 1 Crew
  Group 1 Crew is a Christian hip hop band signed to Fervent Records and Warner Bros. Records. They made their debut with their hit song "Can't Go On" on WOW Hits 2007. Soon after they released their first EP I Have a Dream . The band released their self-titled debut full-length studio album, Group 1...
  
  
• Pull Your Pants Up! - Dooney “Da Priest”
• Rebel - Lecrae
  Lecrae
  Lecrae Moore is an American Christian Hip Hop artist signed to Reach Records, the record label that he co-founded. Thus far Lecrae has released five solo studio albums, and his latest Rehab: The Overdose was released on January 11, 2011...
  
  
• Reiterate
  Reiterate
  Reiterate is the eighth full length album from the Christian Rap group GRITS. It was released on September 16, 2008, and is the GRITS first release on their newly formed Revolution Art label.-Track listing:# Sky May Fall# Walking My Way# Fly Away...
  
   - 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"...
  
  

Inspirational

Inspirational Recorded Song of the Year

• "A New Hallelujah" - 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...
  
  
• "For The Glory Of You" - Mark Harris
  Mark Harris (musician)
  Mark Harris is an American CCM singer.Harris was a member of 4Him from 1990 to 2004. He released his debut solo record in 2005, and followed with a sophomore effort in 2007...
  
  
• "Bless The Lord" - Laura Story
  Laura Story
  Laura Story is an American Contemporary Christian music singer-songwriter from Spartanburg, South Carolina.Her single off the album "Blessings" became her first to reach No...
  
  
• "Come Thou Fount" - Jadon Lavik
  Jadon Lavik
  Jadon Lavik is a CCM singer-songwriter formerly signed with BEC Recordings.Lavik was on the If I Had One Chance to Tell You Something Tour with Rebecca St...
  
  
• "Dependence" - Jamie Slocum
  Jamie Slocum
  Jamie Slocum is an American Christian Worship leader, singer, songwriter and producer from Grants Pass, Oregon. He was raised in Phoenix, Arizona and moved to Nashville in the 1990s. He started as a staff songwriter for Curb Records. Music Mogul Mike Curb thought Slocum should be doing his own...
  
  

Inspirational Album of the Year

• After The Rain
  After the Rain (Aaron & Amanda Crabb album)
  After the Rain is the debut album from the Christian country duo Aaron & Amanda Crabb. The album was released on January 1, 2007.-Track listing:All songs written by Aaron & Amanda Crabb, except where noted.# "After the Rain" – 5:04...
  
   - Aaron & Amanda Crabb
  Aaron & Amanda Crabb
  -Career:Aaron Crabb met Amanda while being a member of The Crabb Family where he was a singer and bassist. They married in October 2001.In August 2007, Aaron and Amanda decided to start a musical career together and on March 7, 2008, they signed with Daywind Records. They released their first...
  
  
• Great God Who Saves
  Great God Who Saves
  Great God Who Saves is the first official studio album from singer/songwriter Laura Story. The album was released on March 18, 2008.-Track listing:All songs written by Laura Story, except where noted:# "Bless the Lord" - 4:05...
  
   - Laura Story
  Laura Story
  Laura Story is an American Contemporary Christian music singer-songwriter from Spartanburg, South Carolina.Her single off the album "Blessings" became her first to reach No...
  
  
• Infinite Grace - Women of Faith Worship Team
• Roots Run Deep - Jadon Lavik
  Jadon Lavik
  Jadon Lavik is a CCM singer-songwriter formerly signed with BEC Recordings.Lavik was on the If I Had One Chance to Tell You Something Tour with Rebecca St...
  
  
• Songs For The Journey - 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

• "Big Mighty God" - The Mike LeFevre Quartet
• "I Believe God" - Brian Free & Assurance
• "Reason Enough" - Ernie Haase & Signature Sound
  Ernie Haase & Signature Sound
  Ernie Haase & Signature Sound is a Southern Gospel vocal quartet founded in 2002 by Ernie Haase, former Cathedral Quartet tenor, and Garry Jones, former Gold City pianist.-Musical career:...
  
  
• "Welcome To The Family" - Booth Brothers
• "Yahweh" - 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...
  
  

Southern Gospel Album of the Year

• Ephesians One - Karen Peck & New River
• I Just Wanted You To Know - Kim Hopper
• Lovin’ Life
  Lovin’ Life
  Lovin' Life is an album from Contemporary Christian, Southern Gospel group Gaither Vocal Band. The album was released on April 15, 2008.-Track listing:# "I'm Forgiven" - 4:00# "Build an Ark" - 3:32...
  
   - 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...
  
  
• On The Way Up - HisSong
• Room For More - Booth Brothers

Traditional Gospel Recorded Song of the Year

• "Cry Your Last Tear" - Bishop Paul S. Morton & the Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship Mass Choir
• "Deliverance" - Lillie Knauls
• "Free At Last" - The Blind Boys of Alabama
  The Blind Boys of Alabama
  The Blind Boys of Alabama are a gospel group from Alabama that first formed at the Alabama Institute for the Negro Blind at Talladega, Alabama in 1939. The three main vocalists of the group and their drummer/percussionist are all blind....
  
  
• "God Is Good" - Regina Belle
  Regina Belle
  Regina Belle is a singer-songwriter who first surfaced in the late 1980s. She is notable for her Grammy award winning duet with Peabo Bryson, "A Whole New World".-Biography:Regina Belle was born in Englewood, New Jersey...
  
  
• "Souled Out" - Hezekiah Walker & LFC
• "Take It Back" - Dorinda Clark-Cole

Traditional Gospel Album of the Year

• A New Day - Paul Porter
  Paul Porter
  Paul Porter is an American public address announcer best known for his work for the Orlando Magic of the NBA.Porter has served as the arena voice for the Magic since the teams inception in the late 1980s....
  
  
• After 40 Years... Still Sweeping Through the City - Shirley Caesar
  Shirley Caesar
  Shirley Ann Caesar is an American Gospel music singer, songwriter and recording artist whose career has spanned six decades...
  
  
• Cry Your Last Tear - Bishop Paul S. Morton & the Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship Mass Choir
• Do It! - Dottie Peoples
  Dottie Peoples
  Dottie Peoples is an American gospel singer.Born Dorthy Peoples in Dayton, Ohio, Peoples began singing at an early age. After completing high school, she toured with gospel pioneer Dorothy Norwood, a member of The Caravans...
  
  
• Down In New Orleans
  Down in New Orleans
  Down in New Orleans is a gospel album by The Blind Boys of Alabama, released in 2008. It won Best Traditional Gospel Album at the 51st Grammy Awards...
  
   - The Blind Boys of Alabama
  The Blind Boys of Alabama
  The Blind Boys of Alabama are a gospel group from Alabama that first formed at the Alabama Institute for the Negro Blind at Talladega, Alabama in 1939. The three main vocalists of the group and their drummer/percussionist are all blind....
  
  

Contemporary Gospel Recorded Song of the Year

• "Favor Of God" - Martha Munizzi
  Martha Munizzi
  -Award wins:-Award nominations:Munizzi has been nominated for Grammy, Dove, Stellar and Soul Train Awards as both a performer and songwriter. In 2006, Munizzi was nominated for a Grammy for Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album...
  
  
• "Great Grace" - 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...
  
  
• "How Great Is Our God" - LaRue Howard
• "My Name Is Victory" - Jonathan Nelson
• "Shall We Gather at the River?
  Shall We Gather at the River?
  "Shall We Gather at the River?" is a traditional Christian hymn, written by American poet and gospel music composer Robert Lowry . It was written in 1864....
  
  " - Take 6
  Take 6
  Take 6 is an American a cappella gospel music sextet formed in 1980 on the campus of Oakwood College in Huntsville, Alabama. The group sings in a contemporary style, integrating R&B and jazz influences into their devotional songs and has 10 Grammy wins, 10 Dove Awards, one Soul Train Award and two...
  
  
• "Waging War
  Waging War (song)
  "Waging War" is the first single from CeCe Winans's 2008 album Thy Kingdom Come. The song was released on March 4, 2008 and was written by CeCe Winans, Christopher Capehart, and Crannon Tunie.-Awards:...
  
  " - 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...
  
  

Contemporary Gospel Album of the Year

• Change the World
  Change the World (Martha Munizzi album)
  Change the World is a live album from Christian singer Martha Munizzi. The album was released on April 1, 2008.- Track listing :All songs written by Israel Houghton, Aaron Lindsey, and Martha Munizzi, except where noted.# "Invincible God" - 4:53...
  
   - Martha Munizzi
  Martha Munizzi
  -Award wins:-Award nominations:Munizzi has been nominated for Grammy, Dove, Stellar and Soul Train Awards as both a performer and songwriter. In 2006, Munizzi was nominated for a Grammy for Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album...
  
  
• Stand Out - Tye Tribbett & G.A.
• The Sound
  The Sound (Mary Mary album)
  The Sound is the fifth studio album by R&B/gospel duo Mary Mary. It was released on October 21, 2008 in the U.S.. In the UK, The Sounds release had been delayed to September, then it had since been delayed again till October...
  
   - 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...
  
  
• The Standard - Take 6
  Take 6
  Take 6 is an American a cappella gospel music sextet formed in 1980 on the campus of Oakwood College in Huntsville, Alabama. The group sings in a contemporary style, integrating R&B and jazz influences into their devotional songs and has 10 Grammy wins, 10 Dove Awards, one Soul Train Award and two...
  
  
• Thy Kingdom Come
  Thy Kingdom Come
  Thy Kingdom Come is the eighth solo album from Grammy Award-winning gospel singer CeCe Winans. It was released on April 1, 2008 and debuted at number 57 on the Billboard 200 chart. The album received the Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album award at the 51st Grammy Awards in 2009...
  
   - 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...
  
  

Country & Bluegrass

Country Recorded Song of the Year

• "Did I Make A Difference" - 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...
  
  
• "Good Side Of Goodbye" - Living Waters Trio
• "I Saw God Today
  I Saw God Today
  "I Saw God Today" is the title of a song written by Rodney Clawson, Monty Criswell and Wade Kirby. It was recorded by American country music artist George Strait and released in February 2008 as the lead single from his album Troubadour...
  
  " - George Strait
  George Strait
  George Harvey Strait is an American country music singer, actor, and music producer. Strait is referred to as the "King of Country," and critics call Strait a living legend. He is known for his unique style of western swing music, bar-room ballads, honky-tonk style, and fresh yet traditional...
  
  
• "I Wish" - Point of Grace
  Point of Grace
  Point of Grace is an all-female Contemporary Christian music group. The trio consists of Shelley Breen, Denise Jones, and Leigh Cappillino. The group started out as a quartet in 1991, with original members Breen and Jones, as well as Terry Jones and Heather Payne...
  
  
• "Jesus and John Wayne" - 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...
  
  

Country Album of the Year

• Around the Bend
  Around the Bend (album)
  Around the Bend is the title of an album released in 2008 by American country music artist Randy Travis. The album is Travis' first mainstream country music album since 1999's A Man Ain't Made of Stone, all his other albums in the 2000s were composed of Christian country music. It sold 31,000...
  
   - 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...
  
  
• Home For Now - Living Waters Trio
• Hymned Again
  Hymned Again
  Hymned Again is the second solo album from MercyMe singer Bart Millard. Like his previous effort, Hymned, No. 1, the album features modern takes on popular Christian hymns. The album was released on August 19, 2008. Country singer Vince Gill, again makes a collaboration on the song "Jesus Cares for...
  
   - Bart Millard
• I Turn to You
  I Turn to You (album)
  I Turn to You is an album by American country music artist Richie McDonald. It was released on June 3, 2008 by Stroudavarious Records. The album peaked at number 6 on the Billboard Top Christian Albums chart.-Track listing:...
  
   - Richie McDonald
  Richie McDonald
  Richard Vance "Richie" McDonald is an American country music artist. From 1992 until his departure in 2007, he was the lead singer of the group Lonestar, which recorded seven studio albums on BNA Records during his tenure as lead vocalist. McDonald co-wrote several of the band's singles, and sang...
  
  
• Runaway Train
  Runaway Train (Crabb Revival album)
  Runaway Train is the debut album from the Christian country group Crabb Revival. The album was released on May 30, 2008.-Track listing:All songs written by Adam Crabb, except where noted.# "Runaway Train" - 5:15# "The Journey" - 4:56...
  
   - Crabb Revival
  Crabb Revival
  -Career:Crabb Revival was formed by brother and sister, Adam and Terah Crabb, after the disbandment of The Crabb Family in 2007. The other members, Zach Smith and Micah Schweinsberg, were part of the Crabb Family band, while the final member, Jedidiah Richardson, is Adam and Terah's cousin...
  
  

Bluegrass Recorded Song of the Year

• "Help Is On The Way" - Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
• "I See a Crimson Stream" - Janet Paschal
  Janet Paschal
  Janet Paschal is a Contemporary Christian and southern gospel vocalist and performer, often associated with Bill Gaither's Homecoming events.- Background :...
  
  
• "The Old White Flag" - Triumphant Quartet
  Triumphant Quartet
  The Triumphant Quartet is a United States Southern Gospel group that performed at the The Miracle Theater in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. They sang at the theater from 2003–2005, when it was known as The Louise Mandrell Theater...
  
  
• "They’re Holding Up The Ladder" - Jeff & Sheri Easter
  Jeff & Sheri Easter
  -Career:Jeff Easter and Sheri Williamson met in August 1984 during the Albert E. Brumley|Albert E. Brumley Sundown to Sunup Gospel Sing in Arkansas. At the time, Jeff was the bassist for the Singing Americans, while Sheri was performing with The Lewis Family...
  
  , 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"....
  
  , and The Easter Brothers
• "What Will I Wear" - Kim Hopper

Bluegrass Album of the Year

• Bluegrass Worship - Various artists
• Help Is On The Way - Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
• Hymns From Chigger Hill - Chigger Hill Boys & Terri
• I Don’t Regret A Mile - Larry Sparks
  Larry Sparks
  Larry Sparks is a Bluegrass singer and guitarist. He was the winner of the 2004 and 2005 International Bluegrass Music Association Male Vocalist of the Year Award. 2005, won IBMA for Album of the Year and Recorded Event of the Year for his album "40," celebrating his 40th year in bluegrass...
  
  
• Pickin’, Praisin’, & Singin’: Hymns From The Mountain - Cody Shuler & Pine Mountain Railroad
• We Are Family - Jeff & Sheri Easter
  Jeff & Sheri Easter
  -Career:Jeff Easter and Sheri Williamson met in August 1984 during the Albert E. Brumley|Albert E. Brumley Sundown to Sunup Gospel Sing in Arkansas. At the time, Jeff was the bassist for the Singing Americans, while Sheri was performing with The Lewis Family...
  
  , 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"....
  
  , and The Easter Brothers
• What A Journey - Paul Williams & The Victory Trio

Praise & Worship

Worship Song of the Year

• "A New Hallelujah" - 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...
  
  
  • Michael W. Smith, Debbie Smith, 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
• "Breathe On Me" - Natalie Grant
  Natalie Grant
  Natalie Grant is a singer-songwriter of contemporary Christian music. Her work has gained prominence, including four consecutive Dove Awards for best female artist, and with her signature song, Held...
  
  
  • Natalie Grant, songwriter
• "Jesus Messiah" - Chris Tomlin
  Chris Tomlin
  Christopher Dwayne "Chris" Tomlin is an American Christian Contemporary Music artist, worship leader, and songwriter from Grand Saline, Texas, United States. He is a former staff member at Austin Stone Community Church and is signed to EMI's sixstepsrecords. Tomlin also leads worship at many...
  
  
  • Chris Tomlin, Daniel Carson, Jesse Reeves, Ed Cash
    Ed Cash
    Ed Cash is a producer, songwriter, engineer, and multi-instrumentalist. He was named the “Producer of the Year” at the Gospel Music Awards for four consecutive years and gains recognition for his work with Christian singer, Chris Tomlin...
    
    , songwriters
• "Mighty To Save" - Hillsong Church
  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...
  
  
  • Ben Fielding, Joel Houston, songwriters
• "You’re Not Alone" - Meredith Andrews
  Meredith Andrews
  Meredith Sooter is a Dove Award winning Contemporary Christian music artist and worship leader.-Childhood:Andrews grew up in Wilson, NC, where she started singing when she was six years old. She attended Wilson Christian Academy, where she graduated. Andrews later attended college at Liberty...
  
  
  • Meredith Andrews, songwriter

Praise & Worship Album of the Year

• A New Hallelujah
  A New Hallelujah
  A New Hallelujah is Michael W. Smith's twenty-second album. This is his third album of worship music, and his fourth live album overall. This album was recorded in Lakewood Church, Houston, Texas, on June 20, 2008.-Reception:...
  
   - 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...
  
  
• Great God Who Saves
  Great God Who Saves
  Great God Who Saves is the first official studio album from singer/songwriter Laura Story. The album was released on March 18, 2008.-Track listing:All songs written by Laura Story, except where noted:# "Bless the Lord" - 4:05...
  
   - Laura Story
  Laura Story
  Laura Story is an American Contemporary Christian music singer-songwriter from Spartanburg, South Carolina.Her single off the album "Blessings" became her first to reach No...
  
  
• Hello Love
  Hello Love (Chris Tomlin album)
  Hello Love is the fifth studio album by Chris Tomlin, released on September 2, 2008. It debuted at No. 9 on the Billboard 200 with 52,000 units, his best sales and charting week to date. The album also debuted at No. 2 on the Christian album charts. It was Grammy-nominated for Best Pop/Contemporary...
  
   - Chris Tomlin
  Chris Tomlin
  Christopher Dwayne "Chris" Tomlin is an American Christian Contemporary Music artist, worship leader, and songwriter from Grand Saline, Texas, United States. He is a former staff member at Austin Stone Community Church and is signed to EMI's sixstepsrecords. Tomlin also leads worship at many...
  
  
• Opposite Way
  Opposite Way
  Opposite Way is the second studio album from the Christian band Leeland, released on February 26, 2008. The album reached #1 on the iTunes Store Christian Albums chart in its debut week...
  
   - Leeland
  Leeland
  Leeland is a Christian rock band from Baytown, Texas. The band was formed in 2004, although lead singer Leeland Mooring had been writing songs beforehand. Leeland is composed of Leeland Mooring , Jack Mooring , Casey Moore , Shelly Mooring and Mike Smith...
  
  
• The Invitation
  The Invitation (Meredith Andrews album)
  -Awards:The album was nominated for a Dove Award for Praise & Worship Album of the Year at the 40th GMA Dove Awards....
  
   - Meredith Andrews
  Meredith Andrews
  Meredith Sooter is a Dove Award winning Contemporary Christian music artist and worship leader.-Childhood:Andrews grew up in Wilson, NC, where she started singing when she was six years old. She attended Wilson Christian Academy, where she graduated. Andrews later attended college at Liberty...
  
  

Urban

Urban Recorded Song of the Year

• "Declaration (This Is It)
  Declaration (This is It)
  "Declaration " is an Gospel song by Kirk Franklin from his 2007 album The Fight of My Life. The song contains samples of and interpolations of "This Is It" by Michael McDonald and Kenny Loggins who are credited with Franklin as composers of the song.-Charts and succession:"Declaration " became a...
  
  " - 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 :...
  
  
• "Get Up
  Get Up (Mary Mary song)
  "Get Up" is the lead single for Mary Mary's fourth studio album The Sound. The single was written and produced by both Mary Mary and producer Warryn Campbell, husband of member Erica Campbell. The song is known as "the movement anthem"...
  
  " - 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...
  
  
• "Love Him Like I Do" - Deitrick Haddon
  Deitrick Haddon
  Deitrick Haddon is a Gospel singer, songwriter and producer. A popular artist known for his contemporary style of music, he is well known for his progressive gospel styles.-Early years:Haddon is a native of Detroit, Michigan....
  
   with Ruben Studdard
  Ruben Studdard
  Christopher Theodore Ruben Studdard , best known as Ruben Studdard, is an American R&B, pop, and gospel singer. He rose to fame as winner of the second season of American Idol...
  
   and 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...
  
  
• "No Looking Back" - Damita
  Damita
  Damita Haddon is an American gospel singer. She is married to Stellar Award winner Deitrick Haddon. Haddon released her first album, entitled Damita, in 2000. on Atlantic Records. Her second album, No Looking Back, was released in 2008 on Tyscot Records...
  
  
• "Not A Slave" - J.R.
  J.R. (singer)
  Courtney O. Peebles, a.k.a. "J.R.", is a Christian singer and producer signed to Cross Movement Records. J.R. is also half of the So Hot Productions team along with N.A.B. His debut album was Metamorphosis, released in 2005. He often appears on the hooks of songs by fellow labelmates, such as...
  
  

Urban Album of the Year

• Bold Right Life
  Bold Right Life
  Bold Right Life is the third studio album from American contemporary gospel singer Kierra Sheard. It was released 27 October 2008 by EMI Gospel.- Reviews :Critics reviewed the album favorably...
  
   - Kierra Sheard
  Kierra Sheard
  Kierra "Kiki" Sheard is an American gospel recording artist. She is the daughter of gospel singer Karen Clark Sheard and the granddaughter of gospel choral director Mattie Moss Clark.-Early life:Born in Detroit, Michigan and raised in the suburb of West Bloomfield, Sheard spent her formative years...
  
  
• The Fight of My Life - 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 :...
  
  
• Kingdom Business - Canton Jones
  Canton Jones
  Canton Jones, born in Deerfield Beach, Florida, is an American Christian musician and Christian hip-hop artist.-Early years:Canton Jones began singing at the age of 5 in a vocal group founded by his father...
  
  
• No Looking Back - Damita
  Damita
  Damita Haddon is an American gospel singer. She is married to Stellar Award winner Deitrick Haddon. Haddon released her first album, entitled Damita, in 2000. on Atlantic Records. Her second album, No Looking Back, was released in 2008 on Tyscot Records...
  
  
• Revealed - Deitrick Haddon
  Deitrick Haddon
  Deitrick Haddon is a Gospel singer, songwriter and producer. A popular artist known for his contemporary style of music, he is well known for his progressive gospel styles.-Early years:Haddon is a native of Detroit, Michigan....
  
  

Others

Instrumental Album of the Year

• A Treasury of Hymns - LaDonna
• Always There - Harold Rayford
• Born to Play - Barry D.
• Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
  The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (soundtrack)
  The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian is the soundtrack of the film of the same name. Harry Gregson-Williams is the composer of the soundtrack, which was released on May 13, 2008 ....
  
   - Various artists, Harry Gregson-Williams
  Harry Gregson-Williams
  Harry Gregson-Williams is a prolific British composer, orchestrator, conductor, and music producer. He is best known for his film scores, of which he has composed over sixty using electronic music and orchestral pieces...
  
   (composer)
• Love Beyond All Measure - Stephen Petrunak
• The Breath of Life - Angella Christie
  Angélla Christie
  Angélla Christie is a gospel saxophonist.Christie has released seven albums and did a 40-city national tour in 2000. Her 1998 album Hymn & I reached the 24th spot on the Billboard Top Gospel Albums...
  
  

Children's Music Album of the Year

• Absolute Modern Worship for Kids 4 - Various artists
• All God’s Animals - TJ McCloud
  TJ McCloud
  -Early Career:Born in Stillwater, Oklahoma, in 1980, he lived in Perry, Oklahoma until 1990, then moved with his family to Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he finished high school. In 1999, he co-founded the group Doubting Thomas with Jenks High School buddies Ab Colby and Rockwell Ryan Ripperger...
  
  
• David: Shepherd, Psalmist, Soldier, King! - Bible StorySongs
• Shout Praises Kids – I Am Free - Jeff Sandstrom, Kurt Goebel, Stephen Leiweke, and Jeremy Redmon
• Sleepytime Lullabies - Praise Baby
• Tell The World
  Tell the World (Hillsong album)
  Tell the World is the fourth live praise and worship album of Christian Contemporary music for children by the Hillsong Church. It was released 2007 on Integrity Records and Hillsong Music Australia.-Track listing:...
  
   - Hillsong Kids

Spanish Language Album of the Year

• Abriras Las Puertas - Malin
• Alabanza y Adoracion: Del Corazon - Lucia Parker
• Mi Salvacion - Ingrid Rosario
• Refrescate! - Aline Barros
• Rescátame
  Rescátame
  Rescátame is a Spanish album released by the Christian rock group, Seventh Day Slumber. The album features Spanish versions of songs from their previous three albums with BEC Recordings.-Production and recording:...
  
   - 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...
  
  
• Sobrenatural
  Sobrenatural (Marcos Witt album)
  Sobrenatural is the thirty-second album released by Christian singer Marcos Witt. The album was recorded live from Bogotá, Colombia.-Track listing:#"Introducción" - 1:31#"Dios Desciende Aquí" - 4:34#"Es Aquí, Es Ahora" - 4:18...
  
   - Marcos Witt
  Marcos Witt
  Marcos Witt , is an American, four-time Latin Grammy Award-winning Christian singer and pastor.-Biography:Marcos Witt is the second born of three children to Jerry and Nola Witt, a young American missionary couple. The Witt family moved to Durango, México, in 1964 and they started a missionary...
  
  
• Tengo Sed de Tí
  Tengo Sed de Tí
  Tengo Sed de Tí is a Spanish album released by Brazilian Christian singer Soraya Moraes.-Track listing:# "Tengo Sed de Ti"# "Estoy Listo"# "Tus Altares"# "Nube de Gloria"# "Me Alegro En El Señor"# "Tempo de Celebración"# "Brazos de Amor"...
  
   - Soraya Moraes
  Soraya Moraes
  Soraya Moraes is a Brazilian gospel singer.Moraes was born in São Paulo and sang in church as a child. Her professional career began in a band called Metanoya in 1992; their debut album, Guerra, was released in 1993. In 1998, she signed with Gospel Records as a solo artist, and her debut, Pensando...
  
  

Special Event Album of the Year

• Billy: The Early Years Official Motion Picture Soundtrack
  Billy: The Early Years (soundtrack)
  Billy: The Early Years is the official movie soundtrack for the film of the same name. It was released October 7, 2008, and charted at No. 70 on the U.S. Top Country Albums chart. The album has produced two chart singles; "Low" by Sara Evans and "Over the Next Hill" by Brooks & Dunn...
  
   (Arista Nashville
  Arista Nashville
  Arista Nashville is an American record label that is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment, operated under the Sony Music Nashville division. Founded in 1989, the label specializes in country music artists, including Alan Jackson, Brooks & Dunn, Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood...
  
  /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:...
  
  )
• Country Bluegrass Homecoming Volume One (Gaither Music Group)
• How Great Thou Art: Gospel Favorites from the Grand Ole Opry (Sony BMG Nashville)
• Passion: God of This City (Sixsteps Records)
• Your Name (Integrity Music)

Christmas Album of the Year

• Christmas Gaither Vocal Band Style
  Christmas Gaither Vocal Band Style
  -Awards:Christmas Gaither Vocal Band Style was nominated for a Dove Award for Christmas Album of the Year at the 40th GMA Dove Awards.-Chart performance:The album peaked at #13 on Billboards Christian Albums and #8 on Holiday Albums.-External links:...
  
   - 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...
  
  
• Christmas Songs - Fernando Ortega
  Fernando Ortega
  Fernando Ortega is an adult contemporary singer-songwriter in contemporary Christian music. He is noted both for his interpretations of many traditional hymns and songs, such as "Give Me Jesus" and "Be Thou My Vision", and for writing clear, easily understood songs, such as "This Good...
  
  
• Home for Christmas
  Home for Christmas (BarlowGirl album)
  Home for Christmas is a Christmas album from contemporary Christian rock band BarlowGirl. It was released on September 23, 2008, and charted at #180 on the Billboard 200.-Track listing:#"It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year"...
  
   - BarlowGirl
  BarlowGirl
  BarlowGirl is an American Christian rock–CCM all-female band from Chicago, Illinois. The band is composed of sisters Alyssa , Rebecca , and Lauren Barlow . The band has won several awards in their genre; their song "Never Alone" was the longest running No...
  
  
• O Holy Night - Sara Groves
  Sara Groves
  Sara Groves is an American Contemporary Christian singer, record producer, and author....
  
  
• Peace on Earth
  Peace on Earth (Casting Crowns album)
  - Awards :In 2009, the album won a Dove Award for Christmas Album of the Year at the 40th GMA Dove Awards....
  
   - 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...
  
  

Choral Collection of the Year

• Cradle That Rocked The World - 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"...
  
  , Christopher Phillips, Jukka Palonen
• Glorious Day - David Moffitt, Sue C. Smith, 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...
  
  
• He Still Leads – Christ Church Choir - Landy Gardner, Joy Gardner, Christopher Phillips
• I’ll Say Yes - Carol Cymbala
  Carol Cymbala
  Carol Cymbala is the choir director for the Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir. She is the wife of pastor Jim Cymbala and daughter of Reverend Clair Hutchins.- Awards :*Grammy Award for Best Gospel Choir or Chorus Album in 2000, 2001, and 2003...
  
  
• Make a Joyful Noise - Regi Stone

Recorded Music Packaging of the Year

• …Is My Friend
  Hawk Nelson Is My Friend
  Hawk Nelson Is My Friend, stylized on the album cover as Hawk Nelson... Is My Friend!, is the third full-length studio album from Christian rock band Hawk Nelson. It was released on April 1, 2008, debuting at #34 on the Billboard 200 and #13 on iTunes top hundred chart. In the first week of its...
  
   - Hawk Nelson
  Hawk Nelson
  Hawk Nelson is a Christian rock band from Peterborough, Ontario. The band has become very popular in the Christian music scene and was voted "Favorite New Artist" by CCM Magazine in their February 2006 Reader's Choice Awards. In 2006 Hawk Nelson won a No...
  
  
• Remedy Club Tour Edition - 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...
  
  
• Revelation
  Revelation (Third Day album)
  Revelation is the ninth studio album and thirteenth overall release from Third Day, which was released on July 29, 2008. It debuted at #6 on the Billboard 200 and #1 on Christian Album charts. The first radio single released in promotion of the album, "Call My Name", was released on April 22, 2008...
  
   - 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...
  
  
• Storm the Gates of Hell
  Storm the Gates of Hell
  -Credits:Demon Hunter*Ryan Clark — lead vocals*Don Clark — rhythm guitar*Ethan Luck — lead guitar, lap steel guitar*Jonathan Dunn — bass guitar*Timothy "Yogi" Watts — drumsProduction and additional musicians*Aaron Sprinkle — keyboards, production, programming...
  
   (Deluxe Edition) - Demon Hunter
  Demon Hunter
  Demon Hunter is an American heavy metal band from Seattle, Washington, started in 2000 by brothers Don Clark and Ryan Clark. All of Demon Hunter's members are Christians and express their love for Jesus in many of their songs. Although the brothers created the band, only one remains, Don Clark...
  
  
• The Tide Will Swallow Us Whole
  The Tide Will Swallow Us Whole
  The Tide Will Swallow Us Whole is the debut album by Trenches. The album was originally titled "950 Times Per Second," possibly as a reference to the rate at which a black hole allegedly spins.-Track listing:#Calling - 3:42#Eyes Open - 3:21...
  
   - Trenches
  Trenches (band)
  Trenches was a metal band formed in Indianapolis, Indiana by former Haste the Day singer Jimmy Ryan.- History :In late 2005, Jimmy Ryan announced his decision to leave Haste the Day soon after that he got married and accepted a position at Tooth & Nail Records. He started a new band called Trenches...
  
  

Musicals

Musical of the Year

• Child of Wonder
• East to West
• God Bless the USA
• Savior
• The Risen Christ

Youth/Children's Musical

• An Island Christmas
• Angels We Have Heard
• It’s a Wonder-Full Life
• Lifesong
• The Christmas County Spelling Bee

Videos

Short Form Music Video of the Year

• "Daylight" - Remedy Drive
  Remedy Drive
  Remedy Drive is a Christian contemporary band with from Nashville, Tennessee. The band is composed of lead vocalist David Zach, guitarist Dave Mohr, bassist Corey Horn, and drummer Timmy Jones. They have recorded five independent studio albums, one independent live album and released their first...
  
  
  • Andy & Jon Erwin (video directors)
• "Fan Mail" - 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...
  
  
  • Sam Sanchez (video director and producer)
• "In the Valley of the Dying Sun" - House of Heroes
  House of Heroes
  House of Heroes is an alternative rock band from Columbus, Ohio. They were also known by the name No Tagbacks. They are generally considered to be Christian rock, though their lyrics are not always transparently Christian...
  
  
  • Danny Yourd (video director), Steve Hoover (video producer)
• "Movin’" - Group 1 Crew
  Group 1 Crew
  Group 1 Crew is a Christian hip hop band signed to Fervent Records and Warner Bros. Records. They made their debut with their hit song "Can't Go On" on WOW Hits 2007. Soon after they released their first EP I Have a Dream . The band released their self-titled debut full-length studio album, Group 1...
  
  
  • Andy & Jon Erwin (video directors), Dan Atchison (video producer)
• "Slow Fade
  Slow Fade
  "Slow Fade" is a song by the Christian rock band Casting Crowns. It was released as their third single off of their 2007 album The Altar and the Door. It was featured in the 2008 film Fireproof, and also the compilation album WOW Hits 2010...
  
  " - 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...
  
  
  • Andy & Jon Erwin (video directors)

Long Form Music Video of the Year

• Alive and Transported
  Alive and Transported
  Alive and Transported is a live album by Christian hip hop artist tobyMac. It was released on May 27, 2008 and debuted at number 112 on the Billboard 200, and also placed at number 4 on Billboards Top Christian Albums chart. It is currently sold as a CD/DVD combo...
  
   - 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....
  
  
  • Eric Welch (video director), Tameron Hedge and Dan Pitts (video producers)
• Comatose Comes Alive
  Comatose Comes Alive
  Comatose Comes Alive DVD/CD is the second live album and second live DVD by the Christian rock band Skillet, which peaked at #164 on the Billboard 200. It is the band's first combination CD/DVD of live recording, as their first official live album was 2000's Ardent Worship, a worship album recorded...
  
   - 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...
  
  
  • Carl Diebold (video director), Diebold, Paul Kerby, and Zachary Kelm (video producers)
• Country Bluegrass Homecoming Volume One - Bill & Gloria Gaither
  • Doug Stuckey (video director), Bill Gaither (video producer)
• O Holy Night - 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...
  
  
  • David Phelps and Jimmy Abegg (video directors), Phelps, Abegg, Jim Chaffee, and Ben Pearson (video producers)
• The Altar and the Door Live
  The Altar and the Door Live
  The Altar and the Door Live is a live CD/DVD by the Christian rock band Casting Crowns, released in 2008.- Track listing :# "All Because of Jesus" # "Praise You with the Dance"# "Love Them Like Jesus"# "Every Man"# "The Word Is Alive"...
  
   - 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...
  
  
  • Andy & Jon Erwin (video directors)

Artists with multiple nominations and awards

The following artists received multiple nominations:

• Seven: Chris Tomlin
  Chris Tomlin
  Christopher Dwayne "Chris" Tomlin is an American Christian Contemporary Music artist, worship leader, and songwriter from Grand Saline, Texas, United States. He is a former staff member at Austin Stone Community Church and is signed to EMI's sixstepsrecords. Tomlin also leads worship at many...
  
  
• Five: Natalie Grant
  Natalie Grant
  Natalie Grant is a singer-songwriter of contemporary Christian music. Her work has gained prominence, including four consecutive Dove Awards for best female artist, and with her signature song, Held...
  
  , Francesca Battistelli
  Francesca Battistelli
  Francesca Battistelli is an American Christian musician from New York City, New York. She was originally an independent artist and had released an independent album, Just a Breath, in 2004. Her first studio album on Fervent Records, My Paper Heart, was released on July 22, 2008...
  
  , 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...
  
  , 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,...
  
  
• Four: Fireflight
  Fireflight
  Fireflight is an American Christian rock band formed in Eustis, Florida in 1999. The band is signed by Flicker Records. They have played in Shoutfest, Revelation Generation, and have been featured on The Scars Remain tour with Disciple, Family Force 5, and Decyfer Down...
  
  
• Two: 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....
  
  , Marvin Sapp
  Marvin Sapp
  Pastor Marvin Louis Sapp is an American Gospel music singer-songwriter who recorded with the group Commissioned during the 1990s before beginning a record-breaking solo career...
  
  

The following artists received multiple awards:

• Three: 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...
  
  , Brandon Heath
  Brandon Heath
  Brandon Heath is a contemporary Christian musician from Nashville, Tennessee. He has released three studio albums: Don't Get Comfortable , What If We and "Leaving Eden" . He is best known for the No. 1 "I'm Not Who I Was" and "Give Me Your Eyes". He was nominated four times at the Dove Awards of...
  
  
• Two: 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
  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...
  
  , The Blind Boys of Alabama
  The Blind Boys of Alabama
  The Blind Boys of Alabama are a gospel group from Alabama that first formed at the Alabama Institute for the Negro Blind at Talladega, Alabama in 1939. The three main vocalists of the group and their drummer/percussionist are all blind....
  
  , 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...
  
  

External links

• Dove Awards winners at DoveAwards.com
• Nominations Announced for 40th GMA Dove Awards at CBN Music
• GMA Dove Awards Nominations for 2009 Announced at GospelMusicUpdate