Brandon Lake Leads With Five Nominations and Cory Asbury, and Phil Wickham Follow With Three Each, 54 Artists Nominated Across 12 ‘Song of the Year’ Categories
Provident Music Group celebrates 26 nominations announced this week at the 47th Annual GMA Dove Award press conference held at Lipscomb University. Jason Roy from Building 429 was in attendance to help announce this year's nominees with CeCe Winans.
The theme of this year's award show is "Love Amplified," which speaks to the collective power of when we all come together with one voice. The GMA Dove Awards will be held on Tuesday, October 11 in Nashville, TN at Allen Arena at Lipscomb University. The awards show will be televised on TBN at 9:00 PM CST on Sunday, October 16.
Among those nominated this year are multiple nominees Jason Ingram leading with seven nominations, Paul Mabury with six nominations and both Casting Crowns and Kirk Franklin with four nominations. See below for the complete list of Provident Label Group, Essential Music Publishing, Provident Films and RCA Inspiration nominees.
Provident Label Group
Song of the Year
"Just Be Held" - Casting Crowns (Writers) Bernie Herms, Mark Hall, Matthew West
Contemporary Christian Artist of the Year
Casting Crowns
Rock/Contemporary Recorded Song of the Year
"Take Me Over" - RED (Writers) Johnny Andrews, Anthony Armstrong, Randy Armstrong, Josh Baker, Michael Barnes, Rob Graves, Jason McArthur
Pop/Contemporary Recorded Song of the Year
"Just Be Held" - Casting Crowns (Writers) Bernie Herms, Mark Hall, Matthew West
Worship Album of the Year A Live Worship Experience - Casting Crowns (Producer) Mark A. Miller
Essential Music Publishing
Song of the Year
"Just Be Held" - Casting Crowns (Writers) Bernie Herms, Mark Hall, Matthew West
"First" - Lauren Daigle (Writers) Hank Bentley, Jason Ingram, Lauren Daigle, Mia Fieldes, Paul Mabury
"Trust In You" Lauren Daigle - (Writers) Lauren Daigle, Michael Farren, Paul Mabury
Songwriter of the Year (Non-Artist)
Jason Ingram
Paul Mabury
Rock/Contemporary Recorded Song of the Year
"Live On Forever" - The Afters (Writers) Jordan Mohilowski, Dan Ostebo, Matt Fuqua, Josh Havens, Jason Ingram
Pop/Contemporary Recorded Song of the Year
"My Story" - Big Daddy Weave (Writers) Mike Weaver, Jason Ingram
"Trust In You" Lauren Daigle - (Writers) Lauren Daigle, Michael Farren, Paul Mabury
Worship Song of the Year
"Even So Come" - Chris Tomlin (Writers) Jess Cates, Jason Ingram, Chris Tomlin
Inspirational Album of the Year Brave New World - Amanda Cook (Producers) Jason Ingram, Paul Mabury, Amanda Cook
Children's Music Album of the Year Come Alive - Bethel Music Kids (Producers) Jason Ingram, Paul Mabury
Provident Films
Inspirational Film of the Year War Room - (Director) Alex Kendrick (Producers) Kendrick Brothers Pictures, AFFIRM Films, Provident Films Woodlawn - (Directors) Andrew Erwin, Jon Erwin (Producers) Erwin Brothers Entertainment, Provident Films, Pure Flix Productions
RCA Inspiration
Gospel Artist of the Year
Kirk Franklin
New Artist of the Year
Travis Greene
Producer of the Year
Kirk Franklin
Contemporary Gospel/Urban Recorded Song of the Year
"Wanna Be Happy?" - Kirk Franklin
Urban Worship Recorded Song of the Year
"Intentional" - Travis Greene
Contemporary Gospel/Urban Album of the Year Losing My Religion - Kirk Franklin You Shall Live - Marvin Sapp (Producer) Aaron W. Lindsey
Urban Worship Album of the Year Covered: Alive in Asia - Israel Houghton & New Breed (Producers) Israel Houghton, Kevin Camp The Hill - Travis Greene (Producers) Victor Navejar, Travis Greene
