The Provident Music Group family of artists, labels, songwriters and publishers are pleased to announce they received 25 GMA Dove Award nominations. All nominees were announced today via Facebook Live for the 48th Annual GMA Dove Awards, which will be held on Tuesday, October 17 in Nashville, TN at Lipscomb University's Allen Arena. TBN will air the awards on October 22. 

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The top Provident Music Group nominees are Zach Williams with five nominations (Song of the Year, New Artist, Pop/Contemporary Album, Contemporary Christian Artist, Pop/Contemporary Recorded Song) and Kirk Franklin with four (Songwriter of the Year, Gospel Artist, Contemporary Gospel/Urban Recorded Song, Contemporary Gospel/Urban Album for producer). Both Fred Hammond and Casting Crowns received two nods, as did songwriters Jonathan Smith and Mia Fieldes.  Below is a complete list of all Provident Music Group nominees.

SONG OF THE YEAR
"Chain Breaker"
Writers: Jonathan Smith*, Mia Fieldes, Zach Williams
"Great Are You Lord"
Writers: Jason Ingram, David Leonard, Leslie Jordan 
"Even If"
Writers: Bart Millard, Ben Glover, Crystal Lewis, David Garcia, Tim Timmons  

SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR (ARTIST)
Kirk Franklin 

SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR (NON-ARTIST) 
Jonathan Smith
Mia Fieldes 
Bryan Fowler

CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Casting Crowns
Zach Williams

GOSPEL ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Kirk Franklin
Travis Greene 
CeCe Winans

NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Zach Williams 

POP/CONTEMPORARY RECORDED SONG OF THE YEAR 
"Chain Breaker" - Zach Williams
Writers: Jonathan Smith, Mia Fieldes, Zach Williams

CONTEMPORARY GOSPEL/URBAN RECORDED SONG OF THE YEAR
"Father Jesus Spirit" - Fred Hammond
Writers: Fred Hammond, Derek "DC" Clark, Shelton Summons 
"My World Needs You" - Kirk Franklin          
Writer: Kirk Franklin 

URBAN WORSHIP RECORDED SONG OF THE YEAR
"Everlasting God" - William Murphy
Writer: Fellowship Church 

WORSHIP SONG OF THE YEAR 
"Fierce" - Jesus Culture
Writers: Mia Fieldes, Josh Silverberg, Chris Quilala

POP/CONTEMPORARY ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Chain Breaker - Zach Williams
The Very Next Thing - Casting Crowns

CONTEMPORARY GOSPEL/URBAN ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Demonstrate - William Murphy
Worship Journal Live - Fred Hammond
One Way (by Tamela Mann) - (Kirk Franklin as a producer)

TRADITIONAL GOSPEL ALBUM OF THE YEAR
The Journey LIVE - Donnie McClurkin

WORSHIP ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Frontiers - Vertical Worship