We want to congratulate ALL of the artists and their management teams for the recognition bestowed by the GMA Dove Awards in today’s nominations. But of course we are most excited for Danny Gokey’s two nominiations:
CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN ARTIST OF THE YEAR – CAT 4
Casting Crowns, Provident Label Group
Danny Gokey, BMG Rights Management
Kari Jobe, Sparrow Records
NEEDTOBREATHE, Atlantic Recording Corporation
Zach Williams, Provident Label Group
POP/CONTEMPORARY ALBUM OF THE YEAR – CAT 22
The Very Next Thing – Casting Crowns, (producer) Mark A. Miller
Rise – Danny Gokey, (producers) Mitchell Solarek, Bernie Herms
The River – Jordan Feliz, (producers) Joshua Silverberg, Colby Wedgeworth
Lifer – MercyMe, (producers) Ben Glover, David Garcia
Chain Breaker – Zach Williams, (producer) Jonathan Smith
To see the full list of nominations, click DOVE Nominees
Singer-songwriters Zach Williams and Lauren Daigle are the top artist nominees for the 2017 GMA Dove Awards, which recognizes Christian music makers in variety of genres. Williams and Daigle lead the pack of nominated artists with five nominations each, though neither are up for the show’s big award, Artist of the Year. That category’s nominees include Chris Tomlin, For King & Country, Hillsong United, MercyMe and TobyMac.
To read the full article click Tennessean
The 48th annual show will be held Oct. 17 at Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tennessee. It will air Oct. 22 on Trinity Broadcasting Network.
Our thanks to Grace Fershee Photography for the great lead photo of this post.
Some really tough competition, but always an honor to get nominated. Kind of ironic that Danny is competing against Casting Crowns, the headliners of The Very Next Thing Tour of earlier this year….
Danny didn’t perform last year, so with two significant nominations, I expect he will this time.
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Way to go Danny Gokey and his INCREDIBLE BAND!!! What a huge huge honor!! Congratulations!! 💙🎶💙🎶
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#GokeyFanForever
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😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊Congratulations, Danny.😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
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Those are two very good nominations for Danny this year. Go #Rise!
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Congratulations Danny! Wonderful news!
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Nice to see country music media also talking about the Dove Awards:
http://tasteofcountry.com/2017-dove-awards-nominees/
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First announcements on Dove Award performers: REBA McENTIRE, MERCYME, CECE WINANS & ZACH WILLIAMS
http://doveawards.com/reba-mcentire-mercyme-cece-winans-zach-williams-to-perform-at-48th-annual-gma-dove-awards/
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