Award recipients

• Song of the Year
  • "Friend Of A Wounded Heart"; Wayne Watson, Claire Cloninger; Word (ASCAP)
• 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,...
    
    
• Male Vocalist of the Year
  • 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...
    
    
• Female Vocalist of the Year
  • 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:...
    
    
• Group of the Year
  • 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...
    
    
• Artist of the Year
  • Amy Grant
    Amy Grant
    Amy Lee Grant is an American singer-songwriter, musician, author, media personality and actress, best known for her Christian music. She has been referred to as "The Queen of Christian Pop"...
    
    
• New Artist of the Year
  • 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...
    
    
• Southern Gospel Album of the Year
  • Goin' In Style; The Cathedrals; Lari Goss; Homeland
• Southern Gospel Recorded Song of the Year
  • "Champion Of Love"; The Cathedrals; Phil Cross, Caroly Cross; RiverSong
• Inspirational Album of the Year
  • Make His Praise Glorious; Sandi Patty; Greg Nelson, Sandi Patti Helvering*; Word
• NOTE: The legal name was not changed until 1994.
• Inspirational Recorded Song of the Year
  • "In Heaven's Eyes"; Sandi Patty; Phil McHugh; Word
• Pop/Contemporary Album of the Year
  • Lead Me On; Amy Grant; Brown Bannister; Myrrh
• Pop/Contemporary Recorded Song of the Year
  • "His Eyes"; Steven Curtis Chapman; Steven Curtis Chapman; Sparrow
• Contemporary Gospel Album of the Year
  • Take 6; 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...
    
    ; Mark Kibble, Claude V. McKnight III, Mervyn E. Warren; Reunion
• Contemporary Gospel Recorded Song of the Year
  • "If We Ever"; 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...
    
    ; Public Domain; Reunion
• Traditional Gospel Album of the Year
  • Live...In Chicago; Shirley Caesar; Bubba Smith, Shirley Caesar; Rejoice
• Traditional Gospel Recorded Song of the Year (formerly Traditional Black Gospel)
  • "Hold My Mule"; Shirley Caesar; Shirley Caesar Williams; Word
• Country Album of the Year
  • Richest Man In Town; Bruce Carroll; Bubba Smith; New Canaan
• Country Recorded Song of the Year
  • "Above And Beyond"; Bruce Carroll; Bruce Carroll, Paul Smith; Word
• Rock Album of the Year
  • Russ Taff; Russ Taff; Jack Joseph Puig; Myrrh
• Rock Recorded Song of the Year
  • "Won By One"; Mylon & Broken Heart; Scot Allen, Trent Arganti, Kenneth Bentley, Ben Hewitt, Paul Joseph, Mylon LeFevre, Joe Hardy; Myrrh
• Hard Music Album of the Year
  • In God We Trust; Stryper; Stryper, Michael Lloyd; Enigma
• Hard Music Recorded Song of the Year
  • "In God We Trust"; Stryper; Stryper; Benson
• Instrumental Album of the Year
  • A Symphony Of Praise; Sandi Patti; David T Clydesdale; Word
• Praise and Worship Album of the Year
  • Praise 10; Maranatha! Singers; Smitty Price, Tom Coomes; Maranatha!
• Children's Music Album of the Year
  • Wise Guys And Starry Skies; Kathie Hill; Kathie Hill, Randall Dennis; Sparrow
• Musical Album
  • In His Presence, The Ridden King; Dick and Melodie Tunney; Dick and Melodie Tunney; Genevox
• Choral Collection Album
  • Sandi Patty Choral Praise; Greg Nelson; Word Music
• Short Form Music Video of the Year
  • "Lead Me On"; Amy Grant; Tina Silvey; Andrew Doucette; Myrrh
• Long Form Music Video of the Year
  • Carmen Live...Radically Saved; Carman; Cindy Dupree; George J. Flanigen IV and Robert Deaton; Benson
• Recorded Music Packaging of the Year
  • PATRICK POLLEI, JOAN TANKERSLEY; PHILLIP DIXON; Russ Taff; Russ Taff