The 37th Annual GMA Dove Awards, also called the 37th Annual GMA Music Awards, were held on April 5, 2006 recognizing accomplishments of Christian musicians for the year 2005. 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...

 and 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 :...

. This was the last year in which the awards were called the "GMA Music Awards", since they will change their names to "GMA Dove Awards".

Nominations were announced earlier in 2006 by Kirk Franklin and Rebecca St. James at the Hilton Nashville Downtown in Music City, Tennessee

Tennessee

Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...

.

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...

 won four awards, including Artist of the Year, while 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...

 were awarded 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...

, 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...

, 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 :...

, and The Crabb Family

The Crabb Family

The Crabb Family was a Grammy-nominated, Dove Award-winning Southern Gospel group from Beaver Dam, Kentucky. They had sixteen No. 1 songs on the national radio charts.-Members:...

 each won two awards.

Performers

Telecast ceremony
The following performed:

Artist(s)	Song(s)
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... David Crowder Mark Hall Mark Hall (musician) Mark Hall, Jr. is the lead vocalist for the Georgia-based Christian rock group Casting Crowns, a seven-member group made up of all youth pastors.-Early childhood:... 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...	Tribute to 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,... : "For the Sake of the Call For the Sake of the Call (song) "For the Sake of the Call" is a song by contemporary Christian singer-songwriter Steven Curtis Chapman from his fourth studio album, For the Sake of the Call... " "More To This Life" "Magnificent Obsession" "I Will Be Here" "Dive Dive (Steven Curtis Chapman song) "Dive" is a song by Contemporary Christian artist Steven Curtis Chapman, released as the second single from his 1999 album Speechless. It was enormously popular on Christian radio, reaching no. 1 on many Christian charts. It is widely considered one of the greatest CCM hits of all time... "
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...
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 :...
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...
Sawyer Brown Sawyer Brown Sawyer Brown is an American country music band founded in 1981 in Apopka, Florida, by five members of country pop singer Don King's road band: Bobby Randall and Jim Scholten , both from Midland, Michigan; Joe Smyth , Gregg "Hobie" Hubbard , and Mark Miller...
The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir
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...
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...
Mark Schultz Mark Schultz (musician) Mark Schultz is a Contemporary Christian music singer/songwriter. He grew up in Colby, Kansas and graduated from Kansas State University with a degree in marketing. At Kansas State, Mark was a member of Lambda Chi Alpha. He moved to Nashville, Tennessee where he served eight years as a youth group...
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...
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:...
Israel & New Breed
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...
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...

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...
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• 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...
  
  

New Artist of the Year

• 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:...
  
  
• Krystal Meyers
  Krystal Meyers
  Krystal Meyers is an American Christian rock / Contemporary Christian singer-songwriter and musician...
  
  
• Mat Kearney
  Mat Kearney
  Mathew William "Mat" Kearney is an American musician born in Eugene, Oregon, now based in Nashville, Tennessee. Kearney has received critical acclaim and widespread recognition for his Columbia Records debut, Nothing Left to Lose. So far, he has a total of four top 20 hits on the Adult Top 40...
  
  
• 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 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...
  
  

Group 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...
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• 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....
  
  

Male Vocalist of the Year

• 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...
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• Mark Hall
  Mark Hall (musician)
  Mark Hall, Jr. is the lead vocalist for the Georgia-based Christian rock group Casting Crowns, a seven-member group made up of all youth pastors.-Early childhood:...
  
  

Female Vocalist 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"...
  
  
• Bethany Dillon
  Bethany Dillon
  Bethany Dillon is a Contemporary Christian music artist. She is now married to contemporary Christian recording artist Shane Barnard of Shane & Shane.-Childhood:...
  
  
• Joy Williams
• 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...
  
  
• Nichole Nordeman
  Nichole Nordeman
  Nichole Ellyse Nordeman is an eight-time Dove Award-winning contemporary Christian American singer–songwriter.-Biography:Nordeman was raised in Colorado Springs, Colorado, where she played the piano in church...
  
  

Song of the Year

• "Cry Out to Jesus" - 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...
  
  
  • 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...
    
    , Tai Anderson, Brad Avery, David Carr, Mark Lee, songwriters
• "Friend of God" - Israel and New Breed
  • Israel Houghton
    Israel Houghton
    -Other recordings :* "Champions for Christ" - Hi5 * "Where Are the Fathers?" from He-Motions * "Send Me to the Nations" from A Wing & A Prayer...
    
    , Michael Gungor
    Michael Gungor
    Michael Gungor is a singer/song writer living in Denver, Colorado United States. He leads a musical collective called Gungor that tours around the world performing and leading worship music in both mainstream and religious venues...
    
    , songwriters
• "Held" - 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...
  
  
  • Christa Wells, songwriter
• "Hide" - Joy Williams
  • Joy Williams, Jason Houser, 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...
    
    , songwriters
• "Holy is the Lord
  Holy Is the Lord
  "Holy Is the Lord" is a song by Chris Tomlin, featured on his album Arriving, that reached number one on the Billboard Hot Christian Songs chart, and won the "Worship Song of the Year" award at the 2007 GMA Dove Awards...
  
  " - Chris Tomlin
  • Chris Tomlin, 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...
    
    , songwriters
• "How Great is Our God
  How Great Is Our God (song)
  "How Great Is Our God" is a song written by Chris Tomlin, Jesse Reeves, and Ed Cash, originally featured on Tomlin's album Arriving, that reached number one on the Billboard Hot Christian Songs chart. It is also featured live on Tomlin's Live From Austin Music Hall album...
  
  " - 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, 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
• "Indescribable" - 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...
  
  
  • Laura Story, Jesse Reeves, songwriters
• "Lifesong
  Lifesong (song)
  "Lifesong" is a song by contemporary Christian band Casting Crowns, from their 2005 album Lifesong. The song's central message regards worshipping God with one's life rather than just through song....
  
  " - 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...
  
  
  • Mark Hall
    Mark Hall (musician)
    Mark Hall, Jr. is the lead vocalist for the Georgia-based Christian rock group Casting Crowns, a seven-member group made up of all youth pastors.-Early childhood:...
    
    , songwriter
• "Only Grace" - 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...
  
  
  • Matthew West, Kenny Greenberg, songwriters
• "Voice of Truth
  Voice of Truth (song)
  "Voice of Truth" is a song recorded by Casting Crowns and written by Mark Hall and Steven Curtis Chapman. It was the third single released from their 2003 debut album, Casting Crowns...
  
  " - Casting Crowns
  • Mark Hall, 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,...
    
    , songwriters

Producer of the Year

• 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...
  
  
• 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"...
  
  
• Mark A. Miller
• Otto Price
• Vince Gill
  Vince Gill
  Vincent Grant "Vince" Gill is an American neotraditional country singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He has achieved commercial success and fame both as frontman to the country rock band Pure Prairie League in the 1970s, and as a solo artist beginning in 1983, where his talents as a...
  
  

Pop

Pop/Contemporary Recorded Song of the Year

• "Be My Escape
  Be My Escape
  "Be My Escape" is the first single from Christian rock band Relient K's fourth full-length album, Mmhmm. It was certified a platinum single in November of 2005 and is usually referred to as Relient K's most popular mainstream song, other than "Who I Am Hates Who I've Been". The song is Relient K's...
  
  " - Relient K
  Relient K
  Relient K is an American rock band formed in 1998 in Canton, Ohio by Matt Thiessen, Brian Pittman, and Matt Hoopes during the band's junior year in high school and their time at Malone University...
  
  
• "Cry Out to Jesus" - 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...
  
  
• "Held" - 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...
  
  
• "Hide" - Joy Williams
• "Lifesong
  Lifesong (song)
  "Lifesong" is a song by contemporary Christian band Casting Crowns, from their 2005 album Lifesong. The song's central message regards worshipping God with one's life rather than just through song....
  
  " - 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...
  
  

Pop/Contemporary Album of the Year

• Awaken
  Awaken (Natalie Grant album)
  Awaken is an album by Christian singer Natalie Grant, released in 2005.- Track listing :# "Intro"# "Awaken"# "Something Beautiful"# "What Are You Waiting For"# "The Real Me"# "Another Day"# "Home"# "Captured"# "Held"# "You Move 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...
  
  
• Genesis
  Genesis (Joy Williams album)
  Genesis, the third album from Christian pop artist Joy Williams, switches Joy's signature bubble-gum sound to pop/rock with hints of Rebecca St...
  
  - Joy Williams
• Lifesong
  Lifesong
  -Charts and certifications:-Decade-end charts:-Awards:In 2006, the album won a Dove Award for Pop/Contemporary Album of the Year at the 37th GMA Dove Awards. The title song was also nominated for Pop/Contemporary Recorded Song 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...
  
  
• Redemption Songs
  Redemption Songs
  Redemption Songs is the seventh full-length album by Jars of Clay. It was released by Essential Records on March 22, 2005.-Overview:Redemption Songs is a collection of reinvented hymns and spiritual songs...
  
  - Jars of Clay
  Jars of Clay
  Jars of Clay is a Christian rock band from Nashville, Tennessee. They met at Greenville College in Greenville, Illinois.Jars of Clay consists of Dan Haseltine on vocals, Charlie Lowell on piano and keyboards, Stephen Mason on lead guitars and Matthew Odmark on rhythm guitars...
  
  
• Restored
  Restored
  -Enhanced edition:-Deluxe gold edition:-Standard Australian release:-Awards:In 2006, the album was nominated for a Dove Award for Pop/Contemporary Album of the Year at the 37th GMA Dove Awards. The song "Lay Down My Pride" was also nominated for Rock Recorded Song 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...
  
  

Rock

Rock Recorded Song of the Year

• "Lay Down My Pride" - 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...
  
  
• "Let Go" - 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...
  
  
• "The Slam" - 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....
  
   (featuring T-Bone
  T-Bone (rapper)
  T-Bone is a Christian rapper. His father is Nicaraguan and his mother is Salvadoran. His name came from being called 'Bones' as a youngster because he was very skinny...
  
  )
• "The Wait Is Over" - 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...
  
  
• "Who I Am Hates Who I've Been
  Who I Am Hates Who I've Been
  "Who I Am Hates Who I've Been" is the second single by the Christian rock band Relient K, from their 2004 album Mmhmm. An acoustic version, originally recorded for Apathetic EP, is included on the B-side, was included on the 2008 "The Bird and the Bee Sides" album. The music video entered TRL's Top...
  
  " - Relient K
  Relient K
  Relient K is an American rock band formed in 1998 in Canton, Ohio by Matt Thiessen, Brian Pittman, and Matt Hoopes during the band's junior year in high school and their time at Malone University...
  
  

Rock Album of the Year

• All Gas. No Brake.
  All Gas. No Brake.
  All Gas. No Brake. is the first album released by Stellar Kart.- Track listing :# "Student Driver" – 2:34# "Second Chances" – 2:14# "Come Back Home" – 3:58# "Spending Time" – 2:50# "Livin' on a Prayer" – 3:09...
  
  - 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...
  
  
• Beauty From Pain
  Beauty from Pain
  Beauty from Pain is the fourth album released by the band Superchick. This is the first CD the band has released with an official drummer, Brandon Estelle...
  
  - Superchick
  Superchick
  Superchick, originally known as Superchic[k], is an American Christian alternative pop/rock band. Their music incorporates various styles such as pop, punk, rock, rap, and R&B. Their sound has been compared to mainstream artists No Doubt and Avril Lavigne with a heavier sound...
  
  
• Disciple
  Disciple (album)
  -Billboard charts:-Awards:In 2006, the album was nominated for a Dove Award for Rock Album of the Year at the 37th GMA Dove Awards. The song "The Wait Is Over" was also nominated for Rock Recorded Song of the Year.-External links:*Allmusic *...
  
  - 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...
  
  
• Mmhmm
  Mmhmm
  Mmhmm is the fourth full-length album by Christian rock band Relient K, released in November 2004. This album is especially notable for two reasons: First, it marked their debut on Capitol; and second, it was Brian Pittman's last album with the band...
  
  - Relient K
  Relient K
  Relient K is an American rock band formed in 1998 in Canton, Ohio by Matt Thiessen, Brian Pittman, and Matt Hoopes during the band's junior year in high school and their time at Malone University...
  
  
• The Art of Breaking
  The Art of Breaking
  The Art of Breaking is the third studio album by Christian rock band Thousand Foot Krutch that was released by Tooth & Nail Records in July 2005. The band diverges even farther from the rap-rock from their past albums, omitting rap segments almost entirely in favor of a more mainstream rock sound...
  
  - Thousand Foot Krutch
  Thousand Foot Krutch
  Thousand Foot Krutch is a Canadian Christian rock band formed in 1995. They have released five major studio albums: Set It Off , Phenomenon , The Art of Breaking , The Flame In All of Us , and Welcome to the Masquerade . They also have one live album, Live at the Masquerade...
  
  

Rock/Contemporary Recorded Song of the Year

• "Beautiful Love
  Beautiful Love
  Beautiful Love is the hit single from the debut album by Christian rock band The Afters, I Wish We All Could Win. The song was later used by MTV as the theme song to its reality show 8th and Ocean.- Critical success :...
  
  " - 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...
  
  
• "Here is Our King" - 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...
  
  
• "I Can't Do This" - Plumb
  Plumb (singer)
  Tiffany Arbuckle Lee is a Contemporary Christian singer-songwriter who uses the stage name Plumb...
  
  
• "Mirror" - 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...
  
  
• "Stars
  Stars (Switchfoot song)
  "Stars" is the first single released from Switchfoot's fifth album Nothing Is Sound. It was the most-added song on Modern Rock Radio in its first week of release and peaked at number sixteen on the US Modern Rock chart. The song was certified gold as a digital single on December 13, 2005...
  
  " - 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...
  
  

Rock/Contemporary Album of the Year

• A Collision
  A Collision
  - Chart positions :- Singles :- Awards :In 2006, the album won a Dove Award for Rock/Contemporary Album of the Year at the 37th GMA Dove Awards. The song "Here Is Our King" also won Rock/Contemporary Recorded Song of the Year.- External links :...
  
  - 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...
  
  
• Another Journal Entry
  Another Journal Entry
  Another Journal Entry is the second studio album released by the Christian pop/rock group BarlowGirl. The album was released on September 27, 2005.The album was re-released in late August 2006 in an expanded edition along with enhanced features....
  
  - 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...
  
  
• I Wish We All Could Win
  I Wish We All Could Win
  I Wish We All Could Win is the debut album from the Christian rock band The Afters. The album contains their Dove Award-nominated hit single "Beautiful Love". The album is notable for having two tracks on it used as theme songs...
  
  - 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...
  
  
• Nothing is Sound
  Nothing Is Sound
  Nothing Is Sound is the fifth studio album by American alternative rock band Switchfoot. It was released on September 13, 2005, and début at number three on the Billboard 200. The first single from this album was "Stars," which was the number one most-added song on Modern Rock Radio, and received...
  
  - 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...
  
  
• Wherever You Are
  Wherever You Are (Third Day Album)
  Wherever You Are is Third Day's sixth studio album, and the band's ninth album overall.The album debuted on the Billboard 200 at #8, performing comparably to major chart debuts such as Santana's All that I Am and Blink-182's Greatest Hits....
  
  - 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...
  
  

Rap/Hip-Hop

Rap/Hip Hop Recorded Song of the Year

• "Are You Real?" - 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...
  
   (featuring 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...
  
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• "Love (So Beautiful)" - DJ Maj
  DJ Maj
  Mike Allen, professionally known as DJ Maj, is a Christian music DJ, contributing to Gospel music albums released by tobyMac, GRITS, Ill Harmonics, Carman, dc Talk, and the Newsboys...
  
   (featuring Liquid Beats)
• "Stereo" - 4th Avenue Jones
  4th Avenue Jones
  4th Avenue Jones is a Christian American hip hop band based in Los Angeles, California. Their name comes from the last name of founding members Ahmad and Tena Jones , and the street where they lived in South Central Los Angeles when they began their rehearsals.-The Interscope Years:4th Avenue Jones...
  
  
• "Trainwreck" - Mat Kearney
  Mat Kearney
  Mathew William "Mat" Kearney is an American musician born in Eugene, Oregon, now based in Nashville, Tennessee. Kearney has received critical acclaim and widespread recognition for his Columbia Records debut, Nothing Left to Lose. So far, he has a total of four top 20 hits on the Adult Top 40...
  
  
• "We Don't Play" - 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 manCHILD
  ManCHILD
  manCHILD is a Christian hip hop rapper and an avid contributor to alternative hip hop. His real full name is Gregory Lamar Owens...
  
  )

Rap/Hip Hop Album of the Year

• Behind the Musik (A Boy Named Jonah)
  Behind the Musik (A Boy Named Jonah)
  Behind the Musik is the fourth studio album by rapper KJ-52. A deluxe edition was released, which included a bonus disk with more songs, music videos, and behind-the-scenes videos on the production of the record.-Track listing:...
  
  - 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...
  
  
• BoogiRoot
  BoogiRoot
  BoogiRoot is the first album by Christian rapper DJ Maj. Before this, his primary releases were mixtapes which did not feature his voice very much.-Track listing:#"Rated R"#"uAppeal"...
  
  - DJ Maj
  DJ Maj
  Mike Allen, professionally known as DJ Maj, is a Christian music DJ, contributing to Gospel music albums released by tobyMac, GRITS, Ill Harmonics, Carman, dc Talk, and the Newsboys...
  
  
• Dichotomy B - 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"...
  
  
• Stereo: The Evolution of HipRockSoul - 4th Avenue Jones
  4th Avenue Jones
  4th Avenue Jones is a Christian American hip hop band based in Los Angeles, California. Their name comes from the last name of founding members Ahmad and Tena Jones , and the street where they lived in South Central Los Angeles when they began their rehearsals.-The Interscope Years:4th Avenue Jones...
  
  
• The Boy vs. The Cynic
  The Boy vs. The Cynic
  The Boy Vs. the Cynic is the fourth album by John Reuben released in 2005 on Gotee Records. It features the hit "Nuisance".- Track listing :# "Out of Control" — 3:50# "Nuisance" — 3:37# "Chapter I" — 2:49...
  
  - John Reuben
  John Reuben
  John Reuben is an American hip hop artist signed to Gotee Records until late 2010. Reuben has sold over 200,000 copies of his first four albums. He released his sixth album, Sex, Drugs and Self-Control on December 22, 2009...
  
  

Inspirational

Inspirational Recorded Song of the Year

• "All My Praise" - Selah
  Selah (band)
  Selah is a Christian vocal trio consisting of Todd Smith, Allan Hall, and Amy Perry. They have won three Dove Awards. The group has been featured on The 700 Club, The Hour of Power, and TBN.- History :...
  
  
• "Days of Elijah" - Twila Paris
  Twila Paris
  Twila Paris Wright is a Contemporary Christian Music songwriter, author, vocalist and pianist.-Musical career:Since 1980, Twila Paris has released 22 albums, amassed 33 number one Christian Radio singles, and was named the Gospel Music Association Female Vocalist of the Year three years in a row...
  
  
• "Holy Ground" - The Crabb Family
  The Crabb Family
  The Crabb Family was a Grammy-nominated, Dove Award-winning Southern Gospel group from Beaver Dam, Kentucky. They had sixteen No. 1 songs on the national radio charts.-Members:...
  
  
• "In Christ Alone
  WOW Number 1s
  WOW #1s is a two-disc compilation album of thirty one songs that have been heralded as the "Greatest Christian Music Hits Ever". It was released on April 5, 2005. The album features songs by FFH, Amy Grant, Rebecca St. James, Chris Rice, Avalon, and many other well-known singers and groups. It...
  
  " - Brian Littrell
  Brian Littrell
  Brian Thomas Littrell is an American singer-songwriter, best known as a member of the Backstreet Boys. He is also a contemporary Christian recording artist and released a solo album, Welcome Home, in 2006...
  
  
• "Lay It Down" - Jaci Velasquez
  Jaci Velasquez
  Jacquelyn Davette Velasquez is an American Contemporary Christian and Latin Pop singer—in both English and Spanish languages....
  
  

Inspirational Album of the Year

• Believe
  Believe (Natalie Grant album)
  Believe is a Christmas album by Christian singer Natalie Grant. It was released on October 25, 2005 through Curb Records.- Track listing :# "O Come All Ye Faithful"# "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!"# "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town"# "I Believe"...
  
  - 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...
  
  
• Greatest Hymns
  Greatest Hymns
  Greatest Hymns is an album from Contemporary Christian group Selah. It features updated versions of classic Christian hymns. The album was released on August 23, 2005.-Track listing:#"Be Thou My Vision" - 3:17...
  
  - Selah
  Selah (band)
  Selah is a Christian vocal trio consisting of Todd Smith, Allan Hall, and Amy Perry. They have won three Dove Awards. The group has been featured on The 700 Club, The Hour of Power, and TBN.- History :...
  
  
• Hymned, No. 1
  Hymned, No. 1
  Hymned, No. 1 is the first solo album from MercyMe singer Bart Millard. The album features modern takes on popular Christian hymns...
  
  - Bart Millard
• Life is a Church
  Life is a Church
  Life is a Church is a studio album from Christian singer David Phelps. It was released on September 13, 2005 by Word Records.-Track listing:#"With His Love " - 3:44#"Something's Gotta Change" - 3:37...
  
  - 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...
  
  
• Rock of Ages... Hymns and Faith - 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"...
  
  

Gospel

Southern Gospel Recorded Song of the Year

• "Good Morning Lord" - Young Harmony
  Young Harmony
  -Musical career:During the week Johnathan and Ginger work in the office of Young Harmony preparing for the next weekend of ministering. They also make the most of their off-road time, spending it with their three children, Josh, Markale and Ashley...
  
  
• "Greater is He" - The Crabb Family
• "Long As I Got King Jesus" - Brian Free & Assurance
• "Not That You Died" - Legacy Five
  Legacy Five
  Legacy Five is a Southern Gospel Quartet founded by former Cathedral Quartet members Roger Bennett and Scott Fowler after the owners of the Cathedral Quartet, Glen Payne and George Younce, decided to retire in 1999. Group members attribute their success to the changing face of gospel music and...
  
  
• "Through the Fire" - The Crabb Family
  The Crabb Family
  The Crabb Family was a Grammy-nominated, Dove Award-winning Southern Gospel group from Beaver Dam, Kentucky. They had sixteen No. 1 songs on the national radio charts.-Members:...
  
   (featuring the Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir)

Southern Gospel Album of the Year

• Bill Gaither - Bill Gaither
• Common Thread
  Common Thread (The Oak Ridge Boys album)
  Common Thread is a studio album released by the country/gospel group The Oak Ridge Boys. The album was released on May 24, 2005.-Track listing:#"Jesus Is Coming Soon" - 2:42#"He Did It All for Me" - 2:42...
  
  - 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...
  
  
• Ernie Haase & Signature Sound
  Ernie Haase & Signature Sound (album)
  Ernie Haase & Signature Sound is an eponymous album released by the Christian gospel quartet of the same name. The album was produced by Gaither Music Group and released on October 25, 2005.-Track listing:# "Shout, Brother, Shout" - 2:14...
  
  - 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:...
  
  
• Live at Brooklyn Tabernacle - The Crabb Family
  The Crabb Family
  The Crabb Family was a Grammy-nominated, Dove Award-winning Southern Gospel group from Beaver Dam, Kentucky. They had sixteen No. 1 songs on the national radio charts.-Members:...
  
  
• Live in NYC - Brian Free & Assurance

Traditional Gospel Recorded Song of the Year

• "All Night" - Alvin Darling
• "Been So Good To Me" - The Mighty Clouds of Joy
• "God Blocked It" - Kurt Carr
  Kurt Carr
  Kurt Carr is an American gospel music composer and performer. While living in the city of Hartford, Connecticut he served as Minister of Music at The First Baptist Church of Hartford located at the time on Greenfield Street...
  
  
• "I Know the Truth (Lies)" - Shirley Caesar
  Shirley Caesar
  Shirley Ann Caesar is an American Gospel music singer, songwriter and recording artist whose career has spanned six decades...
  
   (featuring Tonex
  Tonéx
  Anthony Charles Williams II , better known by his former stage name Tonéx , and most recently as B.Slade, is an American singer, songwriter, actor, multi-instrumentalist, rapper, dancer, producer, preacher, and activist. He has gone by various names and aliases, but his primary stage name of choice...
  
  )
• "We’ve Come to Magnify the Lord" - Rizen
  Rizen (gospel group)
  Rizen is a two-time Stellar Award–winning gospel traditional and contemporary group consisting of sisters Adriann Rayshell Lewis and Aundrea Roeshell Lewis.- Early life :...
  
  
• "Whatever You Want (God’s Got It)" - Chicago Mass Choir
  Chicago Mass Choir
  The Chicago Mass Choir is an American gospel choir from Chicago, Illinois.The ensemble was founded in 1988 by James C. Chambers, who was also the founder of the Ecclesiastes Community Choir. Their debut album was issued in 1991; that year they were named Best New Artist at the Gospel Music...
  
  

Traditional Gospel Album of the Year

• Atom Bomb
  Atom Bomb (album)
  Atom Bomb is an album by The Blind Boys of Alabama, released in 2005.- Track listing :# " Atom Bomb" – 2:27# "Demons" – 4:30 # "Talk About Suffering" – 4:13# "I Know I've Been Converted" – 2:41...
  
   - Blind Boys of Alabama
• I Know the Truth - Shirley Caesar
  Shirley Caesar
  Shirley Ann Caesar is an American Gospel music singer, songwriter and recording artist whose career has spanned six decades...
  
  
• I Shall Not Be Moved - Rev. F.C. Barnes
• In the House of the Lord - The Mighty Clouds of Joy
• Live in Memphis, He Said 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...
  
  
• Project Praise: Live in Atlanta - Chicago Mass Choir
  Chicago Mass Choir
  The Chicago Mass Choir is an American gospel choir from Chicago, Illinois.The ensemble was founded in 1988 by James C. Chambers, who was also the founder of the Ecclesiastes Community Choir. Their debut album was issued in 1991; that year they were named Best New Artist at the Gospel Music...
  
  
• Rizen 2 - Rizen

Contemporary Gospel Recorded Song of the Year

• "Be Blessed
  Be Blessed
  "Be Blessed" is a song by Yolanda Adams, the song was a single from her 2005 album "Day By Day". The song topped the Gospel Billboard chart making it one of the most successful Gospel songs of 2005.-Awards:...
  
  " - Yolanda Adams
  Yolanda Adams
  Yolanda Adams is an American Grammy- and Dove-award-winning Yolanda Adams is an American [[Grammy Awards|Grammy]]- and [[Dove Awards|Dove]]-award-winning...
  
  
• "God Is Able" - Smokie Norful
  Smokie Norful
  Rev. W.R. "Smokie" Norful, Jr. is an American gospel singer and pianist, best known for his 2002 album, I Need You Now and his 2004 release, Nothing Without You, which won a Grammy at the 47th Annual Grammy Awards for Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album in 2004.-Early life:Norful, a minister who...
  
  
• "I Will Find A Way" - Fred Hammond
  Fred Hammond
  Fred Hammond is a gospel music singer, bass guitar player, and record producer.-Musical career:Hammond has been active both as a member of the gospel performing group Commissioned, and as a solo artist...
  
  
• "Not Forgotten" - Israel & New Breed
• "Presence of the Lord" - Christ Tabernacle Choir

Contemporary Gospel Album of the Year

• Dream - BeBe Winans
  BeBe Winans
  Benjamin "BeBe" Winans is a gospel and R&B singer. He is a member of the noted Winans family, most members of which are also gospel artists.-The PTL Club:...
  
  
• Mary Mary
  Mary Mary (album)
  Mary Mary is the third album by the recording group Mary Mary.- Track listing :# "Believer"# "Biggest, Greatest Thing"# "Heaven" # "The Real Party "# "Save Me"# "Yesterday"# "What Is This"...
  
  - 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...
  
  
• Now Is The Time - Anointed
  Anointed
  Anointed is a Contemporary Christian music group from Columbus, Ohio, known for their strong vocals and harmonies, featuring siblings Steve Crawford and Da'dra Crawford Greathouse, along with former members Nee-C Walls and Mary Tiller . Their musical style includes elements of R&B, Pop, Rock,...
  
  
• Psalms, Hymns & Spiritual Songs - 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....
  
  
• When He Came
  When He Came
  When He Came is a Christmas album from Christian singer Martha Munizzi. The album was released on October 19, 2004.-Track listing:All songs written by Martha Munizzi, except where noted.# "O Come, O Come Emmanuel" – 3:56...
  
  - 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...
  
  
• Worshipper - Darwin Hobbs
  Darwin Hobbs
  Darwin Hobbs is an American gospel music singer noted for his vocal similarity to classic soul singer Luther Vandross. In addition to his career as a gospel artist, Hobbs and his ensemble The Darwin Hobbs Choir have also performed both studio and live background vocals for artists such as...
  
  

Country & Bluegrass

Country Recorded Song of the Year

• "Angels" - 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...
  
  
• "Jesus, Take the Wheel
  Jesus, Take the Wheel
  "Jesus, Take the Wheel" is a song written by Brett James, Hillary Lindsey and Gordie Sampson. It is the second single from Carrie Underwood's debut album, Some Hearts....
  
  " - Carrie Underwood
  Carrie Underwood
  Carrie Marie Underwood is an American country singer-songwriter and actress who rose to fame as the winner of the fourth season of American Idol, in 2005...
  
  
• "Mawmaw’s Song (In the Sweet By and By)
  Hymned, No. 1
  Hymned, No. 1 is the first solo album from MercyMe singer Bart Millard. The album features modern takes on popular Christian hymns...
  
  " - Bart Millard
• "They Don’t Understand" - Sawyer Brown
  Sawyer Brown
  Sawyer Brown is an American country music band founded in 1981 in Apopka, Florida, by five members of country pop singer Don King's road band: Bobby Randall and Jim Scholten , both from Midland, Michigan; Joe Smyth , Gregg "Hobie" Hubbard , and Mark Miller...
  
  
• "When I Get Where I'm Going" - Brad Paisley
  Brad Paisley
  Brad Douglas Paisley is an American singer-songwriter and musician. His style crosses between traditional country music and Southern rock, and his songs are frequently laced with humor and pop culture references....
  
   (featuring Dolly Parton
  Dolly Parton
  Dolly Rebecca Parton is an American singer-songwriter, author, multi-instrumentalist, actress and philanthropist, best known for her work in country music. Dolly Parton has appeared in movies like 9 to 5, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Steel Magnolias and Straight Talk...
  
  )

Country Album of the Year

• About You - Corey Brooks
• Count It All Joy
  Count It All Joy
  Count It All Joy is the ninth album from American gospel music artist Susie Luchsinger. It was released on May 3, 2005 on New Haven Records.-Track listing:#"Count It All Joy" - 3:52#"Always, Always" - 4:29...
  
  - Susie Luchsinger
  Susie Luchsinger
  Susie McEntire-Eaton is an American CCM singer. She is the younger sister of Reba McEntire, Alice Foran and Pake McEntire .- Early years :...
  
  
• Glory Train: Songs of Faith, Worship, and Praise
  Glory Train: Songs of Faith, Worship, and Praise
  Glory Train: Songs of Faith, Worship, and Praise is the sixteenth studio album released by American country music artist Randy Travis.It is his fifth album of gospel music and his fifth release for Word Records. The album comprises nineteen covers of traditional and contemporary gospel songs...
  
  - 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...
  
  
• Perfect Love - McRaes
• Souls' Chapel
  Souls' Chapel
  Souls' Chapel is American country singer Marty Stuart's thirteenth studio album, and his second album with his band, the Fabulous Superlatives. This is also Stuart's second concept album . With this project, Stuart and his Superlatives devote the entire album to gospel songs...
  
  - Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives
  Marty Stuart
  John Martin "Marty" Stuart is an American country music singer-songwriter, known for both his traditional style, and eclectic merging of rockabilly, honky tonk, and traditional country music...
  
  

Bluegrass Recorded Song of the Year

• "A Living Prayer" - Alison Krauss & Union Station
• "Low and Down" - McRaes
• "One Rose" - 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"....
  
  
• "There Is Power in the Blood" - Buddy Greene
  Buddy Greene
  Buddy Greene is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist and harmonica player. Most of his recordings consist of gospel music, with a distinctly Southern flavor. Much of his music is influenced by country music and bluegrass music. Greene grew up in Macon, Georgia...
  
  
• "Why Did I Wait So Long?" - Ricky Skaggs
  Ricky Skaggs
  Rickie Lee "Ricky" Skaggs is a country and bluegrass singer, musician, producer, and composer. He primarily plays mandolin; however, he also plays fiddle, guitar, and banjo.-Early career:...
  
   & Kentucky Thunder
  Kentucky Thunder
  Kentucky Thunder, or Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder, is the band that plays with Ricky Skaggs. Many members of the band have won numerous awards. Bandleader Ricky Skaggs plays mandolin and is the lead vocalist...
  
  

Bluegrass Album of the Year

• Hymns & Prayer Songs - Buddy Greene
  Buddy Greene
  Buddy Greene is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist and harmonica player. Most of his recordings consist of gospel music, with a distinctly Southern flavor. Much of his music is influenced by country music and bluegrass music. Greene grew up in Macon, Georgia...
  
  
• New Beginnings - DEWgrass
• One Rose - 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"....
  
  
• Shine On
  Shine On (Ralph Stanley album)
  Shine On is a 2005 album by American bluegrass artist Ralph Stanley.- Track listing :#"King of All Kings"#"The Roses Will Bloom"#"The Old Church Yard"#"This Little Light of Mine"#"My Main Trial Is Yet To Come"#"Sing Songs About Jesus"...
  
  - Ralph Stanley
  Ralph Stanley
  Ralph Stanley , also known as Dr. Ralph Stanley, is an American bluegrass artist, known for his distinctive singing and banjo playing.-Biography:...
  
  
• So Glad - The Bradleys

Praise & Worship

Worship Song of the Year

• "Be Thou My Vision
  Be Thou My Vision
  Be Thou My Vision is a traditional hymn from Ireland, which is commonly attributed to Dallán Forgaill. It is popular among English-speaking churches around the world.-History:...
  
  " - Selah
  Selah (band)
  Selah is a Christian vocal trio consisting of Todd Smith, Allan Hall, and Amy Perry. They have won three Dove Awards. The group has been featured on The 700 Club, The Hour of Power, and TBN.- History :...
  
  
  • Traditional song
• "Blessed Be Your Name" - Newsboys
  Newsboys
  Newsboys are a Christian pop rock band founded in 1985 in Mooloolaba, Australia. They have released 15 studio albums, six of which have been certified gold...
  
  
  • Matt Redman
    Matt Redman
    Matt Redman is an English Christian worship leader, songwriter and author based in Brighton.He has worked with Newfrontiers, Passion Conferences, Hillsong London, Soul Survivor, is an artist for Sixstepsrecords and is a member of Compassionart a charity founded by Martin Smith.He appeared with...
    
    , Beth Redman, songwriters
• "Holy Is the Lord
  Holy Is the Lord
  "Holy Is the Lord" is a song by Chris Tomlin, featured on his album Arriving, that reached number one on the Billboard Hot Christian Songs chart, and won the "Worship Song of the Year" award at the 2007 GMA Dove Awards...
  
  " - 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, 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...
    
    , songwriters
• "How Great Is Our God
  How Great Is Our God (song)
  "How Great Is Our God" is a song written by Chris Tomlin, Jesse Reeves, and Ed Cash, originally featured on Tomlin's album Arriving, that reached number one on the Billboard Hot Christian Songs chart. It is also featured live on Tomlin's Live From Austin Music Hall album...
  
  " - Chris Tomlin
  • Chris Tomlin, 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
• "Indescribable" - Chris Tomlin
  • 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...
    
    , Jesse Reeves, songwriters
• "Strong Tower
  Strong Tower
  Strong Tower is a worship album released by the Christian rock group, Kutless, and it is also their third studio album. An enhanced Deluxe Edition of this album was released on March 20, 2007. The additional tracks included on the Deluxe Edition are "My Savior and My God", "We Exalt Thee", and...
  
  " - 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...
  
  
  • Marc Byrd, Mark Lee, Aaron Sprinkle, Jon Micah Sumrall, songwriters

Praise & Worship Album of the Year

• Blessed Be Your Name: The Songs of Matt Redman Vol. 1 - Matt Redman
  Matt Redman
  Matt Redman is an English Christian worship leader, songwriter and author based in Brighton.He has worked with Newfrontiers, Passion Conferences, Hillsong London, Soul Survivor, is an artist for Sixstepsrecords and is a member of Compassionart a charity founded by Martin Smith.He appeared with...
  
  
• Alive in South Africa
  Alive In South Africa
  Alive In South Africa is a live worship album by Israel & New Breed. Recorded on August 20, 2005 in Cape Town, South Africa, the disc was released on October 25, 2005 by Integrity Media...
  
  - Israel & New Breed
• He Is Exalted (Live Worship) - Twila Paris
  Twila Paris
  Twila Paris Wright is a Contemporary Christian Music songwriter, author, vocalist and pianist.-Musical career:Since 1980, Twila Paris has released 22 albums, amassed 33 number one Christian Radio singles, and was named the Gospel Music Association Female Vocalist of the Year three years in a row...
  
  
• Rescue (Live Worship) - NewSong
  NewSong
  NewSong is a Contemporary Christian Music group that was founded in 1981, at Morningside Baptist Church in Valdosta, Georgia. They have had eight GMA Dove Award nominations. They are the founders of the Winter Jam Tour Spectacular, the United States' largest annual Christian music tour. It began in...
  
  
• Strong Tower
  Strong Tower
  Strong Tower is a worship album released by the Christian rock group, Kutless, and it is also their third studio album. An enhanced Deluxe Edition of this album was released on March 20, 2007. The additional tracks included on the Deluxe Edition are "My Savior and My God", "We Exalt Thee", and...
  
  - 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...
  
  

Urban

Urban Recorded Song of the Year

• "A Brighter Day" - George Huff
• "Heaven" - 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...
  
  
• "Jesus Will" - Antonio Neal
  Antonio Neal
  Antonio Neal Phelon is an R&B artist who has also lent his vocal and songwriting talents to many other projects. He has worked extensively with producer Tedd T....
  
  
• "Looking for You
  Looking for You
  "Looking For You" is a gospel song by Kirk Franklin from his 2005 album Hero.The song contains a sample from "Haven't you Heard" which was written by Patrice Rushen, Charles Mims Jr, Sheree Brown, and Freddie Washington.-Charts and succession:...
  
  " - 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 :...
  
  
• "Pray" - 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...
  
  

Urban Album of the Year

• Charles and Taylor - Charles and Taylor
  Charles and Taylor
  Charles and Taylor is an American Christian music duo. The teen singers and siblings have released one album which was nominated for a Dove Award in 2006 in the "Urban Gospel Album" category; as well, they were nominated for the Atlanta Choice Awards in 2005 and 2006.They are spokespeople for World...
  
  
• Day by Day
  Day By Day (Yolanda Adams album)
  Day By Day is an album by gospel singer Yolanda Adams. The single "Victory" was featured in the movie The Gospel. The single "Be Blessed" won a Grammy award for Best Gospel Performance...
  
  - Yolanda Adams
  Yolanda Adams
  Yolanda Adams is an American Grammy- and Dove-award-winning Yolanda Adams is an American [[Grammy Awards|Grammy]]- and [[Dove Awards|Dove]]-award-winning...
  
  
• Hero - 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 :...
  
  
• Just Until... - Kierra "Kiki" 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...
  
  
• Miracles - George Huff

Others

Instrumental Album of the Year

• Adonai - Hector David
• Life - Andy Hunter°
• Songs of Remembrance - Wayne Haun
• The Power of Your Love - Mark McClure
• Tribute to Bill and Gloria Gaither - Anthony Burger
  Anthony Burger
  Anthony John Burger was an American musician and singer, most closely associated with Southern Gospel music.-Early life:...
  
  

Children's Music Album of the Year

• Absolute Modern Worship for Kids - Various
• Born to Worship: The Praise Baby Collection - Various
• Cedarmont Worship For Kids Volume 1 - Various
• Here I Am To Worship for Kids 2 - Various
• Jesus Is My Superhero
  Jesus Is My Superhero
  Jesus Is My Superhero is the first live praise and worship album of Christian Contemporary music for children by the Hillsong Church. Jesus Is My Superhero was recorded live at the Sydney Superdome in July 2004.-Track listing:...
  
  - Hillsong
• King of the Jungle - Celeste Clydesdale

Spanish Language Album of the Year

• Adorar: Cantos de Alabanza y Adoracion - Various
• Brillas: Assiria Do Nascimiento - Miguel Villagran
• Dios es Bueno
  Dios es Bueno
  Dios es Bueno is the twenty-ninth album released by Marcos Witt. This album was recorded live in Puerto Rico. It also included a DVD which contains four music videos...
  
  - 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...
  
  
• En Vivo desde Costa Rica - Funky
• Hip Hop y Reggaeton Constructivo - 7th Poet
• Leonardo - Leonardo
• Mi Propósito
  Mi Propósito
  Mi Propósito is an album from Puerto Rican Christian singer Julissa. It was released on 2005.-Track listing:# "Te alabo Señor" - 4:14# "Cada dia" - 3:34# "Coronado de Gloria" - 3:58# "Glorificado" - 3:59# "Llenas mi ser" - 4:15...
  
  - Julissa
  Julissa (singer)
  Julissa Arce Rivera commonly known simply as Julissa, is a Puerto Rican Christian singer.-Biography:Julissa was born in Chicago, Illinois, to Puerto Rican parents. She was the oldest of four siblings. Julissa debuted as a singer when she was twelve, with the choir of her church...
  
  

Special Event Album of the Year

• Come Let Us Adore Him (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:...
  
  )
• Happy Christmas Vol. 4
  Happy Christmas Vol. 4
  Happy Christmas Volume 4 is the fourth album in the Happy Christmas series started by BEC Records in 1998. This is the first one released by Tooth & Nail, BEC's mother label.-Track listing:-Awards:...
  
  - (Tooth & Nail Records
  Tooth & Nail Records
  Tooth & Nail Records is a record label founded by Brandon Ebel in the U.S. state of California in November 1993. The label later moved to Seattle, Washington, where it is situated today...
  
  )
• Music Inspired by The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Sparrow Records
  Sparrow Records
  -Background:Sparrow Records was founded in 1976 by Billy Ray Hearn, then A&R director at Myrrh Records. Purchased by EMI in 1992, it is now part of the EMI Christian Music Group, and has been named by Billboard Magazine as "America's Best Christian Music Record Label"...
  
  )
• Passion: How Great is Our God
  How Great Is Our God
  How Great Is Our God is the 2005 album recorded live at Passion 05, a conference held yearly in January in Nashville, TN.The album was released on May 1, 2005. There is also a Worship Music Book Available...
  
  - (sixstepsrecords
  Sixstepsrecords
  sixstepsrecords is a record label associated with Passion Conferences. The label was started in Roswell, Georgia in 2000 by Louie Giglio. The stated purposed of the company is "to produce music that draws people to Jesus."-Artists:* David Crowder Band...
  
  /Sparrow Records)
• WOW Christmas: Green
  WOW Christmas: Green
  WOW Christmas: Green is the second release in the WOW Christmas series. It is the follow-up to the platinum-selling WOW Christmas: Red album. The double-disc album features 15 new tracks that are exclusive to this release. The album peaked at #54 on the Billboard 200 chart in 2005, and at #2 on...
  
  (Word Records
  Word Records
  Word Records is a Christian record label based in Nashville, Tennessee. It is a division of Word Entertainment , which, itself is co-owned by Warner Music Group and Curb Records...
  
  )

Choral Collection of the Year

• Bigger Than Life - Michael Neale, Harold Ross, Jay Rouse
• Come, Let Us Adore Him - Lari Goss
• Great and Marvelous: Celebrating the Songs of Tommy Walker Vol. 2 - Tommy Walker, Bradley Knight
• Hymns (Classic Songs for Modern Worship) - Rob Howard, Scott Harris
  Scott Harris
  Scott Harris may refer to:*Scott Harris , songwriter and primary member of the musical group the Scott Harris Project-See also:*Scott v. Harris, a case heard before the United States Supreme Court in February, 2007...
  
  , Ken Barker
• Seasons of Praise - 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...
  
   (Brooklyn Tabernacle Music)

Recorded Music Packaging of the Year

• Add to the Beauty
  Add to the Beauty
  Add to the Beauty, a contemporary Christian album, is the fifth album by Sara Groves. It was released in the United States on October 4, 2005 by Sony BMG.-Track listing:#"When It Was Over"#"Just Showed Up For My Own Life"#"You Are The Sun"...
  
  - Sara Groves
  Sara Groves
  Sara Groves is an American Contemporary Christian singer, record producer, and author....
  
  
• Life - Andy Hunter°
  Andy Hunter°
  Andy Hunter° is a British Christian DJ and composer of electronic dance music.-Biography:Hunter, professionally known as Andy Hunter°, was born in Leicester, England on 23 April 1974. He became involved in music in his early days of adolescence, and later became interested in sound engineering in...
  
  
• Mmhmm
  Mmhmm
  Mmhmm is the fourth full-length album by Christian rock band Relient K, released in November 2004. This album is especially notable for two reasons: First, it marked their debut on Capitol; and second, it was Brian Pittman's last album with the band...
  
  - Relient K
  Relient K
  Relient K is an American rock band formed in 1998 in Canton, Ohio by Matt Thiessen, Brian Pittman, and Matt Hoopes during the band's junior year in high school and their time at Malone University...
  
  
• O God, the Aftermath
  O God, the Aftermath
  O' God, The Aftermath is the second album released by American metalcore band Norma Jean and was released on March 1, 2005. Like their previous album Bless the Martyr and Kiss the Child, O God, the Aftermath was released on Solid State Records...
  
  - Norma Jean
  Norma Jean (band)
  Norma Jean is an American metalcore band from Douglasville, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta. Since their inception in 1997 and replacement of members throughout the years, the band's only original member is the guitarist, Chris Day...
  
  
• Redemption Songs
  Redemption Songs
  Redemption Songs is the seventh full-length album by Jars of Clay. It was released by Essential Records on March 22, 2005.-Overview:Redemption Songs is a collection of reinvented hymns and spiritual songs...
  
  - Jars of Clay
  Jars of Clay
  Jars of Clay is a Christian rock band from Nashville, Tennessee. They met at Greenville College in Greenville, Illinois.Jars of Clay consists of Dan Haseltine on vocals, Charlie Lowell on piano and keyboards, Stephen Mason on lead guitars and Matthew Odmark on rhythm guitars...
  
  
• The Boy vs. The Cynic
  The Boy vs. The Cynic
  The Boy Vs. the Cynic is the fourth album by John Reuben released in 2005 on Gotee Records. It features the hit "Nuisance".- Track listing :# "Out of Control" — 3:50# "Nuisance" — 3:37# "Chapter I" — 2:49...
  
  - John Reuben
  John Reuben
  John Reuben is an American hip hop artist signed to Gotee Records until late 2010. Reuben has sold over 200,000 copies of his first four albums. He released his sixth album, Sex, Drugs and Self-Control on December 22, 2009...
  
  
• The Everglow
  The Everglow
  The Everglow is the second full-length studio album released by American alternative/indie band Mae. The album is designed as a storybook, including illustrations for each song inside the booklet. With its story-like nature, The Everglow is considered a concept album. "Prologue" and "Epilogue"...
  
  - Mae
  Mae
  Mae was an American alternative/indie band that formed in Norfolk, Virginia in 2001. The band's name is an acronym for "Multi-sensory Aesthetic Experience," based on a course taken by drummer Jacob Marshall while a student at Old Dominion University....
  
  
• The Question
  The Question (Emery album)
  -Deluxe edition:The Question Deluxe Edition was released in 2006, along with a DVD, five acoustic versions of previously recorded songs, and two new demo tracks. The question the title speaks of is the first thing you will read when you open the booklet inside the case...
  
  - Emery
  Emery (band)
  Emery is an American four-piece post-hardcore band from Rock Hill, South Carolina currently signed to both Tooth & Nail Records and Solid State Records and based in Seattle, Washington. Emery was founded in Rock Hill, South Carolina with the original lineup consisting of Toby Morrell, Devin...
  
  
• You Can't Trust a Ladder
  You Can't Trust a Ladder
  You Can't Trust a Ladder is the first studio album from indie rock band The Myriad. It was released on June 14, 2005 through Floodgate Records.-Track listing:#"Stretched Over" - 3:22#"When Fire Falls" - 4:25#"10,000 X 10,000" - 4:08...
  
  - The Myriad
  The Myriad
  The Myriad is a Seattle-based band. They were selected as 2007's MTV2 Dew Circuit Breakout champions. Their newest album, With Arrows, With Poise, was released on May 13, 2008....
  
  

Musicals

Musical of the Year

• Amazing Grace
• Grace That Amazes
• Redemption: Power of the Cross
• Sing Joy
• Wondrous Gift

Youth/Children's Musical of the Year

• Christmas in Reverse
• Christmas Starr
• Extreme Christmas
• His Renown
• King of the Jungle

Videos

Short Form Music Video of the Year

• "Apparitions of Melody" - Kids in the Way
  Kids in the Way
  Kids in the Way is a rock band from Noblesville, Indiana. The band was formed in 1997 under the name Serenity, and later disbanded in mid-2007. The band recently reunited and is currently on tour in Germany entitled Back in the Game Tour.-Biography:...
  
  
  • Blake McClure (video director), Tamera Brooks (video producer)
• "Be My Escape
  Be My Escape
  "Be My Escape" is the first single from Christian rock band Relient K's fourth full-length album, Mmhmm. It was certified a platinum single in November of 2005 and is usually referred to as Relient K's most popular mainstream song, other than "Who I Am Hates Who I've Been". The song is Relient K's...
  
  " - Relient K
  Relient K
  Relient K is an American rock band formed in 1998 in Canton, Ohio by Matt Thiessen, Brian Pittman, and Matt Hoopes during the band's junior year in high school and their time at Malone University...
  
  
  • Charles Jensen (video director), Rachel Curl (video producer)
• "Let This One Stay" - Dizmas
  Dizmas
  -Band history:Nick Aranda, Clayton Hunt, and brothers Zach and Josh Zegan began playing together as teenagers in 1998 while attending Desert Christian High School in Lancaster, California. They were later joined by Jon Howard, who is from Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania....
  
  
  • Kevin Anderson, Sam Stanton, Steelehouse Productions - Credential Recordings
• "Move" - Thousand Foot Krutch
  Thousand Foot Krutch
  Thousand Foot Krutch is a Canadian Christian rock band formed in 1995. They have released five major studio albums: Set It Off , Phenomenon , The Art of Breaking , The Flame In All of Us , and Welcome to the Masquerade . They also have one live album, Live at the Masquerade...
  
  
  • Brandon Dickerson
    Brandon Dickerson
    Brandon Dickerson is an award-winning American music video, documentary film, and television commercial director who has also moved into directing theatrical films. He is currently signed with for commercials and for music videos....
    
     (video director), Erik Press (video producer)
• "Quien Sabe" - Kyosko
  • Oscar Frenkel (video director), Kyosko (video producers)
• "Stars
  Stars (Switchfoot song)
  "Stars" is the first single released from Switchfoot's fifth album Nothing Is Sound. It was the most-added song on Modern Rock Radio in its first week of release and peaked at number sixteen on the US Modern Rock chart. The song was certified gold as a digital single on December 13, 2005...
  
  " - 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...
  
  
  • Scott Speer
    Scott Speer
    Scott Speer is an American music video director born in San Diego, California.-Career:At age 23 he was signed with HSI Productions, and in 2006 Speer received the MVPA Award for Directorial Debut of the Year for the music video of "Stars" by Switchfoot.In 2007 he won his first MTV Video Music...
    
     (video director), Coleen Haynes (video producer)

Long Form Music Video of the Year

• A Night of Stories & Songs - Mark Schultz
  Mark Schultz (musician)
  Mark Schultz is a Contemporary Christian music singer/songwriter. He grew up in Colby, Kansas and graduated from Kansas State University with a degree in marketing. At Kansas State, Mark was a member of Lambda Chi Alpha. He moved to Nashville, Tennessee where he served eight years as a youth group...
  
  
  • Franklin Films (director), Ken Carpenter (producer)
• Live at Brooklyn Tabernacle - The Crabb Family
  The Crabb Family
  The Crabb Family was a Grammy-nominated, Dove Award-winning Southern Gospel group from Beaver Dam, Kentucky. They had sixteen No. 1 songs on the national radio charts.-Members:...
  
  
  • Russell Hall (director), Aaron Crabb, Adam Crabb, 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...
    
    , Kelly Bowling, Brian Hudson, Kim Ryan White (producers)
• Live From Another Level - Israel & New Breed
  • Aaron Lindsey (director), Israel Houghton (producer)
• Live Wire
  Live Wire (album)
  Live Wire is a 2004 live CD/DVD released by the Christian rock band Third Day. All of the tracks except for "Sing a Song" and "Blackbird" are from their album Wire, released earlier that year. "Thank You All" was recorded especially for Live Wire. Some of the songs were cut off the CD but can be...
  
  - 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...
  
  
  • Carl Diebold (director), Michael Sacci (producer)
• Stacie Orrico Live in Japan
  Live in Japan (Stacie Orrico album)
  Live in Japan DVD is the DVD of a live concert performed by Stacie Orrico in Tokyo, Japan in late 2003. The DVD was released on November 2, 2004.-Track listing:#"Tight"#"Bounce Back"#"Hesitation"#"Instead"#"I Promise"#"Strong Enough"#"Stuck"...
  
  - Stacie Orrico
  Stacie Orrico
  Stacie Joy Orrico is a Contemporary Christian and R&B singer-songwriter and occasional actress. In 1998, she signed to ForeFront Records when she was 12 years old, and recorded her first album Genuine , which sold 13,000 in the first week of release.After her first album she signed to a new record...
  
  
  • Jim Gable (director), Chris Kraft (producer)

Artists with multiple nominations and awards

The following artists received multiple nominations:

• Nine: 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...
  
  
• Six: 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...
  
  , 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...
  
  , Joy Williams, Relient K
  Relient K
  Relient K is an American rock band formed in 1998 in Canton, Ohio by Matt Thiessen, Brian Pittman, and Matt Hoopes during the band's junior year in high school and their time at Malone University...
  
  
• Five: 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...
  
  , The Crabb Family
  The Crabb Family
  The Crabb Family was a Grammy-nominated, Dove Award-winning Southern Gospel group from Beaver Dam, Kentucky. They had sixteen No. 1 songs on the national radio charts.-Members:...
  
  , 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...
  
  , 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...
  
  , 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...
  
  , 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...
  
  , Israel & New Breed
• Three: 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...
  
  , 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...
  
  , 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...
  
  , Mark Hall
  Mark Hall (musician)
  Mark Hall, Jr. is the lead vocalist for the Georgia-based Christian rock group Casting Crowns, a seven-member group made up of all youth pastors.-Early childhood:...
  
  , Selah
  Selah (band)
  Selah is a Christian vocal trio consisting of Todd Smith, Allan Hall, and Amy Perry. They have won three Dove Awards. The group has been featured on The 700 Club, The Hour of Power, and TBN.- History :...
  
  
• Two: 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:...
  
  , Mat Kearney
  Mat Kearney
  Mathew William "Mat" Kearney is an American musician born in Eugene, Oregon, now based in Nashville, Tennessee. Kearney has received critical acclaim and widespread recognition for his Columbia Records debut, Nothing Left to Lose. So far, he has a total of four top 20 hits on the Adult Top 40...
  
  , 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...
  
  , 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...
  
  , 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"...
  
  , Jars of Clay
  Jars of Clay
  Jars of Clay is a Christian rock band from Nashville, Tennessee. They met at Greenville College in Greenville, Illinois.Jars of Clay consists of Dan Haseltine on vocals, Charlie Lowell on piano and keyboards, Stephen Mason on lead guitars and Matthew Odmark on rhythm guitars...
  
  , 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...
  
  , Thousand Foot Krutch
  Thousand Foot Krutch
  Thousand Foot Krutch is a Canadian Christian rock band formed in 1995. They have released five major studio albums: Set It Off , Phenomenon , The Art of Breaking , The Flame In All of Us , and Welcome to the Masquerade . They also have one live album, Live at the Masquerade...
  
  , 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...
  
  , DJ Maj
  DJ Maj
  Mike Allen, professionally known as DJ Maj, is a Christian music DJ, contributing to Gospel music albums released by tobyMac, GRITS, Ill Harmonics, Carman, dc Talk, and the Newsboys...
  
  , 4th Avenue Jones
  4th Avenue Jones
  4th Avenue Jones is a Christian American hip hop band based in Los Angeles, California. Their name comes from the last name of founding members Ahmad and Tena Jones , and the street where they lived in South Central Los Angeles when they began their rehearsals.-The Interscope Years:4th Avenue Jones...
  
  , 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"...
  
  , John Reuben
  John Reuben
  John Reuben is an American hip hop artist signed to Gotee Records until late 2010. Reuben has sold over 200,000 copies of his first four albums. He released his sixth album, Sex, Drugs and Self-Control on December 22, 2009...
  
  , Twila Paris
  Twila Paris
  Twila Paris Wright is a Contemporary Christian Music songwriter, author, vocalist and pianist.-Musical career:Since 1980, Twila Paris has released 22 albums, amassed 33 number one Christian Radio singles, and was named the Gospel Music Association Female Vocalist of the Year three years in a row...
  
  , Bart Millard, Brian Free & Assurance, Yolanda Adams
  Yolanda Adams
  Yolanda Adams is an American Grammy- and Dove-award-winning Yolanda Adams is an American [[Grammy Awards|Grammy]]- and [[Dove Awards|Dove]]-award-winning...
  
  , 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...
  
  , 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...
  
  , McRaes, 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"....
  
  , Buddy Greene
  Buddy Greene
  Buddy Greene is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist and harmonica player. Most of his recordings consist of gospel music, with a distinctly Southern flavor. Much of his music is influenced by country music and bluegrass music. Greene grew up in Macon, Georgia...
  
  , Matt Redman
  Matt Redman
  Matt Redman is an English Christian worship leader, songwriter and author based in Brighton.He has worked with Newfrontiers, Passion Conferences, Hillsong London, Soul Survivor, is an artist for Sixstepsrecords and is a member of Compassionart a charity founded by Martin Smith.He appeared with...
  
  , 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 :...
  
  , George Huff, Andy Hunter°
  Andy Hunter°
  Andy Hunter° is a British Christian DJ and composer of electronic dance music.-Biography:Hunter, professionally known as Andy Hunter°, was born in Leicester, England on 23 April 1974. He became involved in music in his early days of adolescence, and later became interested in sound engineering in...
  
  

The following artists received multiple awards:

• Four: 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...
  
  
• Two: 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...
  
  , The Crabb Family
  The Crabb Family
  The Crabb Family was a Grammy-nominated, Dove Award-winning Southern Gospel group from Beaver Dam, Kentucky. They had sixteen No. 1 songs on the national radio charts.-Members:...
  
  , 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 :...
  
  

External links

• 37th Annual GMA Awards Nominations and Winners on About.com