This year the Dove Awards welcomes a new category! 2013 will be the very first year that an artist takes home the Contemporary Christian Performance of the Year award at the end of the night. On Tuesday, October 15, we'll find out who won. In the meantime, the nominees are ...
"10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord)" - Matt Redman
The title track from Matt's July 12, 2011 release (sixstepsrecords/Sparrow Records), "10,000 Reasons" is also up for ...
- Song of the Year
- Pop / Contemporary Song of the Year
- Praise & Worship Song of the Year
Matt Redman is also in the running for Songwriter of the Year.
Song Trivia: This song was named the Best Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Performance and the Best Contemporary Christian Music Song at the 2013 GRAMMY Awards.
From the song ...
Bless the Lord, O my soul
O my soul
Worship His holy name
Sing like never before
O my soul
I'll worship Your holy name
"Need You Now (How Many Times)" - Plumb
The popular single from Plumb's February 26, 2013 album, Need You Now (Curb), was a huge hit at radio. The song is one that we can all relate to as we've all cried out to God about our need for Him to get us through a moment. "Need You Now (How Many Times)" is also up for ...
- Song of the Year
- Pop / Contemporary Song of the Year
Need You Now is in the running for Pop/ Contemporary Album of the Year.
From the song ...
How many times have you heard me cry out
"God please take this"?
How many times have you given me strength to
Just keep breathing?
Oh I need you
God, I need you now.
"Redeemed" - Big Daddy Weave
The incredibly popular single from the band's April 2012 album, Love Come To Life (Fervent Records/Word), spent a month at #1 on Billboard. "Redeemed" is also up for ...
- Song of the Year
- Pop / Contemporary Song of the Year
- Praise & Worship Song of the Year
From the song ...
I am redeemed, You set me free
So I'll shake off these heavy chains
Wipe away every stain, yeah, I'm not who I used to be
Oh, God, I'm not who I used to be
Jesus, I'm not who I used to be
Cause I am redeemed
Thank God, redeemed
"The Dream" - David Phelps
Coming to us from the October 9, 2012 album, Classic (Gaither Music), David Phelps pulls out all of the vocal stops on this one. While he is a celebrated member of the Gaither Vocal Band, Phelps is also one of the strongest tenors of our day. He could easily go head to head with the likes of Josh Groban.
Classic is also up for Inspirational Album of the Year.
From the song ...
I am wisdom truth and mercy
The almighty one, the Lord your God
I am
"The Proof of Your Love" - for KING & COUNTRY
The second single from the brother's debut February 2012 album, Crave (Fervent Records/Word), was even bigger than "Busted Heart (Hold On To Me)." "The Proof of Your Love" is also up for ...
- Song of the Year
- Pop / Contemporary Song of the Year
Crave is in the running for Pop/ Contemporary Album of the Year.
From the song ...
If I sing but don't have love
I waste my breath with every song
I bring an empty voice, a hollow noise
If I speak with a silver tongue
Convince a crowd but don't have love
I leave a bitter taste with every word I say
"Where I Belong" - Building 429
The rock anthem from Listen To The Sound (Essential Records), reverberates through your very soul. Jason says that he wrote the song after realizing that we, as people, will give up everything we have in search of a "good life" that doesn't exist here on earth. "Where I Belong" is also up for ...
- Song of the Year
From the song ...
So when the walls come falling down on me
And when I'm lost in the current of a raging sea
I have this blessed assurance holding me.
