The 3rd Annual Grizzly Awards event is now available to stream in full on Facebook, YouTube, and below, following its April 3 livestream.

The event included performances from Seventh Day Slumber, Remedy Drive, Nate Parrish and Dire, alongside presenter appearances from industry legends like Travis Wyrick, Trevor McNevan (Thousand Foot Krutch), Brian “Head” Welch (Korn, Love & Death), Austin Carlile (The Whosoevers), James Mead (Kutless), Josiah Prince (Disciple) and Andrew Stanton (Disciple). The Grizzly Awards were hosted by Egypt Speaks, acclaimed poet and spoken word artist.

“The purpose of The Grizzly Awards was to celebrate this genre as a whole, reaching far below simply the nominees and the winners,” co-founder Mary Nikkel shares on behalf of The Grizzly Awards leadership team. “We truly felt that during the event, where we were surrounded by this community both in person and through everyone watching online. We truly hope that it was deeply encouraging to everyone who was able to be a part of it.

The Grizzly Awards stream began on Facebook, but moved to YouTube partway through the show due to technical challenges. The newly uploaded video allows viewers to watch it in full on both platforms. The Grizzlies team shares, “We’re so grateful to everyone for persisting with us through the countless challenges of creating a livestream event on this scale. That was yet more evidence of the passion and the purpose-focused heart of rock and metal listeners!”

The Grizzly Awards was funded entirely by generous sponsors and individual donors and filmed on site at Westlight Studios in Franklin, Tenn. The results of the awards were determined by fan voting, which took place in February. Winners accepted their awards during the event, with acceptances from artists like Memphis May Fire, Relent, Lacey Sturm, Love & Death, The Letter Black and Seventh Day Slumber. You can find out more about The Grizzly Awards at thegrizzlyawards.com and on Facebook and Instagram. See a full list of winners below.

• Arts & Cultural: #ChooseLife Livestream
• ROCK Album of the Year: Relent HEAVY
• METAL Album of the Year: Phinehas THE FIRE ITSELF
• METAL Song of the Year: Memphis May Fire “Blood & Water”
• ROCK Song of the Year: Seventh Day Slumber “What I’ve Become”
• ALT ROCK Song of the Year: Remedy Drive “Dragons”
• COLLABORATION Song of the Year: Love and Death/Lacey Sturm “Let Me Love You”
• BRAVEHEART Song of the Year: Holy Name “Meet Me Somewhere Quiet”
• MUSIC VIDEO of the Year: Lacey Sturm “Awaken Love”
• CLEAN VOCALIST of the Year: JR Bareis
• SCREAM VOCALIST of the Year: Michael Felker
• GUITARIST of the Year: Mark Anthony
• BASSIST of the Year: Jasen Rauch
• DRUMMER of the Year: Kaleb Luebchow
• PRODUCER of the Year: Jeremiah Scott
• FAN CHOICE: The Letter Black

MRC and NBC today announced the finalists for the “2022 Billboard Music Awards” (BBMA), which honor the year’s most successful artists in 62 categories across all genres of music. The annual live broadcast showcases spectacular performances, unexpected collaborations, and buzzworthy pop culture moments that keep fans talking all year. Some of the most unforgettable moments of the evening take place during the presentation of both the prestigious Billboard Icon Award, which honors record-breaking artists and their impact on music, and the Billboard Change Maker Award, which honors an artist or group that speaks truth to power through their music, platform, and community.

The BBMAs will broadcast live coast-to-coast from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, May 15 at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT on NBC and stream live on Peacock.

This year’s awards are based on the chart period of April 10, 2021 through March 26, 2022. “Billboard Music Awards” finalists and winners are based on key fan interactions with music, including album and digital song sales, streaming, radio airplay, and social engagement, tracked by Billboard and its data partners, including Luminate.

Nominees for relevant Christian and Gospel music categories are below. Congratulations to all the nominees! The full list of finalists can be found here.

Top Christian Artist

• Carrie Underwood
• Elevation Worship
• for KING & COUNTRY
• Lauren Daigle
• Ye

Top Gospel Artist

• CeCe Winans
• Elevation Worship
• Kirk Franklin
• Maverick City Music
• Ye

Top Christian Album

• My Savior, Carrie Underwood
• Believe For It, CeCe Winans
• Old Church Basement, Elevation Worship & Maverick City Music
• Hymn Of Heaven, Phil Wickham
• Donda, Ye

Top Gospel Album

• Believe For It, CeCe Winans
• Old Church Basement, Elevation Worship & Maverick City Music
• Jubilee: Juneteenth Edition, Maverick City Music
• move your heart., Maverick City Music & UPPERROOM
• Donda, Ye

Top Christian Song

• “My Jesus”, Anne Wilson
• “Hurricane”, Ye
• “Moon”, Ye
• “Off The Grid”, Ye
• “Praise God”, Ye

Top Gospel Song

• “Jireh”, Elevation Worship & Maverick City Music ft. Chandler Moore & Naomi Raine
• “Hurricane”, Ye
• “Moon”, Ye
• “Off The Grid”, Ye
• “Praise God”, Ye

Multi-platinum super group Maverick City Music today have become GRAMMY Award winners after taking home the award for Best Contemporary Christian Music Album for Old Church Basement with Elevation Worship. The moment was punctuated with a very special performance of their No. 1 smash hit “Jireh” from the top of the MGM Grand.

Of the win, co-founder of Maverick City Music Tony Brown says, “Maverick City Music started with a dream to make the most segregated hour in America, Sunday mornings, an ancient past time. Breaking barriers by being nominated in every inspirational GRAMMY category is only the beginning. The empowerment of every unlikely voice is what’s next for Maverick City.”

Maverick City Music recently announced their largest co-headline arena tour to date with Kirk Franklin. The tour, dubbed Kingdom, begins on June 1^st and will make stops in 37 cities in North America including Atlanta, Toronto, Nashville, Los Angeles and more before wrapping up in Denver, CO at Ball Arena on July 31st. They will be joined by Jonathan McReynolds and Housefires on all dates. Tickets are now available HERE.

Maverick City Music has been making noise since forming in 2018. Featuring a rotating group of members that include Chandler Moore, Naomi Raine, Dante Bowe, Lizzie Morgan, MJ George, Aaron Moses, Joe L Barnes and Brandon Lake, Maverick City Music brings together a diverse array of voices, drawing inspiration from soul, gospel, R&B, and indie rock. Their 2021 album Old Church Basement, in collaboration with Elevation Worship, earned the group three Grammy nominations across three categories including nominations for their largest single to date, “Jireh (feat. Chandler Moore & Naomi Raine),” and “Wait On You (feat. Dante Bowe & Chandler Moore.)” 

The Recording Academy has begun awarding winners for the 64th Annual GRAMMY Awards. As the only peer-selected music accolade, the GRAMMY Awards are voted on by the Recording Academy’s voting membership body of music makers, who represent all genres and creative disciplines, including recording artists, songwriters, producers, mixers, and engineers.

“This is an exciting day for music,” said Harvey Mason jr., CEO of the Recording Academy. “These nominations beautifully reflect today’s broad and diverse musical landscape. I congratulate all of the nominees and everyone who submitted work. I’m also so proud of our voters. They voted in record numbers and brought their very best to evaluating the work of their peers, and I thank them on behalf of the entire music community.”

This year’s nominees were voted on by Recording Academy voting members from nearly 22,000 eligible entries and reflect the wide range of artistic innovation that defined the year in music (Sept. 1, 2020–Sept. 30, 2021).

Here below are list of nominees and award winners from the 64th Annual GRAMMY Awards’ 26 Fields and 86 Categories. For a complete nominations list, visit www.grammy.com.

Best Contemporary Christian Music Album

• No Stranger – Natalie Grant
• Feels Like Home Vol. 2 – Israel & New Breed
• The Blessing (Live) – Kari Jobe
• Citizen Of Heaven (Live) – Tauren Wells
• Old Church Basement – Elevation Worship & Maverick City Music – WINNER

Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song

• “We Win”
  Kirk Franklin & Lil Baby; Kirk Franklin, Dominique Jones, Cynthia Nunn & Justin Smith, songwriters
• “Hold Us Together (Hope Mix)”
  H.E.R. & Tauren Wells; Josiah Bassey, Dernst Emile & H.E.R., songwriters
• “Man Of Your Word”
  Chandler Moore & KJ Scriven; Jonathan Jay, Nathan Jess & Chandler Moore, songwriters
• “Believe For It”
  CeCe Winans; Dwan Hill, Kyle Lee, CeCe Winans & Mitch Wong, songwriters – – WINNER
• “Jireh”
  Elevation Worship & Maverick City Music Featuring Chandler Moore & Naomi Raine; Chris Brown, Steven Furtick, Chandler Moore & Naomi Raine, songwriters

Best Gospel Album

• Changing Your Story — Jekalyn Carr
• Royalty: Live At The Ryman — Tasha Cobbs Leonard
• Jubilee: Juneteenth Edition — Maverick City Music
• Jonny x Mali: Live In LA — Jonathan McReynolds & Mali Music
• Believe For It — CeCe Winans – WINNER

Best Gospel Performance/Song

• “Voice Of God”
  Dante Bowe Featuring Steffany Gretzinger & Chandler Moore; Dante Bowe, Tywan Mack, Jeff Schneeweis & Mitch Wong, songwriters
• “Joyful”
  Dante Bowe; Dante Bowe & Ben Schofield, songwriters
• “Help”
  Anthony Brown & Group Therapy; Anthony Brown & Darryl Woodson, songwriters
• “Never Lost”
  CeCe Winans – WINNER
• “Wait On You”
  Elevation Worship & Maverick City Music; Dante Bowe, Chris Brown, Steven Furtick, Tiffany Hudson, Brandon Lake & Chandler Moore, songwriters

Best Roots Gospel Album

• Alone With My Faith – Harry Connick, Jr.
• That’s Gospel, Brother – Gaither Vocal Band
• Keeping On – Ernie Haase & Signature Sound
• Songs For The Times – The Isaacs
• My Savior – Carrie Underwood – WINNER

For the second year in a row, the GRAMMY Awards have been postponed from their regular January spot due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Originally set to take place on January 31, no new date has been announced.

In a statement, the Recording Academy shared, “After careful consideration and analysis with city and state officials, health and safety experts, the artist community and our many partners, the Recording Academy and CBS have postponed the 64th Annual GRAMMY Awards Show.  The health and safety of those in our music community, the live audience, and the hundreds of people who work tirelessly to produce our show remains our top priority.  Given the uncertainty surrounding the Omicron variant, holding the show on January 31 simply contains too many risks.  We look forward to celebrating Music’s Biggest Night on a future date, which will be announced soon.” 

Find the list of nominees here.

NASHVILLE, TENN. World-renowned worship leader Kari Jobe received a GRAMMY® Award nomination for “Best Contemporary Christian Music Album” for her album, The Blessing (Live). The nominated album has been a hallmark project for Jobe’s career as the title track from the album recently won the 2021 GMA Dove Award for “Song of the Year.” This marks her third career GRAMMY nomination. The 64th GRAMMY Awards will air Monday, Jan. 31, on CBS.

“Wow – it’s so sweet to celebrate what God has done and continues to do through The Blessing,” shares Kari Jobe upon learning about her nomination today. “This album was very special to record, and it’s extremely honoring to be nominated for a Grammy! Thank you to the Recording Academy and my amazing producers Henry Seeley, Austin Davis, and Cody Carnes. My incredible band and crew. The songwriters who helped me craft these songs. And my label and management team that I love working with.”

As her first new album in three years, Jobe recorded the music live during the pandemic in 2020 without an audience despite her deep desire to worship with a live audience. The uniquely recorded live album features 15 tracks and more than three hours of worship captured. The album’s namesake is from the viral global hit song, “The Blessing,” with Jobe, Cody Carnes, and Elevation Worship that received a GRAMMY Award nomination for “Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song,” won the 2020 “Worship Song of the Year” as well as awarded RIAA Gold Digital Single certification.

The Blessing (Live) features songs co-written by Cody Carnes, Austin Davis, Jacob Sooter, Jonas Myrin, Elyssa Smith, Steffany Gretzinger, Chris Brown, Steven Furtick, and Passion’s Kristian Stanfill and Brett Younker. The album was produced by Cody Carnes, Austin Davis, Henry Seeley, and Jobe.
This year she also embarked on “The Blessing Tour” performing songs from the nominated album hitting 42 cities with more than half of those as sold-out dates.

ABOUT KARI JOBE: For nearly two decades, well-respected worship leader Kari Jobe has been using her gifts to lead people into the presence of God. When she began leading worship at age 13, she never imagined she would be nominated for three GRAMMY® awards, win multiple Dove Awards, have two RIAA Gold Certified singles, or be praised by the New York Times. She has more than 1.18 million YouTube subscribers and over 340 million channel views. Originally from Texas and now residing in Nashville with her husband Cody Carnes and their two boys, Canyon and Kingston, and they both serve at their home church The Belonging Co.

The Recording Academy has revealed nominees for the 64th Annual GRAMMY Awards and announced that, for the first time, there will be 10 nominees in each of the General Field Categories: Record Of The Year, Album Of The Year, Song Of The Year, and Best New Artist. As the only peer-selected music accolade, the GRAMMY Awards are voted on by the Recording Academy’s voting membership body of music makers, who represent all genres and creative disciplines, including recording artists, songwriters, producers, mixers, and engineers.

“This is an exciting day for music,” said Harvey Mason jr., CEO of the Recording Academy. “These nominations beautifully reflect today’s broad and diverse musical landscape. I congratulate all of the nominees and everyone who submitted work. I’m also so proud of our voters. They voted in record numbers and brought their very best to evaluating the work of their peers, and I thank them on behalf of the entire music community.”

This year’s nominees were voted on by Recording Academy voting members from nearly 22,000 eligible entries and reflect the wide range of artistic innovation that defined the year in music (Sept. 1, 2020–Sept. 30, 2021). The final round of GRAMMY voting is Dec. 6, 2021–Jan. 5, 2022. The Recording Academy will present the GRAMMY Awards on Mon, Jan. 31, 2022, on the CBS Television Network and stream live and on demand on Paramount+ from 8–11:30 p.m. ET / 5–8:30 p.m. PT. Prior to the telecast, the GRAMMY Awards Premiere Ceremony^® will be held at the Microsoft Theater at 12:30 p.m. PT and will be streamed live on GRAMMY.com and the Recording Academy’s YouTube channel.

The following is a sampling of nominations from the 64th Annual GRAMMY Awards’ 26 Fields and 86 Categories. For a complete nominations list, visit www.grammy.com.

Best Contemporary Christian Music Album

• No Stranger – Natalie Grant
• Feels Like Home Vol. 2 – Israel & New Breed
• The Blessing (Live) – Kari Jobe
• Citizen Of Heaven (Live) – Tauren Wells
• Old Church Basement – Elevation Worship & Maverick City Music

Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song

• “We Win”
  Kirk Franklin & Lil Baby; Kirk Franklin, Dominique Jones, Cynthia Nunn & Justin Smith, songwriters
• “Hold Us Together (Hope Mix)”
  H.E.R. & Tauren Wells; Josiah Bassey, Dernst Emile & H.E.R., songwriters
• “Man Of Your Word”
  Chandler Moore & KJ Scriven; Jonathan Jay, Nathan Jess & Chandler Moore, songwriters
• “Believe For It”
  CeCe Winans; Dwan Hill, Kyle Lee, CeCe Winans & Mitch Wong, songwriters
• “Jireh”
  Elevation Worship & Maverick City Music Featuring Chandler Moore & Naomi Raine; Chris Brown, Steven Furtick, Chandler Moore & Naomi Raine, songwriters

Best Gospel Album

• Changing Your Story — Jekalyn Carr
• Royalty: Live At The Ryman — Tasha Cobbs Leonard
• Jubilee: Juneteenth Edition — Maverick City Music
• Jonny x Mali: Live In LA — Jonathan McReynolds & Mali Music
• Believe For It — CeCe Winans

Best Gospel Performance/Song

• “Voice Of God”
  Dante Bowe Featuring Steffany Gretzinger & Chandler Moore; Dante Bowe, Tywan Mack, Jeff Schneeweis & Mitch Wong, songwriters
• “Joyful”
  Dante Bowe; Dante Bowe & Ben Schofield, songwriters
• “Help”
  Anthony Brown & Group Therapy; Anthony Brown & Darryl Woodson, songwriters
• “Never Lost”
  CeCe Winans
• “Wait On You”
  Elevation Worship & Maverick City Music; Dante Bowe, Chris Brown, Steven Furtick, Tiffany Hudson, Brandon Lake & Chandler Moore, songwriters

Best Roots Gospel Album

• Alone With My Faith – Harry Connick, Jr.
• That’s Gospel, Brother – Gaither Vocal Band
• Keeping On – Ernie Haase & Signature Sound
• Songs For The Times – The Isaacs
• My Savior – Carrie Underwood

Multi-platinum selling artist Lauren Daigle continues her record-breaking year with an American Music Award nomination. This is the sixth consecutive year Daigle is nominated for Favorite Inspirational Artist having taken the award home the last four years. If she receives this one, Daigle will officially hold the record for the greatest number of wins in the category with a total of five. The “2021 American Music Awards” are set to air Sun., Nov. 21, 2021, live on ABC from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. ET. Voting is now open through November 16th by searching AMAs on TikTok.

Of her nomination Daigle said, “I am so honored and grateful for all the love! Seeing this music connect with so many people constantly leaves me in awe and to be nominated for an AMA is just icing on the cake. Thank you to everyone for listening and making this a possibility!”

Daigle is currently on her headline arena tour, the “Lauren Daigle World Tour,” which began last month and will run through November 19th where she will make a final stop in Nashville. She also recently announced a string of intimate Christmas shows which mark the fifth anniversary of the release of Behold: A Christmas Collection. Full tour routing and tickets are available at www.laurendaigle.com/tour

Since the release of her GRAMMY Award winning, platinum certified album Look Up Child, Lauren Daigle has reigned on the Billboard Charts. The album debuted at No. 3 on the Top 200 Albums chart making Daigle the first female artist to simultaneously hit the Top 10 on both Billboard’s Pop and Christian Billboard Album Charts. After spending 100 weeks at No. 1, Look Up Child, also holds the record for the greatest number of weeks at the top of any individual album chart. In addition, the GRAMMY Award winning crossover hit, “You Say,” became the longest-running No. 1 song of any genre on the weekly Billboard Hot charts at an incredible 132 weeks and was recently certified 4x-platinum by the RIAA. Her latest single, “Hold On To Me,” marks her sixth No. 1 and extends her record of on the Hot Christian Songs chart. Daigle has earned seven Billboard Music Awards, four American Music Awards, ten GMA Dove Music Awards and sold-out concert venues all over the world.

Pastor Mike, Jr. is quickly making his mark in Gospel music, and he’s making the rounds too! 

Pastor Mike, Jr. was among the esteemed celebrity presenters at the 52^nd Dove Awards held in Nashville. Though he was a virtual performer at the 51^st awards in 2020, this is Pastor Mike, Jr’s first time gracing the prestigious Dove Awards stage. 

Pastor Mike, Jr., who co-presented with PJ Morton, enjoyed the celebration of this year’s best and brightest in Gospel and Christian music. “It was an honor to present at the 52^nd Dove Awards. Spirits were high all evening as we celebrated the Lord with song. This was my first live show with the Dove Awards, but I pray it will not be my last. I loved the production as well as the camaraderie of my peers.”

Pastor Mike, Jr’s latest single “I Got It” hit #1 on Billboard’s Gospel Airplay Chart, and has received over one million streams.  

Provident Entertainment is proud to announce they received five American Music Award nominations. Just announced this morning, Zach Williams, CAIN, and Elevation Worship are nominated for Favorite Contemporary Inspirational Artist, and Kirk Franklin and Koryn Hawthorne are recognized in the newly added category Favorite Gospel Artist.

The AMAs are the world’s largest fan-voted awards show with winners determined by votes cast online as well as via Twitter. Nominees are based on key fan interactions – as reflected on the Billboard charts – including streaming, album sales, song sales, and radio airplay. These measurements are tracked by Billboard and its data partner MRC Data and cover the time period Sept. 25, 2020 through Sept. 23, 2021.

Voting for all categories is now open and for the first time, fans can vote for all AMA categories on TikTok by searching for “AMAs” in-app. The 2021 American Music Awards will be broadcast live from the Microsoft Theatre in Los Angeles on Sunday, November 21st, and air on ABC and stream the next day on Hulu.