Congratulations to Maverick City Music, who took home New Artist Of The Year and Album Of The Year at the 2021 Stellar Awards for the 2020 release of Maverick City Vol. 3 Part 1. Between Maverick City Music and all of its artists, the Billboard No.1 collective garnered 11 Stellar Award nominations. The gospel event of the year, the 36th Annual Stellar Gospel Music Awards, will air on BET on Sunday, August 1st, at 8 pm ET / 5 pm PT. Gospel legend Tye Tribbett and multiple Stellar Award winner Jekalyn Carr will host the highly-anticipated event, which will feature inspirational performances from the genre’s most celebrated artists.

In celebration of Juneteenth last month, Maverick City Music released their newest project, Jubilee: Juneteenth Edition. The new album is a dual-side feature consisting of a live gospel produced A-Side and a Rap/R&B/Pop produced B-Side. Jubilee features a wide range of guest artists, including heavy-hitters from gospel, R&B, Pop and Rap: Ciara, Rapsody, Tamar Braxton, Jonathan McReynolds, Israel Houghton, Jekalyn Carr, and more. As with other Maverick City Music releases, the collective continues to impress as the new album peaked at #1 on Apple iTunes.

Maverick City Music recently made headlines with their newest release Old Church Basement, a collab album with Elevation Worship, which broke streaming records at both Apple Music and Spotify. On Apple Music, the group set a new worldwide record for the most first-day streams for a Christian and Gospel album, and on Spotify, the album broke the U.S. record for the most streams in a day for an album by a Christian group and was No. 4 out of all U.S. albums its first weekend of release. Old Church Basement was released April 30 and is a powerful collection that aims to bring listeners back to a pure place of worship and features vocals from Chandler Moore, Brandon Lake, Naomi Raine, Chris Brown, Dante Bowe, Tiffany Hudson, Joe L Barnes, and Amanda Lindsey Cook.

This upcoming fall, Maverick City Music will embark on its first-ever tour and the shows will feature electrifying performances with collective members Dante Bowe, Chandler Moore, Naomi Raine, Joe L. Barnes, Aaron Moses and special guests, including Lecrae, on certain dates. The group recently added 13 more tour dates after selling out their original 11. The new dates are set in even larger venues, including the Barclays Center in NYC and TD Garden in Boston. Learn more about the tour and tickets: https://tourlink.to/maverickcitytour

Provident Label Group is proud to announce that two of their artists—Zach Williams and CAIN—walked away with a total of three K-LOVE Fan Awards. Held at Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry on Sunday, May 30, and airing on TBN last Friday, June 4, singer/songwriter and multi-award winner Williams received two: Male Artist of the Year and Song of the Year for the No. 1 hit “There Was Jesus” with Dolly Parton. “Rise Up (Lazarus)” from sibling trio CAIN, who also made their awards show debut, received Breakthrough Single of the Year for their chart-topping single.

Both artists performed during the show—Williams shared his powerful new song “Stand My Ground” while CAIN performed “Rise Up (Lazarus).” CAIN, comprised of Madison Cain Johnson, Logan Cain, and Taylor Cain Matz, also sang backup during Williams’ performance.

The Provident family went into the awards show with an astounding 13 nominations. Matthew West returned as host for the annual event while also performing his top hit “Truth Be Told” with country superstar Carly Pearce. Other appearances and performances were made by Chris Brown of Elevation Worship, Casting Crowns, and Leanna Crawford.

It was recently announced that four-time GRAMMY Award-winning duo for KING & COUNTRY took home multiple honors at the 2021 K-LOVE Fan Awards, hosted at Nashville’s iconic Grand Ole Opry House. Through fan votes, for KING & COUNTRY was named Artist of the Year as well as Group/Duo of the Year, becoming the artist with the most K-LOVE awards at thirteen total honors.

Joel Smallbone, one half of for KING & COUNTRY, shares in a statement:

“Seeing the K-LOVE Fan Awards return after a year’s hiatus and reuniting with so many familiar faces felt like the great first step back into the live collaborative music world. And I must say, the Grand Ole Opry House was electric.

Our heartfelt appreciation to our music-listener-family for taking the time to vote. Being the 2021 recipients of the Artist of the Year and Group/Duo of the Year awards is a greater and deeper encouragement than ever before. We’re thrilled to be stepping into these better days together and look forward to sharing new music with you later this year.”

The news marks another milestone for the platinum-selling duo in 2021, who were also nominated for two 2021 Billboard Music Awards. Earlier this year, for KING & COUNTRY celebrated the RIAA Gold certification of their third studio album, Burn The Ships, and released a deluxe version featuring contributions from Dolly Parton, Timbaland, and more. To kick off 2021, for KING & COUNTRY dazzled ABC’s Good Morning America on New Year’s Day with a performance of their No. 1 hit single “joy.”

Provident Entertainment celebrates 23 nominations for the 36th Annual Stellar Gospel Music Awards, with 10 artists nominated in 17 categories, including the major categories of Artist of the Year, Song of the Year, Male Artist of the Year, Albertina Walker Female Artist of the Year, Duo/Chorus Group of the Year, New Artist of the Year, and Album of the Year. 

Releases from Kierra Sheard, Mali Music, Marvin Sapp, Donnie McClurkin, All Nations Music, Travis Greene, Le’Andria Johnson, Koryn Hawthorne, Melvin Crispell, III, and KB all garnered nominations for the upcoming awards, covering the range of Contemporary and Traditional Gospel, as well as Urban/Inspirational, and Rap Hip Hop categories. 

With a dominating eight nominations for her hit album KIERRA, chart-topper Kierra Sheard celebrates nominations in the major categories of Artist of the Year, Song of the Year for the hit single “Something Has to Break (Live) ft. Tasha Cobbs Leonard,” Albertina Walker Female Artist of the Year, and Album of the Year, along with four other categories. 

Also honored with multiple nominations are Mali Music, a co-performer and writer for the Song of the Year-nominated Jonathan McReynolds & Mali Music duet “Movin’ On” (RCA Inspiration/eOne) and his latest album THE BOOK OF MALI, Marvin Sapp’s latest acclaimed album CHOSEN VESSEL, Donnie McClurkin’s album A DIFFERENT SONG, and the hit debut album COME ALIVE from the group All Nations Music.    

Le’Andria Johnson, who’s nominated for “Hold On,” has two nominations for Traditional Female Artist of the Year. Separately, she received the second nomination for Traditional Female Artist of the Year, for her appearance on PJ Morton’s album. 

Phil Thornton, SVP and General Manager of RCA Inspiration/Provident Entertainment says,“Congratulations to all of the artists for the amazing creativity and powerful inspiration that they share with the world in their music, to impact others and bring a message of hope, love, healing and strength that remains much needed in these difficult times. Thank you to the Stellars for the recognition and continuing to honor gospel music!”  

The 36th Annual Stellar Awards will be July 10, 2021 in Nashville, TN.

Provident Entertainment’s 2021 Stellar Awards Nominations (listed by artist):

Kierra Sheard (Karew Entertainment/RCA Inspiration)

Artist of the Year

Song of the Year (“Something Has to Break (Live) ft. Tasha Cobbs Leonard”)

Albertina Walker Female Artist of the Year

Album of the Year (KIERRA)

Contemporary Female Artist of the Year

Contemporary Album of the Year (KIERRA)

Urban/Inspirational Single or Performance of the Year (“It Keeps Happening (Live)”)

Music Video of the Year (“Something Has to Break (Live)”)

Mali Music (K Approved Enterprises/RCA Inspiration)

Song of the Year (“Movin’ On ft. Mali Music”)

Urban/Inspirational Single or Performance of the Year (“Movin’ On ft. Mali Music”)

Rap Hip Hop Gospel Album of the Year (THE BOOK OF MALI)

Marvin Sapp (Verity Records)

Male Artist of the Year (CHOSEN VESSEL)

Contemporary Male Artist of the Year

Donnie McClurkin (CamDon Music/RCA Inspiration)

Traditional Male Artist of the Year

Traditional Album of the Year (A DIFFERENT SONG)

All Nations Music (All Nations/RCA Inspiration)  

Duo/Chorus Group of the Year (COME ALIVE)

Contemporary Duo/Chorus Group of the Year

Music Video of the Year (“Bless Your Name”)

Travis Greene (RCA Inspiration)  

Contemporary Male Artist of the Year (BROKEN RECORD)

Le’Andria Johnson (RCA Inspiration)

Traditional Female Artist of the Year (“Hold On”)

Traditional Female Artist of the Year (Gospel According to PJ-*not a Provident release)  

Koryn Hawthorne (RCA Inspiration)

Contemporary Female Artist of the Year (I AM)

Melvin Crispell, III (BET/RCA Inspiration)

New Artist of the Year (I’VE GOT A TESTIMONY)

KB (HGA Music/Essential Sound)

Rap Hip Hop Gospel Album of the Year (HIS GLORY ALONE)

R&B singer-songwriter and producer, PJ Morton, has scored a Grammy® Award for his first-ever inspirational music album, Gospel According to PJ (Morton Records/ Tyscot), in the category of Best Gospel Album. The award was revealed during the pre-telecast of the 63rd annual Grammy® Awards ceremony on Sunday, March 14, 2021 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Mexican Music vocalist, Lupita Infante, announced the winner of the category and Morton accepted it virtually.

The all-star set features performances from gospel music legends such as Yolanda Adams, Kirk Franklin, Commissioned, and The Clark Sisters, among others. The first radio single “All in His Plan” – featuring Mary Mary and Le’Andria Johnson – peaked at No. 1 on Billboard’s Gospel Airplay chart. The current single, “Repay You,” features J Moss, and made its Top 30 Gospel Airplay debut last week. Listening Link: https://smarturl.it/ukr2ld

While this is Morton’s third Grammy win (out of 14 career nominations), it’s the first victory for Tyscot Records. The 45+ year old label has earned nominations in the past for artists such as the Rance Allen Group, and Anthony Brown & group therAPy. “We are excited about this win,” says Tyscot President, Bryant Scott. “It’s an excellent album and we’re very proud of it and PJ Morton.”

Photo Credit: Rich Fury/Getty Images for The Recording Academy

The 63rd Annual GRAMMY Awards, hosted by Trevor Noah, aired live on Sunday, March 14,(8:00-11:30 PM, live ET/5:00-8:30 PM, live PT) on the CBS Television Network. The following is a sampling of relevant nominations from the GRAMMY Awards’ 30 Fields and 83 Categories. For a complete winners list, visit www.grammy.com.

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. The 63rd Annual GRAMMY Awards are produced by Fulwell 73 Productions for the Recording Academy. Ben Winston is executive producer, Jesse Collins and Raj Kapoor are co-executive producers, Fatima Robinson, Josie Cliff and David Wild are producers, Patrick Menton is talent producer, and Hamish Hamilton is director.

Best Gospel Performance/Song

• “Wonderful Is Your Name” (Melvin Crispell III)
• “Release Live” (Ricky Dillard Feat. Tiff Joy; David Frazier, songwriter)
• “Come Together” (Rodney “Darkchild” Jerkins Present: The Good News; Lashawn Daniels, Rodney Jerkins, Lecrae Moore & Jazz Nixon, songwriters)
• “Won’t Let Go” (Travis Greene; Travis Green, songwriter)
• “Movin’ On” (Jonathan McReynolds & Mali Music; Darryl L. Howell, Jonathan Caleb McReynolds, Kortney Jamaal Pollard & Terrell Demetrius Wilson, songwriters) – WINNER

Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song

• “The Blessing (Live)” (Kari Jobe, Cody Carnes & Elevation Worship; Chris Brown, Cody Carnes, Kari Jobe Carnes & Steven Furtick, songwriters)
• “Sunday Morning” (Lecrae featuring Kirk Franklin; Denisia Andrews, Jones Terrence Antonio, Saint Bodhi, Brittany Coney, Kirk Franklin, Lasanna Harris, Shama Joseph, Stuart Lowery, Lecrae Moore, & Nathanael Saint-Fleur, songwriters)
• “Holy Water” (We The Kingdom; Andrew Bergthold, Ed Cash, Franni Cash, Martin Cash & Scott Cash, songwriters)
• “Famous For” (I Believe) (Tauren Wells featuring Jenn Johnson; Chuck Butler, Krissy Nordhoff, Jordan Sapp, Alexis Slifer & Tauren Wells, songwriters)
• “There Was Jesus” (Zach Williams & Dolly Parton; Casey Beathard, Jonathan Smith & Zach Williams, songwriters) – WINNER

Best Gospel Album

• 2econd Wind: Ready (Anthony Brown & group therAPy)
• My Tribute (Myron Butler)
• Choirmaster (Ricky Dillard)
• Gospel According To PJ (PJ Morton) – WINNER
• KIERRA (Kierra Sheard)

Best Contemporary Christian Music Album

• Run To The Father  (Cody Carnes)
• All Of My Best Friends (Hillsong Young & Free)
• Holy Water (We The Kingdom)
• Citizen of Heaven (Tauren Wells)
• –Jesus Is King (Kanye West) – WINNER

RCA Inspiration celebrates five nominations for the 52nd NAACP Image Awards®, dominating the category of Outstanding Gospel/Christian Album with nods for Marvin Sapp, Kierra Sheard, and Koryn Hawthorne this year, along with two nods for Sheard and Kirk Franklin in the category of Outstanding Gospel/Christian Song.

The powerhouse Gospel hit makers are nominated for Outstanding Gospel/Christian Album for their most recent albums released in 2020, and for Outstanding Gospel/Christian Song for their latest hit singles. Marvin Sapp released his chart-topping thirteenth solo album CHOSEN VESSEL, Kierra Sheard released her chart-topping sixth studio album KIERRA (Karew Entertainment/RCA Inspiration), and Koryn Hawthorne released her chart-topping sophomore album I AM. Off her album, Kierra Sheard is nominated for her chart-topping song “Something Has To Break” (feat. Tasha Cobbs Leonard), and Kirk Franklin (Fo Yo Soul/RCA) is nominated for his latest chart-topping song “Strong God.”

Separately, RCA Inspiration artist Donald Lawrence was nominated as a producer, for Outstanding Soundtrack/Compilation Album and Outstanding Producer of the Year (The First Ladies of Gospel: The Clark Sisters Biopic Soundtrack). Also, Netflix received a nomination for Outstanding Reality Program, Reality Competition or Game Show (Series) for “Voices of Fire,” which chronicles the formation of the choir of the same name. RCA Inspiration in partnership with Pharrell Williams’ company i am OTHER, will be releasing new music from the Voices of Fire choir soon.

Phil Thornton, SVP and General Manager of RCA Inspiration says, “Congratulations to all our artists on their nominations! It is an honor to recognize their incredible music and creative projects that continue to inspire us. Thank you to the NAACP Image Awards for the honors, and look forward to the show this year.”

Voting is open now in select categories. The 52nd NAACP Image Awards will air on BET on Saturday, March 27th, 2021 at 8 pm ET. The virtual ceremonies will live stream the non-televised award categories over five nights, from March 22nd-March 26th.

For more information on RCA Inspiration, visit:

Website: http://rcainspiration.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RCAInspiration

Instagram: @RCAInspiration

Twitter : @RCAInspiration

Two-time GRAMMY award winning CCM artist Lauren Daigle shared the exciting news that “Rescue” had earned Platinum certification. Earlier this year, Daigle announced the same certification for her sophomore album, Look Up Child.

Lauren recently took to social media to express her gratitude for the listener support in the video below. “I was overjoyed with the news, and as we wrap up this year, I can’t help but be overwhelmed with gratitude. I’ll carry your stories with me forever,” Daigle said.

GRAMMY – The prestigious accolade presented by The Recording Academy to recognize achievements in the mainly English-language music industry.

The annual presentation ceremony features performances by prominent artists, and the presentation of those awards that have a more popular interest. It shares recognition of the music industry as that of the other performance awards such as the Academy Awards (film), the Emmy Awards (television), and the Tony Awards (theatre).

The Grammy criticised by quite a few is regarded as one of the most prestigious accolade in the music industry hence the top most desire of most musician.

The 63rd Grammy awards slated for Jan 31th 2021 just released the list of nominees and COGHIVE has taken it upon herself to draft out a comprehensive outline of Gospel album, Gospel artists, Composers, Producers and Writers that made the cut for the 2021 Grammy Awards.

Best Gospel Performance/Song

This award is given to the artist(s) and songwriter(s) (for new compositions) for the best traditional Christian, roots gospel or contemporary gospel single or track.

WONDERFUL IS YOUR NAME
Melvin Crispell III

RELEASE (LIVE)
Ricky Dillard Featuring Tiff Joy; David Frazier, songwriter

COME TOGETHER
Rodney “Darkchild” Jerkins Presents: The Good News; Lashawn Daniels, Rodney Jerkins, Lecrae Moore & Jazz Nixon, songwriters

WON’T LET GO
Travis Greene; Travis Greene, songwriter

MOVIN’ ON
Jonathan McReynolds & Mali Music; Darryl L. Howell, Jonathan Caleb McReynolds, Kortney Jamaal Pollard & Terrell Demetrius Wilson, songwriters

Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song

This award is given to the artist(s) and songwriter(s) (for new compositions) for the best contemporary Christian music single or track, (including pop, rap/hip-hop, Latin, or rock.

THE BLESSING (LIVE)
Kari Jobe, Cody Carnes & Elevation Worship; Chris Brown, Cody Carnes, Kari Jobe Carnes & Steven Furtick, songwriters

SUNDAY MORNING
Lecrae Featuring Kirk Franklin; Denisia Andrews, Jones Terrence Antonio, Saint Bodhi, Brittany Coney, Kirk Franklin, Lasanna Harris, Shama Joseph, Stuart Lowery, Lecrae Moore & Nathanael Saint-Fleur, songwriters

HOLY WATER
We The Kingdom; Andrew Bergthold, Ed Cash, Franni Cash, Martin Cash & Scott Cash, songwriters

FAMOUS FOR (I BELIEVE)
Tauren Wells Featuring Jenn Johnson; Chuck Butler, Krissy Nordhoff, Jordan Sapp, Alexis Slifer & Tauren Wells, songwriters

THERE WAS JESUS
Zach Williams & Dolly Parton; Casey Beathard, Jonathan Smith & Zach Williams, songwriters

Best Gospel Album

For albums containing at least 51% playing time of newly recorded, vocal, traditional or contemporary/R&B gospel music recordings.

2ECOND WIND: READY
Anthony Brown & group therAPy

MY TRIBUTE
Myron Butler

CHOIRMASTER
Ricky Dillard

GOSPEL ACCORDING TO PJ
PJ Morton

KIERRA
Kierra Sheard

Best Contemporary Christian Music Album

For albums containing at least 51% playing time of newly recorded, vocal, contemporary Christian music, including pop, rap/hip hop, Latin, or rock recordings.

RUN TO THE FATHER
Cody Carnes

ALL OF MY BEST FRIENDS
Hillsong Young & Free

HOLY WATER
We The Kingdom

CITIZEN OF HEAVEN
Tauren Wells

JESUS IS KING
Kanye West

Best Roots Gospel Album

For albums containing at least 51% playing time of newly recorded, vocal, traditional/roots gospel music, including country, Southern gospel, bluegrass, and Americana recordings.

BEAUTIFUL DAY
Mark Bishop

20/20
The Crabb Family

WHAT CHRISTMAS REALLY MEANS
The Erwins

CELEBRATING FISK! (THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY ALBUM)
Fisk Jubilee Singers

SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL
Ernie Haase & Signature Sound

The Gospel Music Association presented the 51st Annual GMA Dove Awards exclusively on TBN on Friday, October 30, 2020.

Artists that took the stage included Tauren Wells featuring Christine D’Clario, Jenn Johnson and Jekalyn Carr (a historic multi-genre collaboration), Jeremy Camp, for KING & COUNTRY featuring Lecrae, We The Kingdom, Tasha Cobbs Leonard, Apollo LTD, Jonathan McReynolds, Travis Greene, Pastor Mike Jr., The Sound, Switch, and Leeland featuring Mandisa, Sinach, and Maverick City.

See our 51st Annual GMA Dove Awards winners list HERE.

for KING & COUNTRY ft. Lecrae – “Amen”

https://youtu.be/LBWLoB_RY8E

We The Kingdom – “Holy Water”

https://youtu.be/rre0sDR45zc

Pastor Mike Jr. – “Big”

https://youtu.be/ArRUahNaOYM

Apollo LTD – “Gold”

https://youtu.be/AXXOYLFAULo

Tasha Cobbs Leonard – “Release The Sound”

https://youtu.be/7-HbDOGj04g

Leeland ft. Mandisa, Sinach, and Maverick City – “Way Maker”

https://youtu.be/zm2vvsMJHKg

Switch Music – “Symphony”

https://youtu.be/tpTeF_yT6g8

The Sound – “Make It Count”

https://youtu.be/qhikkLM0sLg

Jonathan McReynolds – “People”

https://youtu.be/rbENpLrNoRg

Jeremy Camp – “Dead Man Walking”

https://youtu.be/DZtBxckV8TU

Travis Greene – “Won’t Let Go”

https://youtu.be/IXMUerYiVvY

Tauren Wells ft. Jenn Johnson, Christine D’Clario, and Jekalyn Carr – “Famous For (I Believe)”

https://youtu.be/hZjnJCjGVhk