Fair Trade Services is celebrating multiple stand-out Dove Award wins for both CeCe Winans and Phil Wickham during the 53rd Annual GMA Dove Awards. The two artists took home awards in the coveted categories of Artist of the Year, Song of the Year, Songwriter of the Year (Artist), Worship Album of the Year and Worship Song of the Year.
In front of a live audience at Lipscomb University’s Allen Arena in Nashville, TN., Winans was presented with Song of the Year for “Believe For It” and Artist of the Year, raising her career Dove Award tally to 29. Additionally, Winans made history becoming the first African American female to win Artist of the Year.
“All I wanted for this record was for it to touch the hearts of people so they would be encouraged and filled with hope,” said Winans. “But its success far exceeded all that I could have imagined. To God be the glory!”
Award-winning artist, songwriter, and worship leader Phil Wickham took home three Dove awards for Worship Song of the Year (“Hymn of Heaven), Worship Album of the Year (Hymn of Heaven) and Song-Writer of the Year (Artist).
“Floored once again by God’s grace and kindness that I even get to do this,” remarked Wickham. “What a joy and privilege it is to write new songs for the church to sing, and to do it alongside this beautiful family/community. Thank you Jesus for giving me reason and purpose, a future Hope and a present joy. You are and will forever be the center of my song.”
The GMA Dove Awards were taped live in Nashville, TN, on October 18th, 2022 and aired exclusively on TBN and the TBN app October 21st. An encore presentation aired on October 28th, 2022 at 8:00p.m. ET and 10:00p.m. ET.
Nashville, TN – The 53rd Annual GMA Dove Awards were handed out Tuesday night, October 18th, 2022, at the Allen Arena in Nashville, Tennessee to a sold-out audience. The show aired Friday, October 21st, exclusively on TBN and was simulcast on SiriusXM The Message. Co-hosts Erica Campbell and Chris Tomlin led the all-star night of music with performances from across the music community including Gospel, Latin, Hip Hop, and Southern Gospel.
Iconic artist CeCe Winans made Dove Awards history this year as the first Black female solo artist to win Artist of the Year. When accepting her award, instead of an acceptance speech, she sang a few lines from the Andrae Crouch classic, “To God Be the Glory,” moving many in the audience to tears. She and co-writers for “Believe for It” were also awarded Song of the Year. Throughout her incredible career, CeCe has won a staggering 25 Dove Awards including the very first New Artist of the Year award in 1988 with her brother BeBe Winans.
“It’s amazing when we come together and we love each other and we stand for righteousness, it’s amazing what God will do,” Winans said after accepting the award for Song of the Year. “It’s amazing what He’s already done. But He wants to do so much more. I’m believing for God to move in this industry greater than He ever has before. The God we serve responds to faithfulness and the testimonies I’ve heard through this song have blessed my life.”
Choirmaster Ricky Dillard won his first-ever Dove award in the category of Traditional Gospel Album of the Year for his twelfth album, Breakthrough: The Exodus (Live). Young gospel queen Jekalyn Carr picked up the third Dove award of her career. This time, she won Traditional Gospel Recorded Song of the Year for her No. 1 hit, “My Portion.”
For KING + COUNTRY, writer/producer Jeff Pardo, and Phil Wickham led the night with three awards each with Wickham winning Songwriter of the Year – Artist and Worship Album of the Year, Pardo winning Producer of the Year and For KING + COUNTRY winning Pop/Contemporary Album of the Year. Twenty-year old newcomer Anne Wilson took home two awards including New Artist of the Year and Pop/Contemporary Song of the Year for “My Jesus.” The latter was recently certified gold by the R.I.A.A.
The night was packed with one-of-a-kind performances such as Steven Curtis Chapman’s career-spanning mash-up of his hits such as “The Great Adventure” and “Dive.” Phil Wickham and his electrifying band performed his current Top Ten single, “Hymn of Heaven.”
TobyMac thanked followers for their prayers and support following his son Truett’s unexpected death in 2020 before launching into a spirited performance of “The Goodness” with Nigerian-born singer Blessing Offor. “Thank you for the kindness you showed me and my family as we walked through the deepest valley in losing my firstborn son,” he said. “…There were times I never thought I would ever write another song, much less an up-tempo song or a song that felt like joy. But God is good. He might not always give us what we want, or take away the pain, but He is right here with us. He doesn’t leave. He remains.”
Rap/Hip Hop Recorded Song of the Year: KB, nobigdyl – King Jesus
Contemporary Gospel Recorded Song of the Year: Tasha Cobbs Leonard – Gotta Believe
Gospel Worship Recorded Song of the Year: Maverick City Music ft. DOE, Jonathan McReynolds, Chandler Moore – Breathe
Rap/Hip Hop Album of the Year: Lecrae 1k phew – No Church in a While
Contemporary Gospel Album of the Year: DOE – Clarity
Gospel Worship album of the Year: Tribl, Maverick City Music – Tribl Nights Atlanta
Short Form Music Video of the Year: Tauren Wells ft. Aaron Cole – Fake It
The theme of this year’s show was Sound of Heaven, highlighting how all the different styles of Christian and Gospel music come together under one banner of hope. “The music created by the artists assembled tonight covers a lot of ground style-wise,” said co-host Chris Tomlin, “but collectively they represent the sound of heaven.” Co-host Erica Campbell added, “We bring it all together to unite as one for the kingdom of God. One mind, one voice, giving glory to God. That’s the sound of heaven.”
The 53rd Annual GMA Dove Awards are produced by the Gospel Music Association. Jackie Patillo and Justin Fratt serve as showrunners and executive producers, alongside Curtis Stoneberger and Paul Wright as producers. Russell E. Hall returns as director, Michael Nolan as scriptwriter, Scott Moore and Go Live Productions as production manager.
Twelve-time Grammy winner CeCe Winans is preparing to release a new book this fall. Believe For It: Passing On Faith To The Next Generation is available now for pre-order ahead of its November 15 release. Believe For It: Passing On Faith To The Next Generation will mark her first book release in over 10 years. Winans shares the heart behind her new book in detail below.
In it we’ll explore what it means to pass along wisdom and faith to generations to come.
I hope to encourage you through my story and some of the things God has taught me along the way, from growing up a Winans to becoming a gospel singer to getting married to raising two beautiful children of my own to founding a church.
Our God is big and has a heart for all generations to believe in Him and be part of His big story. I pray this book helps you discover new ways of passing on powerful faith to the next generation.
On Easter Sunday, April 17, 2022, Breath of Life Television Ministries, in conjunction with the Interfaith Broadcasting Commission, will air an Easter special on ABC television stations across the United States. The theme for the special is “A Living Hope.”
The one-hour program will feature an Easter message from Pastor Debleaire Snell, who serves as speaker/director of Breath of Life Ministries and senior pastor of the Oakwood University Church in Huntsville, Alabama. The musical guests will be Grammy Award-winning recording artist Cece Winans, GMA Dove Award-winning group Selah, and violinist Patrick Bogui.
The Easter special will air on more than 80 percent of ABC affiliate stations across the nation, which allows the opportunity to present the gospel of Jesus on a wide-reaching platform.
“Our hope is that the truth of the resurrection, presented in word and song, would inspire people to look beyond the circumstances of the present, to our eternal hope founded on the certain return of Jesus Christ,” said Snell.
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
“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
CeCe Winans drops her latest project with Believe For It (Deluxe Edition). The original project dropped last year. Prior to street date, the record began to acquire a buzz throughout the Christian and Gospel industry which heightened the anticipation of hearing new music from the celebrated voice of Winans. The live recording featuring 12 heart-felt songs of worship quickly rose to the top of the charts claiming the number one spot, simultaneously, on four different Billboard Gospel Charts with the album remaining in the number slot for seven consecutive weeks.
As the 12 time Grammy winner reflects on the achievement of her 11th solo album she has this to say, “I’m thrilled with the success of BELIEVE FOR IT because I think the message of the song is more important today than ever before. I celebrate reaching Top Ten and the millions of views the videos have received – not because it elevates me in any way – but because the songs promote the truth of the Gospel and the hope we have in Christ.”
Today 3rd December, COGHIVE unveils her 2021 Christmas Playlist: Her 5th in an amazing array of playlists over the years that has left our avid audience enamored and in sync with the rhythm of the season.
CHRISTMAS, The season of Joy, Love, Excitement and musing over God’s grandiose act of Love to Mankind, which was all personified in Little Baby Jesus.
A season flavored with multifarious ballads, Carols and other intriguing forms of musicals and poetry and as usual, we have taken our time to curate our playlists from latest christmas albums.
Our 2021 Christmas Playlist is basically a compilation of some very latest delightful Christmas songs from ingenious artists and bands who graced us with top notch musicals which includes renditions from: Phil Wickham, Brandon Lake, Pentatonix & Lindsey Stirling, for King and Country, Chris Tomlin, Cece Winans, CAIN, Chandler Moore & Maverick City and extraordinarily SIA amongst others.
Frankly, we were left in awe with the degree of acceptance, recognition and traction we got from our previous playlist and we couldn’t be more thankful.
It has no doubt raised the bar, We’re confident you, your family & friends will be blessed abundantly as we await your feedbacks from this 2021 PLAYLIST.
Finally, We pray the aura of the season never elude you and your family.
Feliz Navidad! And a mind blowing new year in advance.
The 52nd Annual GMA Dove Awards were handed out on October 19th in Nashville, Tennessee. The show, under the banner Stronger Together, aired October 22nd exclusively on TBN and was simulcast on SiriusXM The Message. To watch the 52nd Dove Awards on-demand on the TBN app, click here. You can view the winners list here.
Performers include Dante Bowe, CAIN, Lauren Daigle, Hope Darst, Elevation Worship, Natalie Grant, KB ft. Matt Redman, Koryn Hawthorne ft. Donnie McClurkin, The Isaacs, Brandon Lake, Maverick City Music, Jonathan McReynolds ft. Mali, We The Kingdom, CeCe Winans, and Zach Williams.
The Gospel Music Association (GMA) has announced Dove Award-winning Artists Natalie Grant and Jonathan McReynolds will co-host this year’s GMA Dove Awards. Also revealed today were the first slate of nominated performers including: Lauren Daigle, Elevation Worship, KB, CeCe Winans and Zach Williams.
The 52nd GMA Dove Awards are set to air exclusively on TBN, Friday, October 22nd, 2021 at 8:00 p.m. ET and again at 10:00 p.m. ET. The event will take place live and in person in Nashville, TN, October 19th, 2021. A limited number of tickets and Fan Experiences are still available on doveawards.com.
This will be Jonathan McReynolds’s first time hosting as he joins Natalie Grant, who first hosted in 2010. Both artists are current nominees and will be performing live on the show.
The theme of this year’s show is “Stronger Together” – highlighting the strength in unity and resilience among the Christian/Gospel music community over the past year.
For the complete list of nominees, visit doveawards.com.
There’s absolute no doubt that this is CeCe Winans’ year to shine and share the Gospel like never before. The 2021 nominations for the 52nd GMA Dove Awards were recently announced and the celebrated singer landed a total of five Dove nominations:
Gospel Artist of the Year CeCe Winans
Inspirational Recorded Song of the Year “Great is Thy Faithfulness” Carrie Underwood (featuring CeCe Winans)
Contemporary Gospel Recorded Song of the year “Never Lost”
Gospel Album of the Year Believe For It
Gospel Worship Recorded Song of the Year “Believe For It”
The Gospel Music Association has announced that the 52nd Annual Dove Awards will be broadcast worldwide on Friday, Oct. 22 through TBN. The live taping of the show will be held on Tuesday, Oct. 19 at Lipscomb University’s Allen Arena in Nashville.
“I’m grateful, overwhelmed and humbled by the five Dove nominations. To God be the Glory!” says, Winans.
After breaking Top 30 this week on both the Mediabase Gospel Chart(#22) and the Billboard Gospel Airplay Chart at (#23) earning this week’s titles for highest debut and most increased airplay. The single, “Believe For It” holds on to the coveted #1 spot on the Billboard Hot Gospel Songs Chart for the 9th Week, confirms Winans’ solid radio presence and non-stop trajectory up the music charts.
