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The 44th Annual Dove Awards to celebrate and reward the biggest artists in Christian music were held last night at the Allen Arena on the campus of Lipscomb University in Nashville, TN. The big winners of this year's event were TobyMac, Matt Redman, and Jason Crabbe.
According to christianpost.com, the big award of the night, Artist of the Year, was won by TobyMac. He also won, Pop/Contemporary Album of the Year, Recorded Music Packaging of the Year, and Short Form Video of the Year. These catergories were for his album, "Eye On It."
Matt Redman won several awards for his "10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord)" album. He won Song of the Year, Songwriter of the Year, Contemporary Christian Performance of the Year, Pop/Contemporary Song of the Year, Praise & Worship Song of the Year, and won a contribution award, Special Event Album of the Year, for his role in "Passion: Let the Future Begin."
Jason Crabbe won Southern Gospel Song of the Year for "What the Blood is For," Inspirational Song of the Year for "Satisfied," and Southern Gospel Performance of the Year.
Other big winners include for King & Country (New Artist of the Year), Lecrae for his album Gravity (Rap/Hip-Hop Album of the Year), Tasha Cobbs for song, "Break Every Chain" (Gospel Performance), and Chris Tomlin for Burning Lights (Praise & Worship Album).
Mandisa won the Uplift Someone award "for her music, message and humanitarian heart, all of which (individually and collectively) have inspired others," said Amy Grant at the show.
Notable performances of the night included: Gaither Vocal Band, Jason Crabb, Michael W. Smith, Newsboys, Tamela Mann, TobyMac, Colton Dixon, For King & Country, Britt Nicole, Trip Lee, and Andy Mineo, among many others.
The show, hosted by Kirk Franklin and Amy Grant, will be broadcast on the UP network, Monday, October 21st at 8pmE/7pmC; Check Local Listings.
For more information and a complete listing on the 44th Annual Dove Awards, log on to www.doveawards.com/current-winners/
