2018 Dove Award Winners and Air Date
GOSPEL AND CHRISTIAN MUSIC'S BIGGEST
NIGHT S
HINES THE LIGHT WITH GROUNDBREAKING
PERFORMANCES
AND AN ARRAY OF WINNERS LIVE FROM ALLEN
ARENA
ON THE LIPSCOMB UNIVERSITY CAMPUS
TAUREN WELLS GARNERS 4 FIRST TIME DOVES
INCLUDING
CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN ARTIST OF THE
YEAR, NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR,
POP/CONTEMPORARY ALBUM OF THE YEAR AND
RAP/HIP HOP RECORDED SONG OF THE YEAR
Tune in to TBN (Trinity Broadcasting
Network) Sunday, October 21 at 9 p.m. ET
Tori Kelly and Kirk Franklin performing at the 49th
Annual GMA Dove Awads
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (October 16, 2018) -- THE 49th Annual GMA Dove
Awards were handed
out tonight in the Allen Arena on the campus of Lipscomb
University in Nashville, Tennessee.
The awards will be televised on TBN (Trinity
Broadcasting Network) on Sunday, October 21 at 9 p.m. ET. The big winner was first-time nominee, newcomer Tauren
Wells, who took
home four awards, including Contemporary Christian Artist of the Year and New
Artist of The Year. Superstar Zach
Williams took home
Artist of the Year. The night was filled with many remarkable performances,
including first time collaborations including Kirk Franklin and Tori Kelly,
Jason Crabb and Rascal Flatts, as well as Natalie Grant and Koryn Hawthorne. See the full list
of winners here.
Partial list of winners:
ARTIST OF THE YEAR: Zach
Williams
NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR:
Tauren Wells
SONG OF THE YEAR:
"Reckless Love" - writers Caleb Culver, Cory Asbury, Ran
Jackson, (publishers) Bethel Music Publishing, Richmond Park Publishing, Watershed Music
Publishing
SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR (ARTIST):
Matthew West
SOUTHERN GOSPEL ARTIST OF THE
YEAR: Gaither Vocal Band
GOSPEL ARTIST OF THE YEAR: Tasha
Cobbs Leonard
INSPIRATIONAL FILM OF THE
YEAR: I CAN ONLY IMAGINE (directors) The Erwin Brothers, (producers)
Kevin Downes and Cindy Bond
