The 39th Annual GMA Dove Awards presentation was held on April 23, 2008, recognizing accomplishments of musicians for the year 2007. The show was held at the

Grand Ole Opry House The ''Grand Ole Opry'' is a regular live country music, country-music Radio broadcasting, radio broadcast originating from Nashville, Tennessee, Nashville, Tennessee, on WSM (AM), WSM, held between two and five nights per week, depending on the ...

Nashville, Tennessee Nashville, often known as Music City, is the capital and List of municipalities in Tennessee, most populous city in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is the county seat, seat of Davidson County, Tennessee, Davidson County in Middle Tennessee, locat ...

. Nominations were announced on February 14, 2008, by singer

Michael W. Smith Michael Whitaker Smith (born October 7, 1957) is an American musician who has charted in both contemporary Christian music, contemporary Christian and mainstream charts. His biggest success in mainstream music was in 1991 when "Place in This Worl ...

and Elle Duncan at a press conference.Nominations Announced for 39th GMA Dove Awards
at CBN.com (February 14, 2008)

TobyMac Kevin Michael McKeehan (born October 22, 1964), better known by his stage name TobyMac (styled tobyMac), is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer. His road band is known as Diverse City. Widely regarded as one of the most ...

won three awards, including Artist of the Year, while

Brandon Heath Brandon Heath (born Brandon Heath Knell; July 21, 1978) is an American contemporary Christian musician. He has released eight studio albums: ''Don't Get Comfortable'' (2006), ''What If We'' (2008), ''Leaving Eden'' (2011), ''Blue Mountain'' (20 ...

won New Artist of the Year. Mark Hall and

David Crowder Band David Crowder Band (stylized as David Crowder*Band and The David Crowder*Band) was a six-piece Christian rock and modern worship band from Waco, Texas. Their final album debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Christian and No. 2 on the B ...

each won three awards also. Other multiple winners include:

Casting Crowns Casting Crowns is a contemporary Christian and Christian rock band which began in Daytona Beach, Florida. The band was formed in 1999 by lead vocalist Mark Hall. They moved to Stockbridge, Georgia, and more members joined. Some members of the ...

Chris Tomlin Christopher Dwayne Tomlin (born May 4, 1972) is an American contemporary Christian music singer, songwriter, and worship leader from Grand Saline, Texas. He is signed to Universal Music Group, Universal's Capitol Christian Music Group. Some of h ...

, Ernie Haase & Signature Sound,

Israel & New Breed Israel Houghton (; born May 19, 1971) is an American contemporary Christian music singer, songwriter, producer, and worship leader. His worship team is credited as Israel & New Breed. Musical career Houghton produced an album by Michael Gungor ...

, and Trin-I-Tee 5:7. After years with spotty or little TV coverage, the event found a permanent home on Gospel Music Channel (now

Up TV UP TV (stylized as UPtv; formerly GMC TV and originally Gospel Music Channel) is an American basic cable television network that was founded to have a focus on gospel music. It has expanded into family-friendly original movies, series, and specia ...

), marking the first live broadcast since 2004.

Performers

The following performed at the telecast ceremony:

Awards

General

Artist of the Year

Natalie Grant Natalie Diane Grant (born December 21, 1971) is an American singer and songwriter of contemporary Christian music. She received the Gospel Music Association's Dove Award for Female Vocalist of the Year four consecutive years, 2006–2009, and ...

Point of Grace Point of Grace is an all-female contemporary Christian music vocal group. The current trio consists of Shelley Breen, Denise Jones, and Leigh Cappillino. The group started out as a quartet in 1991, with original members Breen and Jones, as wel ...

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The Clark Sisters The Clark Sisters are an American gospel vocal group originally consisting of five sisters: Jacky Clark Chisholm (born 1948), Denise "Niecy" Clark-Bradford (born 1953), Elbernita "Twinkie" Clark (born 1954), Dorinda Clark-Cole (born 1957), ...

New Artist of the Year

* 33 Miles *

Austins Bridge Austins Bridge is an American Christian country music, Christian country band originally formed in Austin, Texas. The band consists of Justin Rivers and Jason Baird. Band history The band was formed around 2007 by Rivers and Baird, along with M ...

* DeWayne Woods *

Group 1 Crew Group 1 Crew was an American Christian hip hop and R&B band signed to Fervent Records and Warner Bros. Records. They made their debut with the hit song A hit song, also known as a hit record, hit single, or simply hit, is a recorded song ...

Mandisa Mandisa Lynn Hundley () (October 2, 1976 – April 18, 2024), known mononymously as Mandisa, was an American gospel and contemporary Christian recording artist. She began her solo career as a contestant in the fifth season of ''American Ido ...

* Rush of Fools

Group of the Year

* Ernie Haase & Signature Sound *

Hillsong United Hillsong United (stylised as Hillsong UNITED or UNITED) is a contemporary worship collective originating from Hillsong Church. Since forming in 1998 out of the church's youth ministry, the group has released fifteen live albums and six stud ...

Selah (; ) is a word used 74 times in the Hebrew Bible. Its etymology and precise meaning are unknown, though various interpretations are given. It is probably either a liturgical-musical mark or an instruction on the reading of the text, with the m ...

Male Vocalist of the Year

* Gerald Wolfe *

Jon Foreman Jonathan Mark Foreman (born October 22, 1976) is an American musician who is the lead singer, guitarist, primary songwriter, and co-founder of the alternative rock band Switchfoot. As a solo act, Foreman has released 14 extended plays and two st ...

* Mark Hall * Mark Schultz *

Marvin Sapp Marvin Louis Sapp (born January 28, 1967) is an American Gospel musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. Early life and education Born and raised in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Sapp began singing in church at age four. In third grade he ...

Female Vocalist of the Year

Amy Grant Amy Lee Grant (born November 25, 1960) is an American singer-songwriter and musician. She began her music career in contemporary Christian music (CCM) before crossing over to pop music in the mid-1980s. Grant has been referred to as "Honorific ...

* Christy Nockels *

Darlene Zschech Darlene Joyce Zschech (; Steinhardt; 8 September 1965) is an Australian Pentecostal Christian worship leader and singer who primarily writes praise and worship songs. Described as a pioneer of the modern worship movement, she is the former wor ...

* Krystal Meyers *

Sandi Patty Sandra Faye "Sandi" Patty (born July 12, 1956) is an American Christian music singer, known for her wide soprano vocal range and expressive flexibility. Biography Early life Patty was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, into a family of musician ...

Song of the Year

* " Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone)" –

**Chris Tomlin,

Louie Giglio Louie Giglio ( ; born June 30, 1958) is an American Christian pastor. He is the leader of Passion City Church in Atlanta. The founder of the Passion Movement, he is an author and public speaker. Biography Giglio was born in Atlanta on June 30, ...

, Traditional, songwriters * " Bring the Rain" –

MercyMe MercyMe is an American contemporary Christian music band founded in Edmond, Oklahoma. The band consists of lead vocalist Bart Millard, percussionist Robby Shaffer, bassist Nathan Cochran, and guitarists Michael Scheuchzer and Barry Graul. The b ...

** Bart Millard, James Bryson, Nathan Cochran, Barry Graul, Michael John Scheuchzer, Robin Shaffer, songwriters * " East to West" –

** Mark Hall,

Bernie Herms Bernhard "Bernie" Herms (born March 26, 1972) is a Canadian composer, songwriter, and music producer in Nashville. He has received Grammy Awards, GMA Dove Awards, and GMA Canada Covenant Awards and been nominated for them, due to his songwriti ...

, songwriters * "Give You Glory" –

Jeremy Camp Jeremy Thomas Camp (born January 12, 1978) is an American Contemporary Christian music, contemporary Christian singer and songwriter from Lafayette, Indiana. He has released eleven albums, four of them RIAA certification, RIAA-certified as Music ...

**Jeremy Camp, songwriter * " How You Live (Turn Up the Music)" –

Cindy Morgan Cynthia Ann Cichorski (September 29, 1954 – December 30, 2023), known professionally as Cindy Morgan, was an American actress best known for playing Lora Baines/Yori in ''Tron'' and Lacey Underall in ''Caddyshack''. Life and career She was ...

, songwriter * " I'm Not Who I Was" –

**Brandon Heath, songwriter * "In Better Hands" –

**Catt Gravitt, Jim Daddario, Thom Hardwell, songwriters * " Made to Love" –

**Toby McKeehan,

Cary Barlowe Cary Barlowe (born 1982) is a multi No.1 hit American music songwriter, guitarist and a family member of the rock band Luna Halo. He is also a three-time Grammy Award-nominee. Born in Virginia on a Saturday, July 31, 1982, and raised in Nort ...

, Jamie Moore, Aaron Rice, songwriters * "Tears of the Saints" – Leeland **Leeland Mooring, Jack Mooring, songwriters * "

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" – Rush of Fools **William Davis, Kevin Huguley, Wes Willis, songwriters

Songwriter of the Year

Producer of the Year

Ed Cash Edmond Martin Cash (born August 6, 1971) is an American record producer, songwriter, audio engineer, and multi-instrumentalist. AllMusic/ref> He has produced or written for artists including Steven Curtis Chapman, Dolly Parton, and Chris Tomli ...

Ian Eskelin Ian Eskelin (born October 17, 1969), is a record producer, songwriter, solo artist, and founding member and lead singer of the Grammy-nominated Christian rock band All Star United, and president of recording and publishing company Radiate Music ...

Israel Houghton Israel Houghton (; born May 19, 1971) is an American contemporary Christian music singer, songwriter, producer, and worship leader. His worship team is credited as Israel & New Breed. Musical career Houghton produced an album by Michael Gungo ...

* Nathan Nockels

Pop

Pop/Contemporary Recorded Song of the Year

* " East to West" –

* " I'm Not Who I Was" –

* "In Better Hands" –

* "Tears of the Saints" – Leeland * "

" – Rush of Fools

Pop/Contemporary Album of the Year

* ''

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'' – Plumb * '' GO Remixed'' –

Newsboys Newsboys (sometimes stylised as newsboys) are a Christian rock band that has existed in various permutations since its founding in 1985 in Mooloolaba, Queensland, Australia, by Peter Furler and George Perdikis. Now based in Nashville, Tenness ...

* '' How You Live'' –

* '' Rush of Fools'' – Rush of Fools * ''

The Altar and the Door ''The Altar and the Door'' is the third studio album by American Christian rock band Casting Crowns, released on August 28, 2007 on Beach Street Records and Reunion Records. Produced by Mark A. Miller, the album was inspired by lead singer M ...

'' –

* '' Whispered and Shouted'' –

Aaron Shust Aaron Michael Shust (born October 31, 1975) is an American contemporary Christian music artist formerly on the Brash Music and Centricity Music labels, and now on his own label. Shust was named the Songwriter of the Year at the GMA Dove Awards o ...

Rock

Rock Recorded Song of the Year

* "Break Me Down" –

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* "Comatose" –

* " I Need You" –

Relient K Relient K () is an American Rock music, rock band formed in 1998 in Canton, Ohio by Matt Thiessen, Matt Hoopes, and Brian Pittman during their third year in high school and time at Malone University in Canton. The band is named after guitarist ...

* "Million Voices" –

BarlowGirl BarlowGirl was an American Christian rock and Contemporary Christian Music (CCM) all-female band from Elgin, Illinois. The band was composed of sisters Alyssa (lead vocals, bass guitar, keyboards), Lauren (co-lead vocals, drums) and Rebecca ...

* "Procrastinating" –

Stellar Kart Stellar Kart was an American Christian pop punk band from Phoenix, Arizona, signed to Inpop Records and Capitol Records. The band released their first album, '' All Gas. No Brake'', in February 2005. Most of their singles have been accepted exc ...

Rock/Contemporary Recorded Song of the Year

* " After the World" –

Disciple A disciple is a follower and student of a mentor, teacher, or other figure. It can refer to: Religion * Disciple (Christianity), a student of Jesus Christ * Twelve Apostles of Jesus, sometimes called the Twelve Disciples * Seventy disciples in t ...

* " Awakening" –

Switchfoot Switchfoot is an American rock music, rock band from San Diego, California. The band's members are Jon Foreman (lead vocals, guitar), Tim Foreman (bass guitar, backing vocals), Chad Butler (drum kit, drums, percussion), and Jerome Fontamillas (g ...

* " Everything Glorious" –

* "Glorious One" –

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* " Signature of Divine (Yahweh)" –

Needtobreathe Needtobreathe (stylized as NEEDTOBREATHE) is an American rock band from Seneca, South Carolina. The group first gained fame for their Christian themes, eventually reaching crossover success. The band is composed of Bear Rinehart (lead vocals, ...

Rock Album of the Year

* '' Jungle of the Midwest Sea'' – Flatfoot 56 * '' Live from Hawaii: The Farewell Concert'' –

Audio Adrenaline Audio Adrenaline was an American Christian rock band that formed in 1986 at Kentucky Christian University in Grayson, Kentucky. The band gained recognition during the 1990s and received two Grammy Awards and multiple Dove Awards. Audio A ...

* '' Scars Remain'' –

* '' Secret Weapon'' –

MxPx MxPx () is an American punk rock band from Bremerton, Washington, formed in 1992 as Magnified Plaid. As of 2016, current members include Mike Herrera (bass guitar, lead vocals), Yuri Ruley (drums, percussion), Tom Wisniewski (lead guitar, backi ...

* ''

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'' –

Future of Forestry Future of Forestry is an American indie rock band from Southern California, United States. History Future of Forestry is led by multi-instrumentalist, composer, and producer Eric Owyoung. The name comes from a poem by C.S. Lewis, "The Futur ...

Rock/Contemporary Album of the Year

* '' How Can We Be Silent'' –

* '' Oh! Gravity'' –

* ''

Portable Sounds ''Portable Sounds'' (stylized as (portable sounds)) is the third full-length studio album from Christian hip hop artist tobyMac. Released on February 20, 2007, the album serves as a follow-up to his 2004 album, '' Welcome to Diverse City''. T ...

'' –

* ''

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'' –

* '' The Heat'' –

Rap/Hip-Hop

Rap/Hip-Hop Recorded Song of the Year

* "Name Droppin'" –

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* "Open Bar" –

GRITS Grits (stylized as GRITS) is an American Christian hip hop group from Nashville, Tennessee. Their name is an acronym, which stands for "Grammatical Revolution In the Spirit". GRITS is made up of Stacey "Coffee" Jones and Teron "Bonafide" Carter ...

* "Wake Up" –

KJ-52 Jonah Kirsten Sorrentino (born June 26, 1975), better known by his stage name KJ-52, is a Christian rapper from Tampa, Florida. The "KJ" part of his name refers to his old rap alias, "King J. Mac",

featuring Toby Morrell * "Who Am I?" – Da' T.R.U.T.H. featuring

Tye Tribbett Thomas Tyrone "Tye" Tribbett (born January 26, 1976) is an American gospel music singer, songwriter and a keyboardist. He is a choir director and founder of the Grammy-nominated and Stellar Award-winning gospel group Tye Tribbett & G.A. (short f ...

* "Word of Mouth" –

John Reuben John Reuben (born John Reuben Zappin; January 14, 1979) is an American Christian hip hop artist signed to Gotee Records until late 2010. Reuben has sold over 200,000 copies of his first four albums.Breimeier, Russ (May 2002)"John Reuben - ''Hinds ...

Rap/Hip-Hop Album of the Year

* ''

'' –

* '' Redemption'' –

* '' The Yearbook'' –

* '' Unleashed'' – L.A. Symphony * ''

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'' –

Inspirational

Inspirational Recorded Song of the Year

* "Be Lifted High" –

* "Be Thou Near To Me" –

* " By His Wounds" –

Steven Curtis Chapman Steven Curtis Chapman (born November 21, 1962) is an American contemporary Christian music singer, songwriter, record producer, actor, author, and social activist. Chapman began his career in the late 1980s as a songwriter and performer of cont ...

, Mark Hall,

Brian Littrell Brian Thomas Littrell (; born February 20, 1975) is an American singer and a member of the Backstreet Boys. He is also a contemporary Christian music artist and released the solo album '' Welcome Home'' in 2006. He is the father of country singe ...

, and

Mac Powell Mac Powell (born Johnny Mac Powell; December 25, 1972), originally from Clanton, Alabama, United States, is an American singer, songwriter, producer, and musician who formed the Christian rock band Third Day with guitarist Mark Lee, with both ...

* "Give Me Jesus" –

* "God Speaking" – Ronnie Freeman

Inspirational Album of the Year

* ''Amazing Freedom'' – Women of Faith Worship Team * '' Falling Forward'' –

* '' I Love to Tell the Story, A Hymns Collection'' –

Mark Lowry Mark Alan Lowry (born June 24, 1958) is an American singer, comedian, minister and songwriter. He is best known for co-writing the song " Mary, Did You Know?" and being a member of the Gaither Vocal Band from 1988 to 2001, and 2009 to 2013, alo ...

* '' In Christ Alone'' – Keith & Kristyn Getty * ''

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'' – Geoff Moore

Gospel

Southern Gospel Recorded Song of the Year

* "Get Away Jordan" – Ernie Haase & Signature Sound * "I'm Just Waiting for My Ride" – The Hoppers * "Last Night"" – Karen Peck & New River * "Orphans of God"" – The Talley Trio * "Over And Over"" – Jeff & Sheri Easter

Southern Gospel Album of the Year

* '' Get Away, Jordan'' – Ernie Haase & Signature Sound * ''Journey of Joy'' – Karen Peck & New River * ''Real Faith'' – Brian Free & Assurance * ''Sounds Like Sunday'' – Janet Paschal * ''The Ride'' – The Hoppers

Traditional Gospel Recorded Song of the Year

* "Happy Day" – Lillie Knauls & The Talley Trio * "I Can't Stop Praising Him" –

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* " Ready for a Miracle" –

LeAnn Rimes Margaret LeAnn Rimes Cibrian (born August 28, 1982) is an American singer, songwriter and actress. She originally rose to success as a country music artist at the age of 13 and has since crossed over into pop, contemporary Christian, and o ...

* "Selah" – GMWA * "The Light" – Ricky Dillard & New G

Traditional Gospel Album of the Year

* ''Closest Friend'' – The Rance Allen Group * ''Complete'' – LaShun Pace * '' Live in Dallas 2006'' – GMWA * ''New Harvest'' –

* '' Past and Present'' – Lillie Knauls * ''Still Standing'' – Bishop Paul S. Morton

Contemporary Gospel Recorded Song of the Year

* " Be The Miracle" – Room for Two * "Blessed & Highly Favored" –

* "Come On" – Calvin Hunt * "Say So" –

* "You Saved Me" – The Crabb Family

Contemporary Gospel Album of the Year

* '' A Deeper Level'' –

* ''Brand New Day'' –

Jonathan Butler Jonathan Kenneth Butler (born 10 October 1961) is a South African singer-songwriter and guitarist. His music is often classified as R&B, jazz fusion or worship music. Biography Born and raised in Athlone, Cape Town, South Africa, during apa ...

* ''Bridges'' – Calvin Hunt * '' Live – One Last Time'' –

* '' The Gospel According to Patti LaBelle'' –

Patti LaBelle Patricia Louise Holte (born May 24, 1944), known professionally as Patti LaBelle, is an American Rhythm and blues, R&B singer and actress. She has been referred to as the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Godmother of Soul". LaBelle began ...

Country and Bluegrass

Country Recorded Song of the Year

* " Anyway" –

Martina McBride Martina Mariea McBride (née Schiff, July 29, 1966) is an American country music singer and songwriter. She is known for her soprano singing range and her country pop material. McBride was born in Sharon, Kansas, and relocated to Nashville, T ...

* "Drug Problem" –

The Bellamy Brothers The Bellamy Brothers are an American pop and country music duo from Darby, Florida. The duo consists of brothers David Milton Bellamy (born September 16, 1950) and Homer Howard Bellamy (born February 2, 1946). The duo had considerable musical s ...

* " How You Live (Turn Up The Music)" –

* "James Whit" – Little Roy Lewis,

Earl Scruggs Earl Eugene Scruggs (January 6, 1924 – March 28, 2012) was an American musician noted for popularizing a three-finger banjo picking style, now called "Scruggs style", which is a defining characteristic of bluegrass music. His three-finge ...

, and Lizzy Long * "'Round The Kitchen Table" – Karen Peck & New River

Country Album of the Year

* ''

'' –

* '' Big Sky'' –

The Isaacs The Isaacs are a bluegrass Southern gospel music group consisting of mother Lily Isaacs (b. September 20, 1947), daughters Becky (b. Aug. 2, 1975) and Sonya Isaacs (b. July 22, 1974) and son Ben Isaacs (b. July 25, 1972), along with John Bowma ...

* '' Gospel Duets with Treasured Friends'' –

Brenda Lee Brenda Mae Tarpley (born December 11, 1944), known professionally as Brenda Lee, is an American singer. Primarily performing rockabilly, pop, country and Christmas music, she achieved her first ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'' hit aged 12 i ...

* ''Jesus Is Coming'' –

* '' Life Is Great and Gettin' Better!'' – Jeff & Sheri Easter * '' Songs of Inspiration II'' –

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Bluegrass Recorded Song of the Year

* "He's in Control" –

* "I Will Find You Again" – Little Roy Lewis,

, and Lizzy Long * "Love Will Be Enough" –

Ricky Skaggs Rickie Lee Skaggs (born July 18, 1954), known professionally as Ricky Skaggs, is an American neotraditional country and bluegrass singer, musician, producer, and composer. He primarily plays mandolin; however, he also plays fiddle, guitar, ma ...

The Whites The Whites are an American country music vocal group from Fort Worth, Texas, United States. They consist of sisters Sharon White and Cheryl White, and, until his death, their father, Buck White. Sharon plays guitar, Cheryl is the bassist and Bu ...

* "Salt of the Earth" – Ricky Skaggs & The Whites * "The Key To Heaven" – The Lewis Family

Bluegrass Album of the Year

* ''God's Masterpiece'' – The Marksmen * ''Lifetimes'' – Little Roy Lewis,

, and Lizzy Long * ''

Salt of the Earth Salt of the earth is a phrase used by Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount, part of a discourse on salt and light. Salt of the earth may also refer to: Film * Salt of the Earth (1954 film), ''Salt of the Earth'' (1954 film), an American drama film ...

'' –

* ''Tell Someone'' – Kenny & Amanda Smith Band * ''Where No One Stands Alone'' – Paul Williams & The Victory Trio

Praise & Worship

Worship Song of the Year

* " Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone)" –

* Chris Tomlin,

, songwriters * " Everlasting God" –

Brenton Brown Brenton Gifford Brown Work ID No. 884337863 ISWC No. T9126089325 (born 1 July 1973) is a dual South African and American Christian musician and worship leader. Career Brown joined Vineyard Music (UK), serving as worship pastor at the Oxford Vi ...

, Ken Riley, songwriters * " Everything Glorious" –

David Crowder David Wallace Crowder (born November 29, 1971), known professionally by his mononymous stage name Crowder since 2012, is an American contemporary Christian music singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and author. He was the lead singer in t ...

, songwriter * "

How Great Is Our God "How Great Is Our God" is a song written by Chris Tomlin, Jesse Reeves and Ed Cash. It was originally featured on Tomlin's album ''Arriving'', that reached No. 1 on the ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'' Hot Christian Songs chart. It is also feat ...

" – Chris Tomlin **Chris Tomlin, Jesse Reeves,

, songwriters * " Praise You in This Storm" –

** Mark Hall, Bernie Herms, songwriters

Praise & Worship Album of the Year

* '' All of the Above'' –

* ''

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'' – Pocket Full of Rocks * '' Our God Saves'' –

Paul Baloche Paul Joseph Baloche Work ID No. 884337863 ISWC No. T9126089325 ( ; born on June 4, 1962) is an American Christian music artist, worship leader, and singer-songwriter. A native of Maple Shade Township, New Jersey,Price, Deborah Evans. "Higher Grou ...

* ''

'' –

* '' We Shine'' –

Children's Music

Children's Music Album of the Year

* ''Absolute Modern Worship for Kids 3'' – Kid Connection * ''deliberateKids'' –

Phil Joel Philip Joel Urry (born 5 January 1973) is a New Zealand musician known as the former bassist and vocalist for the Christian rock group Newsboys. Background Philip Joel Urry was born in Auckland, New Zealand. He was lead singer and guitarist f ...

* ''My Father's World'' – The Praise Baby Collection * ''Snazzy'' – Go Fish * ''

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'' – Hillsong Kids * ''VeggieTales Christian Hit Music'' –

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Urban

Urban Recorded Song of the Year

* "I Can" – New Harvest * "I Love Me Better Than That" –

Shirley Murdock Shirley Murdock (born May 22, 1957) is an American R&B singer-songwriter. She is best known for her guest appearance alongside Charlie Wilson on Zapp and Roger's 1986 single " Computer Love", as well as her 1986 single, "As We Lay". The latt ...

* "I'm Not Perfect" – J Moss * "Listen" – Trin-I-Tee 5:7 * "Simply Because" – Darlene McCoy

Urban Album of the Year

* ''Church Girl'' –

Onitsha Onitsha ( or simply ''Ọ̀nị̀chà'') is a city on the eastern bank of the Niger River, in Anambra State, Nigeria. Onitsha along with various cities and towns in southern Anambra State, northern Imo State and neighboring Delta State on the we ...

* ''Darlene McCoy'' – Darlene McCoy * ''Restoration Vol. 1'' – Terrence Mackey & Nu Restoration * ''

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'' – Trin-I-Tee 5:7 * ''V2'' – J Moss

Others

Instrumental Album of the Year

* '' Amazing Grace (Original Score)'' –

David Arnold David Arnold (born 23 January 1962) is an English film composer whose credits include scoring five James Bond films (1997-2008), as well as ''Stargate'' (1994), ''Independence Day'' (1996), ''Godzilla'' (1998), '' Shaft'' (2000), '' 2 Fast 2 F ...

* ''Holy! Piano & Orchestra'' – Terry MacAlmon * ''In The Garden'' – Eric Wyse * ''Let's Get Quiet: The Smooth Jazz Experience'' – Ben Tankard * '' The Nativity Story (Original Score)'' – Mychael Danna

Spanish Language Album of the Year

* ''Bueno'' – Jacobo Ramos y Sediento * ''De Corazón a Corazón'' – Seth Condrey * '' El Ritmo de la Vida'' – Julissa * ''En Lo Secreto'' – Lucía Parker * ''Invencible'' – Vertical * ''Tu Amor'' – Danilo Montero

Special Event Album of the Year

* ''Amazing Grace'' ( Gaither Music Group) * '' Evan Almighty Soundtrack'' (

Curb Records Curb Records (also known as Asylum-Curb and formerly known as MCG Curb) is an American record label started by Mike Curb, originally as Sidewalk Records in 1963. From 1969 to 1973, Curb merged with MGM Records where Curb served as President of M ...

) * '' Glory Revealed'' (

Reunion Records Reunion Records is a contemporary Christian record label based in Brentwood, Tennessee, that operates under the Provident Label Group. It was founded in 1982 by Dan Harrell and Mike Blanton. History The label was formed by Amy Grant's manager ...

) * '' Music Inspired By the Motion Picture Amazing Grace'' (

Sparrow Records Sparrow Records is a Christian music record label and a division of Universal Music Group. History Sparrow Records was founded in 1976 by Billy Ray Hearn, then artists and repertoire (A&R) director at Myrrh Records. Barry McGuire was the fi ...

) * ''Songs 4 Worship Country'' (

Integrity Music Integrity Music is part of the David C. Cook nonprofit group. Founded as a direct-to-consumer music club in 1987 as ''Integrity Music'', Integrity was at the forefront of contemporary worship music's widespread popularity of praise and worshi ...

Time-Life Time Life, Inc. (also habitually represented with a hyphen as Time-Life, Inc., even by the company itself) was an American multi-media conglomerate company formerly known as a prolific production/publishing company and Direct marketing, direct ...

)

Christmas Album of the Year

* '' Christmas From the Realms of Glory'' – Bebo Norman * ''

Christmas Songs Christmas music comprises a variety of genres of music regularly performed or heard around the Christmas season. Music associated with Christmas may be purely instrumental, or in the case of carols, may employ lyrics about the nativity of J ...

'' –

Jars of Clay Jars of Clay is a Christian alternative rock band from Nashville, Tennessee. The members met at Greenville College in Greenville, Illinois.Jars of Clay. (2005). Making the GradeiTunes Originals - Jars of Clay. AC Audio Essential Records. The ...

* '' It's a Wonderful Christmas'' –

* '' Noël'' –

Josh Groban Joshua Winslow Groban (born February 27, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, and actor. His first four solo albums have been certified multi-platinum, and he was charted in 2007 as the number-one best selling artist in the United States, ...

* '' One Wintry Night'' – David Phelps

Choral Collection of the Year

* ''God Is in This Place'' – Regi Stone * ''He Is Great'' – Geron Davis * ''Heaven'' –

Mike Speck Mike Speck is a Gospel musician and ordained minister from Lebanon, Tennessee. Together with his wife, Faye, and daughter Melody VanNus, Speck tours with a Gospel music Gospel music is a traditional genre of Christian music and a cornersto ...

and Cliff Duren * ''Let The Redeemed Say So'' – Lari Goss * ''Made To Worship'' – Travis Cottrell

Recorded Music Packaging of the Year

* ''

Cities A city is a human settlement of a substantial size. The term "city" has different meanings around the world and in some places the settlement can be very small. Even where the term is limited to larger settlements, there is no universally agree ...

'' –

Anberlin Anberlin is an American alternative rock band formed in Winter Haven, Florida, in 2002. Since the beginning of 2007, the band consists of lead vocalist Stephen Christian, guitarists Joseph Milligan and Christian McAlhaney, bassist Deon Rexroat, ...

* ''

'' –

* ''

Rival Factions ''Rival Factions'' is the sixth studio album by Project 86. The album peaked at No. 124 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and at No. 5 on ''Billboards Top Christian Albums. This album is their first without previous drummer Alex Albert, with J ...

'' –

Project 86 Project 86 is an American rock band from Orange County, California, formed in 1996. The band has released twelve albums, which have collectively sold nearly 500,000 units worldwide, two EPs, two DVDs, and one live album. In 1998, BEC Recordings ...

* '' Secrets Keep You Sick'' –

The Fold The Fold is an American indie rock band from Chicago, Illinois, United States. The Fold formed in 2002, and promptly began work on their album '' This Too Shall Pass'' for Tooth & Nail Records. They have released four full-length studio albums ...

* '' The Fiancée'' – The Chariot

Musicals

Musical of the Year

*''3:16 The Numbers of Hope'' *''All Bow Down'' *''Amazing Grace – My Chains Are Gone'' *''I've Seen Jesus'' *''Unspeakable Joy''

Youth/Children's Musical

*''Bows of Holly'' *''Livin' Inside Out'' *''No Wonder!'' *''Praise Rocks'' *''The Mystery of the Manger''

Videos

Short Form Music Video of the Year

* " Awakening" –

Brandon Dickerson Brandon Dickerson is an American writer, director, and producer whose work includes film, music video, documentary film, and television commercials. He made his feature film directorial debut with the 2011 feature film '' Sironia'', which won th ...

(video director), Lauren Schwartz (video producer) * " Boomin'" –

Scott Speer Scott Speer (born June 5, 1982) is an American director and novelist. Life and career Speer was born in San Diego, California. At age 23, he was signed with ''HSI Productions'', and in 2006 Speer received the MVPA Award for ''Directorial Debut ...

(video director), Jason Peterson (video producer) * " Falls Apart" –

Thousand Foot Krutch Thousand Foot Krutch (often abbreviated TFK) is a Canadian Christian Rock music, rock band formed in Peterborough, Ontario, in 1995. The band has released ten studio albums, two live albums, and three remix albums. The core members consist of ...

**Travis Copatch (video director), Jeremy Sullivan (video producer) * "Foreverandever, etc." –

**Sam J. Stanton (video director), Mark Steele and Kevin Anderson (video producers) * "Name Droppin'" –

**Bart Conover (video director and producer) * "Never Let Me Go" –

Family Force 5 FF5 (formerly known as Family Force 5, The Phamily, Ground Noise and The Brothers) is an American Christian rock band from Atlanta, Georgia. The band was formed in 2004 by brothers Solomon "Soul Glow Activatur" Olds, Joshua "Fatty" Olds, and Jac ...

Ken Horstmann Ken Horstmann (born April 10, 1971) is an American film and television director. He was born in Norfolk, Virginia. Early career Ken graduated from Mount Paran Christian School in (1990). He began his career at Turner Broadcasting in Atlanta, G ...

(video director and producer)

Long Form Music Video of the Year

* '' 777'' –

Underoath Underoath (styled as Underøath or UnderOath) is an American rock band from Tampa, Florida. It was founded by lead vocalist Dallas Taylor and guitarist Luke Morton in 1997 in Ocala, Florida; subsequently, its additional members were from Tamp ...

**Michelle Caputo and Shannon Hartman (video directors) * '' Get Away, Jordan'' – Ernie Haase & Signature Sound **Doug Stuckey (video director),

Bill Gaither William James Gaither (born March 28, 1936) is an American singer and songwriter of Southern gospel and contemporary Christian music. He has written numerous popular Christian songs with his wife Gloria; he is also known for performing as par ...

and

Ernie Haase Raymond Ernest "Ernie" Haase III (born December 12, 1964) is an American Southern gospel singer. He is best known as the tenor vocalist and founder of Ernie Haase and Signature Sound since 2002, as well as being a former tenor vocalist of the C ...

(video producers) * '' Live from Hawaii: The Farewell Concert'' –

**Mark McCallie (video director), Audio Adrenaline (video producers) * '' Live from Portland'' –

Kutless Kutless is an American Christian rock band from Portland, Oregon, formed in 1999. Since their formation, they have released multiple studio albums and one live album, '' Live from Portland''. They have sold over 3 million records worldwide. ...

**Carl Diebold (video director), Michael Sacci (video producer) * '' No More Night: Live in Birmingham'' – David Phelps **Russell E. Hall (video director), David Phelps and Jim Chaffee (video producers)

Artists with multiple nominations and awards

The following artists received multiple nominations: * Six: Mark Hall * Five:

* Four:

, Ernie Haase & Signature Sound,

The following artists received multiple awards: * Three:

, Mark Hall,

* Two:

, Ernie Haase & Signature Sound,

, Trin-I-Tee 5:7

References

External links

Nominations announced for the 39th Dove Awards
at CBN {{Dove Award years

Dove Awards A Dove Award is an accolade by the Gospel Music Association (GMA) of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the Christian music industry. The awards ceremonies presented annually and have been held in Nashville, Tennessee excep ...

GMA Dove Awards 2008 in American music 2008 in Nashville, Tennessee GMA April 2008 in the United States