THE 2009 DOVE AWARDS WINNERS

Hey guys. Trust me to always update you with the right things. I have the list of the winners if this year 2009 Dove Awards and let us see if the people I wanted to win...won.

1. Artist of the Year: Steven Curtis Chapman (Well, I am happy he got it. Can’t believe Chris or Casting Crowns did not bag the award...and I voted)

2. New Artist of the Year: Tenth Avenue North (Another prediction that went wrong. I voted for FRANCESCA!)

3. Song of the Year: "Give Me Your Eyes" Brandon Heath, Jason Ingram (Another wrong prediction. What happened to Mighty to Save?)

4. Male Vocalist of the Year: Brandon Heath (Another wrong prediction. I guess Brandon deserves it more than Jeremy or Chris)

5. Female Vocalist of the Year: Natalie Grant (My first right prediction. Hallelujah!)

6. Group of the Year: Casting Crowns (Another correct prediction. Go Mark and Melanie!)

7. Producer of the Year: Bernie Herms (Wrong again. Wait what happened to Jason?)

8. Rock Recorded Song of the Year: "Lost" by Red (Wrong prediction again... What happened
to Stellar Kart or Fireflight?)

9. Rock/Contemporary Recorded Song of the Year: "Washed By The Water" by NeedToBreathe (Wrong again. Sorry Group 1 Crew. I wanted you guys 2)

10. Urban Recorded Song of the Year: "Get Up" by MaryMary (Thank God. I got this one right. Go Erica! Go Tina!)

11. Rap/Hip Hop Recorded Song of the Year: "Do Yo Thang" by KJ-52 (Another correct prediction. Thank God! I won’t have minded Joyful Noise or Beautiful Morning)

12. Pop/Contemporary Recorded Song of the Year: "Give Me Your Eyes" by Brandon Heath
(Another wrong prediction. This Give Me Your Eyes song sef. I must hear it oh! I can’t believe Cinderella or I Will Not Be Moved didn’t win)

13. Inspirational Recorded Song of the Year: "A New Hallelujah" by Michael W. Smith (I got this one right 2. Yippee!)

14. Southern Gospel Recorded Song of the Year: "Reason Enough" by Ernie Haase & Signature Sound (No clue what this is)

15. Bluegrass Recorded Song of the Year: "They're Holding Up The Ladder" by Jeff & Sheri Easter (Same as above)

16. Country Recorded Song of the Year: "I Wish" by Point of Grace (I got this one 2. The video to this song is amazing and Cindy Morgan wrote it again. I am really feeling Cindy)

17. Rap / Hip Hop Album of the Year: Ordinary Dreamers, Group 1 Crew (Another correct prediction. Go Group 1 Crew!)

18. Rock Album of the Year: Satisfied, DecembeRadio (Missed this one. I wanted Kutless or SKILLET!)

19. Rock/Contemporary Album of the Year: Never Going Back to Okay, The Afters (Why are my rock music predictions going wrong. Stellar Kart or Fireflight did not make it)

20. Pop/Contemporary Album of the Year: Revelation, Third Day (At least I got this one from Third Day. Thank God)

21. Inspirational Album of the Year: Great God Who Saves, Laura Story (Missed this one. Sorry Women of Faith)

22. Southern Gospel Album of the Year: Lovin' Life, Gaither Vocal Band (I got this one to)

23. Bluegrass Album of the Year: We Are Family, Jeff & Sheri Easter (Honestly? Seriously?)

24. Country Album of the Year: Around the Bend, Randy Travis (What happened to Bart Millard. Got this one wrong too)

25. Urban Album of the Year: The Fight of My Life, Kirk Franklin (I got it! I got it! I really really got it!)

26. Traditional Gospel Album of the Year: Down in New Orleans, The Blind Boys of Alabama (I didn’t have anyone in mind for this category but I am happy they won)

27. Contemporary Gospel Album of the Year: Change the World, Martha Munizzi (Missed this one. At least its Martha Munizzi)

28. Instrumental Album of the Year: Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, Various (I didn’t pick anyone here)

29. Children's Music Album of the Year: Absolute Modern Worship for Kids 4, Various (I was wrong here. I wanted Hillsong Kids. They are amazing)

30. Spanish Language Album of the Year: 7th Day Slumber, Rescantame (No one here)

31. Special Event Album of the Year: Passion: God of This City, Various (I got this one)

32. Christmas Album of the Year: Peace on Earth by Casting Crowns (I got this one 2. Love this album)

33. Praise & Worship Album of the Year: Hello Love by Chris Tomlin (I got this one. It Go Chris!)

34. International Award: Aline Barros, Integrity Music Latin artist (Did not know about this)

35. Musical of the Year: God Bless the USA by Sue C. Smith, Brentwood/Benson (I did not predict this)

36. Youth/Children's Musical of the Year: An Island Christmas by Wayne Haun, Shelby Haun, Joel Lindsey, Lillenas Publishing (Same as above)

37. Choral Collection of the Year: I'll Say Yes by Carol Cymbala, Brooklyn Tabernacle Music (Same here)

38. Recorded Music Packaging of the Year: Revelation (Third Day) by Tim Parker, Becka Blackburn, David McLister, R.W. Sims, Essential Records (Same here)

39. Short Form Music Video of the Year: Slow Fade, Casting Crowns, Erwin Brothers Motion Pictures (Got this one)

40. Long Form Music Video of the Year: "Alive & Transported," tobyMac, Eric Welch, Tameron Hedge (I got this one 2... Go toby!)

So, as you can see there were 40 categories. I decided to predict the winners in 29 categories. OK. Maybe I hoped that in 29 categories at least maybe 2 people that I know and like will win in every of those categories. Anyways, out of 29 categories I got 15 right. That’s something aint it?

I am happy for everyone who won though. I am always excited that when the Dove Awards are around. Congratulations to Brandon Heath, MaryMary, Casting Crown, Chris Tomlin, Group 1 Crew, Point of Grace, Kirk Franklin and everyone else. Keep repping God’s kingdom.

Trotcha!

Dove Award Performers Announced for Live Show on April 23

Gospel Music Channel to Telecast Dove Awards Live Nationwide 8 – 10 p.m. ET

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – April 9, 2009 – Steven Curtis Chapman, Natalie Grant, Mary Mary, MercyMe, Third Day, Chris Tomlin and other performers to be announced in a special Dottie Rambo tribute segment are the first performers announced for the 40th Annual GMA Dove Awards telecast, according to the Gospel Music Association (GMA) and Gospel Music Channel (GMC).

The Dove Awards (www.DoveAwards.com), Christian and gospel music’s biggest night of the year will take place live on Thursday, April 23, 2009 in Nashville at the Grand Ole Opry House and will be broadcast live nationwide on the awards’ exclusive television home, the Gospel Music Channel television network from 8 – 10 p.m. (ET).

The performers confirmed for the show are also nominees for Dove Awards:

Francesca Battistelli

Steven Curtis Chapman

Natalie Grant with special guest Group 1 Crew

Brandon Heath

Mary Mary

MercyMe

Jonathan Nelson

Remedy Drive

Chris Sligh

Tenth Avenue North

Third Day

Chris Tomlin

Dottie Rambo Tribute with surprise guests

Additional performers, presenters and special segments will be announced soon. Tickets for the 40th Annual GMA Dove Awards are currently available at TicketMaster.com. The American Bible Society (www.AmericanBible.org) is the official charity for the 40th Annual GMA Dove Awards.

While the awards are the purpose of the show, music performances will definitely share center stage at the Dove Awards, showcasing some of gospel music’s hottest and most diverse artists. In addition to the exclusive live broadcast, Gospel Music Channel will present back-to-back encore broadcasts that night and additional re-airings following. Gospel Music Channel’s rapid growth has made it the fastest growing network in television for the past two years and GMC is now available in 45 million homes in all major markets on the major cable systems as well as on DIRECTV on Channel 338.

Dove Awards will be handed out in 43 categories. For the first time, fans have become stakeholders in the Dove Awards with an opportunity to vote for the winner of two of the night’s biggest awards – Artist of the Year along with New Artist of the Year. Fan voting is open at the Gospel Music Channel website (www.gospelmusicchannel.com) and at www.doveawards.com. The cumulative fan vote, which will continue through the live Dove Awards broadcast, will account for one-third of the total vote in those two categories.

WoW and Belmont University Volunteers Package more than 400,000 meals for Feed My Starving Children

Community Event Draws More than 1,500 Volunteers from EMI Christian Music Group, Provident Music Group, Word Entertainment and Belmont University and Set Record for Number of Meals Packaged in One Day

Lunchtime Performances by Brandon Heath, Francesca Battistelli and Josh Wilson

(Nashville, Tenn.) December 11, 2008 – EMI Christian Music Group, Provident Music Group and Word Entertainment have long collaborated in the marketing and distribution of WOW compilation projects. This Wednesday, the collective staff of the three companies, along with students from Belmont University, banded together to package a record number 427,000 meals for the non-profit hunger-relief organization, Feed My Starving Children (FMSC). The number of meals packaged at this event is enough to feed 1,169 children for one year.

The more than 1,500 volunteers worked in shifts that started at 10:00 AM and ran through 8:00 PM, packaging specially formulated meals in assembly-line fashion. Each FMSC meal provides the key nutrients a child needs to survive and thrive.

Laura Nielsen, Offsite Operations Manager for Feed My Starving Children, shared, “The ‘WOW Shares’ event was an incredible success. Not only did we pack a record-breaking amount of meals in one day, but we also helped changed the world for so many kids in Thailand.”

Over the lunch break, Brandon Heath (Reunion Records/Provident Music Group), Francesca Battistelli (Fervent Records/Word Entertainment) and Josh Wilson (Sparrow/EMI CMG Label Group) performed a concert for volunteers that numbered in excess of 1,500. Lunch was generously donated for volunteers by Sodexo, Belmont’s food services provider.

About Feed My Starving Children:
Minnesota-based Feed My Starving Children (FMSC) is a non-profit Christian organization committed to feeding God’s starving children hungry in body and spirit. The approach is simple: volunteers of all ages hand-pack meals designed specially for starving children, and FMSC ships the meals to more than 60 countries around the world. This year, FMSC will send 75 million meals around the world thanks to the work of 325,000 volunteers. For more information, see the attached fact sheet and visit http://www.fmsc.org.

About WOW and WOW Shares:
“WOW Shares” is a newly created effort formed by the WOW companies to mobilize Christian music industry employees to serve others this Christmas season. EMI Christian Music Group, Provident Music Group and Word Entertainment have coordinated their efforts to pack food for starving children in Thailand. Funds for the meals have been provided from proceeds from the sale of WOW CDs.

About Belmont University:
Belmont University, host of the 2008 Town Hall Presidential Debate, is a fast-growing community of 5,000 students who come from almost every state and more than 25 countries. Committed to being a leader among teaching universities, Belmont brings together the best of liberal arts and professional education in a Christian community of learning and service. The university’s purpose is to help students explore their passions and develop their talents to meet the world’s needs. With more than 75 areas of study, 12 master’s programs and three doctoral degrees, there is no limit to the ways Belmont University can expand an individual's horizon. For more information, visit www.belmont.edu.