Southern Gospel Recorded Song of the Year "Because He Lives"; Gaither Vocal Band Reunited; Gaither Vocal Band; William J. Gaither, Gloria Gaither; Gaither Music Group "Born To Climb"; Expecting Good Things; Jeff & Sheri Easter; Wayne Haun, Joel Lindsey; Bridge Building Music, Psalm Singer Music "If You Knew Him"; Almost Morning; The Perrys; Joseph Habedank, Rodney Griffin; Daywind "Life Goes On"; Life Goes On; Talley Trio; Marty Funderburk, Gina Boe; Horizon "Live With Jesus"; The Boys Are Back; Oak Ridge Boys; Paul Kennerley; Spring Hill Music Group
Bluegrass Recorded Song of the Year "I Heard My Savior Calling Me"; Destination Life; Rhonda Vincent; Rounder Records "On The Other Side"; Brothers From Different Mothers; Dailey & Vincent; Jimmy Fortune, Kevin Denney, Tom Bodkin; Rounder Records "This World Is Not My Home"; Ricky Skaggs Solo: Songs My Dad Loved; Ricky Skaggs; Albert Brumley; Skaggs Family Records "When We Fly (duet with Ty Herndon)"; Breaking Like Dawn; Little Roy Lewis & Lizzy Long; Joel Lindsey, Wayne Haun, Ty Herndon; Vine Records "Working On A Building"; Mountain Soul II; Patty Loveless; Saguaro Road
Country Recorded Song of the Year "Dry Bones"; Live At Oak Tree: Austins Bridge; Austins Bridge; PD Arr by Justin Rivers, Bubba Smith; Daywind "God Is There"; The Reason; Diamond Rio; Marty Roe, Jimmy Olander, Bernie Herms; Word Records "King of the World"; How You Live (Deluxe Edition); Point of Grace; Cindy Morgan; Word Records "Somebody Like Me"; Jason Crabb; Jason Crabb; Neil Thrasher, Michael Boggs; Spring Hill Music Group "Thank God For Kids"; Every Light That Shines At Christmas; Ernie Haase & Signature Sound; Eddy Raven; Gaither Music Group
Previous Dove winner, Austins Bridge is also nominated for Inspirational Recorded Song of the Year, "Hold On To Jesus" (Justin Rivers, Jason Baird). Receiving an Inspirational Album of the Year nomination is Aaron and Amanda Crabb for Live At Oak Tree: Aaron and Amanda Crabb (Paul Corley, Tre Corley, Norman Holland, Michael Turner, Shannon Lancaster) Daywind Records. A Christmas Album of the Year nomination goes to Ernie Haase & Signature Sound for Every Light That Shines At Christmas (Ernie Haase, Wayne Haun) Gaither Music Group Long Form Music Video of the Year nominees are Live At Oak Tree: Austins Bridge (Graham Bustin, Paul Corley, Tre Corley, Norman Holland, Michael Turner, Shannon Lancaster) Daywind Records and A Gospel Journey; Oak Ridge Boys (Doug Stuckey; Bill Gaither, Barry Jennings, Bill Carter) Gaither Television Productions; Gaither Music Group. Daywind Music Publishing and Lifeway Worship received the nomination for Musical of the Year for the musical Reign, Jesus, Reign (Marty Funderburk, Cliff Duren), as did Brentwood-Benson Music Publishing, for It's The Most Wonderful Time of the Year (Sue C. Smith, Russell Mauldin).
Choral Collection of the Year nominations went to involved three Southern Gospel veterans. Those nominations are Everlasting Praise 2; Mike Speck, Stan Whitmire; Lillenas Publishing Company, Hallelujah! Light Has Come; Various Arrangers; Word Music, and Hymns of the Ages; Lari Goss; Word Music
The 41st Annual GMA Dove Awards will be held on Wednesday, April 21, 2010, at Nashville's famed Grand Ole Opry House and televised nationwide on the Gospel Music Channel (gmclife.com), Sunday, April 25, 2010 from 8 p.m. - 10 p.m. EST. While the awards are the purpose of the show, music performances will definitely share center stage at the GMA Dove Awards, showcasing some of Gospel music's hottest and most diverse artists.
Dove Awards will be handed out in 43 categories. Dove Awards nominations go to recordings released during the eligibility year November 1, 2008, through October 31, 2009, and voted on by the members of the GMA. The complete nominations list is available at both
www.gospelmusic.org and
www.doveawards.com.
Tickets to the 41st Annual GMA Dove Awards are currently on sale through the Grand Ole Opry Call Center, 1-800-SEE-OPRY/1-800-733-6779, via the web at
www.opry.com, or may be purchased in-person at The Opry Box Office located at the Opry House at 2804 Opryland Drive and the Ryman Auditorium Box Office at 116 5th Ave North, in downtown Nashville. Ticket prices range from $25 - $200.
