{"id":692,"date":"2009-04-24T07:18:30","date_gmt":"2009-04-24T07:18:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/gospelsoundcheck\/2009\/04\/brandon-heath-casting-crowns-s.html"},"modified":"2009-04-24T07:18:30","modified_gmt":"2009-04-24T07:18:30","slug":"brandon-heath-casting-crowns-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/gospelsoundcheck\/2009\/04\/brandon-heath-casting-crowns-s.html","title":{"rendered":"Brandon Heath, Casting Crowns, Steven Curtis Chapman, Tenth Avenue North Take Home Top Honors at 40th Annual Dove Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"SCCDoves2009.jpg\"<\/span>The 40th Annual Dove Awards were handed out last night, and singer\/songwriter Brandon Heath and worship band Casting Crowns went away with the most top honors. CCM favorite Steven Curtis Chapman was honored as Artist of the Year, and Tenth Avenue North received the Dove Award for New Artist. This was the first time those categories were decided by both the gospel\/Christian music industry and its fans, as 250,000 votes were cast on gospelmusicchannel.com and via text messaging.
\nThe Dove Award recipients in the overall categories were:
\nArtist of the Year – Steven Curtis Chapman
\nNew Artist of the Year – Tenth Avenue North
\nSong of the Year — “Give Me Your Eyes”; songwriters Brandon Heath and Jason Ingram
\nSongwriter of the Year — Steven Curtis Chapman
\nMale Vocalist of the Year — Brandon Heath
\nFemale Vocalist of the Year — Natalie Grant
\nGroup of the Year — Casting Crowns
\nBrandon Heath followed up his 2008 New Artist of the Year honor with three awards this year for Male Vocalist of the Year; Song of the Year Dove Award “Give Me Your Eyes,” co-written with Jason Ingram; and Pop\/Contemporary Recorded Song of the Year.
\nCasting Crowns also took home three awards, including their fifth consecutive Group of the Year award as well as Christmas Album of the Year for its 2008 chart-topping, first Christmas project Peace On Earth; <\/em> Short Form Music Video for the powerful music video “Slow Fade.”
\nNatalie Grant extends her reign as Female Vocalist of the Year with her fourth consecutive trophy in that category. Among the Dove Awards other multiple artist winners were Michael W. Smith (for Inspirational Recorded Song and Praise & Worship Album), Blind Boys of Alabama (Traditional Gospel Recorded Song and Album), Chris Tomlin (for his contributions to Contemporary Gospel Recorded Song and Special Event Album), and Jeff & Sherri Easter and Lewis Family (Bluegrass Recorded Song and Bluegrass Album).
\nThe complete list of winners:<\/p>\n


\nARTIST OF THE YEAR
\nSteven Curtis Chapman
\nNEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR
\nTenth Avenue North
\nSONGWRITER OF THE YEAR
\nSteven Curtis Chapman
\nSONG OF THE YEAR song title; writer; publisher (award to the writer and publisher)
\n“Give Me Your Eyes”; Brandon Heath, Jason Ingram; Sitka 6 Music\/Essential Music Publishing (ASCAP), Peertunes Ltd. (SESAC), Grange Hill Music (SESAC), Windsor Way (SESAC)
\nMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR
\nBrandon Heath
\nFEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR
\nNatalie Grant
\nGROUP OF THE YEAR
\nCasting Crowns
\nPRODUCER OF THE YEAR
\nBernie Herms
\nRAP\/HIP HOP RECORDED SONG (song; album; artist; writer; label)
\n“Do Yo Thang”; The Yearbook; KJ-52; Jonah Sorrentino; BEC Recordings\/Uprok
\nROCK RECORDED SONG
\n“Lost”; End Of Silence; Red; Jasen Rauch, Rob Graves, Chad Cates; Essential Records
\nROCK\/CONTEMPORARY RECORDED SONG
\n“Washed By The Water”; The Heat; NEEDTOBREATHE; Bear Rinehart, Bo Rinehart; Atlantic Records
\nPOP\/CONTEMPORARY RECORDED SONG
\n“Give Me Your Eyes”; What If We; Brandon Heath; Brandon Heath, Jason Ingram; Reunion Records
\nINSPIRATIONAL RECORDED SONG
\n“A New Hallelujah”; A New Hallelujah; Michael W. Smith; Michael W. Smith, Debbie Smith, Paul Baloche; Reunion Records
\nSOUTHERN GOSPEL RECORDED SONG
\n“Reason Enough”; Dream On; Ernie Haase & Signature Sound; Ernie Haase, Joel Lindsey, Wayne Haun; Gaither Music Group
\nBLUEGRASS RECORDED SONG
\n“They’re Holding Up The Ladder”; We Are Family; Jeff & Sheri Easter, Lewis Family, Easter Brothers; Russell Easter, James Easter, Edd Easter; Daywind Records
\nCOUNTRY RECORDED SONG
\n“I Wish”; How You Live Deluxe Edition; Point of Grace; Cindy Morgan, Phil Madeira; Word Records
\nURBAN RECORDED SONG
\n“Get Up”; The Sound; Mary Mary; Warryn Campbell, Erica Campbell, Tina Campbell, Eric Dawkins; Columbia Records, Integrity Music
\nTRADITIONAL GOSPEL RECORDED SONG
\n“Free At Last”; Down In New Orleans; The Blind Boys of Alabama; Traditional; Time Life Music
\nCONTEMPORARY GOSPEL RECORDED SONG
\n“How Great Is Our God”; How Great Is Our God; LaRue Howard; Chris Tomlin, Jesse Reeves, Ed Cash; EMI Gospel
\nWORSHIP SONG
\n“Mighty To Save”; Ben Fielding, Reuben Morgan; Hillsong Publishing
\nRAP\/HIP HOP ALBUM (album; artist; producer; label)
\nOrdinary Dreamers; Group 1 Crew; Andy Anderson, Christopher Stevens, Sam Mizell; Fervent Records
\nROCK ALBUM
\nSatisfied; DecembeRadio; Scotty Wilbanks; Slanted Records
\nROCK\/CONTEMPORARY ALBUM
\nNever Going Back To OK; The Afters; Dan Muckala; INO Records
\nPOP\/CONTEMPORARY ALBUM
\nRevelation; Third Day; Howard Benson; Essential Records
\nINSPIRATIONAL ALBUM
\nGreat God Who Saves; Laura Story; Ed Cash; INO Records
\nSOUTHERN GOSPEL ALBUM
\nLovin’ Life; Ernie Gaither Vocal Band; Bill Gaither, Guy Penrod, Marshall Hall, Wes Hampton; Gaither Music Group
\nBLUEGRASS ALBUM
\nWe Are Family; Ricky Jeff & Sheri Easter, Lewis Family, Easter Brothers; Jeff Easter, Sheri Easter; Daywind Records
\nCOUNTRY ALBUM
\nAround the Bend; Randy Travis; Kyle Lehning; Warner Bros. Records
\nURBAN ALBUM
\nThe Fight of My Life; Kirk Franklin; Kirk Franklin; Zomba Gospel
\nTRADITIONAL GOSPEL ALBUM
\nDown In New Orleans; The Blind Boys of Alabama; Chris Goldsmith; Time Life Music, Integrity Music
\nCONTEMPORARY GOSPEL ALBUM
\nChange the World; Martha Munizzi; Aaron Lindsey, Israel Houghton; Martha Munizzi Music
\nINSTRUMENTAL ALBUM
\nChronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian; Various; Harry Gregson-Williams; Walt Disney Records
\nCHILDREN’S MUSIC ALBUM
\nAbsolute Modern Worship for Kids 4; Various; Chance Scoggins; Fervent Records
\nSPANISH LANGUAGE ALBUM
\nRescatame; Seventh Day Slumber; Alejandro Allen, Susana Allen; BEC Recordings
\nSPECIAL EVENT ALBUM
\nPassion: God of This City; Chris Tomlin, Charlie Hall, David Crowder*Band, Christy Nockels, Kristian Stanfill, Fee, Matt Redman; Nathan Nockels; Sparrow Records, sixsteps Records
\nCHRISTMAS ALBUM
\nPeace on Earth; Casting Crowns; Mark Hall, Mark A. Miller; Beach Street
\nPRAISE & WORSHIP ALBUM
\nA New Hallelujah; Michael W. Smith; Michael W. Smith; Reunion Records
\nMUSICAL (title; creator; publisher (award given to creator)
\nGod Bless the USA; Sue C. Smith, Joel Lindsey, Russell Mauldin; Brentwood-Benson Music Publishing
\nYOUTH\/CHILDREN’S MUSICAL
\nAn Island Christmas; Wayne Haun, Shelby Haun, Joel Lindsey; Lillenas Publishing Company
\nCHORAL COLLECTION
\nI’ll Say Yes; Carol Cymbala; Brooklyn Tabernacle Music
\nRECORDED MUSIC PACKAGING (product; art director; graphic artist; illustrator\/photographer; label)
\nRevelation (Third Day); Tim Parker, Becka Blackburn; Tim Parker; David McClister, RW Sims; Essential Records
\nSHORT FORM MUSIC VIDEO (title; artist; director; producer; production company; label)
\n“Slow Fade”; Casting Crowns; John Erwin, Andy Erwin; Erwin Brothers Motion Pictures; Beach Street
\nLONG FORM MUSIC VIDEO ( title; artist; director; producer; production company; label)
\nAlive and Transported; TobyMac; Eric Welch; Tameron Hedge, Dan Pitts; Broken Poet Productions; ForeFront Records
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