Artist of the Year TobyMac reclaimed the title he earned as a member of dcTalk in 1996. TobyMac also took home Dove awards for Rock/Contemporary Album of the Year for Portable Sounds and Short Form Video of the Year for the video to the song “Boomin’” off the afore mentioned album.

Two-time Dove Awards Artist of the Year Chris Tomlin extended his streak of wins for Male Vocalist of the Year to three while picking up another award for “How Great Is Our God” (Worship Song of the Year), a song he co-wrote with band mate Jesse Reeves and producer Ed Cash.

Tomlin’s sixstepsrecords label mates David Crowder*Band were recognized for their album Remedy, collecting Doves for Praise and Worship Album of the Year, Rock/Contemporary Song of the Year (“Everything Glorious”) as well as Recorded Music Packaging.

David Crowder*Band joined a handful of EMI CMG artists who took the stage Wednesday night when the show went live on the Gospel Music Channel, starting the night off was a medley of New Artist nominees including Rush of Fools and Mandisa, the latter whom also performed alongside Amy Grant as part of a tribute to Michael W. Smith. Chris Tomlin introduced the world premiere of the first song written and recorded for Compassionart, Delirious? frontman/songwriter Martin Smith’s newly formed charity, and then joined Steven Curtis Chapman and others onstage for the performance.

Another first happened as Switchfoot took the stage for the first time performing their new song “This Is Home” which will be included on the soundtrack for the Walt Disney Pictures/Walden Media film “The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian.” David Crowder*Band helped transform the Opry stage into a pastoral scene with their performance of Dove-winning song “Everything Glorious.” A team of white jumpsuit clad workers rolled out artificial turf, carried out giant plastic flowers, prop deer and raised a blue sky backdrop complete with a “smiling” sun in the sky being lowered from the rafters in what was the evening’s most whimsical moment.

All-time leading Dove winner Steven Curtis Chapman, who also performed during the 39th Annual Dove Awards on Wednesday night, picked up his 52nd and 53rd Dove statuettes for his participation in the Glory Revealed project. Gaither Music Group artist Ernie Haase & Signature Sound came away with two Dove awards recognizing their work Get Away, Jordan.

Doves awarded in the Album Category went to seven EMI CMG artists for Rock/Contemporary Album of the Year (Portable Sounds TobyMac), Inspirational Album of the Year (I Love To Tell The Story, A Hymns Collection Mark Lowry), Southern Gospel Album of the Year (Get Away, Jordan Ernie Haase & Signature Sound), Country Album of the Year (Big Sky The Isaacs), Instrumental Album of the Year (Amazing Grace (Original Score) David Arnold), Children’s Music Album of the Year (VeggieTales Christian Hit Music VeggieTales) and Praise & Worship Album of the Year (Remedy David Crowder*Band).

About EMI Christian Music Group

EMI CMG Distribution
Billboard Magazine's annual Top Christian Music Distributor since 1995, EMI CMG Distribution was founded in 1994 to serve as the main distribution outlet for EMI CMG's owned and distributed labels to the US Christian and general retail marketplace, and the international Christian marketplace. In addition to distributing EMI CMG fully-owned labels, which include EMI CMG Label Group’s Sparrow, ForeFront, and Credential imprints, as well as EMI Gospel and Worship Together, EMI CMG Distribution has exclusive distribution agreements with Tooth & Nail/BEC, Gaither Music Group, Genius Entertainment, Big Idea, Hal Leonard, Inpop, Midas Records, Troubadour for the Lord, Universal Music Group, Guardian Studios/Bananas, Safe Side and Digital Praise.

EMI CMG Publishing
As a full-service publisher, EMI CMG Publishing represents more than 35,000 songs and 250 writers, including Chris Tomlin, Smokie Norful, Steven Curtis Chapman, Jeremy Camp, Matt Redman, Tim Hughes, Leeland and Thousand Foot Krutch, to name a few. EMI CMG Publishing also administers catalogs for top-selling artist/writers Third Day, Casting Crowns and TobyMac. Named 2006 Christian Music Publisher of the Year by ASCAP and Billboard Magazine, EMI CMG Publishing continues to be an industry leader in Christian Music publishing throughout the world.

EMI CMG Distribution and EMI CMG Publishing are divisions of EMI Christian Music Group, in addition to EMI CMG Label Group and EMI Gospel. Led by President and CEO Bill Hearn and a strong executive team of long-time Christian and Gospel music veterans, EMI CMG is characterized by a commitment to artists and songwriters, its customers and to community service. EMI CMG is a unit of EMI Music, part of EMI Group (www.emigroup.com) and one of the world’s leading music companies. For further information, please visit www.emicmg.com.

About EMI Music
EMI Music is the recorded music division of EMI Group Limited, one of the world's largest independent music companies. Its EMI Music division represents artists spanning all musical tastes and genres. Its record labels include Angel, Astralwerks, Blue Note, Capitol, Capitol Nashville, EMI Classics, EMI CMG, EMI Records, EMI Televisa Music, Manhattan, Mute, Parlophone and Virgin. Artists on EMI labels include Lily Allen, The Beatles, Coldplay, Corinne Bailey Rae, The Good The Bad & The Queen, Gorillaz, Norah Jones, The Kooks, Korn, Kylie Minogue, Pink Floyd, Rolling Stones, Joss Stone, 30 Seconds To Mars, KT Tunstall, Keith Urban and Robbie Williams, as well as international artists such as Amaral (Spain), Diam’s (France), Utada Hikaru (Japan), LaFee (Germany), Radja (Indonesia), RBD (Mexico) and Vasco Rossi (Italy).

EMI has been at the cutting edge of the rapidly growing digital music marketplace since it released David Bowie’s ‘Hours’ as the world’s first ever album to be offered as a digital download in 1999. EMI has signed agreements with hundreds of digital partners to distribute its music across the globe, including most recently its premium DRM-free, higher-quality offering sold through partners including Apple iTunes, Amazon.com and more. It continues to facilitate the development of a growing range of new digital business models to enable fans to experience and purchase its artists’ output through a number of different platforms including, legal peer-to-peer agreements with Mashboxx and GNAB, and a deal to offer advertising-supported videos on mobile phones in the US through Rhythm NewMedia. For further information on EMI, please visit: www.emigroup.com.

Complete List of EMI CMG Winners:

ARTIST OF THE YEAR
TobyMac

MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR
Chris Tomlin

SONG OF THE YEAR song title; writer; publisher (award to the writer and publisher)
“East To West”; Mark Hall, Bernie Herms; My Refuge Music, Club Zoo Music (BMI), SWECS Music (BMI), Sparrow Song (BMI), Word Music LLC (ASCAP), Banahana Tunes (ASCAP)

ROCK/CONTEMPORARY RECORDED SONG
“Everything Glorious”; Remedy; David Crowder*Band; David Crowder*Band; Sparrow Records, sixstepsrecords

INSPIRATIONAL RECORDED SONG
“By His Wounds”; Glory Revealed; Steven Curtis Chapman, Mark Hall, Brian Littrell, Mac Powell; Davis Nasser, Mac Powell; Reunion Records

SOUTHERN GOSPEL RECORDED SONG
“Get Away Jordan”; Get Away Jordan; Ernie Haase & Signature Sound; Traditional; Gaither Music Group

WORSHIP SONG
“How Great Is Our God”; Chris Tomlin, Jesse Reeves, Ed Cash; worshiptogether.com Songs, sixsteps Music, Alletrop Music

ROCK/CONTEMPORARY ALBUM
Portable Sounds; TobyMac; Toby McKeehan, Christopher Stevens, David Wyatt; Forefront Records

INSPIRATIONAL ALBUM
I Love To Tell The Story, A Hymns Collection; Mark Lowry; Paul Johnson; Gaither Music Group

SOUTHERN GOSPEL ALBUM
Get Away, Jordan; Ernie Haase & Signature Sound; Lari Goss, Michael English; Gaither Music Group

COUNTRY ALBUM
Big Sky; The Isaacs; Mark Bright; Gaither Music Group

URBAN ALBUM
T57; Trin-i-tee 5:7; The Bama Boyz, Matthew Knowles, Solange Knowles,Walter W. Millsap III, DJ Static; Music World Entertainment

INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM
Amazing Grace (Original Score) ; David Arnold; David Arnold; Sparrow Records

CHILDREN’S MUSIC ALBUM
VeggieTales Christian Hit Music; VeggieTales; Christopher Davis; Big Idea Records

PRAISE & WORSHIP ALBUM
Remedy; David Crowder*Band; David Crowder*Band; Sparrow Records, sixstepsrecords

RECORDED MUSIC PACKAGING (product; art director; graphic artist; illustrator/photographer; label)
Remedy (David Crowder*Band); Gary Dorsey; Gary Dorsey; Gary Dorsey, Kaysie Dorsey; Sparrow Records, sixstepsrecords

SHORT FORM MUSIC VIDEO (title; artist; director; producer; production company; label)
Boomin’; TobyMac; Scott Speer; Jason Peterson; Symbolic Entertainment; Forefront Records

LONG FORM MUSIC VIDEO ( title; artist; director; producer; production company; label)
Live From Hawaii; Audio Adrenaline; Mark McCallie; Audio Adrenaline; Audio Adrenaline; Forefront Records

 

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