PROVIDENT ENTERTAINMENT'S FAMILY OF ARTISTS AND SONGWRITERS RECEIVES 16 NOMINATIONS FOR THE 63RD GRAMMY AWARDS
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24 November 2020 - NASHVILLE, Tenn.- Provident Entertainment's family of artists, labels, songwriters, and publishers are pleased to share they received 16 GRAMMY Award nominations for the 63rd GRAMMY Awards®. All nominees were announced live today by the Recording Academy® via Grammy.com.
Tauren Wells leads the pack with three nominations, with Travis Greene and Zach Williams each receiving two nominations for both artist performance and songwriter. Kirk Franklin, Kierra Sheard, Rodney Jerkins, Melvin Crispell III, Mali Music, and Essential Publishing writers Jonathan Smith, Chuck Butler, Chris Brown, and Steven Furtick each received one nomination.
Below is a complete list of all Provident Entertainment nominees and categories. The 63rd Annual GRAMMY Awards will be held on Sunday, January 31, 2021, on the CBS Television Network, and will be hosted by Trevor Noah. For a full list of all the nominees, visit grammy.com.
About Provident Entertainment: Provident Entertainment, a division of Sony Music Entertainment, is home to Provident Label Group, RCA Inspiration, Essential Worship, and Essential Music Publishing, along with Provident Films. The label group is home to an artist roster including Casting Crowns, Zach Williams, Koryn Hawthorne, Kirk Franklin, Travis Greene, Matt Maher, Matthew West, Marvin Sapp, Tauren Wells, and more. Provident Entertainment operates under the umbrella of Sony Music Nashville. Find out more at ProvidentEntertainment.com.
BEST CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN MUSIC PERFORMANCE/SONG*
“Sunday Morning” - Lecrae feat. Kirk Franklin
(writers) Denishia Andrews, Jones Terrence Antonio, Saint Bodhi, Brittany Coney, Kirk Franklin, LaShanna Harris, Shama Joseph, Stuart Lowery, Lecrae Moore, and Nathanael Saint-Fleur
"The Blessing" (Live) - Kari Jobe, Cody Carnes, and Elevation Worship
(writers) Chris Brown, Cody Carnes, Kari Jobe Carnes, and Steven Furtick
“Famous For (I Believe)” - Tauren Wells feat. Jenn Johnson
(writers) Chuck Butler, Krissy Nordhoff, Jordan Sapp, Alexis Slifer, and Tauren Wells
“There Was Jesus” - Zach Wiliams & Dolly Parton
(writers) Casey Beatheard, Jonathan Smith, and Zach Williams
* This award is given to the artist(s) and songwriter(s) (for new compositions) for the best contemporary Christian pop, Christian rap/hip-hop, or Christian rock single or track
BEST GOSPEL ALBUMˆ
KIERRA - Kierra Sheard
ˆFor albums containing at least 51% playing time of newly recorded, vocal, traditional or contemporary/R&B gospel music recordings.
BEST CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN MUSIC ALBUM
Citizen Of Heaven- Tauren Wells
BEST GOSPEL PERFORMANCE/SONG**
"Wonderful Is Your Name" - Melvin Crispell III
"Come Together" - Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins Presents: The Good News
(writers) Lashawn Daniels, Rodney Jerkins, Lecrae Moore, and Jazz Nixon
"Won't Let Go" - Travis Greene
(writer) Travis Greene
"Movin' On" - Jonathan McReynolds & Mali Music
(writers) Darryl L. Howell, Jonathan Caleb McReynolds, Kortney Jamaal Pollard, and Terrell Demetrius Wilson
**This award is given to the artist(s) and songwriter(s) (for new compositions) for the best traditional Christian, roots gospel, or contemporary gospel single or track
[All bolded names are included in PLG's family of artists, labels, songwriters, and publishers]
This Sunday, June 7
ALBUMS Drown the Planet The Blessed /// The Cursed - EP (independent) Brett Leyde like a fool - EP (independent)
SINGLES Seth Davey Dance in the Dark - Single (independent) The Riverside Forester, Faller - Single (independent)
This Friday, June 12
ALBUMS Brave Days Crisis - EP [Common Thread Records] Elan Brio Blind Faith [Polished Arrow] Eighteen Mile Peace Be Still [Mountain Home] Flesh Incinerant Alkaloid Grace - EP (independent) Ben Fuller Black Sheep Tour: Songs from the Road [Provident/Sony] Hopeful. The Art of Letting Go (independent) Vince Gill A Mother's Prayer - EP [MCA] J.Solo Lost Son [Syntax] Tori Kelly God Must Really Love Me [Epic] KNGDM REVIVAL Parables [Dream] Patrick Mayberry Anybody Else - EP [Provident/Sony] Pep and Perk It's Cool To Be A Kid [Smidi] So Much Hope, Buried. Wither | Grow (independent) We The Kingdom Everything I Thought Was Pleasure [Capitol CMG]
SINGLES Brothrly Forever - Single (independent) Steven Curtis Chapman America the Beautiful (feat. Chris Janson) - Single [SCSEE / The Fuel] The Choir Room Love Never Fails (feat. Fred Hammond) - Single [Centricity] EJ Swavv Aura - Single [Syntax] Fallstar Death Drive - Single [Rat Family Records] Charles Wesley Godwin Hey There Son - Single [Big Loud] Tiffany Hudson Fire In My Bones - Single [Elevation] JusRzd, Duprae, QEW My God Got It - Single [Syntax] KDNS & Briana Maia Blame Game - Single [Syntax] Mountains in the Sea Your Will Be Done - Single [Dream] No Vain Glory IN G_D WE TRUST - Single [Syntax] Ginny Owens Greater Is The Cross (feat. Josh Bissell & The Church Will Sing) - Single [ChickPower] PEABOD 100 - Single (independent) Dante' Pride x Miles Minnick Act Up - Single [TAMLA] Procyse Showing Up - Single [Polished Arrow] Q-Flo High Praise - Single [Syntax] The Rogers Family He Keeps Right On Blessing Me - Single [Horizon] Michael Sarver Count It All Joy - Single [WieRok] Scapegoat The Same Abyss (Revived) - Single [Charon Collective] SEU Worship Wild Rushing Wind - Single [Provident/Sony] Sleeping At Last Source - Single (independent) Carly Ann Taylor Heavenly Father - Single [Curb] TobyMac Campfire (That Very Love) [feat. Third Day] - Single [Capitol CMG]
Next Sunday, June 19
ALBUMS GVTH DVDDY GVDV [Velvet Blue Music]
SINGLES AAH (All About Him) That's My God - Single (independent) Josh Grove Hope - Single (independent) Kaboose Like That - Single [Polished Arrow] KNGDM REVIVAL Psalm 91 - Single [Dream] Living Again Cynical and Jaded - Single (independent) Tenielle Neda Who Do They Say I Am? - Single (independent)