Dove Award


Stellar Kart at the award of the Dove Awards in 2007

The Dove Award is a music award awarded by the Gospel Music Association since 1969. The award is awarded annually in Nashville (Tennessee) for exceptional results in Christian music.

There are prices for both performing artists and groups as producers. The prizes are divided into various music categories like country, pop, praise & amp; worship, rap / hip hop, rock, southern gospel and instrumental. Winners

The prize has been awarded in recent years to Rebecca St. James, Michael W. Smith and Graham Kendrick. The most distinguished artist is Steven Curtis Chapman. He won nine times the prize for the songwriter of the year and seven times that for singer of the year; In total, he won (to 2008) 51 Dove Awards.

The Dutch Ralph van Manen and Henk Pool won the Dove Award in 1999 for the song Testify to love. (This song was also used for the television series Touched by an Angel.) Externe link

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