Artists, Songwriters Affiliated With Gaylord Entertainment Receive 21 Dove Awards From Gospel Music Association.NASHVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 29, 1999--Artists, songwriters and creative staffers from the Idea Entertainment division of Gaylord Entertainment Company Gaylord Entertainment Company (NYSE: GET) operates a number of hotel, resort, and media companies. Facilities owned include:
See: New York Stock Exchange :GET) received 21 of this year's Dove Awards, the most prestigious industry awards in gospel and contemporary Christian music Contemporary Christian Music (or CCM; also by its religious neutral term Inspirational music) is a genre of popular music which is lyrically focused on matters concerned with the Christian faith. . Virtually all of the top Dove Awards categories--including Artist of the Year, Song of the Year, Songwriter of the Year, Male and Female Vocalists of the Year, and Group of the Year--were garnered by artists affiliated with Idea Entertainment. Idea Entertainment encompasses Word Entertainment and its numerous record labels, plus Blanton/Harrell Entertainment, one of the industry's top artist management firms. The awards, an annual program of the Gospel Music Association The Gospel Music Association (GMA) was founded in 1964 for the purpose of supporting and promoting the development of all forms of Gospel music. There are currently more than 4,200 members worldwide. , were presented March 24 at the Nashville Arena. A telecast of the awards gala is in national syndication through April 12. Word Records/GTSP artist John Tesh was the host. Blanton/Harrell artist Michael W. Smith, one of contemporary Christian music's most popular performers, won his first Artist of the Year award in addition to three others--Producer of the Year, Pop/Contemporary Album of the Year for Live the Life and Special Event Album of the Year for his part in Exodus. The late Rich Mullins, who was a Word Music writer and Myrrh myrrh: see incense-tree. myrrh symbol of gladness. [Flower Symbolism: Flora Symbolica, 176] See : Joy Records artist, was named Songwriter of the Year, and "My Deliverer," which he co-wrote with Mitch McVicker, was named Song of the Year. Other Word artists with top Dove Awards were Point Of Grace, Group of the Year; Jaci Velasquez, Female Vocalist of the Year; and Chris Rice, Male Vocalist of the Year. Word Entertainment creatives staffers won three Dove Awards. Dan Posthuma won for co-producing one of the Spanish Language Albums of the Year; art director Beth Lee won the Dove for Recorded Music Packaging; and David Guthrie shared the Dove for creating the Musical of the Year. Gaylord Entertainment Company is a diversified entertainment company operating in three business segments: hospitality and attractions, broadcasting and music, and cable networks. A complete list of Idea Entertainment-related Dove Awards follows. Idea Entertainment 1999 Dove Award Winners This is a list of people who have won a GMA Dove Award (Gospel Music Association Dove Award for Contemporary Christian or gospel music. The award was known as the GMA Music Award from 2004-2006. Artist of the Year Michael W. Smith Song of the Year "My Deliverer"; performed by Rich Mullins and A Ragamuffin Band; written Rich Mullins and Mitch McVicker; Liturgy Legacy Music, Word Music, White Plastic Bag Music. Songwriter of the Year Rich Mullins Male Vocalist of the Year Chris Rice Female Vocalist of the Year Jaci Velasquez Group of the Year Point Of Grace Producer of the Year Michael W. Smith Pop/Contemporary Album of the Year Live The Life; Michael W. Smith; Rocketown Records Hard Music Recorded Song of the Year "Awesome God"; The Insyderz Present Skalleluia; The Insyderz; Squint squint: see strabismus. Entertainment Urban Recorded Song of the Year "Revolution"; Nu Nation Project; Kirk Franklin; Gospo Centric Rock Album of the Year Anybody Out There?; Burlap To Cashmere Burlap To Cashmere is an alternative group that draws heavily on folk and world music influences, especially flamenco-style guitar work. Background Cousins Steven Delopoulos and John Philippidis were performing in a New Jersey coffeehouse when they were "discovered" by ; Squint Entertainment Traditional Gospel Album of the Year Christmas With Shirley Caesar; Shirley Caesar; Myrrh Records Black Music Division Contemporary Gospel Album of the Year Nu Nation Project; Kirk Franklin; Gospo Centric Children's Music Album of the Year VeggieTunes 2; VeggieTales; Big Idea Productions Spanish Language Album of the Year (tie) Libertad De Mas; Sandi Patty; Word International Oro; Crystal Lewis; Dan Posthuma (co-producer); Metro One Special Event Album of the Year Exodus; dcTalk, Jars of Clay Jars of Clay is a rock band from Franklin, Tennessee. They met at Greenville College in Greenville, Illinois. Jars of Clay is Dan Haseltine on vocals, Charlie Lowell on piano and keyboards, Stephen Mason on lead guitars and Matthew Odmark on rhythm guitars. ; Sixpence None The Richer Sixpence None the Richer was a Grammy-nominated Christian band that played pop/rock with roots in New Braunfels, Texas, eventually settling in Nashville, Tennessee. The name of the band is inspired by a passage in writer C. S. Lewis's Mere Christianity. , Cindy Morgan, Chris Rice, The Katinas, Third Day, Crystal Lewis, Michael W. Smith; produced and created by Michael W. Smith; Rocketown Records Musical of the Year Mary Did You Know?; David Guthrie, Bruce Greer; Word Music Enhanced CD of the Year Steady On Enhanced CD; Point Of Grace; Word Records Recorded Music Packaging of the Year The Jesus Record; Rich Mullins and A Ragamuffin Band; Beth Lee (designer and co-art director); Myrrh Records Long Form Music Video of the Year My Utmost For His Highest--The Concert; Cindy Morgan, Avalon, Twila Paris, Bryan Duncan, Sandi Patty, Steven Curtis Chapman Steven Curtis Chapman (born November 21, 1962 in Paducah, Kentucky, U.S.) is a contemporary Christian musician who has won five Grammy awards and more Gospel Music Association awards than any other artist in history. ; Myrrh Records |
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