Encyclopedia > New Artist of the Year (Dove Award)
Winners of the Gospel Music AssociationDove Award for New Artist of the Year are: The Gospel Music Association (GMA) was founded in 1964 for the purpose of supporting and promoting the development of all forms of Gospel music. ... The Dove Awards, created in 1969 by the Gospel Music Association to honor the outstanding achievements in contemporary Christian and gospel music, are held annually in Nashville, Tennessee. ...
The GMA Music Awards is gospel music’s biggest night of the year, where top artists from every style of gospel music come together for a night of music and celebration as the GMA bestows gospel music’s highest honor – the DoveAward.
Natalie Grant’s Female Vocalist of the YearAward is her first Dove honor and Songwriter of the Year Christa Wells earned that trophy thanks to the song Held, which Natalie recorded on her latest project, Awaken.
DoveAwards go to recordings released during the eligibility year of November 1, 2004 through October 31, 2005 and voted on by the members of the GMA.
Some artists are a slow burn, quietly honing their skills while churning out albums of craftsman-quality tunes, and slowly building an intensely loyal fan base through commitment and perseverance.
Dove Award-winning Building 429 returns with a brand new album full of their familiar style of introspective, worshipful lyrics and anthemic pop/rock songs that made “Glory Defined” a #1 hit.
New songs born out of intimate times of prayer, like You Carried Me, Majesty and Power Of Your Name, are bound to find a place in modern worship settings as well as the hearts of Building 429 fans everywhere.