Dove Award Winners Announced

The 40th Annual GMA Dove Awards took place last night in Nashville. The kudofest, which celebrates inspirational music in all its incarnations, is the culmination of Gospel Music Association week. Some of the folks we know and love who were in attendance included Kierra Sheard, Mary Mary, Kirk Franklin, Donnie McClurkin, Edwin Hawkins, Tye Tribbett, and Dietrick Haddon.

Here's a partial list of the winners of the 40th Annual GMA Dove Awards. Click here for a complete list.

ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Steven Curtis Chapman

FEMALE VOCALIST
Natalie Grant

MALE VOCALIST
Brandon Heath

GROUP OF THE YEAR
Casting Crowns

NEW ARTIST
Tenth Avenue North

SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR
Steven Curtis Chapman

SONG OF THE YEAR
Give Me Your Eyes, Brandon Heath and Jason Ingram

PRODUCER OF THE YEAR
Bernie Herms

URBAN SONG OF THE YEAR
Get Up, Mary Mary

URBAN ALBUM OF THE YEAR
The Fight of My Life, Kirk Franklin

TRADITIONAL GOSPEL SONG OF THE YEAR
Free At Last, The Blind Boys of Alabama

TRADITIONAL GOSPEL ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Down In New Orleans, The Blind Boys of Alabama

CONTEMPORARY GOSPEL SONG OF THE YEAR
How Great Is Our God, LaRue Howard

CONTEMPORARY GOSPEL ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Change the World, Martha Munizzi