37th Annual Dove Award Nominees
The nominees for the have been announced by
the Gospel Music Association (GMA), and are to be awarded on April 5, 2006 at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville.
 Nominations for the 37th Annual Dove Awards were announced at the Hilton Nashville Downtown in Music City by Kirk Franklin and Rebecca St. James, both of whom will host the GMA Music Awards show on April 5, 2006 at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville. The awards show will then be televised in national syndication April 15 to May 21, 2006.
Dove Awards nominations go to recordings released during the Eligibility Year November 1, 2004 through October 31, 2005 and voted on by the Gospel Music Association.
Multiple Gospel artists were nominated in various and diverse categories. We focus here on the Gospel-relevant categories, with nominees presented below.
Traditional Gospel Album
Atom Bomb; Blind Boys of Alabama; Narada / EMI Gospel
I Know the Truth; Shirley Caesar; Shu-Bel Records / Artemis Gospel
I Shall Not Be Moved; Rev. F.C. Barnes; AIR Gospel
In The House of the Lord; The Mighty Clouds of Joy; EMI Gospel
Live in Memphis: He Said It; Dottie Peoples; Atlanta International Records
Project Praise: Live in Atlanta; Chicago Mass Choir; New Haven Records
RiZen 2; RiZen; Chez Musique/Artemis Gospel
 Contemporary Gospel Album
Worshipper; Darwin Hobbs; EMI Gospel
Dream; BeBe Winans; Still Waters/Sony/Integrity Gospel
Mary Mary; Mary Mary; Sony Urban/ Columbia/My Block
Now Is The Time; Anointed; Columbia/Sony Urban/Integrity Music
Psalms, Hymns & Spiritual Songs; Donnie McClurkin; Verity Records
When He Came; Martha Munizzi; Martha Munizzi Music
Urban Gospel Album
Charles & Taylor; Charles & Taylor; Integrity Gospel
Day by Day; Yolanda Adams; Atlantic Records
Hero; Kirk Franklin; Fo Yo Soul/Gospo Centric
Just Until; Kierra “Kiki” Sheard; EMI Gospel
Miracles; George Huff; Word Records
Rap / Hip-Hop Album
Behind The Music; KJ-52; BEC Recordings/Uprok Records
Boogie Root; DJ Maj; Gotee Records
Dichotomy B; GRITS; Gotee Records
Stereo: the evolution of hiprocksoul; 4th Avenue Jones Gotee Records/Lookalive Records
The Boy vs. The Cynic; John Reuben; Gotee Records
 Rap / Hip-Hop Song
"Are You Real?"; Behind The Music; KJ-52; BEC Recordings / Uprok Records
"We Don't Play"; Dichotomy B; Grits; Gotee Records
"Love (So Beautiful)"; Boogi Root; DJ Maj; Gotee Records
"Stereo"; Stereo: the evolution of hiprocksoul; 4th Avenue Jones; Gotee Records/Lookalive Records
"Trainwreck"; Bullet; Matt Kearney; Inpop Records
Urban Song
"A Brighter Day"; Miracles; George Huff; Word Records
"Heaven"; Mary Mary; Mary Mary; My Block/Columbia/Sony Urban/Integrity Gospel
"Jesus Will"; Days Of My Life; Antonio Neal; EMI Gospel
"Looking For You"; Hero; Kirk Franklin; Fo Yo Soul/Gospo Centric
"Pray"; Purified; CeCe Winans; Puresprings Gospel/INO/Sony Urban/EPIC
Traditional Gospel Song
"All Night "; You Deserve My Worship; Alvin Darling; Emtro Gospel
"Been So Good To Me"; In The House of the Lord; The Mighty Clouds of Joy; EMI Gospel
"God Blocked It"; One Church Project; Kurt Carr & The Kurt Carr Singers; GospoCentric Records
"I Know the Truth (Lies)"; I Know the Truth ; Shirley Caesar; Shu-Bel Records / Artemis Gospel
"We’ve Come to Magnify the Lord"; RiZen 2; RiZen; Chez Gospel / Artemis Gospel
"Whatever You Want (God’s Got It)"; Project Praise; Chicago Mass Choir; New Haven Gospel
Contemporary Gospel Song
"Be Blessed"; Day By Day; Yolanda Adams; Atlantic Records
"God Is Able"; nothing without You; Smokie Norful; EMI Gospel
"I Will Find A Way"; Somethin' 'Bout Love; Fred Hammond; Verity Records
"In the Middle"; Nothing Without You; Smokie Norful; EMI Gospel
"Not Forgotten"; Alive In South Africa; Israel & New Breed; Integrity Gospel
"Presence of the Lord"; We Have Overcome; Christ Tabernacle Choir; Vital Communications
 In addition, Israel Houghton was nominated for Song of the Year, for "Friend of God". Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives were nominated for Country Album of the Year, for their project, Soul's Chapel.
If you'd like to take a look at the complete listings for all categories (bluegrass, country, hard rock,
pop, video etc.), then you can find them over at the
Dove Awards website. That site also outlines the
nomination process, the voting process, and gives a good history of The Dove Awards.
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