{"id":12171,"date":"2018-08-08T14:16:32","date_gmt":"2018-08-08T18:16:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gospelflava.com\/v2\/?p=12171"},"modified":"2018-08-08T14:16:32","modified_gmt":"2018-08-08T18:16:32","slug":"motown-gospel-celebrates-dove-award-nominations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gospelflava.com\/v2\/motown-gospel-celebrates-dove-award-nominations\/","title":{"rendered":"Motown Gospel Celebrates Dove Award Nominations"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"justify\">Motown Gospel celebrates multiple nominations across different categories for the 49th Annual Dove Awards, announced today.<\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\">Among the top nomination-getters is Grammy Award winner, Tasha Cobbs Leonard who received 5 nominations for her prolific current album\u00a0\u201cHEART. PASSION. PURSUIT.\u201d\u00a0The album was the best selling gospel album in 2017 and has continued to stay at the top of the charts throughout 2018. Cobbs Leonard is nominated for\u00a0Artist of the Year, Gospel Artist of the Year,\u00a0Urban Worship Album of the Year.\u00a0She also picked up additional nominations\u00a0for Urban Worship Recorded Song of the Year\u00a0for \u201cThe Name of Our God,\u201d and for Producer of the Year with her husband Kenneth Leonard.<\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\">Also receiving multiple nominations is outstanding male vocalist, Brian Courtney Wilson who received two nominations for his current project\u00a0\u201cA GREAT WORK.\u201d\u00a0Wilsonis nominated for\u00a0Contemporary Gospel\/Urban Album of the Year\u00a0and\u00a0Contemporary Gospel\/Urban Recorded Song of the Year\u00a0for\u00a0the title track, \u201cA Great Work.\u201d \u00a0This song is Brian\u2019s fastest rising single of his career and has connected to audiences in a profound way.\u00a0Gospel icon and favorite, Tye Tribbett, was also recognized for his 2017 album \u201cTHE BLOODY WIN,\u201d which was nominated for Contemporary Gospel\/Urban Album of the Year.<\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\">\u201cWe continue to be grateful for the recognition that our artists and songwriters are receiving,\u201d says EJ Gaines, Co-Executive Director, Motown Gospel. \u201cTasha Cobbs Leonard, Brian Courtney Wilson and Tye Tribbett have made some of the most impactful music of the past year and we\u2019re thrilled to partner with them.\u201d<\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\">All three Motown Gospel artists are previous Dove Award winners. The Dove Awards will take place on <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_233125529\"><span class=\"aQJ\">October 16, 2018<\/span><\/span> in Nashville, TN and broadcast exclusively on TBN on <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_233125530\"><span class=\"aQJ\">Sunday, October 21, 2018<\/span><\/span>.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Motown Gospel celebrates multiple nominations across different categories for the 49th Annual Dove Awards, announced today. Among the top nomination-getters is Grammy Award winner, Tasha Cobbs Leonard who received 5 nominations for her prolific current album\u00a0\u201cHEART. PASSION. PURSUIT.\u201d\u00a0The album was the best selling gospel album [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":9803,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3400,23,2384,2885,3401],"tags":[176,1494,102,141],"class_list":["post-12171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artist-news-and-updates","category-artists","category-awards","category-dove-awards","category-entertainment","category-events","tag-brian-courtney-wilson","tag-motown-gospel","tag-tasha-cobbs","tag-tye-tribbett"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gospelflava.com\/v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/briancourtneywilsonheader.jpg?fit=1900%2C800&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14093,"url":"https:\/\/gospelflava.com\/v2\/motown-gospel-celebrate-dove-award-nominations\/","url_meta":{"origin":12171,"position":0},"title":"Motown Gospel Celebrate Dove Award Nominations","author":"Gregory Gay","date":"August 14, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Motown Gospel is honored to celebrate six nominations in the upcoming 51st Annual GMA Dove Awards. 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