Nominees for the 2023 K-LOVE Fan Awards have been announced, with BILLBOARD sharing the exclusive news of Phil Wickham leading with five nominations and Brandon Lake following with four. CAIN, Rachael Lampa and TobyMac garnered three nominations each. Fans can begin voting for their favorites tonight at 6p CT at klovefanawards.com. Full list of nominees is below (sports impact to be announced later).
CAIN will host the 10th annual K-LOVE Fan Awards on May 28, 2023 at Nashville’s iconic OPRY House. TBN will broadcast the show on June 2nd, once again sponsored by Coca-Cola Consolidated. The show is preceded by the biggest weekend in Christian music, including annual events like the Friday night kick-off concert, Emerging Artist Showcase, Songwriter's Showcase and Sunday morning Worship service. A brand new event this year is the Saturday morning Worship In The Round. All details for the weekend and award show can be found at KLOVEFanAwards.com.
2023 K-LOVE FAN AWARD NOMINEES
ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Brandon Lake
CAIN
for King & Country
Lauren Daigle
Matthew West
Phil Wickham
Steven Curtis Chapman
Tobymac
MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Brandon Lake
Chris Tomlin
Jeremy Camp
Matthew West
Phil Wickham
Tobymac
Zach Williams
FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Anne Wilson
Brooke Ligertwood
Katy Nichole
Lauren Daigle
Natalie Grant
Rachael Lampa
Tasha Layton
GROUP OF THE YEAR
CAIN
Casting Crowns
Consumed By Fire
Elevation Worship
Maverick City Music
MercyMe
We The Kingdom
SONG OF THE YEAR
“Build A Boat” Colton Dixon f/Gabby Barrett
“Don’t Lose Heart” Steven Curtis Chapman
“Fill My Cup” Andrew Ripp
“Gratitude” Brandon Lake
“Hymn of Heaven” Phil Wickham
“I’m So Blessed” CAIN
“Love Me Like I Am” for King & Country f/Jordin Sparks
"Perfectly Loved” Rachael Lampa f/Tobymac
“The Goodness” Tobymac f/Blessing Offor
BREAKOUT SINGLE
“Ain’t Nobody” Cody Carnes
“Brighter Days” Blessing Offor
“First Things First” Consumed By Fire
“Good Lord” David Leonard
“Good Morning Mercy” Jason Crabb
“Perfectly Loved” Rachael Lampa f/Tobymac
“Who I Am” Ben Fuller
WORSHIP SONG OF THE YEAR
“Always” Chris Tomlin
“Gratitude” Brandon Lake
“Hymn of Heaven” Phil Wickham
“I Believe It” Jon Reddick
“Jireh” Maverick City Music
“Same God” Elevation Worship
“The Lord’s Prayer” Matt Maher
FILM/TV IMPACT
Family Camp
I Heard The Bells
Jesus Revolution
Lifemark
Moonrise
Running The Bases
The Chosen Season Three Finale
BOOK IMPACT
All My Knotted Up Life - Beth Moore
Good Boundaries & Goodbyes - Lysa TerKeurst
On Our Knees - Phil Wickham
The God of the Way - Kathie Lee Gifford & Rabbi Jason
The Love Stories of the Bible Speak - Shannon Bream
The Power to Change - Craig Groeschel
PODCAST IMPACT
Dream Big Podcast with Bob Goff & Friends
Hey! It’s The Luskos
Lisa Harper’s Back Porch Theology
Made For This with Jennie Allen
Proverbs 31 Ministries Podcast - Lysa TerKeurst
The Alisa Childers Podcast
The Candace Cameron Bure Podcast
Unashamed with Phil & Jase Robertson
The K-LOVE Fan Awards also announced an exciting evening full of distinctive collaborative performances and an array of star-studded presenters to celebrate 10th annual show taking place on May 28 at the OPRY House. TBN will broadcast the show nationwide on June 2nd, with an encore on June 10th.
Show host CAIN will create a group moment with friends, and in what will likely be one of the night's emotional highlights, Blessing Offor honoring Nashville's Covenant School, while Colton Dixon will be joined by multi-platinum country star Gabby Barrett. Additional collaborations include Tasha Layton and Jon Reddick, Katy Nichole with Big Daddy Weave, and Andrew Ripp with Rachael Lampa.
The evening will also unfold with Steven Curtis Chapman leading a special ensemble performance of his 50th No.1 song, along with many other moments created with and including Jeremy Camp, Cody Carnes, Lauren Daigle, Brandon Lake, MercyMe, Mac Powell, We The Kingdom, Matthew West and more.
Presenters for the evening include Josh Baldwin, FOX News Sunday host Shannon Bream, cast members from The Chosen, Jason Crabb, Consumed by Fire, Ben Fuller, Kathie Lee Gifford, author Lisa Harper, David Leonard, NEEDTOBREATHE, Andrew Ripp, Jase & Missy Robertson, Chris Tomlin, Jonathan Traylor, Micah Tyler, Phil Wickham, Anne Wilson, and Terrian.
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