K-LOVE Fan Awards Announce 2023 Nominees, Voting Now Open

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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