53rd GMA Dove Awards 2022
World’s most prestigious Christian & Gospel Music awards presenting organisation, GMA Dove has announced 53rd edition of Dove awards on 21st October, 2022 and the program telecasted in TBN on October 22, 2022 hosted by christian artists, Erica Campbell & Chris Tomlin.
Artists were nominated for 36 categories for the year 2022 and many christian artists round the world were nominated for these awards and winners were announced for each category. CeCe Winans was awarded Artist of the year and the song Believe For It by the artist was awarded best song of the year, Anne Wilson for New artist of the year for the popular song, My Jesus. Award ceremony followed by great performances from multiple artists, like Steven Curtis Chapman, TobyMac and many others.
GMA Dove Awards has honored outstanding achievements and excellence in Christian and Gospel Music starting from 1969. Since then it celebrates christian rich musical diversity. Awards were presented to individuals artists for different categories that include modern Rock, Rap/Hip Hop, Pop/Contemporary, Inspirational, Southern Gospel, Urban, Bluegrass, Country, Worship, and more.
Below are the list of 53rd GMA Dove Award winners for the year 2022.
| Category | Artist | Title | Credits |
| Song of the Year | Believe For It | (Writers) Dwan Hill, Kyle Lee, CeCe Winans, Mitch Wong, (Publishers) Essential Music Publishing LLC, Fun Attic Music LLC, Integrity Music, Pure Psalms Music Inc. | |
| Songwriter of the Year – Artist | Phil Wickham | ||
| Songwriter of the Year – Non Artist | Jason Ingram | ||
| Artist of the Year | CeCe Winans | (Record Label) Puresprings Gospel | |
| New Artist of the Year | Anne Wilson | (Record Label) Sparrow Records | |
| Producer of the Year | Jeff Pardo | ||
| Rap/Hip Hop Recorded Song of the Year | KB, nobigdyl. | King Jesus | (Writers) Kevin Elijah Burgess, Quinten Coblentz, Dylan Alexander Phillips, Wesley Smith |
| Rock/Contemporary Recorded Song of the Year | Crowder, ft. Hulvey | Higher Power | (Writers) David Crowder, Ben Glover, Christopher Michael Hulvey, Rebecca Lauren Olds, Solomon Olds, Jeff Sojka |
| Pop/Contemporary Recorded Song of the Year | Anne Wilson | My Jesus | (Writers) Jeff Pardo, Matthew West, Anne Wilson |
| Inspirational Recorded Song of the Year | Francesca Battistelli | God Is Good | (Writers) Francesca Battistelli, Ben Glover, Jeff Pardo |
| Southern Gospel Recorded Song of the Year | Gaither Vocal Band | My Feet Are On The Rock | (Writers) Josh Bronleewe, Matthew Hein, Abbie Parker, Lindsey Sweat |
| Bluegrass/Country/Roots Recorded Song of the Year | Dolly Parton, ft. Larry Cordle, Carl Jackson, Jerry Salley, Bradley Walker | In the Sweet By and By | (Writer) Traditional |
| Contemporary Gospel Recorded Song of the Year | Tasha Cobbs Leonard | Gotta Believe | (Writer) Tasha Cobbs Leonard |
| Traditional Gospel Recorded Song of the Year | Jekalyn Carr | My Portion | (Writer) Jekalyn Carr |
| Gospel Worship Recorded Song of the Year | Maverick City Music, ft. DOE, Jonathan McReynolds, Chandler Moore | Breathe | (Writers) Pat Barrett, Doe Jones, Jonathan McReynolds, Chandler Moore |
| Spanish Language Recorded Song of the Year | Gateway Worship Español, ft. Daniel Calveti, Becky Collazos, Christine D’Clario, Travy Joe, Josh Morales | Danzando | (Writers) Daniel Calveti, Becky Collazos, Christine D’Clario, Travy Joe, Josh Morales, Jacobo Ramos |
| Worship Recorded Song of the Year | Phil Wickham | Hymn of Heaven | (Writers) Chris Davenport, Bill Johnson, Brian Johnson, Phil Wickham |
| Rap/Hip Hop Album of the Year | Lecrae, 1K Phew | No Church In A While | (Producers) 1995, BUNKERBOY, Carvello, CJ Francis, Foreverolling, Herothaproducer, Hugo Black, King Court, Onetakejake, Phenom_J, Sucuki, Uzoharbor, WEARETHEGOOD, WHATUPRG, Wizzle, Wolf |
| Rock/Contemporary Album of the Year | NEEDTOBREATHE | Into The Mystery | (Producers) NEEDTOBREATHE, Konrad Snyder |
| Pop/Contemporary Album of the Year | for KING & COUNTRY | What Are We Waiting For? | (Producers) Benjamin Backus, for KING & COUNTRY, Josh Kerr, Seth Mosley, Jeff Sojka, Tedd T., Federico Vindver |
| Inspirational Album of the Year | Jordan Smith | Be Still & Know | (Producer) Cason Cooley |
| Southern Gospel Album of the Year | Ernie Haase & Signature Sound | Keeping On | (Producers) Kris Crunk, Brian Eads, Wayne Haun |
| Bluegrass/Country/Roots Album of the Year | The Sound | God Is Real | (Producer) Barry Weeks |
| Contemporary Gospel Album of the Year | DOE | Clarity | (Producers) Chuck Butler, Bryan Fowler, Israel Houghton, Darryl “LiLMaN” Howell, Dewitt Jones, Doe Jones, Judah Jones, Matt Maher, Jonathan McReynolds, Jerry M Tate |
| Traditional Gospel Album of the Year | Ricky Dillard | Breakthrough: The Exodus (Live) | (Producers) Will Bogle, Ricky Dillard, Quadrius Salters, Michael Taylor |
| Gospel Worship Album of the Year | Tribl, Maverick City Music | Tribl Nights Atlanta | (Producers) Tony Brown, Jonathan Jay |
| Spanish Language Album of the Year | Marcos Witt | Viviré | (Producers) Carlos Fernando López, Marcos Witt |
| Worship Album of the Year | Phil Wickham | Hymn Of Heaven | (Producers) Adrian Disch, Jason Ingram, Ran Jackson, Ricky Jackson, Taylor Johnson, Kyle Lee, Jonathan Smith |
| Children’s Album of the Year | Keith & Kristyn Getty, ft. The Getty Girls | Getty Kids Hymnal – Hymns from Home | (Producers) Fionan de Barra, Keith & Kristyn Getty |
| Christmas/Special Event Album of the Year | Chris Tomlin | Emmanuel: Christmas Songs Of Worship (Live) | (Producer) Ed Cash |
| Musical/Choral Collection of the Year | Give Me Jesus | (Arranger) Phil Nitz | |
| Recorded Music Packaging of the Year | Ellie Holcomb | Canyon | (Art Director) Jon Dicus, (Photographer) Ashtin Page |
| Short Form Music Video of the Year (Concept) | for KING & COUNTRY | RELATE | (Director) Ben Smallbone, (Producer) Andrea Royer |
| Short Form Music Video of the Year (Performance) | Tauren Wells, ft. Aaron Cole | Fake It | (Director) Mister Noah, (Producer) Raj Kapoor |
| Long Form Video of the Year | for KING & COUNTRY | What Are We Waiting For? | The Worldwide Special | (Director) Ben Smallbone, (Producer) Andrea Royer |
| Inspirational Film/ Series of the Year | The Chosen | (Director) Dallas Jenkins, (Producers) Chad Gundersen, Chris Juen |
