CASTING CROWNS GARNERS MULTIPLE NOMINATIONS
FOR 38TH ANNUAL GMA DOVE AWARDS INCLUDING ARTIST OF THE YEAR

Band’s Chart-Topping Hit “Praise You In This Storm” Up for Song of the Year

Multi-Platinum artist Casting Crowns celebrates key nominations in top categories for the 38th Annual GMA Dove Awards as announced today at a press conference by the Gospel Music Association (GMA). The band’s impressive showing includes nods for Artist of the Year, Group of the Year, Pop/Contemporary Song, and Long Form Music Video, while lead singer Mark Hall is nominated for Male Vocalist and Song of the Year for penning the group’s No.1 radio hit “Praise You In This Storm.”
Dove statuettes will be handed out on April 25 at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville, and the awards show will be televised in national syndication in May.
The band’s Group of the Year nomination comes alongside a streak of wins for Casting Crowns in this prestigious category, an award the band has taken home for the past two years.
In addition to Song of the Year, the band’s anthemic hit “Praise You In This Storm” from its GRAMMY Award-winning album Lifesong is nominated for Pop/Contemporary Song, giving Hall an additional writer nod. Hall was GMA’s Songwriter of the Year in 2004 and 2005, this year’s nominees and winner for Songwriter of the Year will be announced the night of the show.
Hall notes, “All thanks to God for giving us songs and letting us sing them. We are blessed to be a part of an amazing group of people at Provident Music Group, and we thank them for their ministry to us.”
Rounding out the Dove nods is the band’s RIAA Gold-certified Lifesong Live DVD which is recognized in the Long Form Music Video category.
Also this week, Casting Crowns hit an extraordinary milestone with the RIAA Platinum certification of its sophomore album Lifesong. This certification, signifying U.S. album shipments exceeding 1 million units, comes only sixteen months after the Aug. 30, 2005, release of the GRAMMY Award-winning album, making Casting Crowns the fastest Contemporary Christian music artist in its career to have its first two albums certified Platinum, and only the second in RIAA history ever to achieve it.

Over its three-year career, Casting Crowns has been honored with a GRAMMY Award, two American Music Awards nods and 10 Gospel Music Awards including Group of the Year for the second consecutive year in 2006. Casting Crowns has been the most played artist on all Christian radio formats combined, with six consecutive No.1 radio hits, and the group has sold more than 2.3 million albums to date. Lead singer and songwriter Mark Hall has been a student pastor for 16 years and currently serves on staff at Eagle’s Landing First Baptist Church in Atlanta. [tags]Casting Crowns, Dove Awards, Grammy Award[/tags]

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