The 50th Annual GMA Dove Awards presentation ceremony was held on Tuesday, October 15, 2019, at the Allen Arena in Nashville, Tennessee. The ceremony recognized the accomplishments of musicians and other figures within the Christian music industry for the year 2019. The awards show aired on the Trinity Broadcasting Network on Sunday, October 20, 2019, at 8 p.m. ET.
The nominations were announced on August 14, 2019, with producer and songwriter Wayne Haun receiving the most nominations with ten, whilst Lauren Daigle led the artist nominations with six. The big winners of the night were producer and songwriter Jason Ingram with four awards and Lauren Daigle, who received three awards.
Nominations announcement
The nominations were announced on August 14, 2019, by Natalie Grant, Jekalyn Carr and Karen Peck through a live stream on the GMA Dove Awards' Facebook page.
Performers
The following musical artists performed at the 50th GMA Dove Awards: Josh Baldwin Shirley Caesar Jekalyn Carr Casting Crowns Steven Curtis Chapman Riley Clemmons Aaron Cole Dorinda Clark Cole Michael English Kirk Franklin Austin French Gaither Vocal Band Kelontae Gavin Gawvi Amy Grant Joseph Habedank Hillsong Worship Brian Johnson and the Bethel Music band Lecrae Ledger Mark Lowry Matt Maher Jonathan McReynolds MercyMe Bart Millard Karen Peck and New River David Phelps Michael W. Smith Russ Taff Tedashii TobyMac Triumphant Quartet Matthew West Phil Wickham CeCe Winans
Presenters
The following served as presenters at the 50th GMA Dove Awards: Brown Bannister Pat Barrett Francesca Battistelli Blanca Pat Boone Anthony Brown Shirley Caesar Jeremy Camp Evan Craft John Crist Lauren Daigle For King & Country Gloria Gaither Kathy Lee Gifford Danny Gokey Natalie Grant Koryn Hawthorne Pastor Brian Houston Kari Jobe Dr. Bobby Jones Donald Lawrence Tasha Cobbs Leonard William McDowell Don Moen Nicole C. Mullen Chonda Pierce Point of Grace Josh Turner Tauren Wells Zach Williams
Nominees and winners
This is a complete list of the nominees for the 50th GMA Dove Awards. Winners are in bold.
General
Song of the Year
"Counting Every Blessing" (writers) Chris Llewellyn, Gareth Gilkeson, (publishers) Capitol CMG Paragon, Rend Family Music "Everything" (writers) David Garcia, Toby McKeehan, (publishers) Achtober Songs, D Soul Music, Universal Music - Brentwood Benson Publishing "Joy." (writers) Ben Glover, Joel Smallbone, Luke Smallbone, Matt Hales, Seth Mosley, Stephen Blake Kanicka, Tedd Tjornhom, (publishers) 9t One Songs, Ariose Music, CentricSongs, Curb Wordspring Music LLC, Fleauxmotion Music, Kilns Music, Method to the Madness, Shankel Songs, Shaun Shankel Pub Designee, Stephen Blake Kanicka Publishing, These Tunes Go To 11, Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp. "Known" (writers) Ethan Hulse, Jordan Sapp, Tauren Wells, (publishers) Be Essential Songs, Capitol CMG Paragon, Crucial Music Entertainment, EGH Music Publishing "Living Hope" (writers) Brian Johnson, Phil Wickham, (publishers) Bethel Music Publishing, Phil Wickham Music, Simply Global Songs, Sing My Songs "Only Jesus" (writers) Bernie Herms, Mark Hall, Matthew West, (publishers) Be Essential Songs, Highly Combustible Music, House of Story Music Publishing, My Refuge Music, One77 Songs "Red Letters" (writers) David Crowder, Ed Cash, (publishers) Alletrop Music, Inot Music, sixsteps Music, worshiptogether.com songs "The Breakup Song" (writers) Bart Millard, David Garcia, Francesca Battistelli, (publishers) Bartatronic Millaphonic, D Soul Music, Francesca Music, Tunes of MercyMe, Universal Music - Brentwood Benson Publishing, Word Music LLC "Who You Say I Am" (writers) Ben Fielding, Reuben Morgan, (publisher) Hillsong Music Publishing "Won't He Do It" (writers) Loren Hill, Makeba Riddick-Woods, Rich Shelton, (publishers) SONGSBYMAK, Janice Combs Publishing, EMI Blackwood Music Inc., Nieze World Music, One Dynasty Music "You Say" (writers) Jason Ingram, Paul Mabury, Lauren Daigle, (publishers) CentricSongs, Fellow Ships Music, Flychild Publishing, So Essential Tunes