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K-Love Fan Awards

for King and Country won artist of the year for the record-extending sixth time at the 2024 K-LOVE Fan Awards, which premiered on TBN on Friday (May 31). Brandon Lake and Sadie Robertson Huff co-hosted the show, which was taped at the iconic Opry House in Nashville on May 26. Both artists also won awards – Lake won male artist of the year and worship song of the year for “Praise You Anywhere.” Robertson Huff won podcast of the year for Whoa, That’s Good.

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tobyMac’s “Faithfully,” which reached No. 10 on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart, won song of the year.  As noted above, Lake’s “Praise You Anywhere,” which topped that chart for six weeks, won worship song of the year. Seph Schlueter’s “Counting My Blessings,” which is currently No. 2 on that chart, won breakout single.

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Anne Wilson received her second female artist of the year award. The New England Patriots’ Matthew Slater received the Sports Impact Award.

The show featured performances by Wilson, Lake, CAIN, Crowder, Elevation Worship, Jeremy Camp, Matthew West and Terrian. There were also several surprise collaborations, including Housefires with the trio of Ryan Ellis, Blanca and Stephen McWhirter; Josh Baldwin and Jenn Johnson; Katy Nichole and Naomi Raine; Lauren Daigle with Ellie Holcomb; Rachael Lampa and Andrew Ripp; and Tauren Wells joined by Davies.

Colton Dixon and Danny Gokey introduced a special tribute to Mandisa and to tobyMac’s band member and friend Gabe Patillo, both of whom died this past spring. Dixon, Gokey and Mandisa were all contestants on different seasons of American Idol.

The ceremony culminated a weekend full of events for fans, including a Friday night kick-off concert, Saturday morning’s Worship in the Round, an Emerging Artist Showcase, Songwriter’s Showcase and Sunday morning Worship Service.

See the full list of 2024 K-LOVE Fan Awards nominees, with winners marked, below:

Artist of the year

Anne Wilson 

Brandon Lake 

Casting Crowns 

WINNER: for King & Country 

Lauren Daigle 

Matthew West 

Phil Wickham 

TobyMac 

Song of the year

“Come Jesus Come” – Stephen McWhirter 

“Don’t Stop Praying” – Matthew West 

WINNER: “Faithfully” – tobyMac 

“I Thank God” – Housefires f/JWLKRS & Ryan Ellis 

“Praise” – Elevation Worship 

“Praise You Anywhere” – Brandon Lake 

“Somebody To You” – Rachael Lampa f/Andrew Ripp 

“Strong” – Anne Wilson 

Male artist of the year

WINNER: Brandon Lake 

Chris Tomlin 

Crowder 

Jeremy Camp 

Matthew West 

Phil Wickham 

Tauren Wells 

tobyMac 

Female artist of the year

WINNER: Anne Wilson

CeCe Winans

Katy Nichole

Lauren Daigle

Natalie Grant

Rachael Lampa

Tasha Layton

Terrian 

Worship song of the year

“Fear is Not My Future” – Maverick City Music 

“Firm Foundation” – Cody Carnes 

“Holy Forever” – Chris Tomlin 

“I Believe” – Phil Wickham 

“I Thank God” – Housefires f/JWLKRS & Ryan Ellis 

“Praise” – Elevation Worship 

WINNER: “Praise You Anywhere” – Brandon Lake 

Breakout single

“Big God”- Terrian 

“Come Jesus Come” – Stephen McWhirter 

WINNER: “Counting My Blessings” – Seph Schlueter 

“Good Day” – Forrest Frank 

“Hallelujah Feeling” – Caleb & John 

“The Prodigal” – Josiah Queen 

Group of the year

CAIN 

Casting Crowns 

Big Daddy Weave 

WINNER: Elevation Worship 

Maverick City Music 

MercyMe 

We Are Messengers 

We The Kingdom 

Film impact

Sound of Freedom 

The Shift

After Death 

WINNER: The Chosen Season 4 (Theatrical Release)

Big George Foreman 

The Blind 

Journey to Bethlehem 

Ordinary Angels 

TV/streaming impact

WINNER: Jonathan & Jesus

Chasing CAIN

Eleanor’s Bench

Going Home (Season 2)

The Wingfeather Saga

Book impact

Mostly What God Does – Savannah Guthrie

Like a River – Granger Smith

Untangle Your Emotions – Jennie Allen

Practicing the Way – John Mark Comer

WINNER: Rescue Story – Zach Williams

The Digital Fast – Dr. Darren Whitehead

Upon Waking – Jackie Hill Perry

The Awe of God – John Bevere

Podcast impact

Cooper Stuff – John Cooper

WINNER: WHOA That’s Good – Sadie Robertson Huff

That Sounds Fun – Annie F. Downs

Made for This – Jennie Allen

The Candace Cameron Bure Podcast – Candace Cameron Bure

Back Porch Theology – Lisa Harper

Lauren Daigle, Anne Wilson, Brandon Lake, Elevation Worship and Matthew West are among the artists set to perform at the 11th annual K-LOVE Fan Awards, which will be held at the iconic OPRY House in Nashville on May 26. The show, which bills itself as a celebration of faith, music and community, will air five nights later, on May 31 at 8 p.m. ET and 10 p.m. ET exclusively on TBN.
Lake and Sadie Robertson Huff will co-host this year’s show. The annual show is a John Landers LLC production.

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Nominees for the 2024 K-LOVE Fan Awards were announced last week. Lake leads with four nominations, followed by Wilson, Elevation Worship, West, Phil Wickham and TobyMac, with three nods each. Fans can visit klovefanawards.com to vote for their favorite artists through May 24 at 6 p.m. CT.

The K-LOVE Fan Awards offers additional weekend events such as the annual Friday night kick-off concert, Saturday morning’s Worship in the Round, the Emerging Artist Showcase, Songwriter’s Showcase and Sunday morning Worship Service. Details can be found at klovefanawards.com.

K-LOVE is listener-supported and delivers Christian music through its almost 600 signals across 50 states, the K-LOVE App, smart devices, klove.com, and K-LOVE On-Demand.

Matthew Slater is this year’s recipient of the Sports Impact Award. Slater, who was a special teams player for the New England Patriots, wrapped his 16-year NFL career earlier this year. The award will be presented by fellow Patriot Benjamin Watson.

Here are the performers and presenters set to appear at the 2024 K-Love Fan Awards.

Performers

Anne Wilson

Brandon Lake

CAIN

Crowder

Elevation Worship

Housefires

Jeremy Camp

Josh Baldwin

Katy Nichole

Lauren Daigle

Matthew West

Rachael Lampa

Tauren Wells

Terrian 

Presenters

Benjamin & Kirsten Watson

Dallas Jenkins (The Chosen)

Elizabeth Tabish (The Chosen)

Jonathan Roumie (The Chosen)

Willie Robertson

Annie F. Downs

Granger Smith

Lisa Harper

Bart Millard (Mercy Me)

Brandon Heath

Colton Dixon

Danny Gokey

David Leonard

Ellie Holcomb

Jon Reddick

Josiah Queen

Matt Maher

Matthew West

Rebecca St. James

Riley Clemmons

Seph Schlueter

Taylor & Madison Cain

Tasha Layton

“Praise You Anywhere” hitmaker Brandon Lake, CCM and country musician Anne Wilson and music collective Elevation Worship are among the artists topping the list of nominees for the fan-voted, 11th annual K-LOVE Fan Awards, which is set to return to the Grand Ole Opry House on Sunday, May 26, Billboard can exclusively reveal.

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Fan voting for the awards opens at 6 p.m. CT on Monday (May 13) and runs through 6 p.m. CT on May 24 at klovefanawards.com.

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Lake leads this year’s nominees with four nominations, including nods for artist of the year, male artist of the year, song of the year (“Praise You Anywhere”). Wilson, Elevation Worship, Phil Wickham, Matthew West and TobyMac each earned three nominations. Wilson is up for artist of the year, female artist of the year, and song of the year (“Strong”).

Among Elevation Worship’s nominations are group of the year and worship song of the year (“Praise”), while Wickham picked up nominations in categories including artist of the year and worship song of the year (“I Believe”). West, a 12-time Billboard Christian Airplay chart-topper, has nominations in categories including artist of the year and song of the year (“Don’t Stop Praying”) while 13-time Billboard Christian Airplay chart-topper TobyMac’s nominations include song of the year (“Faithfully”) and artist of the year.

Among those with first-time nominations in various categories are Stephen McWhirter (“Come Jesus Come”), Housefires featuring JWLKRS and Ryan Ellis (“I Thank God”), “Counting My Blessings” singer Seph Schlueter, “Good Day” hitmaker Forrest Frank, Caleb & John (“Hallelujah Feeling”) and Josiah Queen (“The Prodigal”), as well as Terrian, who earned her first nomination as female artist of the year, as well as a nomination for breakout single, for “Big God.”

The awards ceremony, hosted by Lake and Sadie Robertson Huff, will broadcast on TBN on May 31. In addition to music-related categories, the awards highlight impactful films, television series, books, and podcasts.

The awards ceremony, sponsored by Coca-Cola Consolidated, will conclude the K-LOVE Fan Awards weekend, which launches with a Friday evening (May 24) kickoff concert, a Worship in the Round event, emerging artist showcase, songwriter’s showcase and a Sunday morning worship service.

See the full list of 2024 K-LOVE Fan Awards nominees below:

Artist of the year

Anne Wilson 

Brandon Lake 

Casting Crowns 

for King & Country 

Lauren Daigle 

Matthew West 

Phil Wickham 

TobyMac 

Song of the year

“Come Jesus Come” – Stephen McWhirter 

“Don’t Stop Praying” – Matthew West 

“Faithfully” – TobyMac 

“I Thank God” – Housefires f/JWLKRS & Ryan Ellis 

“Praise” – Elevation Worship 

“Praise You Anywhere” – Brandon Lake 

“Somebody To You” – Rachael Lampa f/Andrew Ripp 

“Strong” – Anne Wilson 

Male artist of the year

Brandon Lake 

Chris Tomlin 

Crowder 

Jeremy Camp 

Matthew West 

Phil Wickham 

Tauren Wells 

TobyMac 

Female artist of the year

Anne Wilson

CeCe Winans

Katy Nichole

Lauren Daigle

Natalie Grant

Rachael Lampa

Tasha Layton

Terrian 

Worship song of the year

“Fear is Not My Future” – Maverick City Music 

“Firm Foundation” – Cody Carnes 

“Holy Forever” – Chris Tomlin 

“I Believe” – Phil Wickham 

“I Thank God” – Housefires f/JWLKRS & Ryan Ellis 

“Praise” – Elevation Worship 

“Praise You Anywhere” – Brandon Lake 

Breakout single

“Big God”- Terrian 

“Come Jesus Come” – Stephen McWhirter 

“Counting My Blessings” – Seph Schlueter 

“Good Day” – Forrest Frank 

“Hallelujah Feeling” – Caleb & John 

“The Prodigal” – Josiah Queen 

Group of the year

CAIN 

Casting Crowns 

Big Daddy Weave 

Elevation Worship 

Maverick City Music 

MercyMe 

We Are Messengers 

We The Kingdom 

Film impact

Sound of Freedom 

The Shift

After Death 

The Chosen Season 4 (Theatrical Release)

Big George Foreman 

The Blind 

Journey to Bethlehem 

Ordinary Angels 

TV/streaming impact

Jonathan & Jesus

Chasing CAIN

Eleanor’s Bench

Going Home (Season 2)

The Wingfeather Saga

Book impact

Mostly What God Does – Savannah Guthrie

Like A River – Granger Smith

Untangle Your Emotions – Jennie Allen

Practicing the Way – John Mark Comer

Rescue Story – Zach Williams

The Digital Fast – Dr. Darren Whitehead

Upon Waking – Jackie Hill Perry

The Awe of God – John Bevere

Podcast impact

Cooper Stuff – John Cooper

WHOA That’s Good – Sadie Robertson Huff

That Sounds Fun – Annie F. Downs

Made for This – Jennie Allen

The Candace Cameron Bure Podcast – Candace Cameron Bure

Back Porch Theology – Lisa Harper

Brandon Lake and Sadie Robertson Huff are set to co-host the 2024 K-LOVE Fan Awards on Sunday, May 26, at the OPRY House in Nashville. The awards focus on Christian music, with individual categories for film/television, books and podcasts. Lake was the top winner at last year’s show with three awards – male artist and song […]

Brandon Lake, for King & Country, Lauren Daigle and MercyMe were among the evening’s big winners on Friday evening (June 2), when the K-LOVE Fan Awards aired on TBN, having previously been taped at Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry House on May 28.

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Lake led this year’s winners, taking home three honors, including male artist. He also earned song of the year and worship song of the year, both for “Gratitude.”

Sibling duo for King & Country earned artist of the year, while Daigle took home female artist of the year, and MercyMe earned their first K-LOVE Fan Award, for group of the year.

The evening also featured an array of powerful performances, as Colton Dixon was joined by Gabby Barrett for their duet “Build a Boat.” A plethora of collaborations filled the evening, including MercyMe with David Leonard on “Then Christ Came,” Katy Nichole and Big Daddy Weave on “God Is in This Story,” Lake teamed with Benjamin William Hastings for “Gratitude,” while Mac Powell and Jason Crabb performed “New Creation.” Tasha Layton offered “How Far,” while Jon Reddick performed “I Believe It.”

In one of the evening’s most affecting moments, Blessing Offor had students from Nashville’s Covenant School join him for a performance of Offor’s “Brighter Days.” Steven Curtis Chapman, who was inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame in 2018, was honored for his lengthy history of enduring songs, as he was joined by Bart Millard, Matthew West and Mac Powell.

See the full list of K-LOVE Fan Awards winners for 2023 below:

Artist of the Yearfor KING & COUNTRY

Male artistBrandon Lake

Female artistLauren Daigle

Group of the yearMercyMe

Worship song of the yearBrandon Lake“Gratitude”

Song of the yearBrandon Lake“Gratitude”

Breakout single“Perfectly Loved”Rachael Lampa ft. TobyMac

Film & television impactThe ChosenSeason Three Finale

Book impactOn Our KneesPhil Wickham

Podcast impactUNASHAMEDPhil & Jase Robertson