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GMA Dove Awards at Grand Ole Opry on April 21

By April MacIntyre Apr 18, 2010, 20:00 GMT

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The Grand Ole Opry House will be home to the upcoming televised GMA Dove Awards held Wednesday, April 21.

Many of the most popular acts in gospel/Christian music continue to be added to the performance lineup for the anticipated 41st Annual GMA Dove Awards, gospel music’s biggest night of the year, held on Wednesday, April 21, 2010, at Nashville’s historic Grand Ole Opry House.

The show will feature artists from every style coming together for a night of music, celebration and collaborations coming to life only once on this stage.

The newest performers announced include Dove-winning Artist of the Year, tobyMac with Diverse City, famed Grammy-winners Bebe & Cece Winans, and GMA’s reigning Female Vocalist of the Year for four consecutive years, Natalie Grant with special guest American Idol Season 6 winner, Jordin Sparks. The genre’s five-time Dove Award-winning Group of the Year, Casting Crowns plans for a mass children’s choir to join the live performance of its No. 1 song “Until the Whole World Hears.”

Also confirmed is platinum-selling band MercyMe, Grammy-winning bluegrass icon Ricky Skaggs, Stellar

Award-winning Artist and Producer of Year, Donald Lawrence, is teaming up with Southern Gospel power vocalist Jason Crabb, plus Artist of the Year nominee Francesca Battistelli, New Artist nominee Kari Jobe with hitmakers Phillips, Craig & Dean, legendary singer/songwriter Gordon Kennedy, and a special musical tribute honoring 100 years of Southern Gospel featuring the Blackwood Brothers, Booth Brothers, Legacy 5, Crabb Family, The Perrys and Mosie Lister.

The 41st Annual GMA Dove Awards will be televised nationwide on GMC Sunday, April 25, 2010 from 8 p.m. - 10 p.m. EST. While the awards are the purpose of the show, music performances will definitely share center stage at the GMA Dove Awards, showcasing some of gospel music’s hottest and most diverse artists. Dove Awards will be handed out in 43 categories. Dove Awards nominations go to recordings released during the eligibility year November 1, 2008 through October 31, 2009 and voted on by the members of the GMA.

The complete nominations list is available at both www.gospelmusic.org and www.doveawards.com.

Tickets to the 41st Annual GMA Dove Awards are currently on sale through the Grand Ole Opry Call Center, 1-800-SEE-OPRY/1-800-733-6779, via the web at www.opry.com