PROVIDENT MUSIC GROUP RECEIVES EIGHT NOMINATIONS FOR THE 61ST ANNUAL GRAMMY® AWARDS
NASHVILLE, TENN. (DECEMBER 07, 2018) - Provident Music Group/Sony Music has received eight nominations for the 61st Annual GRAMMY Awards. Provident artists recognized are Zach Williams (Best Contemporary Christian Album), Tauren Wells (Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song), Koryn Hawthorne (Best Gospel Performance/Song) and producers / songwriters Jason Ingram and Paul Mabury (Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song and Best Contemporary Christian Music Album). Other nominations were also given to Kirk Franklin, The Walls Group, Ran Jackson, Ethan Hulse and Jonathan Smith.
The Recording Academy will present the 61st Annual GRAMMY Awards® and will be broadcast live from Staples Center in Los Angeles on Sunday, Feb. 10, 2019, on CBS at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT. As the only peer-selected music award, the GRAMMY is voted on by the Recording Academy's membership body of music makers, who represent all genres and creative disciplines, including recording artists, songwriters, producers, mixers, and engineers.
See below for the complete list of Provident Label Group, Essential Music Publishing and RCA Inspiration nominees
Best Gospel Performance/Song
WON'T HE DO IT
Koryn Hawthorne
NEVER ALONE
Tori Kelly Featuring Kirk Franklin*; Kirk Franklin* & Victoria Kelly, songwriters
Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song
RECKLESS LOVE
Cory Asbury; Cory Asbury, Caleb Culver & Ran Jackson, songwriters
YOU SAY
Lauren Daigle; Lauren Daigle, Jason Ingram & Paul Mabury, songwriters
KNOWN
Tauren Wells; Ethan Hulse, Jordan Sapp & Tauren Wells, songwriters
Best Gospel Album
THE OTHER SIDE
The Walls Group
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album
LOOK UP CHILD
Lauren Daigle (Producers Jason Ingram & Paul Mabury)
SURVIVOR: LIVE FROM HARDING PRISON
Zach Williams (Producer Jonathan Smith)
- all bolded names are designated Essential Music Publishing songwriters
- (*) Fo Yo Soul/RCA/RCAI/PLG artist nominees.