Erica Campbell & Chris Tomlin hosting 53rd Annual GMA Dove Awards

Annual awards show will be held Oct 18th in Nashville

The Gospel Music Association has announced Erica Campbell and Chris Tomlin as the hosts for the 53rd Annual GMA Dove Awards. The GMA Dove Awards are happening live and in person in Nashville on October 18th. This year’s broadcast will air exclusively on TBN and the TBN app on Friday, October 21st at 8 pm ET and 10 pm ET, with an encore presentation on October 28th at 8 pm ET and 10 pm ET.

“So honored to be a part of Christian and Gospel music‘s biggest night,” says Erica Campbell. “Let’s bring healing to this broken world, and encourage us all in the process to keep sharing the gospel! I’m so excited to host this year’s Dove Awards alongside Chris Tomlin. This is going to be great!”

“What an honor it is to co-host this years Dove Awards alongside Erica Campbell,” adds Tomlin. “I have been fortunate enough to attend the Doves for many years and each time I am reminded of the power of a song. I have always said songs are like arrows out of a bow…. you never know how far they will go, how far they will reach, and how God is going to use them and I’m so excited to have the opportunity to celebrate not only the incredible artists, but also all the writers, producers, musicians, and teams that work passionately to create something that truly has an eternal impact.”

Erica Campbell (half of the gospel duo Mary Mary) is a multi-platinum artist, TV personality and host of the nationally syndicated radio show Get Up! Mornings with Erica Campbell. She is a 5x GRAMMY Award-winning artist with 16 Stellar Awards, three NAACP Image Awards, two American Music Awards, four Soul Train Awards and 13 Dove Awards.

GRAMMY Award-winning artist Chris Tomlin has inspired and uplifted an entire generation of believers. He has 17 No. 1 singles, has sold 12 million albums with 5.6 billion career streams, won a GRAMMY, three Billboard Music Awards and 27 Dove Awards.

A limited number of tickets are still available. Music City Fan Experience tickets are also available – an unforgettable, multi-day Nashville get-a-way that includes tickets to the Dove Awards.

The nominees were unveiled last month with songwriter and producer Jeff Pardo leading with nine nominations, Matthew West and Maverick City Music with seven nominations each, six nominations for Anne Wilson, Ben Glover, For King + Country, Jeff Sojka, Jonathan Smith and Phil Wickham and five for Brandon Lake, CeCe Winans, Chandler Moore, Chris Brown, Jonathan Jay, and Steven Furtick. Voted on by the GMA Professional Membership, this year’s nominees were chosen from over 2,087 submitted entries.

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