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{{Short description|Annual US music award}}
{{Infobox award|name=GMA Dove Award for Song of the Year|awarded_for=|image=|imagesize=|alt=|caption=|presenter=[[Gospel Music Association]]|country=United States|year=1969|year2=|holder=[[Cece Winans]] ([[53rd GMA Dove Awards|2022]])|website=|most_wins=[[Jason Ingram]] (4)}}

The [[GMA Dove Awards]] '''Song of the Year''' is one of the two main categories (along with [[Dove Award for Songwriter of the Year|Songwriter of the Year]]) which have been given since the [[1st GMA Dove Awards]] in 1969. The following is a list of the winning songs and the songwriter(s) who received the award.<ref>[http://www.doveawards.com/history/browse.cfm?cid=1 GMA Dove Awards - History] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928041928/http://www.doveawards.com/history/browse.cfm?cid=1 |date=September 28, 2007 }}</ref>

== Recipients ==
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<gallery mode="packed" widths="200">
File:Sinach.jpg|2020 Song of the Year winner, [[Sinach]].
File:Bill & Gloria Gaither, Sept. 2016.jpg|Multiple GMA Song of the Year winners, [[Bill Gaither]] and [[Gloria Gaither]].
File:Lauren Daigle @ The Novo 05 11 2023 (53048156408).jpg|Multiple GMA Song of the Year winner, [[Lauren Daigle]].
File:Hillsong United 10 23 2014 -3 (15611225571).jpg|Multiple GMA Song of the Year winners, Hillsong UNITED.
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
! style="background:#EEDD85; width="20px" bgcolor="#efefef" |Year
! style="background:#EEDD85; width="200px" bgcolor="#efefef" |Writer(s)
! style="background:#EEDD85; class="unsortable" width="150px" bgcolor="#efefef" |{{Column|Work}}
! style="background:#EEDD85; class="unsortable" width="300px" bgcolor="#efefef" |{{Column|Nominees}}
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!2024
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!2023
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!2022
|{{Blue ribbon}}'''[[Cece Winans]]'''
{{Blue ribbon}}'''Mitch Wong'''

{{Blue ribbon}}'''Kyle Lee'''

{{Blue ribbon}}'''Dwan Hill'''
|"[[Believe for It (song)|Believe for It]]"
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* “Be Alright”
* “[[Come What May (We Are Messengers song)|Come What May]]”
* “[[Good God Almighty (Crowder song)|Good God Almighty]]”
* “[[Hold on to Me (Lauren Daigle song)|Hold on to Me]]”
* “[[House of the Lord (song)|House of the Lord]]”
* “[[Jireh (song)|Jireh]]”
* “Look What You’ve Done” 
* “[[My Jesus (song)|My Jesus]]”
* “[[Promises (Maverick City Music song)|Promises]]”
* “[[Rattle!|RATTLE!]]”
|-
! scope="row" |[[52nd GMA Dove Awards|2021]]
|{{blue ribbon}} '''Chris Brown'''<br />{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Cody Carnes]]'''<br />{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Kari Jobe]]'''<br />{{blue ribbon}}'''Steven Furtick'''
|"[[The Blessing (song)]]"
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* "Another in the Fire"
* "[[Famous For (I Believe)]]"
* "[[Graves into Gardens (song)|Graves into Gardens]]"
* "Speak to Me"
* "Thank You for It All"
* "[[The Father's House]]"
* "[[There Was Jesus]]"
* "[[Together (For King & Country, Tori Kelly and Kirk Franklin song)|Together]]"
* "Truth Be Told"
|-
! scope="row" |2020
|{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Sinach]]'''
|"[[Way Maker]]"
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* "Almost Home"
* "[[Burn the Ships (song)|Burn the Ships]]"
* "Dead Man Walking"
* "Deliver Me (This is My Exodus)"
* "[[Holy Water (We the Kingdom song)|Holy Water]]"
* "[[King of Kings (Hillsong song)|King of Kings]]"
* "Love Theory"
* "Nobody"
* "[[Rescue (Lauren Daigle song)|Rescue]]"
* "Rescue Story"
* "[[See a Victory]]"
* "The God Who Stays"
|-
! scope="row" |2019
|{{blue ribbon}} '''Jason Ingram'''<br />{{blue ribbon}} '''Paul Mabury'''<br />{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Lauren Daigle]]'''
|"[[You Say]]"
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* "[[Counting Every Blessing]]"
* "[[Everything (TobyMac song)|Everything]]"
* "[[Joy (For King & Country song)|Joy.]]"
* "[[Known (song)|Known]]"
* "[[Living Hope (song)|Living Hope]]"
* "[[Only Jesus (Casting Crowns song)|Only Jesus]]"
* "[[Red Letters (song)|Red Letters]]"
* "[[The Breakup Song (Francesca Battistelli song)|The Breakup Song]]"
* "[[Who You Say I Am (song)|Who You Say I Am]]"
* "Won't He Do It"
|-
! scope="row" |2018
|{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Cory Asbury]]'''<br />{{blue ribbon}} '''Caleb Culver'''<br />{{blue ribbon}} '''Ran Jackson'''
|"[[Reckless Love (song)|Reckless Love]]"
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* "[[All My Hope]]"
* "[[Blessings (Lecrae song)|Blessings]]"
* "Broken Things"
* "Control (Somehow You Want Me)"
* "Different"
* "Hills and Valleys"
* "[[I Just Need U]]."
* "[[I'll Find You]]"
* "[[O'Lord]]"
* "[[Old Church Choir]]"
* "So Will I (100 Billion X)"
* "[[Unfinished (Mandisa song)|Unfinished]]"
|-
! scope="row" |2017
|{{blue ribbon}} '''Ben Fielding'''<br />{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Brooke Ligertwood]]'''
|"[[What a Beautiful Name]]"
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* "[[Chain Breaker]]"
* "Come Alive (Dry Bones)"
* "[[Even If (MercyMe song)|Even If]]"
* "[[Eye of the Storm (Ryan Stevenson song)|Eye of the Storm]]"
* "Feel Invincible"
* "Great Are You Lord"
* "[[King of the World (Natalie Grant song)|King of the World]]"
* "[[O Come to the Altar]]"
* "[[The Lion and the Lamb (Big Daddy Weave song)|The Lion and the Lamb]]"
* "[[Thy Will]]"
|-
! scope="row" |2016
|'''{{blue ribbon}} Pat Barrett'''<br />{{blue ribbon}} '''Tony Brown'''
|"[[Good Good Father]]"
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* "[[Brother (Needtobreathe song)|Brother]]" 
* "[[First (Lauren Daigle song)|First]]" 
* "[[Flawless (MercyMe song)|Flawless]]"
* "Just Be Held"
* "[[No Longer Slaves]]"
* "[[The River (Jordan Feliz song)|The River]]"
* "[[Touch the Sky (Hillsong United song)|Touch The Sky]]"
* "[[Trust in You]]"
|-
! scope="row" |2015
|{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Paul Maybury]]'''<br />'''{{blue ribbon}} [[Jason Ingram]]'''<br />{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Jeff Johnson (musician)|Jeff Johnson]]'''
|"How Can It Be"
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* "[[Overwhelmed]]"
* "Thrive"
* "[[Hope in Front of Me (song)|Hope in Front Of Me]]"
* "He Knows My Name"
* "Greater"
* "Multiplied"
* "[[We Believe (Newsboys song)|We Believe]]"
* "[[This Is Amazing Grace]]"
|-
! scope="row" |2014
|{{blue ribbon}} '''Matt Crocker'''<br />{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Joel Houston]]'''<br />{{blue ribbon}} '''Salomon Ligthelm'''
|"[[Oceans (Where Feet May Fail)]]"
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* "[[Fix My Eyes]]"
* "[[Hello, My Name Is (song)|Hello My Name Is]]"
* "[[Hurricane (Natalie Grant song)|Hurricane]]" 
* "I Can Trust Him"
* "Lord I Need You"
* "[[Overcomer (song)|Overcomer]]"
* "Revival" 
* "Say Amen"
* "That's Why"
|-
! scope="row" |2013
|{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Matt Redman]]'''<br />{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Jonas Myrin]]'''
|"[[10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord)]]"
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* "All I Can Do (Thank You)"
* "[[Break Every Chain]]"
* "From My Rags To His Riches"
* "Greatly Blessed, Highly Favored"
* "Hold On"
* "I'm Learning"
* "Live Like That"
* "[[Need You Now (How Many Times)]]"
* "Not For a Moment (After All)"
* "[[One Thing Remains (Passion song)|One Thing Remains]]"
* "[[Redeemed]]"
* "Sometimes I Wonder"
* "Take Him to the Place"
* "Take Me to the King"
* "[[The Proof of Your Love]]"
* "What The Blood Is For"
* "Where I Belong"
* "[[Whom Shall I Fear (God of Angel Armies)]]"
* "Why Can't We"
|-
! scope="row" |2012
|{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Laura Story]]'''
|"Blessings"
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* "Alive"
* "Celebrate Me Home"
* "[[Glorious Day (Living He Loved Me)]]"
* "Hold Me"
* "[[Hello Fear|I Smile]]"
* "I've Been Here Before"
* "Please Forgive Me"
* "Who Am I"
* "Your Great Name"
|-
! scope="row" |2011
|{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Gerald Crabb]]'''
|"Sometimes I Cry"
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* "[[All of Creation (song)|All of Creation]]"
* "Beautiful, Beautiful"
* "[[Get Back Up (TobyMac song)|Get Back Up]]"
* "Hold My Heart"
* "[[Lead Me]]"
* "Let the Waters Rise"
* "Love Came Calling"
* "[[Our God (song)|Our God]]"
* "Sometimes I Cry"
|-
! scope="row" |2010
|{{blue ribbon}} '''Mike Donehey'''<br />{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Jason Ingram]]'''<br />{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Phillip LaRue]]'''
|"[[By Your Side (Tenth Avenue North song)|By Your Side]]"
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* "Born To Climb"
* "[[Free to Be Me]]"
* "God Is There"
* "I Will Rise"
* "Let The Waters Rise"
* "[[Revelation Song]]"
* "Somebody Like Me"
* "[[Two Hands (Jars of Clay song)|Two Hands]]"
* "Why Can't All God's Children Get Along"
|-
! scope="row" |2009
|{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Brandon Heath]]'''<br />{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Jason Ingram]]'''
|"[[Give Me Your Eyes]]"
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! scope="row" |2008
|{{blue ribbon}} '''Mark Hall'''<br />{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Bernie Herms]]'''
|"[[East to West (song)|East to West]]"
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|-
! scope="row" |2007
|'''{{blue ribbon}}''' '''[[Aaron Shust]]'''<br />{{blue ribbon}} '''Dorothy Greenwell'''
|"[[My Savior My God]]"
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|-
! scope="row" |2006
|{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Chris Tomlin]]'''<br />{{blue ribbon}} '''Jesse Reeves'''<br />{{blue ribbon}} ''[[Ed Cash]]''
|"[[How Great Is Our God (song)|How Great Is Our God]]"
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|-
! scope="row" |2005
|{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Mark Hall (musician)|Mark Hall]]'''
|"[[Who Am I (Casting Crowns song)|Who Am I]]"
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! scope="row" |2004
|'''{{blue ribbon}} Pete Kipley'''<br />{{blue ribbon}} '''Bart Millard'''
|"[[Word of God Speak]]"
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|-
! scope="row" |2003
|{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Nichole Nordeman]]'''<br />{{blue ribbon}} '''Mark Hammond'''
|"Holy"
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! scope="row" |2002
|{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Bart Millard]]'''
|"[[I Can Only Imagine (MercyMe song)|I Can Only Imagine]]"
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|-
! scope="row" |2001
|{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Nicole C. Mullen]]'''
|"Redeemer"
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! scope="row" |2000
|{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Michael W. Smith]]'''<br />{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Wes King]]'''
|"This Is Your Time"
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|-
! scope="row" |1999
|{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Rich Mullins]]'''<br />'''{{blue ribbon}} [[Mitch McVicker]]'''
|"My Deliverer"
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|-
! scope="row" |1998
|{{blue ribbon}} '''[[David Mullen (singer)|David Mullen]]'''<br />{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Nicole C. Mullen|Nicole Coleman-Mullen]]'''<br />{{blue ribbon}} '''Michael Ochs'''
|"[[On My Knees (Jaci Velasquez song)|On My Knees]]"
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|-
! scope="row" |1997
|{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Bob Carlisle]]'''<br />{{blue ribbon}} ''[[Randy Thomas (musician)|Randy Thomas]]''
|"[[Butterfly Kisses (song)|Butterfly Kisses]]"
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|-
! scope="row" |1996
|'''{{blue ribbon}}''' '''Mark Heimermann'''<br />{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Toby McKeehan]]'''
|"[[Jesus Freak (song)|Jesus Freak]]"
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|-
! scope="row" |1995
|{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Twila Paris]]'''
|"God Is in Control"
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|-
! scope="row" |1994
|{{blue ribbon}} '''Shawn Craig'''<br />{{blue ribbon}} '''Don Koch'''
|"In Christ Alone"
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|-
! scope="row" |1993
|{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Steven Curtis Chapman]]'''<br />{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Geoff Moore]]'''
|"The Great Adventure"
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|-
! scope="row" |1992
|{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Amy Grant]]'''<br />'''{{blue ribbon}} [[Michael W. Smith]]'''<br />{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Wayne Kirkpatrick]]'''
|"Place in This World"
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|-
! scope="row" |1991
|{{blue ribbon}} '''Gary Driskell'''
|"Another Time, Another Place"
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|-
! scope="row" |1990
|{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Ray Boltz]]'''
|"Thank You"
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! scope="row" |1989
|{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Wayne Watson]]'''<br />{{blue ribbon}} '''Claire Cloninger'''
|"Friend of a Wounded Heart"
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! scope="row" |1988
|{{blue ribbon}} '''Phil McHugh'''<br />{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Gloria Gaither]]'''<br />{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Sandi Patty|Sandi Patti Helvering]]'''
|"In the Name of the Lord"
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|-
! scope="row" |1987
|{{blue ribbon}} '''Dick Tunney'''<br />{{blue ribbon}} '''Melodie Tunney'''<br />{{blue ribbon}} '''Paul Smith'''
|"How Excellent Is Thy Name"
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|-
! scope="row" |1986
|{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Billy Sprague]]'''<br />'''{{blue ribbon}}''' '''Niles Borop'''
|"Via Dolorosa"
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|-
! scope="row" |1985
|'''{{blue ribbon}} [[Gloria Gaither]]'''<br />'''{{blue ribbon}} Dony McGuire'''
|"Upon This Rock"
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|-
! scope="row" |1984
|{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Lanny Wolfe]]'''
|"More Than Wonderful"
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|-
! scope="row" |1983
|{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Michael Card]]'''<br />{{blue ribbon}} '''John Thompson'''
|"[[El Shaddai (song)|El Shaddai]]"
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! scope="row" |1982
|'''{{blue ribbon}} [[Dottie Rambo]]'''
|"We Shall Behold Him"
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|-
! scope="row" |1981
|'''{{blue ribbon}} [[Brown Bannister]]'''<br />'''{{blue ribbon}} Mike Hudson'''
|"Praise the Lord"
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|-
! scope="row" |1980
|{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Don Francisco (Christian musician)|Don Francisco]]'''
|"He's Alive"
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|-
! scope="row" |1978
|{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Dallas Holm]]'''
|"Rise Again"
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|-
! scope="row" |1977
|'''{{blue ribbon}}''' '''John Stallings'''
|"Learning to Lean"
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|-
! scope="row" |1976
|'''{{blue ribbon}} Neil Enloe'''
|"Statue of Liberty"
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|-
! scope="row" |1975
|{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Marijohn Wilkin]]'''<br />'''{{blue ribbon}}''' '''[[Kris Kristofferson]]'''
|"[[One Day at a Time (song)|One Day at a Time]]"
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|-
! scope="row" |1974
|'''{{blue ribbon}} [[Bill Gaither]]'''
|"Because He Lives"
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! scope="row" |1973
|{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Kris Kristofferson]]'''
|"[[Why Me (Kris Kristofferson song)|Why Me?]]"
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! scope="row" |1972
|'''{{blue ribbon}}''' '''Ron Hinson'''
|"The Lighthouse"
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! scope="row" |1971
| colspan="3" |{{Center|Award vacated as a result of [[3rd GMA Dove Awards|1971 GMA Music Awards]] scandal}}
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! scope="row" |1970
|{{blue ribbon}} '''Don Sumner'''<br />{{blue ribbon}} '''Dwayne Friend'''
|"The Night Before Easter"
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|-
! scope="row" |1969
|{{blue ribbon}} '''[[R. E. Winsett]]'''
|"[[Jesus Is Coming Soon]]"
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|}
'''Sources'''<ref>{{Cite web|date=2014-09-22|title=Nominees {{!}} Welcome to The 45th Annual GMA Dove Awards|url=http://www.doveawards.com/nominees/|access-date=2021-03-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140922091049/http://www.doveawards.com/nominees/|archive-date=2014-09-22}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2013-08-28|title=2013 Award Nominees|url=http://www.doveawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/DoveAwardNominees.FINAL_.2013.pdf|url-status=live|access-date=2021-03-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130828233232/http://www.doveawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/DoveAwardNominees.FINAL_.2013.pdf|archive-date=2013-08-28}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2012-06-09|title=43rd Annual Dove Award Nominations Announced|url=http://www.watchgmctv.com/news/and-nominees-are-43rd-annual-dove-award-nominations-announced-atlanta|url-status=usurped|access-date=2021-03-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120609133141/http://www.watchgmctv.com/news/and-nominees-are-43rd-annual-dove-award-nominations-announced-atlanta|archive-date=2012-06-09}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2011-08-17|title=42nd Annual GMA Dove Awards Nominees|url=http://www.doveawards.com/nominees.php|url-status=live|access-date=2021-03-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110817082654/http://www.doveawards.com/nominees.php|archive-date=2011-08-17}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2010-08-10|title=41st Annual GMA Dove Awards on Gospel Music Channel|url=http://www.doveawards.com:80/nominees.php|url-status=live|access-date=2021-03-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100810051425/http://www.doveawards.com:80/nominees.php|archive-date=2010-08-10}}</ref>

==References and notes==
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==External links==
* [http://www.doveawards.com/ Dove Awards website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110323103234/http://www.doveawards.com/ |date=2011-03-23 }}

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