GMA Canada Announces 2010 Covenant Award Nominees

Covenant Award Nominees Named

The GOSPEL MUSIC ASSOCIATION (GMA) CANADA announced the nominees for its 2010 COVENANT AWARDS.  The awards will be handed out OCTOBER 29th in CALGARY, ALBERTA.

Among the nominees is CENTRICITY MUSIC band DOWNHERE, TOOTH & NAIL RECORDS bands THOUSAND FOOT KRUTCH and THE CLASSIC CRIME, SPARROW RECORDS band STARFIELD, ESSENTIAL RECORDS' MATT MAHER, BEC RECORDINGS' MANAFEST, INPOP RECORDS bands NEWWORLDSON and ARTICLE ONE, GOTEE RECORDS band RELIENT K, and INTEGRITY LABEL GROUP's JOEL AUGE.

Nominations include:

Artist of the Year:
MATT MAHER
MANAFEST
NEWWORLDSON
STARFIELD

Album of the Year:
ALIVE AGAIN - MATT MAHER
THE CHASE - MANAFEST
NEWWORLDSON - NEWWORLDSON
THE SAVING ONE - STARFIELD
WELCOME TO THE MASQUERADE - THOUSAND FOOT KRUTCH

Song of the Year:
"HOLD US TOGETHER" - MATT MAHER
"REDISCOVER YOU" - STARFIELD
"THERE IS A WAY" - NEWWORLDSON

Recorded Song of the Year:
"HOLD US TOGETHER" - MATT MAHER
"NO PLAN B" - MANAFEST
"THE ONE (I'M FIGHTING FOR" - ARTICLE ONE
"THERE IS A WAY" - NEWWORLDSON

Male Vocalist of the Year:
MATT MAHER

Group of the Year:
DOWNHERE
HAWK NELSON
NEWWORLDSON
STARFIELD
THOUSAND FOOT KRUTCH

Seasonal Song of the Year:
"CHRISTMAS IN OUR HEARTS" - DOWNHERE

Seasonal Album of the Year:
HOW MANY KINGS - DOWNHERE

Rock Song of the Year:
"DECLARATION OF DEPENDENCE" - STARFIELD
"FORWARD MOTION" - THOUSAND FOOT KRUTCH
"SOLAR POWERED LIFE" - THE CLASSIC CRIME

Rock Album of the Year:
VAGABONDS - THE CLASSIC CRIME
WELCOME TO THE MASQUERADE - THOUSAND FOOT KRUTCH

Rap/Hip-Hop Song of the Year:
"NO PLAN B" - MANAFEST

Rap/Hip-Hop Album of the Year:
THE CHASE - MANAFEST

Praise and Worship Song of the Year:
"ALIVE AGAIN" - MATT MAHER
"BE LIFTED" - JOEL AUGE
"NO OTHER SAVIOUR" - STARFIELD

Praise and Worship Album of the Year:
ALIVE AGAIN - MATT MAHER
INVISIBLE THINGS - JOEL AUGE

Pop/Contemporary Song of the Year:
"HOLD US TOGETHER" - MATT MAHER
"REDISCOVER YOU" - STARFIELD
"THERE IS A WAY" - NEWWORLDSON

Modern Worship Song of the Year:
"GLORY IS RISING" - STARFIELD

Modern Worship Album of the Year:
THE SAVING ONE - STARFIELD

Modern Rock/Alternative Song of the Year:
"FORGET AND NOT SLOW DOWN" - RELIENT K
"NEVER ENOUGH" - HAWK NELSON

Modern Rock/Alternative Album of the Year:
FORGET AND NOT SLOW DOWN - RELIENT K
LIVE LIFE LOUD! - HAWK NELSON

Hard Music Song of the Year:
"BRING ME TO LIFE" - THOUSAND FOOT KRUTCH

Folk-Roots Album of the Year:
NEWWORLDSON - NEWWORLDSON

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