This year was a good year for music made by Christians - and The Bridge is honoring those artists with the 2010 Bridge Music Awards! This year - Steven Curtis Chapman landed the most number of nominations - with nine nods due to his introspective and touching Beauty Will Rise release. The David Crowder Band earned eight nominations, while Mark Schultz and Sara Groves landed seven nominations. Hawk Nelson, Leeland, The Almost and Switchfoot each received six nominations. Two artists - Phillips, Craig & Dean and Jade Harrell - got five nods. Check out all the nominees in over 30 categories. Voting will begin soon!
| SONG
OF THE YEAR |
ALBUM
OF THE YEAR |
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"Born Again"
Third Day & Lacy Mosely, Revelation |
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Beauty Will Rise
Steven Curtis Chapman |
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"City On Our Knees"
tobyMac, Tonight |
|
Church Music
David Crowder Band |
| |
"Finally Home"
MercyMe, All That Is Within Me |
|
Come Alive
Mark Schultz |
| |
"Follow You"
Leeland & Brandon Heath, Love Is On the Move |
|
Fireflies & Songs
Sara Groves |
| |
"Hands"
The Almost, Monster Monster |
|
Forget & Not Slow Down
Relient K |
| |
"Heaven Is the Face"
Steven Curtis Chapman, Beauty Will Rise |
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Hello Hurricane
Switchfoot |
| |
"How He Loves"
David Crowder Band, Church Music |
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Live Life Loud
Hawk Nelson |
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"Meaning of Life"
Hawk Nelson, Live Life Loud |
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Love Is On the Move
Leeland |
| |
"Mess of Me"
Switchfoot, Hello Hurricane |
|
Monster Monster
The Almost |
| |
"More Beautiful You"
Jonny Diaz, More Beautiful You |
|
Rocks Into Rivers
Seabird |
| |
"Revelation Song"
Phillips, Craig & Dean, Fearless |
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The Long Fall Back to Earth
Jars of Clay |
| |
"The Motions"
Matthew West, Something to Say
|
|
The Outsiders
Needtobreathe |
| ARTIST
OF THE YEAR
(a tie necessitated 6 finalists)
|
NEW
ARTIST OF THE YEAR |
| |
David Crowder Band |
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Abandon |
| |
Jars of Clay |
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B.Reith |
|
Relient K |
|
Danyew |
| |
Steven Curtis Chapman |
|
Jade Harrell |
|
Switchfoot |
|
Jonny Diaz |
| |
The Almost |
|
|
FEMALE
ARTIST OF THE YEAR
|
MALE
ARTIST OF THE YEAR |
| |
Bethany Dillon |
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John Waller |
| |
Britt Nicole |
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Mark Schultz |
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Kari Jobe |
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Mat Kearney |
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Mandisa |
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Phil Wickham |
| |
Sara Groves |
|
Steven Curtis Chapman |
GROUP/DUO
OF THE YEAR
(a tie necessitated 6 finalists) |
SONGWRITER
OF THE YEAR |
| |
BeBe & CeCe Winans |
|
David Crowder |
| |
Hawk Nelson |
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John Waller |
| |
Leeland |
|
Mark Schultz |
| |
Needtobreathe |
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Sara Groves |
| |
Phillips, Craig & Dean |
|
Steven Curtis Chapman |
| |
Red |
|
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| BEST
POP SONG (Male Artist) |
BEST
POP SONG (Female Artist) |
| |
"City On Our Knees"
tobyMac, Tonight |
|
"Come Save"
Sarah Reeves, Sweet Sweet Sound |
| |
"More Beautiful You"
Jonny Diaz, More Beautiful You |
|
"Everyone to Know"
Bethany Dillon, Stop & Listen |
|
"Sing"
Josh Wilson, Life Is Not a Snapshot |
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"Free To Be Me"
Francesca Battistelli, My Paper Heart |
|
"The Motions"
Matthew West, Something to Say |
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"My Deliverer"
Mandisa, Freedom |
| |
"Wait & See"
Brandon Heath, What If We |
|
"The Lost Get Found"
Britt Nicole, The Lost Get Found |
| BEST
POP SONG (Duo/Group) |
BEST
POP ALBUM |
| |
"Born Again"
Third Day & Lacy Mosely, Revelation |
|
Church Music
David Crowder Band |
|
"Follow You"
Leeland & Brandon Heath, Love Is On the Move |
|
Come Alive
Mark Schultz |
|
"Forgiven"
Sanctus Real, Pieces of a Real Heart |
|
Love Is On the Move
Leeland |
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"How He Loves"
David Crowder Band, Church Music |
|
Rocks Into Rivers
Seabird |
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"Safe"
Phil Wickham & Bart Millard, Heaven & Earth |
|
The Long Fall Back to Earth
Jars of Clay |
| BEST
INSPIRATIONAL SONG (Male Artist) |
BEST
INSPIRATIONAL SONG (Female Artist) |
|
"Hands of the Healer"
John Waller, While I'm Waiting |
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"He Is With You"
Mandisa, Freedom |
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"He Is"
Mark Schultz, Come Alive |
|
"Healer"
Kari Jobe, Kari Jobe |
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"Heaven Is the Face"
Steven Curtis Chapman, Beauty Will Rise |
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"Joy Is In Our Hearts"
Sara Groves, Fireflies & Songs |
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"I Will Rise"
Chris Tomlin, Hello Love |
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"Our Hope Endures"
Natalie Grant, Relentless |
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"The Good Confession"
Andrew Peterson, Resurrection Letters, Vol. 2 |
|
"Sweet Sweet Sound"
Sarah Reeves, Sweet Sweet Sound |
| BEST
INSPIRATIONAL SONG (Duo/Group) |
BEST
INSPIRATIONAL ALBUM
|
|
"Arise"
Avalon, Reborn |
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Beauty Will Rise
Steven Curtis Chapman |
|
"Finally Home"
MercyMe, All That Is Within Me |
|
Fearless
Phillips, Craig & Dean |
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"Grace"
BeBe & CeCe Winans, Still |
|
Fireflies & Songs
Sara Groves |
|
"Hosanna"
Selah, You Deliver Me |
|
Kari Jobe
Kari Jobe |
|
"Revelation Song"
Phillips, Craig & Dean, Fearless |
|
You Deliver Me
Selah |
| BEST
ROCK SONG (Male Artist) |
BEST
ROCK SONG (Female Artist) |
|
"Closer to Love"
Mat Kearney, City of Black & White |
|
"Back & Forth"
Lanae' Hale, Back & Forth |
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"Closer We Are"
Danyew, Danyew |
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"Back to Innocence"
Stephanie Smith, Stephanie Smith |
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"Speaking Louder Than Before"
Jeremy Camp, Speaking Louder Than Before |
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"Hang On"
Plumb, Beautiful History |
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"Town Folk"
John Reuben, Sex, Drugs & Self-Control |
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"Love It Away"
Krystal Meyers, Make Some Noise |
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"Why"
Phillip LaRue, Let the Road Pave Itself |
|
"The UnSeen"
Jade Harrell, Class Reject |
BEST
ROCK SONG (Duo/Group)
|
BEST
ROCK ALBUM
(a tie necessitated 6 finalists)
|
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"Death of Me"
Red, Innocence & Instinct |
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Forget & Not Slow Down
Relient K |
|
"Forget & Not Slow Down"
Relient K, Forget & Not Slow Down |
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Hello Hurricane
Switchfoot |
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"Hands"
The Almost, Monster Monster |
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Innocence & Instinct
Red |
|
"Meaning of Life"
Hawk Nelson, Live Life Loud |
|
Live Life Loud
Hawk Nelson |
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"Mess of Me"
Switchfoot, Hello Hurricane |
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Monster Monster
The Almost |
|
|
|
The Outsiders
Needtobreathe |
| BEST
RHYTHMIC/URBAN SONG (Male Artist) |
BEST
RHYTHMIC/URBAN SONG (Female Artist) |
|
"Antidote"
B.Reith, Now Is Not Forever |
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"Battlefield"
Jordin Sparks, Battlefield |
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"Dishes"
Flynn Adam, Dishes |
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"I Desire More"
Crystal Aikin, Crystal Aikin |
|
"End of My Rope"
KJ-52, Five Two Television
|
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"Invisible"
Kierra Sheard, Bold Right Life |
|
"Help Me Believe"
Kirk Franklin, The Fight of My Life |
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"It Ain't Over"
Maurette Brown Clark, The Dream |
|
"Just Wanna Say"
Israel Houghton, The Power of One |
|
"Me & My Radio"
Jade Harrell, Class Reject |
| BEST
RHYTHMIC/URBAN SONG (Duo/Group) |
BEST
RHYTHMIC/URBAN ALBUM |
|
"Close to You"
BeBe & CeCe Winans, Still |
|
Class Reject
Jade Harrell |
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"Free"
Rizen, Rizen |
|
Now Is Not Forever
B.Reith |
|
"God In Me"
Mary Mary & Kierra Sheard, The Sound |
|
Sex, Drugs & Self-Control
John Reuben |
|
"Our Time"
Group 1 Crew, Ordinary Dreamers |
|
Still
BeBe & CeCe Winans |
|
"They That Wait"
Fred Hammond & John P. Kee, Love Unstoppable |
|
The Power of One
Israel Houghton |
BEST
SONG (Male Artist)
(a tie necessitated 6 finalists)
|
BEST
SONG (Female Artist) |
|
"City On Our Knees"
tobyMac, Tonight |
|
"Everyone to Know"
Bethany Dillon, Stop & Listen |
|
"He Is"
Mark Schultz, Come Alive |
|
"Free To Be Me"
Francesca Battistelli, My Paper Heart |
|
"Heaven Is the Face"
Steven Curtis Chapman, Beauty Will Rise |
|
"Me & My Radio"
Jade Harrell, Class Reject
|
|
"More Beautiful You"
Jonny Diaz, More Beautiful You |
|
"Joy Is In Our Hearts"
Sara Groves, Fireflies & Songs |
|
"The Motions"
Matthew West, Something to Say |
|
"The Lost Get Found"
Britt Nicole, The Lost Get Found |
|
"While I'm Waiting"
John Waller, While I'm Waiting |
|
|
BEST
ALBUM (Male Artist)
(a tie necessitated 6 finalists) |
BEST
ALBUM (Female Artist)
|
|
Beauty Will Rise
Steven Curtis Chapman |
|
Fireflies & Songs
Sara Groves |
|
City of Black & White
Mat Kearney |
|
Freedom
Mandisa |
|
Come Alive
Mark Schultz |
|
Kari Jobe
Kari Jobe |
|
Everything Sad Is Coming Untrue
Jason Gray |
|
The Lost Get Found
Britt Nicole |
|
Heaven & Earth
Phil Wickham
|
|
Stop & Listen
Bethany Dillon |
|
Life Is Not a Snapshot
Josh Wilson |
|
|
BEST
SONG (Duo/Group)
|
BEST
ALBUM (Duo/Group)
|
|
"Follow You"
Leeland & Brandon Heath, Love Is On the Move |
|
Church Music
David Crowder Band |
|
"How He Loves"
David Crowder Band, Church Music |
|
Monster Monster
The Almost |
|
"Meaning of Life"
Hawk Nelson, Live Life Loud |
|
Rocks Into Rivers
Seabird |
|
"Mess of Me"
Switchfoot, Hello Hurricane |
|
The Long Fall Back to Earth
Jars of Clay |
|
"Revelation Song"
Phillips, Craig & Dean, Fearless |
|
The Outsiders
Needtobreathe |
