2002 Dove Award Nominees

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2002 Dove Award Nominees for the thirty-third annual ceremony of the Dove Awards.

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Nominees

Song of the Year

Lenny LeBlanc American musician

Lenny LeBlanc is an American musician and songwriter. He started his career with Pete Carr in 1975 and later separated ways when both had different plans for their profession. A resident of Alabama, he is known for the song "Falling" and has sung with many artists. Since 1987, LeBlanc works at his own studio in Muscle Shoals, Alabama.

Paul Baloche American Christian music artist

Paul Joseph Baloche is an American Christian music artist, worship leader, and singer-songwriter. A native of Maple Shade Township, New Jersey, Baloche was the worship pastor at Community Christian Fellowship in Lindale, Texas for 26 years. He and his wife, Rita left Texas in January 2015, moving to New York City to be nearer family. Baloche composes on piano and acoustic guitar, favoring guitar when leading worship. His wife, Rita Baloche, is also a Christian songwriter. Baloche is one of the writers for Compassionart, a charity founded by Martin Smith from Delirious?.

Nicole C. Mullen American musician

Aileen Nicole Coleman-Mullen, known professionally as Nicole C. Mullen, is an American singer, songwriter, and choreographer. She was born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Male Vocalist of the Year

David Phelps (musician) American musician

David Norris Phelps is an American Christian music vocalist, songwriter and vocal arranger, who is best known for singing tenor in the Gaither Vocal Band. He has also released several solo albums, including four Christmas collections. On January 13, 2008, Phelps appeared on Extreme Makeover Home Edition for the Woodhouse family.

Mac Powell American musician

Mac Powell, originally from Clanton, Alabama, is an American singer, songwriter, producer, and musician who formed the Christian rock band Third Day with guitarist Mark Lee. Powell won the 2001 Gospel Music Association award for "Male Vocalist of the Year".

Mark Mitchell Schultz is a contemporary Christian music artist. He has been nominated for numerous Dove Awards, winning his first at the 2006 Dove Awards when the CD/DVD Mark Schultz Live: A Night of Stories & Songs was named Long Form Music Video of the Year.

Female Vocalist of the Year

CeCe Winans American gospel singer

Priscilla Marie Winans Love, known professionally as CeCe Winans, is an American gospel singer, who has sold over 12 million records worldwide and won 12 Grammy Awards. She is the best-selling female gospel artist of all time, as of 2015.

Natalie Grant American CCM singer-songwriter

Natalie Diane Grant is a singer and songwriter of contemporary Christian music. She received the Gospel Music Association's Dove Award for Female Vocalist of the Year four consecutive years, and again in 2012. She has also been nominated for seven Grammy Awards.

Nichole Ellyse Nordeman is an American contemporary Christian singer and songwriter.

Group of the Year

Artist of the Year

Michael W. Smith American musician and songwriter

Michael Whitaker Smith is an American musician, who has charted in both contemporary Christian and mainstream charts. His biggest success in mainstream music was in 1991 when "Place in this World" hit No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100. Over the course of his career, he has sold more than 18 million albums.

P.O.D. American hardcore and nu metal band

Payable on Death is an American Christian nu metal band formed in 1992 and based in San Diego, California. The band's line-up consists of vocalist Sonny Sandoval, drummer and rhythm guitarist Wuv Bernardo, lead guitarist Marcos Curiel, and bassist Traa Daniels. They have sold over 12 million records worldwide. Over the course of their career, the band has received three Grammy Award nominations, contributed to numerous motion picture soundtracks and toured internationally. With their third studio album, The Fundamental Elements of Southtown, they achieved their initial mainstream success; the album was certified platinum by the RIAA in 2000. Their following studio album, Satellite, continued the band's success with the singles, "Alive" and "Youth of the Nation", pushing it to go triple platinum.

Steven Curtis Chapman American Christian music singer-songwriter, record producer, actor, author, and social activist

Steven Curtis Chapman is an American contemporary Christian music singer, songwriter, record producer, actor, author, and social activist.

New Artist of the Year

Downhere band

Downhere is a Christian rock band from Canada. They have released six studio albums to date: downhere (2001), So Much for Substitutes (2003), Wide-Eyed and Mystified (2006), Ending Is Beginning (2008), How Many Kings: Songs for Christmas (2009), and On the Altar of Love (2011) and have won several Juno and Covenant Awards.

Sara Groves American musician

Sara Groves is an American contemporary Christian singer, record producer, and author.

Shaun Groves is an American Christian singer-songwriter and musician from Tyler, Texas.

Producer of the Year

Rap/Hip Hop/Dance Recorded Song of the Year

Modern Rock/Alternative Recorded Song of the Year

Hard Music Recorded Song of the Year

Rock Recorded Song of the Year

Pop/Contemporary Recorded Song of the Year

Inspirational Recorded Song of the Year

Southern Gospel Recorded Song of the Year

Bluegrass Recorded Song of the Year

Country Recorded Song of the Year

Urban Recorded Song of the Year

Traditional Gospel Recorded Song of the Year

Contemporary Gospel Recorded Song of the Year

Rap/Hip Hop/Dance Album of the Year

Modern Rock/Alternative Album of the Year

Hard Music Album of the Year

Rock Album of the Year

Dally, Ben Dally, Max Hsu, Melissa Brock, Tricia Brock, Andrew Wilson, Dave Ghazarian; Inpop

Pop/Contemporary Album of the Year

Inspirational Album of the Year

Southern Gospel Album of the Year

Country Album of the Year

Urban Album of the Year

Traditional Gospel Album of the Year

Contemporary Gospel Album of the Year

Instrumental Album of the Year

Praise & Worship Album of the Year

Children's Music Album of the Year

Spanish Language Album of the Year

Special Event Album of the Year

Musical of the Year

Youth/Children's Musical of the Year

Choral Collection of the Year

Recorded Music Packaging of the Year

Short Form Music Video of the Year

Long Form Music Video

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