The Dove Awards, created in 1969 by the Gospel Music Association to honor the outstanding achievements in contemporary Christian and gospel music, are held annually in Nashville, Tennessee.
During pre-telecast and televised ceremonies, awards are presented honoring a wide variety of musical styles, reflecting the diversity represented in Gospel music, including rock and roll, rap, country and traditional gospel. Each ceremony features performances by a number of the industries newest and most popular artists.
The Dove Award voters tend to be elderly, musically conservative people that are more likely to vote for a traditional gospel artist, or a pop act than a rock and roll band. Therefore, most Dove Awards tend to go to either well-established acts that receive heavy radio airplay, or those which fall into the above categories. Hence, the Doves are not taken particularly seriously by many musicians or music fans.
Awards include:
- Song of the Year
- Album of the Year
- Songwriter of the Year
- Dove Awards of 1969
- Dove Awards of 1970
- Dove Awards of 1971
- Dove Awards of 1972
- Dove Awards of 1973
- Dove Awards of 1974
- Dove Awards of 1975
- Dove Awards of 1976
- Dove Awards of 1977
- Dove Awards of 1978
- Dove Awards of 1979
- Dove Awards of 1980
- Dove Awards of 1981
- Dove Awards of 1982
- Dove Awards of 1983
- Dove Awards of 1984
- Dove Awards of 1985
- Dove Awards of 1986
- Dove Awards of 1987
- Dove Awards of 1988
- Dove Awards of 1989
- Dove Awards of 1990
- Dove Awards of 1991
- Dove Awards of 1992
- Dove Awards of 1993
- Dove Awards of 1994
- Dove Awards of 1995
- Dove Awards of 1996
- Dove Awards of 1997
- Dove Awards of 1998
- Dove Awards of 1999
- Dove Awards of 2000
- Dove Awards of 2001
- Dove Awards of 2002
