35th GMA Dove Awards


The 35th Annual GMA Music Awards were held on April 28, 2004 recognizing accomplishments of musicians for the year 2003. The show was held at the Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee, and was hosted by Deion Sanders and Yolanda Adams.
Nominations were announced months earlier by Steven Curtis Chapman and Toby McKeehan.
The event was transmitted live to theaters in 50 cities as part of Regal Entertainment Group "One Night Only" event. The livecast was shown at Regal Cinemas, United Artists Theatres, and Edwards Theatres. There was no delayed television broadcast, as part of a controversial move by broadcast rights holder United Paramount Network, scorned by Sanders for leaving CBS' The NFL Today in favour of Disney's NFL Countdown in the weeks between the awards ceremony and broadcast date, cancelled the television broadcast. This move was similar to a 1989 incident on CBS' 60 Minutes when a story on Richard Petty intending to air on the show in the weeks before the Daytona 500 was cancelled following reporter Diane Sawyer's defection to ABC.
The ceremony was eventually broadcast in December 2004 on Pax.
MercyMe won Artist of the Year, plus two other awards, while Jeremy Camp was awarded New Artist of the Year.

Performers

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The following performed:
ArtistSong
Tait
T-Bone
Hezekiah Walker
Byron Cage		"I Need You To Survive"
"Presence of the Lord"
MercyMe"Here with Me"
Smokie Norful
Jeremy Camp
Third Day"Wire"
CeCe Winans
Randy Travis
Jars of Clay
Ashley Cleveland
The Williams Brothers		"Amazing Grace"
Out of Eden
Nicole C. Mullen
Pillar
Newsboys

Presenters

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The following presented:

General

;Artist of the Year
;New Artist of the Year
;Group of the Year
;Male Vocalist of the Year
;Female Vocalist of the Year
;Song of the Year
;Songwriter of the Year
;Producer of the Year
;Pop/Contemporary Recorded Song of the Year
;Pop/Contemporary Album of the Year
;Rock Recorded Song of the Year
;Rock Album of the Year
;Rock/Contemporary Recorded Song of the Year
  • "Gone" - Switchfoot
  • "Meant to Live" - Switchfoot
  • "Sing a Song" - Third Day
  • "This Fragile Breath " - Todd Agnew
  • "You Are So Good to Me" - Third Day
;Rock/Contemporary Album of the Year
;Modern Rock Recorded Song of the Year
;Modern Rock Album of the Year
;Rap/Hip Hop Recorded Song of the Year
;Rap/Hip Hop Album of the Year
;Inspirational Recorded Song of the Year
;Inspirational Album of the Year
;Southern Gospel Recorded Song of the Year
;Southern Gospel Album of the Year
;Traditional Gospel Recorded Song of the Year
;Traditional Gospel Album of the Year
;Contemporary Gospel Recorded Song of the Year
;Contemporary Gospel Album of the Year
;Country Recorded Song of the Year
;Country Album of the Year
;Bluegrass Recorded Song of the Year
  • "Love is Free" - George Hamilton IV
  • "She Found Jesus Alive" - The Hoppers
  • "So Many Years, So Many Blessings" - The Lewis Family
  • "Teach Me To Love Like That" - LordSong
  • "Walkin Through The Fire" - Connie Smith, Sharon White, Barbara Fairchild
;Bluegrass Album of the Year
;Worship Song of the Year
;Praise and Worship Album of the Year
;Urban Recorded Song of the Year
;Urban Album of the Year
;Instrumental Album of the Year
;Spanish Language Album of the Year
;Special Event Album of the Year
;Children’s Music Album of the Year
;Choral Collection of the Year
;Recorded Music Packaging of the Year
;Musical of the Year
;Youth/Children’s Musical of the Year
;Short Form Music Video of the Year
;Long Form Music Video of the Year