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With only 132 days until Christmas, multi-GRAMMY® nominated duo and Grand Ole Opry stars, Dailey & Vincent, are already in the holiday spirit as they announce their annual highly-anticipated The Joys of Christmas Tour.

BEC Recordings is honored to announce the release of Convoy of Hope: Hope Has A Name, debuting September 13. Benefitting the faith-based and non-profit organization Convoy of Hope, the 14-song project features multiple worship songs from churches around the U.S., such as River Valley Worship, Crossroads Music, Red Rocks Worship, Christ Church Fellowship, and many more.

Compassion LIVE is announcing the Celebrate Christmas Tour with Natalie Grant and Danny Gokey. The award-winning vocalists will unite for the fourth year, but will mark the 2019 holiday season with the tour’s first ever West Coast trek.

Centricity Music and Centricity Publishing have garnered 12 total Dove Award nominations for this year's golden anniversary awards. Lauren Daigle led the industry with six nominations.

Acclaimed Christian music singer/songwriter and radio hitmaker Josh Wilson is the latest addition to the First Company Management. Home to GRAMMY®-nominated, Platinum-selling Newsboys, First Company is among Christian music’s top full-service entertainment management agencies, representing a stable of distinguished artists across the genre.

The Gospel Music Association (GMA) has announced the first round of confirmed performers for the historic 50th Annual GMA Dove Awards, show set for October 15 at Lipscomb University's Allen Arena in Nashville. The landmark event will feature performances by Christian music trailblazer TobyMac, chart-topping modern worship group Hillsong Worship and award-winning Gospel legend, Kirk Franklin.

In anticipation of this upcoming film, Provident Label Group has just released the Overcomer Soundtrack—music from and inspired by the original motion picture. The soundtrack features songs from Koryn Hawthorne, Casting Crowns, Zach Williams, Tauren Wells, Hillsong Worship, Mandisa, Tenth Avenue North, Donald Lawrence & The Tri-City Singers and Bonray as well as the musical score by Paul Mills.

Los Angeles will be the top vacation destination for fans of Christian and Gospel hip-hop (CHH/GHH) next summer as 75 of the genres’ top artists will convene for the first ever 20/20 Summer Fest scheduled for July 1 and July 18 at the Banc of California Stadium in Los Angeles, CA. Multi-Platinum Christian hip-hop artist Aulsondro “Novelist” Hamilton aka Emcee N.I.C.E. and Chantal “Chanie G” Grayson, co-owners of the Stellar Award-winning God’s House of Hip Hop (GH3 Radio) station powered by Dash that boasts 10 million monthly listeners, have finalized the deal with the Banc of California Stadium. Festival lineup announcements will begin in January 2020.

Integrity Music celebrates nine GMA Dove Award nominations revealed last week on Facebook Live. The 50th Annual GMA Dove Awards will take place on Tuesday, October 15 in Nashville, Tennessee.

GRAMMY-nominated and Dove Award winning worship leader, pastor and author, William McDowell, will release his new live album, The Cry (Integrity Music), on September 20th.