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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.

Gotee Records' announces the newest family member to its roster with the signing of Courtnie Ramirez. Ramirez is excited and ready to share her original music—something she has dreamed about since she was a teenager. Her label debut song, "Perfectly Loved," is available everywhere now.

Phil Wickham is celebrating four Dove Award nominations for his 2018 release, Living Hope. With the LP receiving a nomination for Worship Album of the Year, the title track was also nominated for Song of the Year, Worship Song of the Year and Worship Recorded Song of the Year.

GRAMMY® Award-winner Francesca Battistelli recently released a Neon Feather remix  of “Defender" featuring Steffany Gretzinger. The new version of the song is a richly textured spin-off of the original ballad, giving the powerful worship anthem a fresh perspective.