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 UPN, 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

;Telecast ceremony
The following performed:
ArtistSong
Tait
T-Bone		"Raised In Harlem"
Hezekiah Walker
Byron Cage		"I Need You To Survive"
"Presence of the Lord"
MercyMe"Here with Me"
Smokie Norful"I Need You Now"
Jeremy Camp"Take My Life"
Third Day"Wire"
CeCe Winans"Hallelujah Praise"
Randy Travis"Three Wooden Crosses"
Jars of Clay
Ashley Cleveland
The Williams Brothers		"Amazing Grace"
Out of Eden"Love, Peace, and Happiness"
Nicole C. Mullen"Freedom"
Pillar"Further From Myself"
Newsboys"He Reigns"

Presenters

;Telecast ceremony
The following presented:

Awards

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

;Pop/Contemporary Recorded Song of the Year
;Pop/Contemporary Album of the Year

Rock

;Rock Recorded Song of the Year
;Rock Album of the Year
;Rock/Contemporary Recorded Song of the Year
;Rock/Contemporary Album of the Year
;Modern Rock Recorded Song of the Year
;Modern Rock Album of the Year

Rap/Hip-Hop

;Rap/Hip Hop Recorded Song of the Year
;Rap/Hip Hop Album of the Year

Inspirational

;Inspirational Recorded Song of the Year
;Inspirational Album of the Year

Gospel

;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 & Bluegrass

;Country Recorded Song of the Year
;Country Album of the Year
;Bluegrass Recorded Song of the Year
;Bluegrass Album of the Year

Praise & Worship

;Worship Song of the Year
;Praise and Worship Album of the Year

Urban

;Urban Recorded Song of the Year
;Urban Album of the Year

Others

;Instrumental Album of the Year
  • An Acoustic Christmas - Tom Hemby
  • I Can Only Imagine - Fletch Wiley
  • Irish Christmas - Craig Duncan
  • Masterpiece - Anthony Burger
  • The Trumpet Sounds - Rod McGaha
;Spanish Language Album of the Year
;Special Event Album of the Year
;Children's Music Album of the Year
  • Acorns to Oaks - Celeste Clydesdale
  • Canciones de Gozo Para Ninos - Alejandro Allen and Edgar Arceo
  • Crazy Praize: Songs From the Lighter Side Vol. 2 - Ed Kee and Dave Hunt
  • I Can Only Imagine... Lullabies for a Peaceful Rest - Various artists
  • Shout Praises Kids 3 - Jeff Sandstrom
  • Songtime Kids: All New Praise Songs - Dennis Dearing and Kevin Stokes
;Choral Collection of the Year
;Recorded Music Packaging of the Year

Musicals

;Musical of the Year
  • A Thrill of Hope
  • Evidence of Grace
  • The Love of Jesus
  • The Wonderful Cross
;Youth/Children's Musical of the Year
  • Acorns to Oaks
  • City on a Hill Christmas
  • Noelle, The First
  • The Christmas S.O.C.C.E.R. Team
  • ''The First Leon''

Videos

;Short Form Music Video of the Year
;Long Form Music Video of the Year