MUSIC-DOVE AWARDS
Hillsong United the big winner at Christian music Dove Awards
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) β Hillsong United has been named Artist of the Year at the Christian music Dove Awards.
The Australian worship band also won four top song honors at the Gospel Music Association awards ceremony Tuesday night in Nashville.
“Oceans (Where Feet May Fail)” received Dove Awards for Song of the Year, Worship Song of the Year and Pop/Contemporary Recorded Song of the Year. Hillsong United’s recording of “Oceans” also was named the Contemporary Christian Performance of the Year.
Hillsong United worship leader Jonathon Douglass, known as J.D., said the song was written to help non-Christians “connect with Jesus,” and to give assurance to Christians coping with life’s “ups and downs.”
The Dove Awards show will be broadcast Sunday on the Trinity Broadcasting Network.
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245-v-31-(Steve Coleman, AP religion editor)–Hillsong United has been named Artist of the Year at the Christian music Dove Awards. AP Religion Editor Steve Coleman reports. (7 Oct 2014)
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