Category: Music Awards

Runners-Up:

Kye Kye, Young Love     (indie Electronic Pop/Rock)

Peter Furler, On Fire     (Pop/Rock/Rock)

A Past Unknown, To Those Perishing     (Metal)

Tricia Brock, The Road     (Light Rock Worship)

Fallstar, Reconciler. Refiner. Igniter.     (Metal/Screamo)

Anthem Lights, Anthem Lights     (Pop/Rock)

Aaron Gillespie, Anthem Song     (Slightly Light Rock Worship)

The City Harmonic, I Have A Dream (It Feels Like Home)     (Pop/Rock Worship)

Over The Ocean, Paper House     (indie Rock)

Honorable Mentions:

Icon For Hire, Scripted     (Hard-Edged Rock)

Ashes Remain, What I’ve Become     (Hard-Edged Rock)

Cory Lamb, Break The Cycle     (Pop/Rock)

Runners-Up:

Onward To Olympas, The War Within Us     (Metal)

After Edmund, Times Have Changed EP.1     (Electronic Rock)

The Ember Days, Emergency     (Slightly Light Rock Worship)

Abandon, Control     (Pop/Rock/Rock)

Abandon Kansas, Ad Astra Per Aspera     (Rock)

Honorable Mentions:

Close Your Eyes, Empty Hands And Heavy Hearts     (Rock/Punk/Hardcore)

Holding Onto Hope, Holding Onto Hope     (Screamo/Hardcore)

Great Awakening, Songs In Secret     (indie Rock Worship)

Runners-Up:

Hands, Give Me Rest     (Hardcore)

Manic Drive, Epic     (Electronic Pop/Rock/Rock)

Deas Vail, Deas Vail     (Slightly Light Rock)

Red, Until We Have Faces     (Hard Rock)

Honorable Mention:

Brandon Heath, Leaving Eden     (Slightly Light Rock)

Runners-Up:

Cool Hand Luke, Of Man     (indie Rock)

August Burns Red, Leveler     (Metal)

Beckah Shae, Destiny     (Slightly Urban-flavored Pop)

Honorable Mention:

Eowyn, Beautiful Ashes     (Slightly Experimental indie Hard Rock)

Runner-Up:

Falling Up, Your Sparkling Death Cometh     (Experimental Rock)

Honorable Mentions:

Hawk Nelson, Crazy Love     (Pop/Punk)

Seventh Day Slumber, The Anthem Of Angels     (Rock)

Flame, Captured     (Hip-Hop (Rap))

Derek Webb, Feedback     (Instrumental)

Runner-Up:

The Echoing Green, In Scarlet And Vile     (Electronic Rock)

Honorable Mention:

The Newsboys, God’s Not Dead     (Slightly Light Rock)

Nominees:

Family Force 5

Skillet

tobyMac

The Newsboys

Disciple

Flatfoot 56  (Cornerstone Festival IL. set)

John Reuben

Owl City

Blindside

Thousand Foot Krutch

Relient K

Superchick

Children 18:3

Honorable Mentions:

KJ-52

Manic Drive

The Wedding

Red

Group 1 Crew

Remedy Drive

The Almost

Runners-Up:

Sky Sailing, An Airplane Carried Me To Bed     (Light Folk Rock)

Close Your Eyes, We Will Overcome     (Rock/Punk/Hardcore)

Submission Red, Vision Tour     (Hard Rock)

Abel, Lesser Men     (Slightly indie Rock)

Shonlock, Where Never Begins     (Hip-Hop (Rap)/Urban/Rock)

Honorable Mentions:

 
Shapes Stars Make, These Mountains Are Safe     (Slightly Experimental Atmospheric Rock)

 
Satellites & Sirens, Satellites & Sirens     (Pop/Rock / Rock with some Electronic elements)

Paper Tongues, Paper Tongues     (Slightly Experimental Rock)

The Letter Black, Hanging On By A Thread     (Hard Rock)

Sixteen Cities, Sixteen Cities     (Pop/Rock)

Runners-Up:

Gungor, Beautiful Things     (Slightly Light Rock)

Silverline, Voices In The Night     (Rock)

Honorable Mention:

Ivoryline, Vessels     (Slightly Experimental Melodic Rock)

Honorable Mentions:

Article One, Clarity     (Violin-Featured Rock)

Reilly, Around The World     (Slightly Light Violin-Featured Rock)

Runners-Up:

House Of Heroes, Suburba     (Rock)

Lecrae, Rehab     (Hip-Hop (Rap))

DJ Andy Hunter, Collide EP     (Electronic– DJ)

Honorable Mention:

Sarah Kelly, Midnight Sun     (Slightly Light Rock)

NONE.

NONE.

Runners-Up:

tobyMac

The Newsboys

Disciple

Flatfoot 56  (Cornerstone Festival IL. set)

John Reuben

Thousand Foot Krutch

Relient K

Superchick

Children 18:3

Honorable Mentions:

Manic Drive

The Almost

The Wedding

Runner-Up:

Abandon, Searchlights     (Rock)

Honorable Mentions:

Chris And Conrad, Chris And Conrad     (Pop/Rock / Rock)

Dreampilots, Comedown     (Rock/Classic-Style Rock)

Runners-Up:

Owl City, Ocean Eyes     (Electronic Folk Pop/Rock)

 
Benjiman, SKRIPT (Spreading Kingdom Realities In Perilous Times)
(Hip-Hop (Rap)/Rock)

Honorable Mentions:

Leeland, Love Is On The Move     (Slightly Light Rock Worship)

Eleventyseven, Adventures In Eville     (Pop/Punk/Dance)

Honorable Mentions:

Showbread, The Fear Of God     (Rock/Hardcore with some Punk elements)

Seventh Day Slumber, Take Everything     (Rock Worship)

Everyday Sunday, Best Night Of Our Lives     (Rock with some Pop/Punk/Rock)

Hawk Nelson, Live Life Loud!     (Pop/Punk/Rock)

NONE.

Honorable Mentions:

Relient K, Forget And Not Slow Down     (Rock)

Pillar, Confessions     (Hard Rock)

Runner-Up:

Project 86, Picket Fence Cartel     (Slightly Experimental Rock/Hardcore)

Runners-Up:

tobyMac

John Reuben

Showbread

Disciple

The Wedding

Children 18:3

Flatfoot 56  (Cornerstone Festival IL. set)

Relient K

Skillet

NONE.

Runners-Up:

Thieves And Liars, When Dreams Become Reality     (Classic-Style Heavy Rock)

Above The Golden State, Above The Golden State     (Slightly Light Rock)

One Minute Halo, Against The Grain     (Hard Rock)

Chris Taylor, Take Me Anywhere     (Slightly Light Rock)

Honorable Mention:

After Edmund, Hello     (Rock)

Runner-Up:

This Beautiful Republic, Perceptions     (Hard-Edged Rock/Rock)

Honorable Mentions:

Family Force 5, Dance Or Die     (Electronic Crunk Rock)

Ruth, Anorak     (Rock)

Leeland, Opposite Way     (Slightly Light Rock)

Runner-Up:

DJ Andy Hunter, Colour     (Electronic–DJ)

Honorable Mention:

The Contact, Canvas Tears     (Slightly Experimental Rock)

NONE.

Honorable Mention:

Pillar, For The Love Of The Game     (Hard Rock)

NONE.

Runners-Up:

Family Force 5

tobyMac

Skillet

John Reuben

Showbread

Disciple

Children 18:3

Flatfoot 56  (Cornerstone Festival IL. set)

Eowyn

NONE.

Runners-Up:

Group 1 Crew, Group 1 Crew     (Hip-Hop (Rap)/Urban/Rock)

Deas Vail, All The Houses Look The Same     (Piano-Driven Rock/Rock)

Wavorly, Conquering The Fear Of Flight     (Rock)

The Send, Cosmos     (Rock)

 
Half Past Forever, Take A Chance On Something Beautiful     (Slightly Light Rock)

The Almost, Southern Weather     (Emocore Rock/Rock)

 
The Glorious Unseen, Tonight The Stars Speak     (Atmospheric Rock/Rock Worship)

Lost Ocean, Lost Ocean     (Experimental Piano-Driven Rock)

Runner-Up:

Manic Drive, Reset & Rewind     (Rock)

Honorable Mention:

Eleventyseven, Galactic Conquest     (Pop/Punk/Dance/Rock)

Runners-Up:

NONE.

Honorable Mentions:

Falling Up, Captiva     (Rock)

Kevin Max, The Blood     (Rock/Gospel)

Runner-Up:

Flatfoot 56, Jungle Of The Midwest Sea     (Celtic Punk)

Runner-Up:

 
Relient K, Five Score And Seven Years Ago
(Rock with some Pop/Punk/Rock elements)

Honorable Mentions:

Project 86, Rival Factions     (Experimental Hard-Edged Rock/Hardcore)

Spoken, Spoken     (Rock/Hardcore)

Runners-Up:

tobyMac

The Newsboys

John Reuben

Showbread

Disciple

Skillet

Switchfoot

Leeland  (Long set)

Falling Up

Flatfoot 56  (Cornerstone Festival IL. set)

NONE.

Runners-Up:

Red, End Of Silence     (Hard Rock/Rock)

MuteMath, MuteMath     (Experimental Atmospheric Rock)

Flyleaf, Flyleaf     (Hard-Edged Rock)

Leeland, Sound Of Melodies     (Light Rock Worship)

The Fold, This Too Shall Pass     (Pop/Rock / Rock)

Fireflight, The Healing Of Harms     (Hard Rock)

Fighting Instinct, Fighting Instinct     (Hard-Edged Rock)

Honorable Mentions:

Decyfer Down, End Of Grey     (Hard Rock/Rock)

Nevertheless, Live Like We’re Alive     (Pop/Rock / Rock)

Edison Glass, A Burn Or A Shiver     (Experimental Melodic Rock)

 
Hundred Year Storm, Hello From The Children Of Planet Earth     (indie Pop/Rock / Rock)

Runners-Up:

Hawk Nelson, Smile, It’s The End Of The World     (Pop/Punk/Rock)

Sarah Kelly, Where The Past Meets Today     (Rock with some Southern styling)

NONE.

Runners-Up:

NONE.

Honorable Mention:

 
Kutless, Hearts Of The Innocent
(Hard-Edged Rock/Rock)

Honorable Mention:

P.O.D., Testify     (Reggae/Raprock/Rock)

NONE.

Runners-Up:

tobyMac

John Reuben

The Newsboys

Showbread

Disciple

Skillet

Relient K

Falling Up

Flatfoot 56  (Cornerstone Festival IL. set)

Kids In The Way

NONE.

Runners-Up:

Kids In The Way, Safe From The Losing Fight     (Emocore Rock)

Aaron Sprinkle, Lackluster     (Folk Rock)

Showbread, No Sir, Nihilism Is Not Practical     ((True) Screamo)

tobyMac, Momentum     (Hip-Hop (Rap)/Hard Rock)

Kutless, Kutless     (Hard-Edged Rock/Hard Rock)

John Reuben, Are We There Yet?     (Hip-Hop (Rap)/Experimental/Rock)

subseven, Free To Conquer     (Emocore/Hardcore)

Everyday Sunday, Stand Up     (Rock)

Dizmas, On A Search In America     (Hardcore)

Day Of Fire, Day Of Fire     (Rock)

Honorable Mentions:

Duvall, Volume & Density     (Rock)

Ever Stays Red, …I’ll Tell The World     (indie Rock Worship)

Sides Of The North, The Incurable Romantic     (indie Hard-Edged Rock)

Runners-Up:

tobyMac, Welcome To Diverse City     (Hip-Hop (Rap)/Rock)

Thousand Foot Krutch, Phenomenon     (Rock)

John Reuben, Hindsight     (Hip-Hop (Rap)/Experimental/Rock)

Mae, The Everglow     (Rock)

The Elms, Truth, Soul, Rock & Roll     (Classic-Style Rock)

Kevin Max, The Imposter     (Rock)

Bleach, Static     (Classic-Style Rock/Rock)

DJ Andy Hunter, Life     (Electronic–DJ)

 
Relient K, Anatomy Of The Tongue In Cheek     (Pop/Punk/Rock)

Flatfoot 56, Waves Of War     (Celtic Punk)

Honorable Mentions:

Pillar, Fireproof     (Hard Rock)

Cool Hand Luke, The Fires Of Life     (indie Soft Rock/Rock)

Runners-Up:

Disciple, This Might Sting A Little     (Hard Rock)

Further Seems Forever, Hide Nothing     (Emo Rock)

Pillar, Where Do We Go From Here?     (Hard Rock)

John Reuben, Professional Rapper     (Hip-Hop (Rap)/Experimental/Rock)

Honorable Mentions:

 
Relient K, Two Lefts Don’t Make A Right… But Three Do     (Pop/Punk/Rock)

Thousand Foot Krutch, The Art Of Breaking     (Rock)

Runners-Up:

dcTalk, Jesus Freak     (Rock)

Audio Adrenaline, Some Kind Of Zombie     (Rock)

Disciple, By God     (Hard Rock)

 
John Reuben, The Boy vs. The Cynic     (Hip-Hop (Rap)/Experimental/Rock)

Runners-Up:

Switchfoot, Nothing Is Sound     (Rock)

Poor Old Lu, The Waiting Room     (Rock)

Disciple, Back Again     (Hard Rock)

Honorable Mention:

dcTalk, Supernatural     (Rock)

Runner-Up:

Skillet, Collide     (Hard Rock)

NONE.

Runners-Up:

tobyMac

The Newsboys

Flatfoot 56  (Cornerstone Festival IL. set)

The O.C. Supertones

NONE.