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The 35th annual Dove Awards nominations were announced this afternoon, and ForeFront artists picked up 17 nods. ForeFront recording artist tobyMac, who received multiple nominations, also co-hosted the event along with Steven Curtis Chapman.

Topping the list with five nominations for her self-titled sophomore album, Stacie Orrico was nominated for the coveted "Artist of the Year" and "Female Vocalist of the Year" categories. Below is a complete list of the categories in which ForeFront artists are nominated.

Stacie Orrico's nominations included:

• Artist of the Year
• Female Vocalist of the Year
• Pop/Contemporary Album, Stacie Orrico
• Pop/Contemporary Recorded Song, "(There's Gotta Be) More To Life"
• Short Form Music Video, "(There's Gotta Be) More To Life"

Audio Adrenaline was nominated for:

• Rock Recorded Song, "Dirty"
• Rock/Contemporary Album, Worldwide
• Long Form Music Video, Alive

Rebecca St. James received the following nominations:

• Female Vocalist of the Year
• Special Event Album, !Hero The Rock Opera - artist

TAIT was nominated for:

• Rock Album, Lose This Life
• Special Event, !Hero The Rock Opera - artist
• Special Event, !Hero The Rock Opera - producer
• Rap/Hip Hop/Dance Recorded Song, "Raised In Harlem"

TobyMac was nominated in the following categories:

• Rap/Hip Hop/Dance Recorded Song, "Love Is In The House"
• Rock Recorded Song, "Get This Party Started"

Receiving one nomination each were:

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• Rap/Hip Hop Album, Lil iROCC Williams

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• Long Form Music Video, Free At Last: The Movie (10th
  Anniversary)

Congratulations go out to all the nominees. The 35th Annual Dove Awards will be held Wednesday, April 28, at Nashville's Gaylord Entertainment Center. For a full listing of nominees, go to www.doveawards.com/categories/.

When speaking of the nominees, John W. Styll, President of the Gospel Music Association (GMA), stated, ".It is so great to see artists like Switchfoot and Stacie Orrico, while certainly not new to the Gospel music community, have the breakout success they have experienced this year. They are all deserving of the recognition these awards are meant to show."

ForeFront Records is an EMI CMG label. Brentwood, Tennessee-based EMI CMG was founded in 1994. It is the world's largest Christian music company, operating the Sparrow, ForeFront, Worship Together and EMI Gospel labels in addition to EMI CMG Publishing and Chordant Distribution Group. EMI CMG is a unit of EMI Music, the third largest recorded music company in the world.