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Music industry icon and RIAA certified platinum selling artist CeCe Winans received four Dove Award nominations today including one for the prestigious category of Female Vocalist of the Year. Most nominations surround her latest CD, Throne Room, the first venture for her INO/PureSprings/Epic recording partnership.

Today's nominations included Female Vocalist of the Year (an honor she has won twice before), Praise & Worship Album of the Year, Praise and Worship song of the Year for "Throne Room", and Contemporary Gospel Recorded Song for "Hallelujah Praise." These are CeCe's first nominations in the Praise and Worship categories.

Throne Room debuted at #1 on both the Billboard Contemporary Christian and Gospel charts, and has consistently remained one of the top 5 sales leaders in those categories as it approaches gold status.

CeCe has launched a 25 - city mega church tour and just recently released her first book with Integrity Publishers, Throne Room. In between dates, she is also working on her next project, scheduled to release in the fall of 2004.