K-Love Fan Awards

The K-Love Fan Awards (stylized as K-LOVE Fan Awards) is an annual American Christian music fan-voted awards ceremony show that is produced by K-Love.^[1] The show honors the most popular names in Christian music, sports, books and movies.^[2] The K-Love Fan Awards have been annually since 2013.

K-Love Fan Awards
K-Love Fan Awards logo
Awarded for	Christian music industry achievement award
Country	United States
Presented by	K-Love
First awarded	2013
Website	Official website

History

On February 13, 2013, K-Love held a press conference at the Ryman Auditorium Nashville, Tennessee, where they announced the inaugural K-Love Fan Awards, being the first fan-voted awards show for Christian music history, with artists such as TobyMac, Jeremy Camp, Francesca Battistelli in attendance.^[3] The voting process was set to begin in May, with the awards show where the winners would be announced set to be held on June 1, 2013,^[4] at the Ryman Auditorium and with hosting being done by Phil, Kay, Jase, and Missy Robertson of Duck Dynasty fame.^[5] K-Love had chosen Nashville as the host city for the award show because it is "home to the faith-based entertainment industry."^[6] On May 1, 2013, K-Love announced the nominees and performers for the awards ceremony, indicating that the nominees had been selected on the basis of airplay, spins, impact and overall performance.^[7] The awards ceremony was successfully held, drawing to a close on June 2, 2013.^[8][9]

In January 2016, K-Love opened official nominee selection to the fans for the first time, by way of online voting, in the lead-up to the 2016 K-Love Fan Awards.^[10][11] In February 2016, The K-Love Fan Awards were nominated by the Midsouth Emmy Awards in the Special Event Coverage, Lighting, and Set Design at the 30th Midsouth Emmy Awards.^[12] The K-Love Fan Awards won the Midsouth Emmy Awards for Lighting and Set Design.^[13]

In April 2018, K-Love announced that they had entered into a new partnership with TBN to televise the awards,^[14] beginning with the 2018 awards ceremony which was set to be broadcast by the network on May 31, 2018.^[15]

In April 2020, K-Love postponed the 2020 K-Love Fan Awards in abiding with social distancing regulations introduced in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, announced that the awards weekend would return May 28 through 30, 2021.^[16]

Categories

Current categories

• Artist of the Year
• Male Artist of the Year
• Female Artist of the Year
• Group/Duo of the Year
• Song of the Year
• Worship Song of the Year
• Breakout Single
• Film & Television Impact
• Book Impact
• Podcast of the Year
• Sports Impact

Retired categories

• Best Live Show

References

1. Paulson, Dave. "K-LOVE Fan Awards: Matthew West and Mandisa talk about co-hosting this year's show". The Tennessean. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
2. report, Advocate staff. "Lauren Daigle takes top honors at K-LOVE Fan Awards". The Advocate. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
3. Jackson, Tom (February 14, 2021). "K-LOVE Announces First Ever Fan Awards for Christian Music - Onstage Success - Tom Jacksons Live Music Method". Onstage Success. Retrieved May 20, 2021.
4. "K-LOVE Announces Fan Awards and Ultimate Fan Experience | AllAccess.com". AllAccess.com. February 14, 2021. Retrieved May 20, 2021.
5. Young, Abby (February 18, 2013). "K-LOVE Announces The First Ever Fan-Voted Awards Show In Christian Music History | Freeccm.com". Freeccm.com. Retrieved May 20, 2021.
6. "Jesusfreakhideout.com Music News, February 2013: K-LOVE Announces The First Ever Fan-Voted Awards Show In Christian Music History". Jesus Freak Hideout. February 14, 2021. Retrieved May 20, 2021.
7. "Jesusfreakhideout.com Music News, May 2013: PEPSI ANNOUNCED AS PRESENTING SPONSOR FOR THE INAUGURAL K-LOVE FAN AWARDS". Jesus Freak Hideout. May 1, 2013. Retrieved May 20, 2021.
8. "Congratulations to KLOVE Fan Award Winners!". Premier Productions. June 4, 2013. Retrieved May 20, 2021.
9. Hinds, Andrea (June 9, 2013). "K-LOVE Makes Christian Music History - Williamson Source". Premier Productions. Retrieved May 20, 2021.
10. Yap, Timothy (January 20, 2016). "Fans Can Now Vote for their Favorite CCM Artists for this Year's K-LOVE FAN AWARDS : News : JubileeCast". JubileeCast. Retrieved May 21, 2021.
11. "Elisabeth Hasselbeck and Matthew West to host 2016 K-LOVE Fan Awards live from Nashville". Niagara Falls Publications. January 20, 2016. Retrieved May 21, 2021.
12. "John Sanders LLC And K-LOVE Fan Awards Honored With EMMY® Nomination — the media collective". Niagara Falls Publications. February 22, 2016. Retrieved May 21, 2021.
13. "K-LOVE Fan Awards And John Sanders LLC Garner Two Distinguished EMMY® Awards — the media collective". Niagara Falls Publications. March 14, 2016. Retrieved May 21, 2021.
14. Yap, Timothy (April 8, 2018). "K-LOVE Fan Awards To Air On Television For First Time With TBN At Helm : News : JubileeCast". JubileeCast. Retrieved May 22, 2021.
15. Yap, Timothy (April 9, 2018). "K-Love Fan Awards To Be Broadcast On TBN In May - MusicRow.com". MusicRow.com. Retrieved May 22, 2021.
16. Longs, Herb (June 3, 2019). "K-LOVE Fan Awards Postponed Until 2021 - TCB". The Christian Beat. Retrieved May 22, 2021.

External links

• Official website  

•  Evangelical Christianity portal