GRAMMY Win for Integrity Music Songwriters Mitch Wong and Dwan Hill

4 April 2022 – Nashville, TN – Integrity Music songwriters Mitch Wong and Dwan Hill win a GRAMMY Award® with Cece Winans’ song “Believe For It” which was also co-written with Kyle Lee and Cece Winans. They take the award home in the Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song category, which was announced during the Premiere Ceremony of the 64^th Annual GRAMMY Awards held in Las Vegas, NV. Alongside this win, Mitch Wong was also nominated for co-writing “Voice of God” by Dante Bowe and Nathan Jess, who is also an Integrity Music songwriter, was nominated for Chandler Moore’s “Man of Your Word.” After last year’s ceremony happening online due to the global pandemic, sheer excitement, joy and thankfulness were palpable at this year’s ceremony and resounded in Mitch Wong’s acceptance speech: “This song is all about belief. We believe for a better world, we believe for peace, we believe in the unconditional, no strings attached love of Jesus and we want to thank Him.

Integrity Music is honored to celebrate this win at the Recording Academy’s GRAMMY Awards, which featured 6 special performances and more than 70 GRAMMYs awarded across music genres ranging from classical and jazz, to R&B, Global music and more. Mark Nicholas, Head of Label at Integrity Music shares, “It is our great privilege to celebrate Mitch and Dwan’s good gifts and songs, particularly “Believe For It,” which is a resounding anthem to trust in God during precarious times. To see this song honored with a Grammy award is a testament to the world’s need of songs that offer ultimate hope.”

Integrity Music is overjoyed to see Christian music represented at Music’s Biggest Night and promises to continue to seek and release songs of substance that glorify God. Int The 64^th Annual GRAMMY Awards were held last night, Sunday April 3^rd, 2022, on the CBS Television Network, and hosted by Trevor Noah for the second year in a row. For a full list of all the wins, visit grammy.com. 

Watch Mitch Wong’s acceptance speech below

Grammy Nominations for Integrity Music

Integrity Music is thrilled to announce four GRAMMY nominations for three of its songwriters. Mitch Wong received two, Dwan Hill and Nathan Jess each received one. The nominations were broadcast earlier this week by The Recording Academy® for the 64th Annual GRAMMY Awards®. 

Best Gospel Performance Performance/Song:
“Voice Of God” – Mitch Wong, co-writer (performed by Dante Bowe)Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song:
“Believe For It” – Dwan Hill, Mitch Wong, co-writers (performed by CeCe Winans) 

Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song: “Man Of Your Word” – Nathan Jess, co-writer (performed by Chandler Moore & KJ Scriven)

As the only peer-selected music accolade, the GRAMMY Awards are voted on by the Recording Academy’s voting membership body of music makers, who represent all genres and creative disciplines, including recording artists, songwriters, producers, mixers, and engineers. This year’s nominees were voted on by Recording Academy voting members from nearly 22,000 eligible entries and reflect the wide range of artistic innovation that defined the year in music (Sept. 1, 2020–Sept. 30, 2021). The final round of GRAMMY voting is Dec. 6, 2021–Jan. 5, 2022.  The Recording Academy will present the GRAMMY Awards on Mon, Jan. 31, 2022, on the CBS Television Network and stream live and on-demand on Paramount+ from 8–11:30 p.m. ET / 5–8:30 p.m. PT. Prior to the telecast, the GRAMMY Awards Premiere Ceremony® will be held at the Microsoft Theater at 12:30 p.m. PT and will be streamed live on GRAMMY.com and the Recording Academy’s YouTube channel.

Israel Houghton & New Breed Return With New Album

ISRAEL HOUGHTON & NEW BREED are back with a brand new worship album Project LA: Alive In Los Angeles, which was released on Oct. 22. Houghton is a prolific worship leader, musician, songwriter, producer, and recording artist. His music ministry has spanned 25 years. He is the recipient of five Grammy Awards, 13 Dove Awards, two Stellar Awards, a Soul Train Music Award, and many more.

Project LA: Alive In Los Angeles features 18 songs and it features special guest vocalists such as Maverick City Music’s Chandler Moore, DOE, Onaje Jefferson, Linny Smith, Lucia Parker, his own wife Adrienne Houghton, and many others. The new record features brand new songs, some of Israel and New Breed’s favorites as well as fresh takes on old hymns and worship songs.

The lead single “Broken People,” features the added vocals of new Gospel artist DOE. Houghton has this to say about the lyric video of “Broken People,” “I knew I wanted to have a lyric video for `Broken People’ because these words are just so powerful to sing and read and declare and believe. Writing this with @doejonesmusic and @chandlerdmoore was such an honour.”

Chris Tomlin – God Who Listens (Acoustic)

Chris Tomlin is one of the most heralded singer-songwriters in the world who has amassed an impressive body of work. He has sold more than 8 million albums, 11.3 million digital tracks with 16 #1 singles. Tomlin is one of only four artists ever to receive the Sound Exchange Digital Radio Award for over 1 Billion digital radio streams, others include Justin Timberlake, Pitbull and Garth Brooks. The GRAMMY® winner’s list of music awards include an American Music Award, 3 Billboard Music Awards, 21 Dove Awards, a BMI Songwriter of the Year Award and more. Tomlin’s latest #1 charting album Never Lose Sight contains three #1 radio singles- “Jesus,” “Good Good Father” and “Home.” Tomlin’s concert tours have sold-out venues in major cities including New York City’s Madison Square Garden, The Forum in Los Angeles, Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena and Red Rocks in Denver, among others. His 2017 “Worship Night in America Tour” became the first Christian tour sponsored by Amazon Music.

CeCe Winans has released her latest album titled Believe For It.

“This album is filled with such powerful songs that need to be heard around the world. I believe some amazing testimonies will be shared after people listen to this project,” says Winans.

Winans adds her distinctive sound and style to the contemporary hymns that has been sung in churches worldwide. The debut tune from the worship collection, “Never Lost” is currently resting in the Top 20 slot at Gospel Radio and was recently nominated for NAACP Image Award in the Outstanding Gospel/Christian category. The single found itself riding a wave straight to the #1 streaming spot on the charts the first week of release.

It has been four years since Winans’ last (non-holiday) recording of Let Them Fall in Love that marked her return from a decade-long hiatus, but it was worth the wait. The offering of that musical smorgasbord put an additional two Grammy Awards under the singer’s belt, making it an even dozen. There is very little space left on the shelf after her 23 Dove Awards and 15 Stellar Awards are added to the display. Over 17 million fans have purchased Winans’ music world-wide, and after this latest installation, that number will continue to rise.

Provident Entertainment Artists Win 2021 Grammy Awards

Provident Entertainment’s family of artists, labels, songwriters, and publishers are pleased to share they received three GRAMMYs at the 63rd Annual GRAMMY Awards® held last month in Los Angeles, CA. They went into the awards with 18 nominations.

Zach Williams

Zach Williams (Provident Label Group) won for Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song for “There Was Jesus,” his duet with Dolly Parton, which he also co-wrote. Williams won his first GRAMMY in 2018 for his album Chain Breaker.

Essential Music Publishing writer Jonathan Smith received his second GRAMMY as co-writer of “There Was Jesus.” He won his first GRAMMY in 2018 as producer for Chain Breaker.

Mali Music

Mali Music (RCA Inspiration) won for Best Gospel Performance/Song with “Movin’ On” with Jonathan McReynolds. This is Mali Music’s first GRAMMY win with four career nominations.

 “Our congratulations to Zach Williams, Jonathan Smith and Mali Music on their GRAMMY wins,” shares Terry Hemmings, Provident Entertainment’s CEO/President. “We would also like to congratulate all of our nominees in the Provident Entertainment Family. Their hard work and pursuit of excellence in their craft is to be applauded and rewarded.”

The Gaither Music Group and Ernie Haaase & Signature Sound Celebrate Grammy Nod for “Something Beautiful.”

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The Gaither Music Group and Ernie Haase + Signature Sound celebrate the GRAMMY-nomination for Something Beautiful. The Gaither Music Group project, a tribute to the legacy of Bill and Gloria Gaither, is nominated for Best Roots Gospel Album at the 63rd Annual GRAMMY Awards.

Ernie Haase, Bill Gaither and Wayne Haun poured through the gospel music icons’ catalog of over 700 popular songs and decided to reimagine several standards for Something Beautiful. The quartet’s rendition of “Because He Lives” landed on the Spotify New Music Friday Christian playlist and has been played in over 70 countries and added to over 1,000 playlists while “It’s Beginning to Rain” was recently added to the Spotify Best Christian & Gospel Songs of 2020 playlist. Songs from the album are also featured on the Gaither Radio on Pandora station.

Something Beautiful includes collaborations with both Gospel Music Hall of Fame members, who have collectively garnered eight GRAMMY Awards and 40 Gospel Music Association DOVE Awards, including the title Songwriter of the Year eight times. Bill Gaither joins Ernie Haase + Signature Sound on “It’s Beginning to Rain” while Gloria Gaither lends her voice to the quartet’s medley of Gaither classics.

Ernie Haase + Signature Sound started their weekly Friday Night Sing program in September as a new way to entertain and offer hope to fans at home. Hosted live on the quartet’s Facebook and YouTube pages on Fridays at 7 p.m. ET, the series has already amassed over half a million streams.