The 19th Annual ICM Faith, Family & Country™ Awards were held tonight at
The Fellowship at Two Rivers to honor artists, songwriters, radio personalities
and others in the genres of Christian and Inspirational Country Music. Winners
included Rascal Flatts for “Mainstream Inspirational Country Song” and “Video,”
Martina McBride for “Mainstream Country Female Artist” and Scotty McCreery for
“Mainstream Country Male Artist,” along with the top Inspirational Country Music
artists: Kali Rose, Tommy Brandt, Mary James, The Roys and many more. For a
complete list of winners, please see below or visit www.FaithFamilyCountry.com.
Highlights
of the evening included Gene Higgins being presented with the “Living Legend
Award,” as well as performances by Guy Penrod and special guest Sarah Darling,
Dennis Agajanian , Aaron & Amanda Crabb, and Canton Junction. ICM favorite
Andy Griggs took over hosting duties from Inside Edition’s Megan
Alexander for a portion of the show, with Miss Tennessee USA 2014 and Miss
Tennessee Teen USA 2014 presenting the winners with their trophies. The star
power did not end with performers. Presenters included American Idol’s
Melinda Doolittle, The Voice’s Holly Tucker, Jim Ed Brown, Former NBA
Player Mike Glenn and The Roys. The 19th Annual ICM Faith, Family & Country™
Awards were presented by Samaritan’s Purse and Operation Christmas Child and
Operation Troop Aid was this year’s charity of choice. Airing on The TCT
Network, GEB America, National Religious Broadcasters (NRB), The Worship Network
and Total Living Network (TLN), this year’s show reached a potential audience of
1.6 billion, it’s largest to date.
2013 ICM
Winners:
ENTERTAINER:
Kali
Rose
MALE VOCALIST:
Tommy
Brandt
FEMALE VOCALIST:
Mary
James
VOCAL DUO / VOCAL DUO PERFORMANCE:
Steve
Richard & Laura Dodd
VOCAL GROUP OR BAND:
Sunday
Drive
MAINSTREAM INSPIRATIONAL COUNTRY
SONG:
“Changed” Rascal Flatts
MAINSTREAM COUNTRY
MALE ARTIST:
Scotty McCreery
MAINSTREAM COUNTRY
FEMALE ARTIST:
Martina McBride
MAINSTREAM COUNTRY
DUO OR GROUP:
Joey+Rory
INSPIRATIONAL COUNTRY
SONG:
“They Don’t Stay Little Long Enough” Chuck
Hancock
SONGWRITER:
Chuck
Hancock
VIDEO:
“Changed” – Rascal
Flatts
MUSICIAN:
Dennis
Agajanian
COMEDIAN:
Chonda
Pierce
RADIO STATION/NETWORK:
Inspirational Country
Radio Network
NEW ARTIST:
Charee
White
YOUTH IN MUSIC AWARD:
The McDougal
Kids
FAITH, FAMILY, & COUNTRY MOVIE:
Spirit of
Love, the Mike Glenn Story – Film It Productions
Produced by Darla
Rae
RADIO PERSONALITY:
Marty
Smith
INSPIRATIONAL BLUEGRASS ARTIST:
The
Roys
MUSIC EVANGELIST:
Russ
Murphy
TELEVISION NETWORK:
RFD TV
2013
LIVING LEGEND:
Gene Higgins
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