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Chris Tomlin garners 3 Billboard Music Award nominations; honored in every Christian category

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Mon, Apr 11th 2016 03:50 pm

Chris Tomlin was honored today with nominations in every Christian category for the 2016 Billboard Music Awards, including Top Christian Artist, Top Christian Album for "ADORE: Christmas Songs Of Worship," and Top Christian Song for "Good Good Father." The honors put Tomlin at 10 total BBMA nominations with three previous wins.

"ADORE: Christmas Songs Of Worship" hit No. 1 on Billboard's holiday albums and top Christian albums charts, while "Good Good Father" hit No. 1 on Billboard's Christian digital songs, hot Christian songs and Christian airplay charts. 

The 2016 Billboard Music Awards will take place Sunday, May 22, airing live on ABC.

Tomlin is currently prepping for "Worship Night In America" events set to take place in Los Angeles, Denver, Chicago, Miami and New York City this summer. The nights will feature speakers Louie Giglio and Max Lucado, along with musical guests Matt Redman, Matt Maher, Phil Wickham and Kim Walker-Smith. Last year's inaugural events sold out Madison Square Garden, Sacramento's Sleep Train Arena and Denver's Red Rocks Amphitheater. For tickets and additional information, CLICK HERE.

With 10 albums, 15 No. 1 radio singles, a Grammy Award and eight additional nominations, three Billboard Music Awards, 21 Dove Awards, a platinum and four gold albums to his credit, Tomlin is among the most well-known and influential artists in contemporary Christian music. Referred to by TIME Magazine as likely the most often sung artist anywhere, Tomlin consistently has several songs in the top 20 of the top 100 CCLI songs.

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