Brandon Lake, Lauren Daigle, for KING & COUNTRY, Rachael Lampa, MercyMe tops at 10th annual K-LOVE Fan Awards

Brandon Lake led the trophy tally with triple wins during Friday’s TBN broadcast of the fan-fueled 10th Annual K-LOVE Fan Awards hosted by CAIN. Taped live at Nashville’s iconic Opry House on May 28, Lake took home Male Artist, Song of the Year and Worship Song of the Year wins, with for KING & COUNTRY once again being named Artist of the Year, and Lauren Daigle bestowed the Female Artist of the Year Award. MercyMe took home their first K-LOVE Fan Award when they were named Group of the Year. The award for Breakout Single of the Year went to Rachael Lampa for "Perfectly Loved" ft. TobyMac.

TBN will broadcast an encore on June 10. 

The K-LOVE Fan Awards winners list was rounded by “The Chosen's” season three finale awarded for Film & Television Impact, Phil & Jase Robertson's “UNASHAMED” taking the Podcast of the Year Award, Phil Wickham's "On Our Knees" winning for Book Impact, and Charlotte Smith being honored with the Sports Impact Award. 

Sponsored by Coca-Cola Consolidated, the night kicked off with a powerful collaborative performance from Colton Dixon joined by multi-Platinum country star Gabby Barrett. As the evening unfolded, collaborations from Mac Powell and Jason Crabb, MercyMe with David Leonard, Katy Nichole and Big Daddy Weave took place, as well as Matthew West and a fan choir, including a moving tribute to late show producer Steve Strout with his daughter, Pippa. 

More performances and collabs from Tasha Layton with Jon Reddick, Jeremy Camp sharing the stage with his two daughters, Cody Carnes with country music's Russell Dickerson, and We The Kingdom joined by Anne Wilson, led into an emotional highlight as Blessing Offor had students from Nashville's Covenant School join his performance.

The evening continued with Steven Curtis Chapman leading a special ensemble performance of his 50th No. 1 song with Bart Millard, Mac Powell and Matthew West, along with many other moments created with and including Andrew Ripp with Rachael Lampa, Lauren Daigle with Jason Ingram, Brandon Lake with Benjamin William Hastings, and hosts CAIN creating a special group ensemble performance with friends to close out the show.

The ceremony was preceded by the biggest weekend in Christian music, including annual events such as the Friday night kick-off concert, Emerging Artist Showcase, Songwriter's Showcase and Sunday morning worship service. A brand-new event this year was added with Saturday morning's “Worship In The Round.”

Big Daddy Weave with Katy Nichole (Photo by Josiah Weiss for K-LOVE Fan Awards // courtesy of the media collective // Wortman Works)

Colton Dixon performing with Gabby Barrett (Photo by Jason Davis for K-LOVE Fan Awards // courtesy of the media collective // Wortman Works)

Jeremy Camp performing with his daughters (Photo by Josiah Weiss for K-LOVE Fan Awards // courtesy of the media collective // Wortman Works)

Lauren Daigle (Photo by Jason Davis for K-LOVE Fan Awards // courtesy of the media collective // Wortman Works)

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The full list of 2023 K-LOVE Fan Awards winners:

•Artist of the Year

for KING & COUNTRY

•Male Artist

Brandon Lake

•Female Artist

Lauren Daigle

•Group of the Year

MercyMe

•Worship Song of the Year

Brandon Lake, “Gratitude”

•Song of the Year

Brandon Lake, “Gratitude”

•Breakout Single

“Perfectly Loved,” Rachael Lampa ft. TobyMac

•Film & Television Impact

“The Chosen” season three finale

•Book Impact

“On Our Knees,” Phil Wickham

•Podcast Impact

“UNASHAMED,” Phil & Jase Robertson

More About K-LOVE

The K-LOVE Fan Awards mission is to create a fan experience that celebrates and promotes artists, athletes, authors and entertainers who, with excellence, engage and impact popular culture for Jesus Christ. This year’s show was hosted CAIN. The annual awards show is a John Sanders LLC production presented by Coca-Cola Consolidated. 

K-LOVE creates compelling media designed to inspire and encourage people to develop a meaningful relationship with Christ. K-LOVE is listener-supported and delivers Christian music through its almost 600 signals across 50 states, the K-LOVE app, smart devices, klove.com, and K-LOVE On Demand offering positive and encouraging music.

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MercyMe with their trophy for Group of the Year (Photo by Kayla Schoen for K-LOVE Fan Awards // courtesy of the media collective // Wortman Works)

Rachael Lampa with her trophy for Breakout Single of the Year (Photo by Kayla Schoen for K-LOVE Fan Awards // courtesy of the media collective // Wortman Works)