Daywind Music Group Celebrates Multiple 2025 GMA Dove Award Nominations
NASHVILLE, TENN. (July 30, 2025) — Daywind Music Group is honored to announce its nominations for the 56th Annual GMA Dove Awards, reflecting the continued excellence and impact of its creator partners within the Christian and Gospel music communities.
Artists and songwriters from Daywind Records and New Day Records, home to many of Southern Gospel’s most beloved voices, garnered multiple nominations across key categories including:
Southern Gospel Album of the Year:
Nelons – Loving You
Southern Gospel Recorded Song of the Year:
Scotty Inman – “Man on the Middle Cross” featuring Jason Crabb and Charlotte Richie
Karen Peck & New River – “That’s What Faith Looks Like”
Bluegrass/Country/Roots Album of the Year
High Road – Straight from the Heart
Bluegrass/Country/Roots Recorded Song of the Year
High Road – “There’s A River” featuring Jaelee Roberts
Nelons – “There’s a Hole in the Heart”
In addition, Daywind Worship, the top provider of choir music for the church, received a nomination for:
Musical/Choral Collection of the Year
– Cain for Kids
Congratulations to the songwriters at Daywind Music Publishing, including Jason Cox, Karen Peck Gooch, Wayne Haun, Dave Clark, Scotty Inman, Joseph Habedank, and Lee Black, whose works were included in the above and several other nominations, including 4 of the 5 nominees for Southern Gospel Recorded Song of the Year.
Artists React:
Karen Peck, multiple GMA Dove Award winner with the group Karen Peck and New River, says, “We are incredibly honored to be nominated for a GMA Dove Award for our song ‘That’s What Faith Looks Like.’ This song is so dear to our hearts, and we are truly thankful that it has resonated with so many. To God be the Glory.”
Autumn Nelon, the surviving member of the beloved family quartet, The Nelons, is touched to hear about the nominations near the anniversary of the tragic accident that took group members, family, and friends from us all too soon, says. “Loving You is a record that has taken on a whole new meaning to me. I will always cherish this, our last recording, and hoist it has a symbol of God’s grace in keeping the Nelon spirit alive. I am honored and very humbly thank all of our peers and fans for holding me up and for recognizing this collection of songs.”
Scotty Inman states, “I’m blown away. When I started this solo journey two years ago, I never dreamed it might include a Dove Award nomination. God continues to show me in many ways that my expectations are so small compared to the things He can do.”
Sarah Davison celebrated High Road’s nominations, adding, "We are incredibly honored and humbled to be nominated for two Dove Awards— Bluegrass/Country/Roots Album of the Year and Bluegrass/Country/Roots Song of the Year. This recognition means the world to us, and we give all glory to God for the opportunity to share His message through music. Thank you to the Gospel Music Association, our amazing New Day Records’ team, the writers, engineers (especially the late, great Mark Capps), the musicians, our producer, Ben Isaacs, and everyone who has supported us along the way. We’re truly grateful."
“This recognition from the GMA Dove Awards affirms the heart and excellence our artists pour into every note and our songwriters put into every line,” says Dusty Wells, Director of Artist & Label Relations at Daywind Music Group. “We are honored to walk alongside these incredible creators who are using their gifts to impact lives for Christ.”
The 56th Annual GMA Dove Awards will take place in Nashville this October 7th, with winners announced during a nationally televised broadcast on TBN on October 10th.