20th GMA Dove Awards

The 20th Annual GMA Dove Awards were held on April 13, 1989, recognizing accomplishments of musicians for the year 1988. The show was held in Nashville, Tennessee.

Award recipients

 * Song of the Year
 * "Friend Of A Wounded Heart"; Wayne Watson, Claire Cloninger; Word (ASCAP)
 * Songwriter of the Year
 * Steven Curtis Chapman
 * Male Vocalist of the Year
 * Wayne Watson
 * Female Vocalist of the Year
 * Sandi Patty
 * Group of the Year
 * Take 6
 * Artist of the Year
 * Amy Grant
 * New Artist of the Year
 * Take 6
 * Southern Gospel Album of the Year
 * Goin' In Style; The Cathedrals; Lari Goss; Homeland
 * Southern Gospel Recorded Song of the Year
 * "Champion Of Love"; The Cathedrals; Phil Cross, Caroly Cross; RiverSong
 * Inspirational Album of the Year
 * Make His Praise Glorious; Sandi Patty; Greg Nelson, Sandi Patti Helvering*; Word
 * NOTE: The legal name was not changed until 1994.
 * Inspirational Recorded Song of the Year
 * "In Heaven's Eyes"; Sandi Patty; Phil McHugh; Word
 * Pop/Contemporary Album of the Year
 * Lead Me On; Amy Grant; Brown Bannister; Myrrh
 * Pop/Contemporary Recorded Song of the Year
 * "His Eyes"; Steven Curtis Chapman; Steven Curtis Chapman; Sparrow
 * Contemporary Gospel Album of the Year
 * Take 6; Take 6; Mark Kibble, Claude V. McKnight III, Mervyn E. Warren; Reprise Records
 * Contemporary Gospel Recorded Song of the Year
 * "If We Ever"; Take 6; Public Domain; Reunion
 * Traditional Gospel Album of the Year
 * Live...In Chicago; Shirley Caesar; Bubba Smith, Shirley Caesar; Rejoice
 * Traditional Gospel Recorded Song of the Year (formerly Traditional Black Gospel)
 * "Hold My Mule"; Shirley Caesar; Shirley Caesar Williams; Word
 * Country Album of the Year
 * Richest Man In Town; Bruce Carroll; Bubba Smith; New Canaan
 * Country Recorded Song of the Year
 * "Above And Beyond"; Bruce Carroll; Bruce Carroll, Paul Smith; Word
 * Rock Album of the Year
 * Russ Taff; Russ Taff; Jack Joseph Puig; Myrrh
 * Rock Recorded Song of the Year
 * "Won By One"; Mylon & Broken Heart; Scot Allen, Trent Arganti, Kenneth Bentley, Ben Hewitt, Paul Joseph, Mylon LeFevre, Joe Hardy; Star Song
 * Hard Music Album of the Year
 * In God We Trust; Stryper; Stryper, Michael Lloyd; Enigma
 * Hard Music Recorded Song of the Year
 * "In God We Trust"; Stryper; Stryper; Benson
 * Instrumental Album of the Year
 * A Symphony Of Praise; Sandi Patti; David T Clydesdale; Word
 * Praise and Worship Album of the Year
 * Praise 10; Maranatha! Singers; Smitty Price, Tom Coomes; Maranatha!
 * Children's Music Album of the Year
 * Wise Guys and Starry Skies; Kathie Hill; Kathie Hill, Randall Dennis; Sparrow
 * Musical Album
 * In His Presence, The Ridden King; Dick and Melodie Tunney; Dick and Melodie Tunney; Genevox
 * Choral Collection Album
 * Sandi Patty Choral Praise; Greg Nelson; Word Music
 * Short Form Music Video of the Year
 * "Lead Me On"; Amy Grant; Tina Silvey; Andrew Doucette; Myrrh
 * Long Form Music Video of the Year
 * Carmen Live...Radically Saved; Carman; Cindy Dupree; George J. Flanigen IV and Robert Deaton; Benson
 * Recorded Music Packaging of the Year
 * PATRICK POLLEI, JOAN TANKERSLEY; PHILLIP DIXON; Russ Taff; Russ Taff