Curb | Word Entertainment Celebrates Three Wins At 7th Annual K-LOVE Fan Awards

By Hallels News Jun 04, 2019 03:57 AM EDT

Curb | Word Entertainment took home top honors at the 7th annual K-LOVE Fan Awards, held last night (6/2) at Nashville's historic Grand Ole Opry House. for KING & COUNTRY was honored with the Group of the Year title, along with Song of the Year for "God Only Knows," which has spent a record eight weeks atop both the Billboard and Mediabase charts.

This year's two additional wins bring for KING & COUNTRY's career tally to 11, continuing their reign as the most awarded artist in K-LOVE Fan Awards history. We Are Messengers earned their first ever K-LOVE Fan Award when their Top 5 hit, "Maybe It's OK," was named Breakout Single of the Year.

"On behalf of the entire Curb | Word Entertainment team, we are thrilled with the wins last night at the K-LOVE Fan Awards by for KING & COUNTRY and We Are Messengers for Group of the Year, Song of the Year, and Breakout Single of the Year!" shares Curb | Word Entertainment Senior Vice President and General Manager Ryan Dokke. "Their songs are touching lives, and we are honored to work alongside them. We were also extremely proud of the performances by Big Daddy Weave and Francesca Battistelli. It is an amazing time to be spreading His message far and wide. Thankful for K-LOVE bringing us together last night."

for KING & COUNTRY opened this year's sold-out awards ceremony with a show-stopping performance of "God Only Knows." We are Messengers performed their award-winning song "Maybe It's OK" against a backdrop of plush strings. Additional Curb | Word Entertainment artists also performed. Big Daddy Weave brought their new single, "Alive," to the Fan Awards stage, and Francesca Battistelli gave "The Breakup Song" a retro twist, complete with a brass section.

As the only fan-voted awards show in Christian music, 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 by Matthew West and Mandisa and sponsored by Coca-Cola Consolidated. Each year, the Fan Awards cap an entire weekend of fan-centric events held in Nashville, Tenn. Fans can catch this year's broadcast exclusively on TBN this coming Sunday, June 9 at 9 p.m. EST / 8 p.m. CST.

About Curb | Word Entertainment:
In 2016, Curb Records joined forces with Word Entertainment to form Curb | Word Entertainment, combining two of the music industry's most respected brands and more than a century of collective experience. Under the leadership of founder Mike Curb since 1963, Curb | Word Entertainment is one of the world's leading independent music companies. The powerhouse partnership finds the Nashville-based company presiding over a roster that features both award-winning acts and rising stars in Country, Christian, Pop and Hip-Hop, including Lee Brice, Dylan Scott, Rodney Atkins, Andreas Moss, Melanie Pfirrman, for KING & COUNTRY, Francesca Battistelli, Big Daddy Weave and Natalie Grant, among others. In addition to Curb | Word Entertainment's recorded music divisions, the company also operates a variety of artist service departments encompassing film distribution, church resources, publishing, merchandising, booking and online initiatives. Curb | Word Entertainment took home top honors at the 7th annual K-LOVE Fan Awards, held last night (6/2) at Nashville's historic Grand Ole Opry House. for KING & COUNTRY was honored with the Group of the Year title, along with Song of the Year for "God Only Knows," which has spent a record eight weeks atop both the Billboard and Mediabase charts. This year's two additional wins bring for KING & COUNTRY's career tally to 11, continuing their reign as the most awarded artist in K-LOVE Fan Awards history. We Are Messengers earned their first ever K-LOVE Fan Award when their Top 5 hit, "Maybe It's OK," was named Breakout Single of the Year.

"On behalf of the entire Curb | Word Entertainment team, we are thrilled with the wins last night at the K-LOVE Fan Awards by for KING & COUNTRY and We Are Messengers for Group of the Year, Song of the Year, and Breakout Single of the Year!" shares Curb | Word Entertainment Senior Vice President and General Manager Ryan Dokke. "Their songs are touching lives, and we are honored to work alongside them. We were also extremely proud of the performances by Big Daddy Weave and Francesca Battistelli. It is an amazing time to be spreading His message far and wide. Thankful for K-LOVE bringing us together last night."

for KING & COUNTRY opened this year's sold-out awards ceremony with a show-stopping performance of "God Only Knows." We are Messengers performed their award-winning song "Maybe It's OK" against a backdrop of plush strings. Additional Curb | Word Entertainment artists also performed. Big Daddy Weave brought their new single, "Alive," to the Fan Awards stage, and Francesca Battistelli gave "The Breakup Song" a retro twist, complete with a brass section.

As the only fan-voted awards show in Christian music, 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 by Matthew West and Mandisa and sponsored by Coca-Cola Consolidated. Each year, the Fan Awards cap an entire weekend of fan-centric events held in Nashville, Tenn. Fans can catch this year's broadcast exclusively on TBN this coming Sunday, June 9 at 9 p.m. EST / 8 p.m. CST.

About Curb | Word Entertainment:
In 2016, Curb Records joined forces with Word Entertainment to form Curb | Word Entertainment, combining two of the music industry's most respected brands and more than a century of collective experience. Under the leadership of founder Mike Curb since 1963, Curb | Word Entertainment is one of the world's leading independent music companies. The powerhouse partnership finds the Nashville-based company presiding over a roster that features both award-winning acts and rising stars in Country, Christian, Pop and Hip-Hop, including Lee Brice, Dylan Scott, Rodney Atkins, Andreas Moss, Melanie Pfirrman, for KING & COUNTRY, Francesca Battistelli, Big Daddy Weave and Natalie Grant, among others. In addition to Curb | Word Entertainment's recorded music divisions, the company also operates a variety of artist service departments encompassing film distribution, church resources, publishing, merchandising, booking and online initiatives.