16th GMA Dove Awards explained

16th GMA Dove Awards
Date:	1985
Location:	Nashville, Tennessee
Previous:	15th
Next:	17th

The 16th Annual GMA Dove Awards were held on 1985 recognizing accomplishments of musicians for the year 1984. The show was held in Nashville, Tennessee.

Award recipients

• Song of the Year
  • "Upon This Rock"; Gloria Gaither, Dony McGuire; Gaither Music, lt's-N-Me Music, Lexicon Music (ASCAP)
• Songwriter of the Year
  • Michael W. Smith
• Male Vocalist of the Year
  • Steve Green
• Female Vocalist of the Year
  • Sandi Patti
• Artist of the Year
  • Sandi Patti
• Southern Gospel Album of the Year
  • The Best Of And A Whole Lot More; Rex Nelon Singers; Ken Harding; Canaan
• Inspirational Album of the Year
  • Songs from the Heart

Sandi Patti; Greg Nelson, Sandi Patti Helvering; Impact

• Pop/Contemporary Album of the Year
  • Straight Ahead

Amy Grant; Brown Bannister; Myrrh Records

• Contemporary Gospel Album of the Year (formerly Contemporary Black Gospel)
  • No Time To Lose; Andrae Crouch; Bill Maxwell; Light
• Traditional Gospel Album of the Year (formerly Traditional Black Gospel)
  • Sailin; Shirley Caesar; Sanchez Harley, Shirley Caesar, David Lehman; Myrrh
• Instrumentalist
  • Phil Driscoll
• Praise and Worship Album of the Year
  • The Praise In Us; Neal Joseph; Myrrh
• Children's Music Album of the Year
  • Ten New Songs With Kids For Kids About Life; Ron W. Griffin; Word
• Musical Album
  • The Race Is On; Steve Taylor; Word
• Recorded Music Packaging of the Year
  • Eddie Yip; Stan Evenson; Don Putnam; Kingdom Of Love; Scott Wesley Brown
• Album by a Secular Artist
  • You Were Loving Me; Lulu Roman Smith; Gary McSpadden; Canaan

External links

• https://doveawards.com/awards/past-winners/