Phil Wickham was named songwriter of the yr on the 2024 BMI Christian Awards, which have been held Tuesday (June 18) at BMI’s Nashville’s workplace. BMI’s AVP of artistic, Nashville, Leslie Roberts hosted the invitation-only ceremony.
Wickham, 40, had a hand in writing 4 of this yr’s award-winning songs — “Holy Endlessly,” “Hymn of Heaven,” “Then Christ Got here” and “This Is Our God.” Wickham has acquired three Grammy nominations previously two years, together with one for his album I Imagine on the Feb. 4 ceremony. He has amassed 11 high 10 hits on Billboard’s Scorching Christian Songs chart, together with “Home of the Lord,” which reached No. 1 in 2022.
Wickham carried out an acoustic rendition of his music “Hymn of Heaven” on the occasion.
“Gratitude” was named the 2024 music of the yr. Written by BMI songwriters Dante Bowe and Ben Hastings (APRA) and recorded by Brandon Lake, the music logged 28 weeks at No. 1 on Scorching Nation Songs. The observe, featured on Lake’s album, Home of Miracles, acquired nominations from the 2023 GMA Dove Awards for music of the yr and worship recorded music of the yr.
Important Music Publishing took dwelling the accolade for writer of the yr. Important is accountable for 12 of the 25 most-performed songs of the yr — “Cornerstone,” “God Is in This Story,” “Coronary heart of God,” “Holy Endlessly,” “I Thank God,” “I’m So Blessed,” “Completely Cherished,” “Identical God,” “Thank God I Do,” “Then Christ Got here,” “This Is Our God” and “Who I Am.”
As well as, the ceremony named 21 first-time winners for his or her function in writing the highest 25 most-performed Christian songs of the earlier yr. They included pop powerhouses P!nk and Jeff Bhasker, who co-wrote the Lauren Daigle hit “Thank God I Do,” which topped Scorching Christian Songs for 20 weeks.
Three first-time winners have been double winners on the evening — Jonathan Jay (“Worry Is Not My Future” and “Relaxation on Us”) and Jacob Mills and Levi Mills (“God Is Actual” and “By no means Not God”).
The whole winners checklist may be discovered right here.
Wickham wasn’t the evening’s solely performer. Anne Wilson, 22, provided a stripped-down model of her hit, “Robust,” accompanied by BMI’s 2023 songwriter of the yr, Jeff Pardo. Newcomer Charly Beathard made her BMI efficiency debut with “Hallelujah Anyway.”
