Dove Awards of 1989

The twentieth annual GMA Music Awards were held in 1989, recognizing accomplishments of musicians for the year 1988. Award recipients are listed below.

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; Reunion
*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; Myrrh
*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