29th GMA Dove Awards

**29th Annual [[GMA Dove Award]]s** daa niŋla Anashaara goli April biɛɣu pishinaata dali yuuni 1998, ni di niŋ nintiɣili ni yuuni 1997 yiliyiiniba ni daa niŋ binshɛŋa.Di dɛma daa dɛmla Nashville, Tennessee, din be Nashville Arena. ka The Nashville Network daa zaŋli m-pa pɔhim zuɣu ka ban daa be di tooni nyɛ John Tesh mini Naomi Judd, ka Clarence Gilyard mini Kathy Troccoli daa dɛm hawa yini pɔi ka ʒia maa daa naan yi pili. 

## Rizoosi
;Song of the Year	
"On My Knees"; David Mullen, Nicole Coleman-Mullen, Michael Ochs (Seat of the Pants Music/Word Music (ASCAP), Ochsongs Music (BMI))

;Songwriter of the Year
Steven Curtis Chapman

;Male Vocalist of the Year
Steven Curtis Chapman

;Female Vocalist of the Year
Crystal Lewis

;Group of the Year
Jars of Clay

;Artist of the Year
Rich Mullins

;New Artist of the Year
Avalon

;Producer of the Year
Brown Bannister

;Southern Gospel Album of the Year
*Light of the World*; The Martins; Michael Sykes, Lari Gross; Spring Hill

;Southern Gospel Recorded Song of the Year
"Butterfly Kisses"; The Rock Cries Out; Tim Greene, Bob Carlisle, Randy Thomas; New Haven

;Inspirational Album of the Year
*Artist of My Soul*; Sandi Patty; Robbie Buchanan; Word

;Inspirational Recorded Song of the Year
"A Baby's Prayer"; Love and Mercy; Kathy Troccoli; Kathy Troccoli, Scott Brasher; Reunion

;Pop/Contemporary Album of the Year
*[[Behind the Eyes (Amy Grant album)|Behind the Eyes]]*; Amy Grant; Keith Thomas, Wayne Kirkpatrick; Myrrh

;Pop/Contemporary Recorded Song of the Year
"Let Us Pray"; Signs of Life; Steven Curtis Chapman; Steven Curtis Chapman; Sparrow

;Contemporary Gospel Album of the Year (formerly Contemporary Black Gospel)
*Pray*; Andrae Crouch; Andrae Crouch, Scott V. Smith; Qwest/Warner Bros.

;Contemporary Gospel Recorded Song of the Year (formerly Contemporary Black Gospel)
"Up Where I Belong"; BeBe & CeCe Winans – Greatest Hits; BeBe & CeCe Winans; Will Jennings, Jack Nitschi, Buffy Sainte Marie; Sparrow

;Traditional Gospel Album of the Year (formerly Traditional Black Gospel)
*A Miracle in Harlem*; Shirley Caesar; Bubba Smith, Shirley Caesar, Michael Mathis; Word Gospel

;Traditional Gospel Recorded Song of the Year (formerly Traditional Black Gospel)
"I Go to the Rock"; ''The Preacher's Wife'' Soundtrack; Whitney Houston; Dottie Rambo; Arista

;Urban Recorded Song of the Year
"Stomp"; God's Property; Kirk Franklin, George Clinton, Jr., Garry Shider, Walter Morrison; B'Rite Music

;Country Album of the Year
*Hymns from the Ryman*; Gary Chapman; Gary Chapman; Word Nashville

;Country Recorded Song of the Year
"The Gift"; The Best of Collin Raye – Direct Hits; Collin Raye, Jim Brickman; Tom Douglas, Jim Brickman; Word Nashville

;Rock Album of the Year
*Conspiracy No. 5*; Third Day; Sam Taylor; Reunion

;Rock Recorded Song of the Year
"Alien"; Conspiracy No. 5; Third Day; Mac Powell; Mark Lee, Tai Anderson, Brad Avery, David Carr; Reunion

;Hard Music Album of the Year
Insufficient number of eligible entries

;Hard Music Recorded Song of the Year
Insufficient number of eligible entries

;Rap/Hip Hop Album
*Revived*; World Wide Message Tribe; Zarc Porter; Warner Alliance

;Rap/Hip Hop Recorded Song
"Jumping in the House of God"; Revived; World Wide Message Tribe; Andy Hawthorne, Zarc Porter, Lee Jackson, Justin Thomas; Warner Alliance

;Modern Rock Album of the Year
*Caedmon's Call*; Caedmon's Call; Don McCollister; Warner Alliance

;Modern Rock Recorded Song of the Year
"Some Kind of Zombie"; Some Kind of Zombie; The Single; Audio Adrenaline; Mark Stuart; Barry Blair, Will McGinniss, Bob Herdman; Forefront

;Instrumental Album of the Year
*Invention*; Phil Keaggy, Wes King, Scott Dente'; R.S. Field; Sparrow

;Praise and Worship Album of the Year
*Petra Praise 2*; We Need Jesus; Petra; John & Dino Elefante; Word

;Children's Music Album of the Year
*Sing Me to Sleep Daddy*; Billy Gaines, Michael James, Phil Keaggy, Michael O'Brien, Guy Penrod, Peter Penrose, Angelo Petrucci, Michael W. Smith, Randy Stonehill, Wayne Watson; Nathan DiGesare; Brentwood Kids Co.

;Musical of the Year
*My Utmost for His Highest – A Worship Musical*; Gary Rhodes, Claire Cloninger; Word Music

;Youth/Children's Musical of the Year
Insufficient number of eligible entries

;Choral Collection of the Year
*Our Savior Emmanuel*; Greg Nelson, Bob Farrell; Word Music: Elijah Chester

;Special Event Album of the Year
*God with Us – A Celebration of Christmas Carols & Classics*; Anointed, Michael W. Smith, Twila Paris, Sandi Patty, Steven Curtis Chapman, Chris Willis, Steve Green, Cheri Keaggy, Avalon, Out of the Grey, Ray Boltz, Clay Crosse, CeCe Winans, Larnelle Harris;

;Short Form Music Video of the Year
"Colored People"; dc Talk; Mars Media; Lawrence Carroll; Forefront/Virgin

;Long Form Music Video of the Year
*A Very Silly Sing Along*; Veggie Tales; Mike Nawrocki, Chris Olsen, Kurt Heinecke; Everland Entertainment

;Recorded Music Packaging of the Year
Beth Lee; Gina R. Brinkley, Janice Booker; Ben Pearson, D.L. Taylor; *Sixpence None the Richer*; Sixpence None the Richer; Squint Entertainment

;Bluegrass Recorded Song of the Year
"Children of the Living God"; This Bright Hour; Fernando Ortega, Alison Krauss; Fernando Ortega; Myrrh

;Spanish Language Album of the Year
*La Belleze de la Cruz*; Crystal Lewis; Brian Ray, Dan Posthuma; Word International

;Enhanced CD of the Year
*Live the Life*; Michael W. Smith; Craig A. Mason; Reunion

;Urban Album of the Year
*God's Property from Kirk Franklin's Nu Nation*; God's Property; Kirk Franklin; B'Rite Music

;Bluegrass Album of the Year
*Bridges*; The Isaacs; Ben Isaacs; Horizon

## Yila din laɣim taba
Din doli ŋɔ na kalila yila bini din gbaai yuuni 1998 Dove Awards din daa yina "The 1998 Dove Award Nominees" "compact disk" ni:

## Kundivihira

## External links
* https://web.archive.org/web/20071024165036/https://www.doveawards.com/history/