{"id":2054921,"date":"2026-07-22T01:07:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T22:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2054921"},"modified":"2026-07-22T01:07:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T22:07:08","slug":"kierra-sheard-receives-bmi-impact-award-at-2026-bmi-trailblazers-of-gospel-music-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2054921","title":{"rendered":"Kierra Sheard Receives BMI Impact Award at 2026 BMI Trailblazers of Gospel Music Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tBMI celebrated the best in gospel music on Tuesday (July 21) at the 2026 BMI Trailblazers of Gospel Music Awards held at BMI\u2019s Nashville office, where Kierra Sheard received the BMI Impact Award in recognition of her career and impact on the future of gospel music. Sheard was also honored as BMI\u2019s gospel songwriter of the year in a three-way tie with her brother, J Drew Sheard II, and Kerry Douglas.<\/p>\n

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    \n\tBMI\u2019s gospel song of the year went to \u201cLead Me On,\u201d co-written by Jonathan Jay, Chandler Moore and Jeff Pardo. Performed by Moore, the song was a single from his 2024 solo album, Chandler Moore: Live in Los Angeles<\/em>. The song brought Moore his first solo No. 1 on Billboard<\/em>\u2019s Gospel Airplay Chart.<\/p>\n

    \n\tBMI\u2019s gospel publisher of the year went to Capitol CMG Publishing for having the highest publisher share percentage of the top 25 songs, including BMI\u2019s gospel song of the year, \u201cLead Me On.\u201d<\/p>\n

    \n\tThe 25 most-performed gospel songs of the previous year were also announced at the private afternoon ceremony hosted by BMI\u2019s CEO, Mike O\u2019Neill<\/strong>; executive vp and chief revenue & creative officer Mike Steinberg<\/strong>; and vp of creative, Atlanta, Catherine Brewton<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

    \n\tDouglas and siblings Kierra Sheard and J Drew Sheard II received songwriter of the year for each writing three of the most performed gospel songs of the previous year. Douglas was honored for \u201cDon\u2019t Give Up,\u201d \u201cWindows\u201d and \u201cWithout You,\u201d bringing his total number of BMI Awards to five. J Drew and Kierra Sheard were recognized for co-writing their hits \u201cAll Yours,\u201d \u201cRAIN DOWN ON ME\u201d and \u201cSend It Down,\u201d marking the second time the duo has been honored with this title, after their first win in 2022.<\/p>\n

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      \n\tThe BMI Impact Award tributes kicked off with a video message from Sheard\u2019s aunt and 2024 BMI Trailblazer of Gospel Music honoree Dorinda Clark-Cole. Sheard\u2019s mother, Karen Clark Sheard, also gave a speech congratulating her daughter for the \u201cwell-deserved honor.\u201d<\/p>\n

      \n\tTo pay homage to Sheard\u2019s career, tribute performances kicked off with Darrel Walls on \u201cIndescribable,\u201d joined by DOE, who gave a soulful rendition of \u201cThis Is Me.\u201d Tasha Cobb Leonard ended the tributes with an uplifting performance of \u201cHang On,\u201d with Karen Clark Sheard and Tamela Mann singing along from the audience.<\/p>\n

      \n\tUpon presenting Sheard with the BMI Impact Award, Steinberg said, \u201cToday, we celebrate you for inspiring us through all your endeavors: your innovative songwriting, your powerful artistry and your ministry that touches hearts around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

      \n\tSheard thanked her family and members of the audience, sharing, \u201cGod has a way to reward faithfulness before He rewards popularity\u2026 and [it] is a reminder that if you keep saying yes, He knows exactly where to find you.\u201d\u00a0 She added her appreciation to BMI, saying, \u201cI want to thank you for pushing gospel music forward.\u00a0 You make this industry worth staying in.\u00a0What matters is what you represent, that someone still believes in a song that is worth protecting and paying for.\u201d The ceremony concluded with Sheard singing her hit song \u201cYou Are.\u201d<\/p>\n

      \n\tThe ceremony, which kicked off with a performance of \u201cI Love the Lord\u201d sung by Keyla Richardson, highlighted 16 first-time winners, including Adia, Jazze Pha, Travis Finley, Dustin \u201cSLATE\u201d Slater and Keran Vega.<\/p>\n

      \n\tVisit the BMI site to see a full list of BMI\u2019s Trailblazers of Gospel Music Award honorees. (The link should be live by 11 p.m. ET.)<\/p>\n

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      [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2287095395-e1784680912114.jpg?w=1024″] Trending on Billboard BMI celebrated the best in gospel music on Tuesday (July 21) at the 2026 BMI Trailblazers of Gospel Music Awards held at BMI\u2019s Nashville office, where Kierra Sheard received the BMI Impact Award in recognition of her career and impact on the future of gospel music. Sheard was also […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[48,226],"class_list":["post-2054921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-billboard-com","tag-crawlmanager"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2054921","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2054921"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2054921\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2054921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2054921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2054921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}