{"id":2058350,"date":"2026-07-23T16:57:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T13:57:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2058350"},"modified":"2026-07-23T16:57:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T13:57:20","slug":"bmi-2026-christian-awards-honors-genres-top-songs-writers-publishers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2058350","title":{"rendered":"BMI 2026 Christian Awards Honors Genre\u2019s Top Songs, Writers, Publishers"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tBMI celebrated the songwriters and publishers behind 25 of its most-performing Christian music songs over the past year, during a celebration held at BMI\u2019s Nashville office on Wednesday (July 22).<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cMade For More,\u201d written by Jessie Early, Jonathan Smith and Blake Wiggins, was named BMI\u2019s Christian song of the year. The hit, recorded by Josh Baldwin, was Baldwin\u2019s first No. 1 on Billboard\u2019s Christian AC Airplay chart.<\/p>\n

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    \n\tSteven Furtick was named BMI Christian songwriter of the year, and wrote three of the 25 most-performed songs, including \u201cAnother One,\u201d \u201cGoodbye Yesterday,\u201d and \u201cLion.\u201d<\/p>\n

    \n\tCapitol CMG Publishing took home publisher of the year, representing 19 of the 25 most-performed songs of the year, including \u201cMade For More,\u201d as well as \u201cAltar,\u201d \u201cGrave Robber,\u201d \u201cIf I Got Jesus,\u201d \u201cMy God Can,\u201d \u201cSomebody Prayed,\u201d \u201cTake You At Your Word,\u201d \u201cThe Truth\u201d and \u201cWho Else.\u201d<\/p>\n

    \n\tThe event was led by BMI\u2019s assistant vp of creative, Nashville\u00a0Leslie Roberts<\/strong>; executive vp, chief revenue and creative officer,\u00a0Mike Steinberg<\/strong>; and\u00a0BMI\u2019s CEO\u00a0Mike O\u2019Neill<\/strong>. The 2026 BMI Christian Awards were sponsored by Studio Bank.<\/p>\n

    \n\t2018 BMI Compass Award recipient Elwyn Raymer opened the evening with a prayer, while performances included Belle Frantz performing \u201cAmazing Grace.\u201d Steven Curtis Chapman welcomed Drew Parker to the stage for a performance of \u201cBlame Jesus,\u201d while Jamie MacDonald closed the evening with a rendition of \u201cLeft It In The River.\u201d<\/p>\n

    \n\tOther songs celebrated during the evening included \u201cAltar,\u201d written by\u00a0Forrest Frank,\u00a0Lasanna \u201cAce\u201d Harris,\u00a0Steve Rice\u00a0and\u00a0Willie Scott Jr.; \u201cNothin\u2019 Sweeter,\u201d written by\u00a0TobyMac\u00a0and\u00a0Jordan Mohilowski; \u201cRunning Back To You,\u201d written by\u00a0Seph Schlueter; \u201cThank you Jesus for the Blood,\u201d written by\u00a0Charity Gayle\u00a0alongside\u00a0Steven Musso; and \u201cUnsung Hero,\u201d written by\u00a0Luke Smallbone. <\/p>\n

    \n\tThe evening also celebrated 18 first-time award winners, including Leanna Crawford,\u00a0Frankie Holleman,\u00a0Zachary Kale,\u00a0Patrick Mayberry,\u00a0Steven Musso\u00a0and\u00a0Megan Woods.<\/p>\n

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/bmi-christian-awards-2026-billboard-1800.jpg?w=1024″] Trending on Billboard BMI celebrated the songwriters and publishers behind 25 of its most-performing Christian music songs over the past year, during a celebration held at BMI\u2019s Nashville office on Wednesday (July 22). \u201cMade For More,\u201d written by Jessie Early, Jonathan Smith and Blake Wiggins, was named BMI\u2019s Christian song of the […]<\/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-2058350","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\/2058350","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=2058350"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2058350\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2058350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2058350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2058350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}