Australian Gospel Music Awards
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The Australian Gospel Music Awards recognise achievement across Christian music genres within Australia. The awards themselves are divided into songs, achievement (sales and airplay), music videos and lifetime recognition.
Officially launched in 1994, the individual awards are affectionately as the "Angels" and represent the peak of Christian music recognition in Australia.
The organisational structure behind the Awards is coordinated by the Australian Gospel Music Association and involve considerable input from various industry sources. One of the highlights include the running of the Australian Gospel Songwriting Competition which is judged by representatives across the Christian music sector and culminates with the Best Song, Lyrics, Music and Genre awards. Industry sales and airplay are sourced from The Rock Across Australia and music videos judged by senior management of various Australian Christian telelvision broadcasters.
The Industry preak lifetime achiement is recognised through the Yamaha Golden Gospel Award. This has been awarded to a wide range of industry performer, production and songwriting personalities and include: Jimmy Little, Francine Bell, Sister Janet Mead, Martin Erdman, Family, Peter Dodds McCormack, amongst others.
Other achievement category award winners have included Hillsong Church, Anthony Callea, Carter and Carter, Oxford Falls CCC, Venetta Fields amongst others.
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