The winners of the 35th annual Covenant Awards were announced at the Crossroads Centre in Burlington, Ontario on November 6, 2013. Given out by the Gospel Music Association of Canada, the awards honor the best and brightest Christian musicians from Canada in 50 different categories.
The Winners Were:
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Paul Brandt
The Singers:
- Female Vocalist Of The Year
Ali Matthews
2013 was Ali's third straight year of being named the Female Vocalist Of The Year.
- Male Vocalist Of The Year
Dan Bremnes
This was Dan's first CGMA win.
- Group Of The Year
The City Harmonic
The 2011 CGMA New Artist of the Year got their 5th overall win in 2013.
- New Artist Of The Year
Love & The Outcome
The husband and wife duo were the big winners of the night, going home with four awards.
- Artist Of The Year
Paul Brandt
Paul's 8th CGMA Award was also his first Artist Of The Year Award.
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Junkyard Poets - Mrs. Sophomore
Junkyard Poets - Mrs. Sophomore
The Songs:
- Alternative Rock Song Of The Year - "World At War" - Junkyard Poets
- Collaboration Of The Year - "I Saw Jesus" - Ali Matthews, Dan Macaulay, Joel Auge, Marcel Preston, Kevin Pauls & Matthew Grieve
- Pop/Contemporary Song Of The Year - "He Is With Us" - Love & The Outcome
- Song Of The Year - "He Is With Us" - Love & The Outcome
- Recorded Song Of The Year - "He Is With Us" - Love & The Outcome
- Inspirational Song Of The Year - "I Saw Jesus" - Ali Matthews
- Children’s Song Of The Year - "Come And Save Us" - Jon Bauer
- Classical/Traditional Song Of The Year - "O Come O Come Emmanuel" - Sean & Aimee Dayton
- Country/Bluegrass Song Of The Year - "Just In Time" - Canada’s Double Portion
- Folk/Roots Song Of The Year - "Our Cozy Apartment" - Keith Kitchen
- Francophone Song Of The Year - "Ma promesse" - Olivier Voyer with Andréanne Lafleur
- Gospel/Caribbean Song Of The Year - "Air That I Breathe" - Prosper & GPM
- Instrumental Song Of The Year - "Do You Want It?" - Josh Lake
- Jazz Blues Song Of The Year - "Swing Low" - G.B. Roots
- Modern Rock Song Of The Year - "Inside Out" - Anthem For Today
- Modern Worship Song Of The Year - "More Than Enough" - Joel Auge
- Praise And Worship Song Of The Year - "Holy (Wedding Day)" - The City Harmonic
- Rap/Hip Hop Song Of The Year - "Beautiful Mess" - Rational
- Seasonal Song Of The Year - "It’s Still Christmas" - Colin Bernard
- Country/Southern Gospel Song Of The Year - "Don’t Forget About The Cross" - Masters Four
- Urban/R&B/Soul Song Of The Year - "I Still Need You" - Fresh I.E. Featuring AJ
- International Song Of The Year - "Whom Shall I Fear" - Chris Tomlin
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Matt Maher 'All the people say amen'
Matt Maher 'All the people say amen'
The Albums:
- Album Of The Year - Paul Brandt - Just As I Am
- Children's Album Of The Year - Q-Town - Live It Up
- Country/Bluegrass Album Of The Year - Paul Brandt - Just As I Am
- Folk/Roots Album Of The Year - Jon Bauer - Roots of Worship
- Francophone Album Of The Year - Olivier Voyer - L'aube d'un jour nouveau
- Gospel/Caribbean Album Of The Year - Prosper & GPM - Takeover
- Inspirational Album Of The Year - Brad Guldemond - Overwhelm Us
- Instrumental Album Of The Year - Scott Pettipas - Melodic Twilight
- Modern Worship Album Of The Year - Tim Neufeld - Trees
- Pop/Contemporary Album Of The Year - Marika - Unstoppable
- Praise Album Of The Year - Matt Maher - All The People Said Amen
- Rock/Modern Rock Album Of The Year - Junkyard Poets - Mrs. Sophomore
- Seasonal Album Of The Year - Starfield - Songs for Christmas, Vol 1
- Urban/R&B/Soul/Rap Album Of The Year - Fresh IE - Red Letterz13
- International Album Of The Year - Paul Baloche - Glorieux
- Special Events/Compilation Of The Year - Jody Cross - This Is Our Love
- Jazz/Blues Album Of The Year - AJ - Nuthin' But A Man
- Southern Gospel Album Of The Year - Torchmen Quartet - New Perspective
