Public voting for the 7TH ANNUAL WE LOVE CHRISTIAN MUSIC AWARDS closed last month with over 22,000 votes cast in 23 categories.
The awards now head to Memphis, TN where winners will be announced live from the campus of Visible Music College (http://www.visible.edu), a returning sponsor of the awards. Fans can watch the 90-minute show at www.Facebook.com/NewReleaseToday starting at 9PM ET/8PM CT on Tuesday, February 26, 2019.
The ceremony aims to celebrate not just the winners, as chosen by the fans, but all of the artists and groups nominated in this year's awards. The show will feature special acoustic performances of medleys comprised of songs from nominated artists and albums throughout the night.
Scheduled to perform are Alisa Turner (Integrity Music), Austin French (Fair Trade Services), Iron Bell Music (Essential Worship), Marci Coleman (Madison Line Records), Popular Demand (Madison Line Records), The Protest (Rockfest Records), VERIDIA (Independent), YoungHeart (Independent) and Zahna (Rockfest Records).
Jasmine Murray (Fair Trade Services) will also be performing while pulling double duty as the event's host.
Winners in all 23 categories will be announced.
The seventh annual awards welcomed returning partner Visible Music College, which trains and releases worship leaders, musicians, producers and managers for the Church and music industry across multiple global campuses.
"We are incredibly thankful to Visible Music College for opening up their campus for thisevent" says NewReleaseToday and We Love Awards founder, Kevin McNeese. "As a college focused on music, this will be the perfect atmosphere to celebrate everything Christian music has done in the past year and we look forward to continuing our partnership in the coming years."
Visible Music College President Ken Steorts, a founding member of Platinum-selling rock band Skillet, sees the expanding partnership as a natural fit: "Visible Music College appreciates the vision ofNewReleaseToday and the We Love Christian Music Awards for the broad range of nominees, the depth of care of the music and the artists, and the unique and global distribution of the voting base and awards show presentation. We love Christian music and we love being a global and education partner with NRT and the Together We Love event!"