NASHVILLE, TN. (Top40 Charts) Nashville, Tenn. (Oct. 24, 2013) - The 19th Annual ICM Faith, Family & Country™ Awards were held tonight at The Fellowship at Two Rivers to honor artists, songwriters, radio personalities and others in the genres of Christian and Inspirational Country Music. Winners included
Rascal Flatts for "Mainstream Inspirational Country Song" and "Video,"
Martina McBride for "Mainstream Country Female Artist" and
Scotty McCreery for "Mainstream Country Male Artist," along with the top Inspirational Country
Music artists: Kali Rose, Tommy Brandt, Mary James, The Roys and many more. For a complete list of winners, please see below or visit www.FaithFamilyCountry.com
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Highlights of the evening included Gene Higgins being presented with the "Living Legend Award," as well as performances by Guy Penrod and special guest
Sarah Darling,
Dennis Agajanian ,
Aaron &
Amanda Crabb, and Canton Junction. ICM favorite
Andy Griggs took over hosting duties from Inside Edition's Megan
Alexander for a portion of the show, with Miss Tennessee USA 2014 and Miss Tennessee Teen USA 2014 presenting the winners with their trophies. The star power did not end with performers. Presenters included American Idol's Melinda Doolittle, The Voice's Holly Tucker, Jim Ed Brown, Former NBA Player Mike
Glenn and The Roys. The 19th Annual ICM Faith, Family & Country™ Awards were presented by Samaritan's Purse and Operation Christmas Child and Operation Troop Aid was this year's charity of choice. Airing on The TCT Network, GEB America,
National Religious Broadcasters (NRB), The Worship Network and
Total Living Network (TLN), this year's show reached a potential audience of 1.6 billion, it's largest to date.
2013 ICM Winners :
ENTERTAINER : Kali Rose
MALE VOCALIST: Tommy Brandt
FEMALE VOCALIST: Mary James
VOCAL DUO / VOCAL DUO PERFORMANCE : Steve Richard &
Laura Dodd
VOCAL GROUP OR BAND: Sunday Drive
MAINSTREAM INSPIRATIONAL COUNTRY SONG: "
Changed" Rascal Flatts
MAINSTREAM COUNTRY MALE ARTIST:
Scotty McCreery
MAINSTREAM COUNTRY FEMALE ARTIST: Martina McBride
MAINSTREAM COUNTRY DUO OR GROUP: Joey+Rory
INSPIRATIONAL COUNTRY SONG: "They Don't Stay
Little Long Enough" Chuck Hancock
SONGWRITER: Chuck Hancock
VIDEO: "
Changed" - Rascal Flatts
MUSICIAN:
Dennis Agajanian
COMEDIAN: Chonda Pierce
RADIO STATION/NETWORK: Inspirational Country
Radio Network
NEW ARTIST: Charee White
YOUTH IN MUSIC AWARD: The McDougal Kids
FAITH, FAMILY, & COUNTRY MOVIE:
Spirit of Love, the Mike
Glenn Story - Film It Productions Produced by Darla Rae
RADIO PERSONALITY: Marty Smith
INSPIRATIONAL BLUEGRASS ARTIST : The Roys
MUSIC EVANGELIST: Russ Murphy
TELEVISION NETWORK: RFD TV
2013 LIVING LEGEND: Gene Higgins.
