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Forrest Frank accepting the Dove Award for New Artist of the Year; Credit: Terry Wyatt
FORREST FRANK WINS TWO GMA DOVE AWARDS FOR NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR AND POP/CONTEMPORARY SONG OF THE YEAR WITH "GOOD DAY"
Forrest Frank performing on the 55th Annual GMA Dove Awards; Credit: Blue Amber photos
NASHVILLE, TN - (10/4/24) - Billboard’s Top New Christian Artist of 2023, Forrest Frank, has won his first-ever GMA Dove Awards for New Artist of the Year and Pop/Contemporary Song of the Year with his massive hit "Good Day." The first-time nominee also performed a medley of the winning track along with his viral hit "No Longer Bound" during the national broadcast, which aired earlier this evening on TBN.
Frank spoke with Billboard earlier this week, echoing the sentiments in his Dove-Award acceptance speech, saying "This whole journey just has felt like a gift from God, and He’s just continued to bless me with new songs and new ideas,” Frank adds. “I can’t take any credit for it. Anytime anything good happens, it’s just like, ‘Okay, God for whatever reason has selected me as a vessel for Him.’”
Forrest Frank performing on the 55th Annual GMA Dove Awards; Credit: Blue Amber photos
Following the success of Frank's genre-debut GOD IS GOOD EP, which reached Top 5 on the Top Christian Albums chart, his first full-length project, CHILD OF GOD released this past July and quickly slid into the No.1 spot on the iTunes All Genres chart. CHILD OF GOD has held the No.1 spot on the Billboard Christian Albums Chart for NINE weeks, making it the biggest Christian album debut of the year so far.
Frank's new radio single, “Never Get Used To This” featuring JVKE debuted at #30 on the Mediabase Christian Audience chart on September 20 with 1.5M in total audience. The track is already trending Top 25 on Mediabase Christian Audience and Top 40 on Mediabase Christian AC this week with 13 stations on, including KLOVE, Spirit 105.3 in Seattle, The River in Columbus, The Light FM in Asheville, JoyFM in St. Louis, The Fish in Cleveland, Boost Radio network and Life 88.5 in Kansas City.
In addition to album sales and radio hits, the momentum Frank has generated with his music is explained in the massive and continued growth on his socials, with a base that has boomed to over 4 million fans on Instagram, YouTube and TikTok alone, and over 6 million Spotify monthly listeners.
ABOUT FORREST FRANK:
Forrest Frank acknowledges the weight of his words, deeds, and actions within his artistry. The award-nominated Texas-based singer, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist approaches life and music with gratitude and intent. This mindset underscores his music, and it’s why CHILD OF GOD has quietly taken flight as the best-selling Christian album of 2024.
The Houston-born 29-year-old, who’d temporarily put the idea of making solo music on the back burner to keep building on his band’s success, craved the freedom to make music just for himself again, and in 2021, a revelation inspired him to change course. Forrest opted to take a year off from touring, relocated to Waco, TX, and became a father.
Working completely independently, his self-described “simple worship song”—the powerful “NO LONGER BOUND” [feat. Hulvey]— opened up the floodgates, surging across social media, tallying north of 60.9 million Spotify streams and counting. He parlayed this momentum into CHILD OF GOD. Beyond performing on all 20 tracks, Forrest helmed the production, crafting an immersive soundscape anchored by elements of bright R&B, upbeat pop, and uplifting gospel. Thematically, he clung to a core message. “My whole brand was built around God, and I’m not going to change that—ever,” he affirms.
CHILD OF GOD soared to stratospheric heights upon arrival, gathering over 60,000 pre-saves in advance, capturing #1 on the iTunes Overall Top Albums Chart, and within a few months’ time, tallied over 1 billion global streams. Given the runaway success, Billboard named him the #1 Top New Christian Artist of 2023, and concurrently, the signature “GOOD DAY” has become a Christian radio hit and was nominated for a DOVE Award for Pop/Contemporary Recorded Song of the Year, with Frank nominated for “New Artist of the Year.” This fall he hit the road, seeing sold out shows coast-to-coast on his fall CHILD OF GOD headline tour.
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