{"id":468182,"date":"2026-05-30T19:47:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T19:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/468182\/"},"modified":"2026-05-30T19:47:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T19:47:09","slug":"brandon-lake-wins-big-at-2026-k-love-fan-awards-full-winners-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/468182\/","title":{"rendered":"Brandon Lake Wins Big at 2026 K-LOVE Fan Awards: Full Winners List"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tBrandon Lake <\/a>was a double winner at the 2026 K-LOVE Fan Awards<\/a>, which premiered on the Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) and the TBN+ app on Friday (May 29). (An encore showing is scheduled for Friday June 5). <\/p>\n

\n\tLake, 35, won both artist of the year and male artist of the year. A native of Texas, Lake won his sixth Grammy Award on Feb. 1 \u2014 best contemporary Christian music<\/a> performance\/song for \u201cHard Fought Hallelujah.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tGospel legend CeCe Winans<\/a>, 61, took the award for female artist of the year. MercyMe<\/a>, which formed 32 years ago, won group of the year.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe K-LOVE Fan Awards<\/a>, now in their 13th year, honors artists, songs and performances in Christian music, as well as recognizing achievements in television, film, books, sports and digital media. This year\u2019s show was taped at Nashville\u2019s Opry House on May 24. It was co-hosted by Sadie Robertson Huff and Lauren Daigle<\/a>. Robertson won the podcast impact award for Whoa That\u2019s Good. Daigle was shut out despite three nominations.<\/p>\n

\n\tOther artists who received three nominations but didn\u2019t win this year were Jeremy Camp<\/a>, Josiah Queen <\/a>and Elevation Worship<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tJamie MacDonald won song of the year for \u201cLeft It in the River,\u201d which reached No. 5 on Billboard\u2019s Hot Christian Songs chart. Phil Wickham<\/a> won worship song for \u201cHomesick for Heaven,\u201d which reached No. 8 on that chart.<\/p>\n

\n\tHere\u2019s the complete list of nominees for the 2026 K-LOVE Fan Awards, with winners marked.<\/p>\n

\t\tArtist of the year\t<\/p>\n

\n\tWINNER: Brandon Lake
CeCe Winans
Elevation Worship
Jamie MacDonald
Jeremy Camp
Josiah Queen
Lauren Daigle
MercyMe
Phil Wickham
TobyMac<\/p>\n

\t\tMale artist of the year\t<\/p>\n

\n\tBen Fuller
WINNER: Brandon Lake
Chris Tomlin
Jeremy Camp
Jon Reddick
Josiah Queen
Matthew West
Phil Wickham
Seph Schlueter
Tauren Wells<\/p>\n

\t\tFemale artist of the year\t<\/p>\n

\n\tAnne Wilson
Blanca
WINNER: CeCe Winans
Emerson Day
Hope Darst
Jamie MacDonald
Katy Nichole
Lauren Daigle
Leanna Crawford
Terrian<\/p>\n

\t\tGroup of the year\t<\/p>\n

\n\tCAIN
Caleb & John
Elevation Rhythm
Elevation Worship
for King & Country
WINNER: MercyMe
Passion
We the Kingdom<\/p>\n

\t\tSong of the year\t<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cCan\u2019t Steal My Joy\u201d\u2013 Josiah Queen\/Brandon Lake
\u201cGet Behind Me\u201d\u2013 Emerson Day
\u201cHeaven On My Mind\u201d\u2013 TobyMac
WINNER: \u201cLeft It In the River\u201d\u2013 Jamie MacDonald
\u201cLet It Be a Hallelujah\u201d\u2013 Lauren Daigle
\u201cMake It Well\u201d\u2013 MercyMe
\u201cNo Fear\u201d\u2013 Jon Reddick
\u201cNo Survivors\u201d\u2013 Jeremy Camp
\u201cThe Love I Have For You\u201d \u2013 Colton Dixon
\u201cWait For Me\u201d \u2013 Zach Williams
\u201cWhat an Awesome God\u201d\u2013 Phil Wickham
\u201cWon\u2019t Start Now\u201d\u2013 Seph Schlueter<\/p>\n

\t\tWorship song\t<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cAlleluia\u201d\u2013 Elevation Worship
WINNER: \u201cHomesick for Heaven\u201d\u2013 Phil Wickham
\u201cHow Good It Is\u201d\u2013 Chris Tomlin
\u201cMighty Name of Jesus\u201d\u2013 Hope Darst & Josh Baldwin
\u201cThe Lord Will Provide\u201d\u2013 Passion
\u201cWashed\u201d\u2013 Elevation Rhythm<\/p>\n

\t\tBreakout single\t<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cAll Joy\u201d\u2013 Natalie Layne
WINNER: \u201cGet Behind Me\u201d\u2013 Emerson Day
\u201cI Need You\u201d\u2013 Jet Trouble
\u201cSomebody\u2019s Praying\u201d\u2013 Bay Turner
\u201cStay\u201d\u2013 Zahriya Zachary
\u201cWhere Would I Be\u201d\u2013 Peter Burton
\u201cWhy Should I Worry\u201d\u2013 Carly Anne Taylor<\/p>\n

\t\tFilm impact\t<\/p>\n

\n\tDavid
WINNER: I Can Only Imagine 2
Light of the World
Sarah\u2019s Oil
Soul on Fire
The King of Kings
The Last Rodeo
Truth & Treason<\/p>\n

\t\tTV\/Streaming impact\t<\/p>\n

\n\tFighting Spirit: A Combat Chaplain\u2019s Journey
WINNER: House of David: Season 2Miracle
Testament
The Chosen Adventures
The Promised Land
Virgin Birth<\/p>\n

\t\tPodcast impact\t<\/p>\n

\n\tBack Porch Theology \u2013 Lisa Harper
Girls Gone Bible \u2013 Angela Halili & Arielle Reitsma
Hey! It\u2019s the Lusko\u2019s \u2013 Levi & Jennie Lusko
Livin\u2019 the Bream \u2013 Shannon Bream
The Bible Recap \u2013Tara-Leigh Cobble
The Bryce Crawford Podcast \u2013 Bryce Crawford
There Is More Podcast \u2013 Karen McAdams & Rachel Faulkner Brown
WINNER: Whoa That\u2019s Good \u2013 Sadie Robertson Huff<\/p>\n

\t\tBook impact\t<\/p>\n

\n\tAnd She Got Up \u2013 Courtney Pray Duke
Beloved \u2013 Francis Chan
Blessed Are the Spiraling \u2013 Levi Lusko
WINNER: Hey Girl \u2013 Anne Wilson
Jesus Shaped Life \u2013 Lisa Harper
Joy Bomb \u2013 Tauren Wells
Tame Your Thoughts \u2013 Max Lucado
We\u2019re So Blessed \u2013 CAIN<\/p>\n

\t\tSports impact\t<\/p>\n

\n\tWINNER: Robert Anthony Cruz \u201cCoach RAC\u201d- Savannah Bananas<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brandon Lake was a double winner at the 2026 K-LOVE Fan Awards, which premiered on the Trinity Broadcasting…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":468183,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[1096,217734,217735,146,85,46,217736,409],"class_list":["post-468182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-awards","tag-christian-music","tag-christian-gospel","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-k-love-fan-awards","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=468182"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468182\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/468183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=468182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=468182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=468182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}