Josh Turner Wins First GMA Dove Award for “I Saw the Light”

Josh Turner Wins First GMA Dove Award for “I Saw the Light”

by Jim Casey | @TheJimCasey  |  October 17, 2019

Josh Turner won his first Gospel Music Association Dove Award at the 50th annual GMA Dove Awards on Oct. 15 in Nashville.

Josh took home the trophy for Bluegrass/Country/Roots Recorded Song of the Year for “I Saw The Light.”

“I Saw the Light” is featured on Josh’s first album of gospel music, I Serve a Savior, which was released in 2018. The 12-song offering boasts a number of gospel classics, including Amazing Grace,” “Great Is Your Faithfulness” and “Doxology,” as well as the cover of Hank Williams’ “I Saw the Light.”

Josh, who has scored a handful of No. 1 hits on the country charts, netted two additional Dove Award nominations for Southern Gospel Recorded Song of the Year for “How Great Thou Art” and Bluegrass/Country/Roots Album of the Year for I Serve A Savior.

photo by NCD

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