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Welcome to the 2021 BMI
Trailblazers of Gospel
Music Awards!

We’re honored and privileged to pay tribute to our incredible Gospel family, whose inspiring musical gifts have never felt more meaningful. Your stellar talent, artistry and creativity have given us songs with messages of hope, faith, and love that strengthen and encourage us every day. It’s especially significant to celebrate our Gospel greats during Black Music Month and recognize your outstanding contributions that have touched our hearts and souls. We’re thrilled to celebrate BMI’s Song of the Year, Songwriter of the Year, Publisher of the Year and the 20 most-performed songs of the past year, in addition to sharing some spectacular exclusive performances, stories from some of our writers about their winning songs, special moments from previous Trailblazers of Gospel Music Awards shows, and more. Please join us in congratulating and celebrating all of our winners for their incomparable songs that have lifted us up and lit the way forward.

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Your Hosts

Michael O’Neill

President & Chief Executive Officer

Catherine Brewton

VP Creative

Wardell Malloy

AVP Creative

Let’s Celebrate!A Special Welcome from BeBe Winans

SONG OF THE YEAR

Deliver Me (This Is My Exodus)

Donald Lawrence
Sir the Baptist
Baptist Publishing House
BMG Platinum Songs US
Primary Wave Beats
Q W Publishing

PUBLISHER OF THE YEAR

Songs of Kobalt Music Publishing

I Made It Out
Keep The Faith
Won't Let Go

Performances & Stories Behind the Songs

Watch exclusive performances of some of this year’s winning songs and learn how some of these inspiring hits came to be.

Thanks fromFirst-Time Winners

Songwriters share their thoughts of their first BMI Trailblazers of Gospel awards.

Songwriters & Publishers of the Most-Performed Songsof the Year

These songs have received the most performances on terrestrial radio, satellite radio and digital streaming services over the past year.

This year, we’re proud to honor 19 first-time Trailblazers of Gospel Music Award winners. See their names starred below.

Alright

  • Fred Hammond
  • Asaph A. Ward

Face’s Launching Pad Publishing

Big

  • Curtiss Glenn
  • Michael DeWayne McClure Jr.

CGlenn Publishing

Kerry Douglas Publishing

Rock City Media Group Publishing

Deliver Me (This Is My Exodus)

  • Donald Lawrence
  • Sir the Baptist

Baptist Publishing House

BMG Platinum Songs US

Primary Wave Beats

Q W Publishing

Hands On

  • Fred Hammond
  • Kanye West

EMI-Blackwood Music, Inc.

Please Gimme My Publishing, Inc.

I Love Him

  • Renee Spearman

Contempo One Publishing

I Made It Out

  • Pastor John P. Kee

Ja Twan Publishing

Songs of Kobalt Music Publishing

If God / Nothing But the Blood

  • Natalie Lauren Sims

Avex USA obo Xeva Music

BMG Platinum Songs US

Lead and Yellow Publishing

I’m All In

  • Maranda Curtis
  • Asaph A. Ward

Be Essential Songs

Butterfly Works Publishing

Capitol CMG Publishing

Miralex Music

Just for Me

  • Kirk Franklin

Aunt Gertrude Music Publishing

Capitol CMG Publishing

Keep The Faith

  • Charles Jenkins

Integrity First Music Publishing

P. Alex Publishing

Songs of Kobalt Music Publishing

Oh How Good It Is

  • Chris Byrd

Malaco World Music

Mr. Que Publishing

On God

  • Pi’erre Bourne
  • Michael “Cameone” Cerda
  • Kanye West
  • Cydel C. Young

BMG Platinum Songs US

EMI-Blackwood Music, Inc.

Mr. Redan

Please Gimme My Publishing, Inc.

Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp.

Pull Us Through

  • Jermaine Dolly

By Any Means Necessary Ent.

Dollyology World LLC

Selah

  • E.VAX
  • Allison Jeffrey LaValley
  • Dexter “Consequence” Mills
  • Gene “No Malice” Thornton Jr.
  • Terrance “Pusha T” Thornton
  • Kanye West
  • Cydel C. Young

BMG Platinum Songs US

Candied Jamm Music

EMI-Blackwood Music, Inc.

Mr. Redan

Neighborhood Pusha Publishing

peermusic III, Ltd.

Please Gimme My Publishing, Inc.

Savgos Music, Inc.

Songs by Cons Publishing

Sony/ATV Songs LLC

Thornton Trust Publishing

Two Thousand and Eleven Ribbon Music

Wixen Music Publishing, Inc.

Unstoppable

  • Makeba Riddick

EMI-Blackwood Music, Inc.

Janice Combs Music

SongsbyMak

Victory

  • J Drew Sheard II

EMI-Blackwood Music, Inc.

J Drew Sheard Music

Wide as the Sky

  • Jonas Myrin

Atlas Mountain Songs

Capitol CMG Publishing

Won’t Let Go

  • Travis Greene

Greenelight Music

Songs of Kobalt Music Publishing

You Don’t Know

  • Zacardi Cortez
  • Kerry Douglas
  • Ay Ron Ronell Lewis

Copyright Solutions Music

Creative Classic Songs Global

Kerry Douglas Publishing

Penned By Zetroc

Straightchurch Publishing

You’re Doing It All Again

  • Todd Dulaney

Entertainment One Music

U Know It 2

A Look Back at OurMemorable Moments

Special moments from the Trailblazers stage, including moving acceptance speeches, unforgettable performance highlights, red carpet moments and more.

A Special Message from BMI’s Gospel Team

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