Billboard Music Awards Announce Nominees For Top Christian Artist, Song & Album

Billboard Magazine has just announced the nominees of the "2016 Billboard Music Awards." The event honors the year's most successful artists in 43 categories. Top Christian Artist, Top Christian Album and Top Christian Song are among the honors to be awarded this year. See below for a list of relevant nominations.
The "2016 Billboard Music Awards" will broadcast LIVE from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, May 22 at 8:00 p.m. ET on ABC.
Top Christian Artist:
Casting Crowns
Lauren Daigle
Hillsong UNITED
MercyMe
Chris Tomlin
Top Christian Album:
Lauren Daigle, How Can It Be
Hillsong UNITED, Empires
Joey + Rory, Hymns That Are Important to Us
TobyMac, This Is Not a Test
Chris Tomlin, Adore: Christmas Songs of Worship
Top Christian Song:
Hillsong UNITED, "Oceans (Where Feet May Fail)"
Hillsong UNITED, "Touch The Sky"
MercyMe, "Flawless"
NEEDTOBREATHE feat. Gavin DeGraw, "Brother"
Chris Tomlin, "Good Good Father"
Billboard Music Awards finalists are based on key fan interactions with music, including album and digital songs sales, radio airplay, streaming, touring and social interactions on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Spotify and other popular online destinations for music. These measurements are tracked year-round by Billboard and its data partners, including Nielsen Music and Next Big Sound. The awards are based on the reporting period of tracking dates March 23, 2015 through March 17, 2016 and Billboard chart dates April 11, 2015 through April 2, 2016. Since 1940, the Billboard charts have been the go-to guide for ranking the popularity of songs and albums, and are the ultimate measure of a musician's success.
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