LeCrae, Natalie Grant: Two songs one Dove Awards category

The sur­prise as the Gospel Music Asso­ci­a­tion announced the 2012 Dove Award nom­i­na­tions were that Natal­ie Grant and LeCrae both received nods for two songs in one cat­e­go­ry. I don’t think I’ve ever seen that.

Grant is nom­i­nat­ed for “Alive” and “Your Great Name” in the Song of the Year cat­e­go­ry. LeCrae, who went to high school in Den­ver, is nom­i­nat­ed for “Hal­lelu­jah” and “The Over­dose” in the Rap/Hip-hop Record­ed Song of the Year cat­e­go­ry. LeCrae is also up for Artist of the Year.

Here are a the major cat­e­gories and nom­i­nees that were just announced at a lun­cheon Wednes­day in Atlanta. The Dove Awards are April 19 at the Fox The­ater in Atlanta.

Song of the Year (Song, Artist):
* Alive, Natal­ie Grant
* Bless­ings, Lau­ra Sto­ry
* Cel­e­brate Me Home, Per­rys
* Glo­ri­ous Day, Cast­ing Crowns
* Hold Me, Jamie Grace
* I Smile, Kirk Franklin
* I’ve Been Here Before, Ernie Haase & Sig­na­ture Sound
* Please For­give Me, Gaither Vocal Band
* Who Am I, Jason Crabb
* Your Great Name, Natal­ie Grant

Male Vocal­ist of the Year
* Chris August
* Chris Tom­lin
* Jason Crabb
* Kirk Franklin
* Steven Cur­tis Chap­man

Female Vocal­ist of the Year
* Francesca Bat­tis­tel­li
* Kari Jobe
* Lau­ra Sto­ry
* Man­disa
* Natal­ie Grant

Group of the Year
* Cast­ing Crowns
* David Crow­der Band
* Gaither Vocal Band
* NEEDTOBREATHE
* The Issacs

Artist of the Year
* Cast­ing Crowns
* Jason Crabb
* Lau­ra Sto­ry
* LeCrae
* The Issacs

New Artist of the Year
* Beyond the Ash­es
* Dara Maclean
* Jamie Grace
* Roy­al Tai­lor
* The City Har­mon­ic

Com­plete list of Dove Award nom­i­na­tions right here.