Presented at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville TN, Matthew West and Mandisa hosted the first ever televised KLove Fan awards. The awards were filmed on Sunday night and aired at 8 eastern on Trinity Broadcast Networks on Thursday, May 31, 2018.
The first award handed out of the night as to Mercy Me who took group/duo of the year as well as Song and Artist of the Year. In addition the movie inspired by their number one song I Can Only Imagine took the award for Film/TV impact of the year.
In addition to the awards, Matthew West performed his song, All In/ Just As I Am as special tribute to one of the greatest/well known evangelists who past away earlier this year at 99, Billy Graham.
All the awards given out are below chosen by fans nationwide and tallied prior to the ceremony.
- group/duo of the year- MercyMe
- breakout single award- Cory Ashbury- Reckless Love
- Male Artist of the Year- TobyMac
- Female Artist of the Year- Lauren Daigle
- Film/TV Impact- “I can Only Imagine”
- Worship Song Of The Year- Reckless Love- Cory Asbury
- Song of the year- Even If- MercyMe
- Artist of the year- MercyMe