The K-Love Fan Awards (stylized as K-LOVE Fan Awards) is an annual American Christian music fan-voted

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show that is produced by K-Love. The show honors the most popular names in Christian music, sports, books and movies. The K-Love Fan Awards have been annually since 2013.

History

On February 13, 2013, K-Love held a press conference at the

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Nashville, Tennessee, where they announced the inaugural K-Love Fan Awards, being the first fan-voted awards show for Christian music history, with artists such as

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in attendance. The voting process was set to begin in May, with the awards show where the winners would be announced set to be held on June 1, 2013, at the Ryman Auditorium and with hosting being done by

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, Kay, Jase, and Missy Robertson of ''

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'' fame. K-Love had chosen Nashville as the host city for the award show because it is "home to the faith-based entertainment industry." On May 1, 2013, K-Love announced the nominees and performers for the awards ceremony, indicating that the nominees had been selected on the basis of airplay, spins, impact and overall performance. The awards ceremony was successfully held, drawing to a close on June 2, 2013. In January 2016, K-Love opened official nominee selection to the fans for the first time, by way of online voting, in the lead-up to the 2016 K-Love Fan Awards. In February 2016, The K-Love Fan Awards were nominated by the

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in the Special Event Coverage, Lighting, and Set Design at the 30th Midsouth Emmy Awards. The K-Love Fan Awards won the Midsouth Emmy Awards for Lighting and Set Design. In April 2018, K-Love announced that they had entered into a new partnership with TBN to televise the awards, beginning with the 2018 awards ceremony which was set to be broadcast by the network on May 31, 2018. In April 2020, K-Love postponed the 2020 K-Love Fan Awards in abiding with social distancing regulations introduced in fighting the

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, announced that the awards weekend would return May 28 through 30, 2021.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:K-Love Fan Awards Culture of Nashville, Tennessee Awards established in 2013 American music awards 2013 establishments in Tennessee

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