GMA Dove Award Winners for New Artist of the Year History

Jennifer also took home the award for Rock Recorded Song of the Year for her tune, "Undo Me" in 1999.

Avalon also took home the statue for participating in the Special Event Album of the Year in '98.

This popular bi-lingual artist has gone on to get 2 Latin GRAMMY nominations, 3 English GRAMMY nominations, 5 Latin Billboard Award nominations, a Latin Billboard Female Pop Album of the Year award, 6 Dove Awards, El Premio Lo Nuestro Award for New Artist of the Year, Soul to Soul Honors, an American Music Award nomination, 3 RIAA-certified platinum albums, 3 RIAA-certified gold albums, 16 #1 radio hits and more than 50 magazine covers.

Jars also took home the award for Short Form Music Video of the Year for their song "Flood."

Clay went on to win 3 awards in all over the next few years.

The group has come a long way since back in 1991 in Norman, OK when Denise (Masters) Jones, Heather Floyd and Terry Lang started singing together as the Oauchitones.

The native of Harrogate, Tennessee went on to spend the next 10 years touring and making music.

Michael English was also awarded the Male Vocalist of the Year his first year on the Dove stage.

4HIM spent the 15 years making music as a group.

David recorded his last album in 1994, only 5 years after hitting the national scene. He has gone on to write for and produce other Christian artists.

To win 4 Doves your first year is no small potatoes!

As a team, BeBe and CeCe Winans' went on to win 5 Grammy Awards, 8 Dove Awards, 2 NAACP Image awards, a Soul Train award, and over a dozen Stellar Awards.