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GMA Dove Award Winners for New Artist of the Year History

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2002 - ZOEgirl

ZOEgirlCourtesy of Sparrow Records
Sadly, only 4 years later, ZOEgirl went their separate ways.

2001 - Plus One

Plus OneInpop Records
The group's debut album, The Promise (2000), hit gold status in just 10 short months.

2000 - Ginny Owens

Ginny OwensRocketown Records
Ginny Owens also won the Enhanced CD of the Year award in 2000.

1999 - Jennifer Knapp

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

1998 - Avalon

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

1997 - Jaci Velasquez

Jaci VelasquezCourtesy of William Morris Agency
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.

1996 - Jars of Clay

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

1995 - Clay Crosse

Clay CrosseCourtesy of: Clay Crosse
Clay went on to win 3 awards in all over the next few years.

1994 - Point of Grace

Point of GraceWord Records
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.

1993 - Cindy Morgan

Cindy Morgan - Real LifeSony
The native of Harrogate, Tennessee went on to spend the next 10 years touring and making music.

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