Gospel music legend CeCe Winans and songwriter/producer Jason Ingram were the big winners Friday night at the 41st GMA Dove Awards.

Both Winans and Ingram took home four awards, in a ceremony that actually took place Tuesday evening but was kept top-secret until it aired Friday evening on television.

For Winans, the awards included the Gospel Artist of the Year, the second time she's received the honour. She also took home an award alongside Carrie Underwood for Inspirational Recorded Song of the Year, in which Winans appeared alongside the country star for 'Great Is Thy Faithfulness.'

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"I want to thank all of those who were in the category with me, and all of the artists that are here, the young — and us who are old," Winans said. 

"God is faithful to every generation. And I am just honoured to be a part of this industry. I'm honoured to lift up the name of Jesus."

For King & Country took home the top award of Artist of the Year for the second year in a row. They took home two other awards as well for Christmas/Special Event Album of the Year and Longform Video of the Year.

"The power of music changes eternal destinations for people," Luke Smallbone of the brother duo said in his acceptance speech. "Don’t forget that. Make this real to other people. Make this real all over the world. It matters. It counts for something."

We The Kingdom took home two awards for Contemporary Christian Artist of the Year and Pop/Contemporary Album of the Year.

Lecrae won Rap/Hip Hop Recorded Song of the Year for his song, 'Deep End.'

KB won Rap/Hip Hop Album of the Year with his album His Glory Alone.

Full list of winners:

CATEGORY ARTIST TITLE CREDITS
Song of the Year   The Blessing (Writers) Chris Brown, Cody Carnes, Kari Jobe, Steven Furtick, (Publishers) Capitol CMG Paragon, Kari Jobe Carnes Music, Music by Elevation Worship Publishing, Worship Together Music, Writer's Roof Publishing
Songwriter of the Year (Artist) Brandon Lake    
Songwriter of the Year (Non-Artist) Jason Ingram    
Contemporary Christian Artist of the Year We The Kingdom   Sparrow Records
Southern Gospel Artist of the Year Ernie Haase & Signature Sound   StowTown Records
Gospel Artist of the Year CeCe Winans   Pure Springs Gospel / Fair Trade
Artist of the Year for KING & COUNTRY   Curb | Word Entertainment
New Artist of the Year Maverick City Music   Tribl Records
Producer of the Year Jordan Sapp    
Rap/Hip Hop Recorded Song of the Year Lecrae Deep End (Writers) Lecrae Moore, Anthony MrWriteNow Gardner
Rock/Contemporary Recorded Song of the Year NEEDTOBREATHE Who Am I (Writers) Bear Rinehart, Thomas Rhett, Jordan Reynolds, Cason Cooley, Jeremy Lutito
Pop/Contemporary Recorded Song of the Year Tauren Wells Famous For (I Believe) (Writers) Alexis Slifer, Chuck Butler, Jordan Sapp, Krissy Nordhoff, Tauren Wells
Inspirational Recorded Song of the Year Carrie Underwood, ft. Cece Winans Great Is Thy Faithfulness (Writers) Thomas Obadiah Chisholm, William M. Runyan
Southern Gospel Recorded Song of the Year Crabb Family My King is Known By Love (Writers) Jason Cox, Jeff Bumgardner, Kenna West
Bluegrass/Country/Roots Recorded Song of the Year Nelons If God Pulled Back the Curtain (Writers) Jason Cox, Kenna Turner West, Michael Boggs
Contemporary Gospel Recorded Song of the Year Dante Bowe joyful (Writers) Dante Bowe, Ben Schofield
Traditional Gospel Recorded Song of the Year Jekalyn Carr Changing Your Story (Writer) Jekalyn Carr
Gospel Worship Recorded Song of the Year CeCe Winans Believe For It (Writers) CeCe Winans, Kyle Lee, Mitch Wong, Dwan Hill
Spanish Language Recorded Song of the Year Christine D'Clario Donde Está El Espíritu De Dios (Writers) Christine D’Clario, Chris Tomlin, Jason Ingram, Ben Fielding, Seth Mosley
Worship Recorded Song of the Year Elevation Worship, ft. Brandon Lake Graves Into Gardens (Writers) Steven Furtick, Chris Brown, Tiffany Hudson, Brandon Lake
Rap/Hip Hop Album of the Year KB His Glory Alone (Producers) Quinten Coblentz, Wes Writer, Jacob Cardec, Mashell Leroy, DJ Pez, Tee-Wyla Swoope, Kevin Elijah Burgess
Rock/Contemporary Album of the Year NEEDTOBREATHE Out Of Body (Producers) NEEDTOBREATHE, Cason Cooley, Jeremy Lutito
Pop/Contemporary Album of the Year We The Kingdom Holy Water (Producers) We The Kingdom, Ed Cash, Steven V. Taylor
Inspirational Album of the Year Selah Step Into My Story (Producer) Jason Kyle Saetveit, Chris Bevins
Southern Gospel Album of the Year Joseph Habedank Change Is Coming (Producers) Wayne Haun, Joseph Habedank, Lindsey Habedank, Kris Crunk
Bluegrass/Country/Roots Album of the Year Isaacs Songs for the Times (Producers) Ben Isaacs, The Isaacs
Contemporary Gospel Album of the Year Koryn Hawthorne I AM (Producers) Troy Taylor, Johntá Austin, Jeremy “TryBishop” Hicks, Camper , KJ Scriven, Greg Cox , Anthony "Kid Class" Wyley, Connor Little, Jason Ingram, Matt Maher, Jacob Sooter
Traditional Gospel Album of the Year Marvin Sapp Chosen Vessel (Producer) Aaron Lindsey
Gospel Worship Album of the Year CeCe Winans Believe For It (Producers) Kyle Lee , Dwan Hill
Spanish Language Album of the Year Evan Craft Desesperado (Spanish) (Producer) Sean Cook, Andrew Bergthold, Jeff Sojka, Chris Bevins
Worship Album of the Year Elevation Worship / Maverick City Music Old Church Basement (Producers) Steven Furtick, Chris Brown, Jason Ingram, Tony Brown, Jonathan Jay
Children's Album of the Year Yancy & Little Praise Party Ready Set Go (Producer) Stephen Leiweke
Christmas/Special Event Album of the Year for KING & COUNTRY A Drummer Boy Christmas (Producers) Benjamin Backus, Tedd T., for KING & COUNTRY
Musical/Choral Collection   Behold The Lamb Of God (Creator) Andrew Peterson, (Arrangers/ Orchestrators) Carson Wagner, Russell Mauldin
Recorded Music Packaging OTY Elevation Worship Graves Into Gardens (Art Directors) Jacob Boyles, Ryan Hollingsworth, (Graphic Artist) Jacob Boyles, (Photographer) Paul C. Rivera
Short Form Video OTY TobyMac Help Is On The Way (Maybe Midnight) (Director) Eric Welch, (Producer) Scott McDaniel
Long Form Video OTY for KING & COUNTRY Burn The Ships Concert Film (Directors/Producers) Ben Smallbone, Andrea Royer
Inspirational Film of the Year   A Week Away (Director) Roman White, (Producer) Alan Powell, Gabe Vasquez, Steve Barnett
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