BMI hosted the 2023 BMI Christian Awards this evening celebrating its top Christian songwriters and music publishers with BMI’s Christian Song, Songwriter and Publisher of the Year revealed. In addition, the ceremony named 15 first-time winners for their hand in writing some of the top 25 most-performed Christian songs of the previous year. The event also paid special tribute to Dottie Leonard Miller with the BMI Spotlight Award for her meaningful contributions to the genre, marking the first time this accolade was presented at this ceremony. BMI’s AVP of Creative, Nashville, Leslie Roberts and BMI’s VP of Creative, Nashville, Clay Bradley, hosted the invitation-only ceremony at BMI’s Music Row office.