Jaci Velasquez Wins New Artist of the Year - 28th GMA Dove Awards

In 1997, at just 17 years old, ‪@JaciVelasquezOfficial‬ won the "New Artist of the Year" award at the 28th Dove Awards, marking a milestone in being the first female solo artist of Hispanic origin to win it, as well as the youngest winner. but things would get better, after seeing her perform “On My Knees” at these awards, Oscar Llord from Sony Discos was impressed with Jaci's stage presence and would later invite her to record an album in Spanish. In her book “When God Rewrites Your Life” Jaci tells “I arrived at the Dove Awards grateful, dazzled and stunned by the lights and the big figures. It was the night I won the award for New Artist of the Year. If I thought that life had gone very fast during the previous 2 years, from now on it would charge supersonic speed. As we know, the rest is history from there. #JaciVelasquez #DoveAwards #CCM