photo by Kay Williams

CAPTION: Sparrow Records singer/songwriter Matthew West accepts the Song of the Year award for "You Are Everything" on Monday, April 20, 2009 at ASCAP's annual Christian Music Awards in Nashville, Tenn. The single, from his current project Something To Say, was the most played Christian song of 2008, according to Radio & Records. West’s current single from the album is "The Motions," presently at No.1 on Radio & Records' AC Monitored chart for a second consecutive week. Pictured (l-r) are Joel West, Method Management; Matthew West; Connie Bradley, ASCAP senior vice president; the song's co-writer Sam Mizell; and Dan Keen, ASCAP vice president.