NASHVILLE, Tenn.

Christian rapper Lecrae, whose album “Anomaly” has topped the charts, leads the pack of nominees for the 46th Annual Dove Awards with seven nominations, including artist of the year.

The Gospel Music Association announced last week the nominees for the awards, which will be held Oct. 13 in Nashville, Tenn.

Lecrae topped the Billboard 200 albums chart last year with his seventh studio album. The Grammy Award-winning artist was a co-host of the awards show in 2014.

Brothers Joel and Luke Smallbone, who perform as for KING & COUNTRY, have five nominations, including artist of the year, and Crowder, Matt Maher and Chris Tomlin have four nominations each.

Francesca Battistelli, Kari Jobe and Mercy Me round out the artist of the year nominations.