Francesca Battistelli continues her strong surge as Christian music's biggest star winning artist of the year, best female vocalist and pop-contemporary recorded song at the 42nd annual Dove Awards W… ...

ATLANTAATLANTA — Francesca Battistelli continues her strong surge as Christian music’s biggest star. Battistelli won artist of the year at the 42nd annual Dove Awards held in Atlanta for the first ...

(Editor's note: This is one in a series of stories previewing acts performing at Decatur Celebration, Aug. 6 to 8.) DECATUR - Before she was a Grammy-nominated vocalist and a budding star in the ...

Christian singer Francesca Battistelli breathes a sigh of relief, plopping down on her sofa at home for the first time in months after finishing up a 47-city concert tour. "I'm very grateful for a ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Francesca Battistelli seemed destined to make her living on Broadway. Her parents, Mike and Kate Battistelli, met while working on the national tour of “The ...

continues her strong surge as Christian music's biggest star, winning artist of the year at the 42nd annual held in Atlanta for the first time Wednesday night. She also went home with two more awards ...

Although not yet 30, Battistelli is a music veteran, cutting her teeth on the Broadway musicals of her native New York City and eventually finding herself a part of a girl group called Bella. “We ...

For a story on Battistelli and The Winter Jam Tour, read The Morning Call’s Go Guide on Thursday. When singer Francesca Battistelli released her last album, the Christian chart-topping “Hundred More ...

Francesca Battistelli’s new album, Hundred More Years, the followup to her Grammy-nominated debut My Paper Heart, reflects the big changes in her life, which include getting married and the birth of ...

ATLANTA (AP) — Francesca Battistelli continues her strong surge as Christian music's biggest star. Battistelli won artist of the year at the 42nd annual Dove Awards held in Atlanta for the first time ...

ATLANTA - Francesca Battistelli continues her strong surge as Christian music's biggest star. Battistelli won artist of the year at the 42nd annual Dove Awards held in Atlanta for the first time ...