Covenant Awards

Jake Fretz

jakefretz.com

Biography

Jake Fretz is a singer/songwriter making contemporary, faith-based, pop/rock music that leads others in inspirational and congregational experiences. His passion and energy for God’s kingdom is contagious, and Jake’s music inspires others to revel in the presence of God.

As an independent artist, Jake released his first single Christmas of 2019. Since then, Fretz’s music has continued to gain attention, including his 2021 release, Here Comes The Kingdom, which was the #1 song being added to Canadian Christian Radio summer of 2021, and spent 9 weeks on the Canadian Christian Radio TOP 30. That same year, Jake was also nominated for Western Canadian Music Award - Spiritual Artist of the Year. Jake’s follow up 2022 release, LOOK UP, reached TOP 30 in late 2022 just as he received 4 Covenant Award nominations from GMA Canada - “Breakthrough Artist of the Year”, “Worship Song of the Year”, “Canadian Christian Song of the Year’, “ Seasonal Song of the Year”.

Jake’s music is born and crafted in his local church, Prairie Alliance Church, and each song is an anthem celebrating his community's experiences of God.

Awards and Nominations

43rd Covenant Awards and Conference

  • Recipient of the Adult Contemporary Song of the Year Award, for “My Home”
  • Recipient of the Musical Collaboration of the Year Award, for “My Home”
  • Recipient of the Worship Song of the Year Award, for “Look Up”
  • Nominated for the Male Vocalist of the Year Award
  • Nominated for the Worship Artist of the Year Award
  • 42nd Covenant Awards

  • Nominated for the Breakthrough Artist of the Year Award
  • Nominated for the Canadian Christian Song of the Year Award, for “Here Comes the Kingdom”
  • Nominated for the Worship Song of the Year Award, for “Here Comes the Kingdom”
  • Nominated for the Seasonal Song of the Year Award, for “Emmanuel God With Us”
  • Songs

    2023


    My Home
    2 / 33 plays
    released 2023-04-21Award Recipient

    2022


    Look Up
    1 / 26 plays
    released 2022-10-07Award Recipient

    2021

    2019