|PIC1|Multi-platinum, Grammy Award-winning rock band Third Day received the news this week that they are to enter the Georgia Music Hall of Fame.

The 31st Annual Georgia Music Hall of Fame Awards Show takes place in September at the Georgia World Conference Center in Atlanta, Georgia. The show will broadcast live on Georgia Public Broadcasting viewed locally on Atlanta’s Channel 8.

Other honorees to be inducted during the awards show include post-grunge rock band Collective Soul, music promoter Peter Conlon, Grammy Award-winning songwriter Bryan-Michael Cox, music industry pioneer Johnny L Carson, the late singer and songwriter Roy Hamilton, the late record executive Shakir Stewart, and the late bass guitarist Berry Oakley.

Previous inductees include a very talented and musically diverse group of people including Ray Charles, Alan Jackson and Lynyrd Skynyrd.

In order to be nominated for this prestigious "Georgy Award" an artist must be born in or reside in Georgia for at least one year and receive a state of national acclaim for achievements in the field of recorded music.

"This is a very special honour for Third Day because we are all Georgia boys through-and-through and have a sound with Georgia inspired roots," said Mac Powell. "It is one of the biggest highlights of our career to be recognised by an organisation which acknowledges such a diverse and talented group of people."

Over the past decade, the Atlanta-based Third Day - made up of members Mac Powell, Tai Anderson, David Carr and Mark Lee - has racked up 26 No 1 radio singles and sold more than seven million albums. The band has garnered 24 career GMA Dove Awards, three Grammy Awards and an American Music Award. The band's hit "Call My Name" from its Revelation project was even recently cut by Keith Urban.