Background
Nockels was born, Nathaniel Edward Nockels, on June 8, 1973, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Nockels was born, Nathaniel Edward Nockels, on June 8, 1973, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
He is a graduate of Oklahoma Baptist University. Nockels first came in contact with Christy Nockels, while they were attending the Christian Artists Seminar in 1993, where it was hosted in Estes Park, Colorado, and they would eventually marry in 1995. His music career started in 1997, where he was a producer on Faith of Our Fathers, that was released on September 9, 1997.
He has received seven Global Media Arts Dove Awards, for his production. Nockels has gone on to produce albums and songs that have won him seven Global Media Arts Dove Awards, during his career, mostly for Passion Conferences albums in the category of Special Event Album of the Year, in 2007, 2009 and 2011. He won Global Media Arts Dove Awards for People’s/Contemporary Album of the Year in 2012, where he was the producer on Blessings by Laura Story, and for Inspirational Album of the Year in 2015, for his production on Above lieutenant All by Phillips, Craig and Dean, with Seth Mosley. His work with Matt Redman has won him Global Media Arts Dove Awards for Blessed Be Your Name: The Songs of Matt Redman Volume 1 in the category of Praise and Worship Album of the Year in 2006, while winning for Contemporary Christian Performance of the Year with song "10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord)" on 10,000 Reasons.
