Chicago, Ill.––The Stellar Gospel Music Awards celebrated 25 years of honoring the biggest and brightest in Gospel music, with a star-studded 25th Anniversary Awards event hosted by Kirk Franklin, Donnie McClurkin and Vickie Winans. The show returned to Nashville for the 5th consecutive year and took place on Saturday, January 16, 2010 at the Grand Ole Opry House. Stars from music, film and television joined Don Jackson, Chairman and CEO of Central City Productions, in celebration of this important milestone in bringing Gospel music’s premier event to fans for 25 years.
“The Stellar Awards have been my passion and it has been a long journey from where we started to where we are today,” said Don Jackson (left). “The show now airs in more than 125 markets around the country and features all the best that Gospel music has to offer. We are proud of what we have accomplished and are grateful to the industry and fans for continuing to believe in us.”
Thousands of Gospel music fans descended upon Nashville for the Stellar Gospel Music Awards weekend with events filling each day from sunrise to sunset.
25th Annual Stellar Gospel Music Award Winners
Category #1
ARTIST OF THE YEAR
-Hezekiah Walker and Love Fellowship, Souled Out, Verity Records
Category #2
SONG OF THE YEAR
-Mary, Mary, “God in Me” – The Sound, Columbia
Category #3
MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR
-Smokie Norful, Smokie Norful Live, EMI Gospel
CATEGORY #4
FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR
-Vickie Winans, How I Got Over, Destiny Joy Records
CATEGORY #5
GROUP/DUO OF THE YEAR
-Mary, Mary, The Sound, Columbia
CATEGORY #6
NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR
-Crystal Aikin, Crystal Aikin, Verity Records
CATEGORY #7
CD OF THE YEAR
-Hezekiah Walker and Love Fellowship, Souled Out, Verity Records
CATEGORY #8
CHOIR OF THE YEAR
-Hezekiah Walker and Love Fellowship, Souled Out, Verity Records
CATEGORY #9
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR
-Donald Lawrence & Daniel Weatherspoon, The Law of Confession Part 1, Quiet Water/Verity
CATEGORY #10
CONTEMPORARY GROUP/DUO OF THE YEAR
-Mary, Mary, The Sound, Columbia
CATEGORY #11
TRADITIONAL GROUP/DUO OF THE YEAR
-Lee Williams & The Spiritual QC’s, Fall On Me, MCG Record
CATEGORY #12
CONTEMPORARY MALE OF THE YEAR
-Smokie Norful, Smokie Norful Live, EMI Gospel
CATEGORY #13
TRADITIONAL MALE OF THE YEAR
-Donnie McClurkin, We All Are One (Live in Detroit), Verity Records
CATEGORY #14
CONTEMPORARY FEMALE OF THE YEAR
-Crystal Aikin, Crystal Aikin, Verity Records
CATEGORY #15
TRADITIONAL FEMALE OF THE YEAR
-Dottie Peoples, Do It!, DP Muzik Group
CATEGORY #16
CONTEMPORARY CD OF THE YEAR
-Hezekiah Walker and Love Fellowship, Souled Out, Verity Records
CATEGORY #17
TRADITIONAL CD OF THE YEAR
-Shari Addison, Shari Addison, Verity Records
CATEGORY #18
URBAN/INSPIRATIONAL SINGLE OR PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR
-Mary, Mary, “God in Me” – The Sound, Columbia
CATEGORY #19
MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR
-Vickie Winans, How I Got Over, Destiny Joy Records
CATEGORY #20
TRADITONAL CHOIR OF THE YEAR
-Bishop Paul S. Morton & The FGBCF Mass Choir, Cry Your Last Tear, Light Records
CATEGORY #21
CONTEMPORARY CHOIR OF THE YEAR
-Hezekiah Walker and Love Fellowship, Souled Out, Verity Records
CATEGORY #22
INSTRUMENTAL GOSPEL CD OF THE YEAR
-Ben Tankard, Mercy, Mercy, Mercy, Verity
CATEGORY #23
SPECIAL EVENT CD OF THE YEAR
-The Clark Sisters, J. Moss and Kierra Sheard, Silky Soul Music. A Tribute to Maze, Barantera Music Group
CATEGORY #24
RAP HIP HOP GOSPEL CD OF THE YEAR
-Da’ T.R.U.T.H., The Big Picture, Cross Movement Records
CATEGORY #25
CHILDRENS PROJECT OF THE YEAR
-Rev. Dr. Emory Andrews and Oxon Hill High School Choir, Amazing, Yrome Records
CATEGORY #26
QUARTET OF THE YEAR
-Lee Williams & The Spiritual QC’s, Fall On Me, MCG Records
CATEGORY #27
RECORDED MUSIC PACKAGING OF THE YEAR
-Denise Trotman, Donald Lawrence – “The Confession Part 1”, Quiet Water/Verity
CATEGORY #28
PRAISE AND WORHSIP CD OF THE YEAR
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article courtesy of The Belle Report & Gospel Flava.com
