The nominees for the 24th Annual Stellar Gospel Music Awards were announced at a press conference Tuesday at the Nashville Convention & Visitors Bureau.
Leading the pack in nominations are Marvin Sapp with nine; Beverly Crawford, Kirk Franklin, Dorinda Clark-Cole and Ricky Dillard with four or more; and Marvin Winans and Byron Cage with three each.
Canton Jones and Jonathan Nelson also earned multiple nominations.
The awards will be presented at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville on January 17, 2009. Sinbad will co-host the show, which will air on Gospel Music Channel television network. GMC has been tagged as the exclusive first-run cable home for The Stellar Awards as part of a new multi-year licensing agreement with Don Jackson’s Chicago-based Central City Productions.
For a complete list of nominees by category, visit:
www.thestellarawards.com
glad to see that Beverly Crawford received FOUR nominations, including ARTIST OF THE YEAR among the other great gospel artists (Marvin Sapp, Dorinda Clark Cole, etc).
Now I hope that she will take home at least one or two, particularly in the female vocalist categories because she has truly made an impact and a breakthrough in the gospel music industry this year! Five solo albums, many guest appearances, she’s still standing by God’s grace. I know that God is the ultimate rewarder, but it would BE really nice if her peers would honor her this year. And it would truly be a shame if the Stellar committee does not recognize this (aka letting her go home empty-handed). On top of that, she has NEVER home any Stellars during her dozen-year career!!! Just something to think about. God bless.
I see that “Endurance” is up for two nominations for 2009. I really do hope they pull it off this time!
Every year I miss the show and this year since it will be exclusive on GMC I may not ever see it.
I went to the website and it makes me so mad to see how they have just let it go. There is no info about the present and mixes of 2008 and 2009 info. Just sad. Why can’t people, especially on this level of work, just keep up and update things.
Hi, Rae — lists of the 2009 nominees and winners are available on the Stellar Awards website; click on the appropriate links listed on the left hand column, towards the bottom.
I have a post of 2008 winners on the Blog….should be in the January 2008 monthly archives; that is on the right hand column of the Blog.