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2023 Winners

2023 Winners

38th Annual Stellar Awards

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Category #1 ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Pastor Mike Jr.; Winning; Blacksmoke Music Worldwide
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Category #2 SONG OF THE YEAR
Impossible; Pastor Mike Jr., James Fortune & JeVon Hill; Blacksmoke Music Worldwide
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Category #3 MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Pastor Mike Jr.; Winning; Blacksmoke Music Worldwide
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Category #4 ALBERTINA WALKER FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
DOE; Clarity; Life Room Label/RCA Inspiration
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Category #5 DUO/CHORUS GROUP OF THE YEAR
Maverick City Music x Kirk Franklin; Kingdom Book One; Tribl Records / Fo Yo Soul Recordings / RCA Inspiration
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Category #6 NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Lena Byrd Miles; Brand New; My Block Inc.
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Category #7 ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Winning; Pastor Mike Jr.; Blacksmoke Music Worldwide
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Category #8 CHOIR OF THE YEAR
Brent Jones; Nothing Else Matters (INSTEAD OF COMPLAINING, PRAISE HIM); JDI Entertainment
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Category #9 PRODUCER OF THE YEAR
Tye Tribbett & Joseph Bethea; All Things New; Motown Gospel
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Category #10 CONTEMPORARY DUO/CHORUS GROUP OF THE YEAR
Maverick City Music x Kirk Franklin; Kingdom Book One; Tribl Records / Fo Yo Soul Recordings / RCA Inspiration
Category #11
Category Omitted
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Category #12 CONTEMPORARY MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Pastor Mike Jr.; Winning; Blacksmoke Music Worldwide
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Category #13 TRADITIONAL MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Zacardi Cortez; Imprint; Blacksmoke Music Worldwide
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Category #14 CONTEMPORARY FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
DOE; Clarity; Life Room Label/RCA Inspiration
Category #15 TRADITIONAL FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Category Omitted
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Category #16 CONTEMPORARY ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Winning; Pastor Mike Jr.; Blacksmoke Music Worldwide
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Category #17 TRADITIONAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Imprint; Zacardi Cortez; Blacksmoke Music Worldwide
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Category #18 URBAN/INSPIRATIONAL SINGLE OR PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR
When I Pray; Doe; Life Room Label/RCA Inspiration
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Category #19 MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Mr. McClure; Michael McClure, Andre Rudolph & Antonio Minifield; Blacksmoke Music Worldwide
Category #20 TRADITIONAL CHOIR OF THE YEAR
Category Omitted
Category #21 CONTEMPORARY CHOIR OF THE YEAR
Category Omitted
Category #22 INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Category Omitted
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Category #23 SPECIAL EVENT ALBUM OF THE YEAR
T.D. Jakes Presents "Finally Loosed"; Various Artists; Dexterity Sounds
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Category #24 RAP HIP HOP GOSPEL ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Church Clothes 4; Lecrae; Reach Records
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Category #25 YOUTH PROJECT OF THE YEAR
Detroit Youth Choir; Rockspell; Confidential Records
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Category #26 QUARTET OF THE YEAR
Keith “Wonderboy” Johnson; Restructure, Renew Reunion; Blacksmoke Music Worldwide
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Category #27 RECORDED MUSIC PACKAGING OF THE YEAR
All Things New; Myke McKesey & Trent Nicholson; Motown Gospel
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Category #28 PRAISE AND WORSHIP ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Hymns; Tasha Cobbs Leonard; TeeLee Records/Motown Gospel
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Category #29 PRAISE AND WORSHIP SONG OF THE YEAR
You've Been Good To Me; Zacardi Cortez; Blacksmoke Music Worldwide
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Category #30 RAP/HIP HOP SONG OF THE YEAR
Blak Sheep; Pastor Mike Jr.; Blacksmoke Music Worldwide

GOSPEL RADIO OF THE YEAR WINNERS


MAJOR MARKET OF THE YEAR

WPZE Praise 102.5, Atlanta

LARGE MARKET OF THE YEAR

WHAL-FM 95.7, Memphis

MEDIUM MARKET OF THE YEAR

WXHL 89.1 FM Reach Gospel Radio, Wilmington

SMALL MARKET OF THE YEAR

WWLD-HD2 98.3FM, Tallahassee

INTERNET STATION OF THE YEAR

WVTC Gospel Radio Network, http://www.wvtcradio.com

GOSPEL ANNOUNCER OF THE YEAR

Melanie Pratt, WPZS Praise - Melanie In The Midday