24th Annual Stellar Award Winners

Marvin Sapp

Category 1
ARTIST OF THE YEAR

Marvin Sapp, Thirsty, Verity/Zomba Label Group

Category 2
SONG OF THE YEAR

Marvin Sapp and Matthew Brownie, "Never Would Have Made It"

Marvin Sapp

Marvin Sapp

Category 3
MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR

Marvin Sapp, Thirsty, Verity/Zomba Label Group

Category 4
FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR

Dorinda Clark-Cole, Take It Back, Zomba Label Group

Dorinda Clark-Cole

Jonathan Nelson featuring Purpose

Category 5
GROUP/DUO OF THE YEAR

Jonathan Nelson featuring Purpose, Right Now Praise, Integrity Music

Category 6
NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR

Jessica Greene, 4 the World, Habakkuk Music

Jessica Greene

Marvin Sapp

Category 7
CD OF THE YEAR

Marvin Sapp, Thirsty, Verity/Zomba Label Group

Category 8
CHOIR OF THE YEAR

Ricky Dillard & New G, The 7th Episode: Live in Toronto, NuSpring Records/EMI Gospel

Ricky Dillard & New G

marvin sapp, aaron lindsey

Category 9
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR

Aaron Lindsey, Thirsty, Zomba Label Group

Category 10
CONTEMPORARY GROUP/DUO OF THE YEAR

Jonathan Nelson featuring Purpose, Right Now Praise, Integrity Music

Jonathan Nelson featuring Purpose

The Canton Spirituals

Category 11
TRADITIONAL GROUP/DUO OF THE YEAR

The Canton Spirituals, Driven, Verity/Zomba Label Group

Category 12
CONTEMPORARY MALE OF THE YEAR

Byron Cage, Live at the Apollo: The Proclamation, Gospocentric/Zomba Label Group

Byron Cage

Marvin Sapp

Category 13
TRADITIONAL MALE OF THE YEAR

Marvin Sapp, Thirsty, Verity/Zomba Label Group

Category 14
CONTEMPORARY FEMALE OF THE YEAR

CeCe Winans, Thy Kingdom Come, PureSprings Gospel

CeCe Winans

Beverly Crawford

Category 15
TRADITIONAL FEMALE OF THE YEAR

Beverly Crawford, Live from Los Angeles, JDI Records

Category 16
CONTEMPORARY CD OF THE YEAR

Jonathan Nelson featuring Purpose, Right Now Praise, Integrity Music

Jonathan Nelson featuring Purpose

Marvin Sapp

Category 17
TRADITIONAL CD OF THE YEAR

Marvin Sapp, Thirsty, Verity/Zomba Label Group

Category 18
URBAN/INSPIRATIONAL SINGLE OR PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR

Kirk Franklin, "Declaration: (This is it)" - The Fight of My Life, Fo Yo Soul/Gospocentric/Zomba Label Group

Kirk Franklin

Marvin Sapp

Category 19
MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR - SHORT FORMAT

Marvin Sapp, "Never Would Have Made It", Verity/Zomba Label Group

Category 20
TRADITIONAL CHOIR OF THE YEAR

Bishop Paul Morton & The Full Gospel Baptist Church Choir, Embracing the Next Dimension, Light Records/Tehillah

Bishop Paul Morton & The Full Gospel Baptist Church Choir

Ricky Dillard & New G

Category 21
CONTEMPORARY CHOIR OF THE YEAR

Ricky Dillard & New G, The 7th Episode: Live in Toronto, NuSpring Records/EMI Gospel

Category 22
INSTRUMENTAL GOSPEL CD OF THE YEAR

Angella Christie, The Breath of Life, ACSM Music

Angella Christie

The Clark Sisters

Category 23
SPECIAL EVENT CD OF THE YEAR

The Clark Sisters, The Best of the Clark Sisters Encore, Dexterity Sounds

Category 24
RAP/HIP HOP GOSPEL CD OF THE YEAR

Da' T.R.U.T.H., Open Book, Cross Movement Records

Da' T.R.U.T.H.

Category 25
CHILDRENS PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR

Kaira Miller, In God's Time/It Ain't Over, GFM Entertainment

Category 26
QUARTET OF THE YEAR

Lee Williams & The Spiritual QC's, So Much to be Thankful for, MCG Records

Lee Williams & The Spiritual QC's

marvin sapp

Category 27
RECORDED MUSIC PACKAGING OF THE YEAR

Michelle Lukianovich, Art Director & Design; Keith Major, Photography, Marvin Sapp -- Thirsty, Verity/Zomba Label Group

Category 28
PRAISE AND WORSHIP CD OF THE YEAR

Shekinah Glory Ministry, Jesus, Kingdom Records

Shekinah Glory Ministry

GOSPEL ANNOUNCER OF THE YEAR

Lady Shaunte' Garrett ~ KSON ~ San Diego, CA

Special Presentation and Award

Rev. Timothy Wright

RADIO STATION OF THE YEAR (MAJOR)

WHUR - 96.3 FM WASHINGTON, DC

RADIO STATION OF THE YEAR (LARGE)

WFMI - 100.9 FM VIRGINIA BEACH, VA

RADIO STATION OF THE YEAR (MEDIUM)

WXOK - 1460 AM BATON ROUGE, LA

RADIO STATION OF THE YEAR (SMALL)

WEUP - Huntsville, AL

ALLSTATE JAMES CLEVELAND LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Daryl Coley

THOMAS A. DORSEY MOST NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Vickie Winans

WALGREENS' AMBASSADOR DR. BOBBY JONES LEGENDS AWARD

The Rance Allen Group