LIST OF WINNERS AT THE STELLAR GOSPEL AWARDS 2019
The Stellar Gospel Music Academy (SAGMA) for the past three decades has orchestrated one of the two biggest award nights for Gospel music enthusiasts, Honoring the impact of individuals, groups and organization in Gospel music. The 34th edition of the Stellar Awards, which was held back in march had all glistening shades of awesomeness sparkling from all angles.
The event which held on Friday the 29th of March 2019, at the Orleans Arena, in Las Vegas, was hosted by gospel music luminary and host of BET Sunday Best Show, Kirk Franklin. The event was well attended and also had some stellar performances, with some of gospel’s current biggest
The Night was quite eccentric on the awards as Jonathan McReynolds evidently had one of the best nights of his life gaining a staggering 8 awards out of 9 nominations. Here below is a list of nominees and winners.
ARTIST OF THE YEAR
- Jakayln Carr, One Nation Under God, Lunjeal Music Group
- Jonathan McReynolds
, Make Room , Entertainment One [WINNER] - Maranda Curtis, Open Heaven, Red Alliance Media/Fair Trade
- Todd Dulaney, Your Great Name, Entertainment One
SONG OF THE YEAR
- Nobody Like You Lord, Maranda Curtis & Red Alliance Media/Fair.
- Not Lucky, I’m Loved Jonathan McReynolds, Terrell Demetrius Wilson & Anna B. Warner, Entertainment One. [WINNER]
- Won’t He Do It, Makeba Riddick, Richard Shelton & Loren Hill, RCA Inspiration.
- You Know My Name (Live), Tasha Cobbs Leonard & Brenton Brown, Motown Gospel.
MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR
- Brian Courtney Wilson, A Great Work, Motown Gospel
- Jonathan McReynolds,
Make Room , Entertainment One [WINNER] Kelontae Gavin, The Higher Experience, MBE/Tyscot- Tye Tribbett, The Bloody Win, Motown Gospel
ALBERTINA WALKER FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR*
- Jakalyn Carr, One Nation Under God, Lunjeal Music Group.
[ WINNER] - Hawthorne, Unstoppable, RCA Inspiration.
- Maranda Curtis, Open Heaven, Red Alliance Media/Fair Trade.
- Tasha Page-Lockhart, The Beautiful Project, RCA Inspiration/Fo Yo Soul RecordingsTori Kelly, Hiding Place, Schoolboy/Capitol.
DUO/CHORUS GROUP OF THE YEAR
- Donald Lawrence & Tri-City, Goshen 432 Hz, RCA Inspiration
- Isaiah D. Thomas and Elements of Praise, Still Here, Murchison Motion Pictures
- Judah Band, Gone Fishin’, Light Records
- The Walls Group, The Other Side, RCA Inspiration/Fo Yo Soul Recordings [WINNER]
NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR
- Cheryl Thomas Fortune, Simply Cheryl, LuDawn/Tyscot
- Jabari Johnson, Day of Redemption, Entertainment One [WINNER]
- Phil Thompson, My Worship, Phil Thompson Worship/
JamesTown . - PJ Morgan, The Transparency Project, IDMV Music Group
CD OF THE YEAR
- Bible of Love, Snoop Dogg, RCA Inspiration
- Make Room, Jonathan McReynolds, Entertainment One [WINNER]
- Open Heaven, Maranda Curtis, Red Alliance Media/Fair Trade
- Your Great Name, Todd Dulaney, Entertainment One
CHOIR OF THE YEAR
- Bishop Noel Jones & City of Refuge Sanctuary Choir, Run to the Altar, JH/Tyscot [WINNER]
- Dexter Walker & Zion Movement, Hope, IndieBlu Music
- The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir, I Am Reminded: Live!, Brooklyn Tabernacle Music
- Vincent Tharpe and Kenosis, Super Excited, Empty Me Entertainment
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR
- Jonathan McReynolds & Darryl “Lil Man” Howell, , Entertainment One [WINNER]
- Kirk Franklin, Ronald Hill, Phil Thornton, Clifton Lockhart, Tasha Page Lockhart, Myron Butler, Dontaniel Kimbrough, Zeek Listenbee, Cordell Walton, Edward “6Mile JP” Page, Charles “Ollie” Harris, Daniel Bryant, Bryan Popin & Lewis, The Beautiful Project, RCA Inspiration/Fo Yo Soul Recordings
- Kirk Franklin, Ronald Hill, Warryn Campbell and Phil
ThorntonThe Other Side, RCA Inspiration/Fo Yo Soul Recordings - Todd Dulaney & Dontaniel Jamel Kimbrough, Your Great Name, Entertainment One
CONTEMPORARY DUO/CHORUS GROUP OF THE YEAR
- Donald Lawrence & Tri-City, Goshen 432 Hz, RCA Inspiration
- God’s Chosen, God’s Chosen, Dream Label Group/Dream Gospel/GFavored Entertainment/Capitol Christian
- Judah Band, Gone Fishin’, Light Records
- The Walls Group, The Other Side, RCA Inspiration/Fo Yo Soul Recordings [WINNER]
TRADITIONAL DUO/CHORUS GROUP OF THE YEAR
- Gospel Legends, Resting Easy, Humility Music Group
- Jarrell Smalls & Company, A New Season, Southern Wave/Get Ready/SRT
- Keith “Wonderboy” Johnson, Keep Pushin, Wonder Spirit/SRT/Shanachie [WINNER]
Nu Tradition, Nu Tradition, Altmo Productions
CONTEMPORARY MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR
- Jonathan McReynolds, Make Room, Entertainment One [WINNER]
Kelontae Gavin, The Higher Experience, MBE/Tyscot- Todd Dulaney, Your Great Name, Entertainment One
- Tye Tribbett, The Bloody Win, Motown Gospel
TRADITIONAL MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR
- Earnest Pugh, Survive, EPM/Black Smoke
- Jarrell Smalls, A New Season, Southern Wave/Get Read/SRT
- Keith “Wonderboy” Johnson, Keep Pushin, Wonder Spirit/SRT/Shanachie
- VaShawn Mitchell, Cross Music, Tyscot [WINNER]
CONTEMPORARY FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR
- Benita Jones, The Evolution, IndieBlu Music
Koryn Hawthorne, Unstoppable, RCA Inspiration- Tasha Page-Lockhart, The Beautiful Project, RCA Inspiration/Fo Yo Soul Recordings [WINNER]
- Tori Kelly, Hiding Place, Schoolboy/Capitol
TRADITIONAL FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR
- Jakayln Carr, One Nation Under God, Lunjeal Music Group [WINNER]
- Maranda Curtis, Open Heaven, Red Alliance Media/Fair Trade
- Shana Wilson-Williams, Everlasting, Shana Wilson Ministries/IndieBlu
- Tammi Haddon, Bishop Noel Jones & City of Refuge Sanctuary Choir – Run to the Altar
, JH/Tyscot
CONTEMPORARY CD OF THE YEAR
- Bible of Love, Snoop Dogg, RCA Inspiration
- Make Room, Jonathan McReynolds, Entertainment One [WINNER]
- The Higher Experience, Kelontae Gavin, MBE/Tyscot
- Your Great Name, Todd Dulaney, Entertainment One
TRADITIONAL CD OF THE YEAR
- A New Season, Jarrell Smalls & Company, Southern Wave/Get Ready/SRT
- One Nation Under God, Jekalyn Carr, Lunjeal Music Group [WINNER]
- Run to the Altar, Bishop Noel Jones & City of Refuge Sanctuary Choir, JH/Tyscot
- The River, Keion D. Henderson, Eye Light Productions
URBAN/INSPIRATIONAL SINGLE OR PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR
- Forever, Jason Nelson, RCA Inspiration
- Never Alone ft. Kirk Franklin, Tori Kelly, Schoolboy/Capitol
- Not Lucky, I’m Loved, Jonathan McReynolds, Entertainment One
[WINNER] - Reckless Love, Israel Houghton, RCA Inspiration
MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR
- A Great Work, Matt Reed, Motown
- My Good, G. Randy Weston, Light Records
- Won’t He Do It, Casey Cross, RCA Inspiration [WINNER]
- My Life; Grateful – Patrick Tohill, RCA Inspiration/Fo Yo Soul Recordings
TRADITIONAL CHOIR OF THE YEAR
- Bishop Noel Jones & City of Refuge Sanctuary Choir, Run to the Altar, JH/Tyscot [WINNER]
- Demetrius West & Jesus Promoters, ChoirOlogy: The Study of Choir Music, Music Worldwide
- Dexter Walker & Zion Movement, Hope, IndieBlu Music
- The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir, I Am Reminded: Live!, Brooklyn Tabernacle Music
CONTEMPORARY CHOIR OF THE YEAR
- Brent Jones & the Waco Community Choir, Open Your Mouth and Say Something, JDI Records
- Dr. Alyn E. Waller Presents Fresh Anointing, Totally, Enon Music Group
- New Direction, When All God’s Children Get Together, New Haven Records [WINNER]
- Vincent Tharpe and Kenosis, Super Excited, Empty Me Entertainment
SPECIAL EVENT CD OF THE YEAR
- Bible of Love, Snoop Dogg, RCA Inspiration
- Evidence, Elevation Collective, Elevation Worship Records
- The Best of Fred Hammond, Fred Hammond, Verity/Sony Music [WINNER]
- WOW Gospel 2018, Various Artists, RCA Inspiration
RAP HIP HOP GOSPEL CD OF THE YEAR
- BLSD, Armstrong, Management
- God Knows, Flame, Clear Sight Music [WINNER]
- I Preaching to the Choir, Miz Tiffany, Digistoric Music
- PRAISE, Emcee N.I.C.E., Gypsy City Music
YOUTH PROJECT OF THE YEAR
- Christian Bolar, Speak It, BGA Music
- Praise, We are Personal Praise, RoBabies Records
- Pure N Heart, “Be You” 15 Years Unplugged, Music2ChangeU [WINNER]
- The Children Speak, Hey Young World,
HOLYwood Records
QUARTET OF THE YEAR
- Gospel Legends, Resting Easy, Humility Music Group
- Jarrell Smalls & Company, A New Season, Southern Wave/Get Ready/SRT
- Keith “Wonderboy” Johnson, Keep Pushin, Wonder Spirit / SRT/Shanachie [WINNER]
- The Wardlaw Brothers, Stand There, TWB Records
RECORDED MUSIC PACKAGING OF THE YEAR
- Israel Houghton, Road to , RCA Inspiration [WINNER]
- Justin Foster, Open Heaven, Red Alliance Media/Fair Trade
- Leonard
, , Entertainment One Octavious Holmes, One Nation Under God, Lunjeal Music Group
PRAISE AND WORSHIP CD OF THE YEAR
- Everlasting, Shana Wilson-Williams, Shana Wilson Ministries/IndieBlu
- Open Heaven, Maranda Curtis, Red Alliance Media/Fair Trade
- The Higher Experience, Kelontae Gavin, MBE/Tyscot
- Your Great Name, Todd Dulaney, Entertainment One [WINNER]
OTHER AWARDEES INCLUDES:
- ALBERTINA WALKER FEMALE VOCALISTOF THE, YEAR – Jekalyn Carr
- MEDIUM MARKET OF THE YEAR – WCGL AM 1360/FM 94.7, Jacksonville
- SMALL MARKET OF THE YEAR – WIMG 1300AM, Ewing
- INTERNET STATION OF THE YEAR –
uGospel Radio - GOSPEL ANNOUNCER OF THE YEAR – Dwight Stone, WPZE Praise 102.5, Atlanta, GA
