The winners of the 27th Annual Stellar Gospel Music Awards, were announced before a live audience on January 14, 2012 from Nashville's Grand Ole Opry Housee. The live tapping featured an all-star performance by Kirk Franklin, James Fortune and FIYA, Earnest Pugh, Le'Andria Johnson, Fred Hammond, Kim Burrell, Martha Munizzi, Jessica Reedy, Richard Smallwood and Vision, Da'Truth, Ricky Dilliard and New G, William McDowell, Canton Jones and hip-hop gospel artist, Lecrae. The Stellar Gospel Music Awards is the first and only annual nationally-televised awards show honoring African American gospel music artists.
Complete listings of official winners in all categories are:
Artist of the Year
Kirk Franklin
Earnest Pugh
Mary Mary
Song of the Year (Songwriter(s); Song)
Darius Paulk, "Nobody Greater"
Deitrick Haddon, "Well Done"
Wess Morgan, "I Choose To Worship"
Male Vocalist of the Year
Earnest Pugh
Smokie Norful
Israel Houghton
Female Vocalist of the Year
Beverly Crawford
Martha Munizzi
Yolanda Adams
Group Duo of the Year
Rance Allen Group
Trin-i-tee 5:7
James Fortune & FIYA
New Artist of the Year
Greater Mt. Calvary Church Choir
Todd Dulaney
Preashea Hilliard
CD of the Year
Mary Mary, Something Big
VaShawn Mitchell Triumphant
James Fortune & FIYA, I Believe
Choir of the Year
Chicago Mass Choir
Mississippi Mass Choir
Shekinah Glory Ministry
Producer of the Year
Aaron Lindsey, Tommy Sims & Israel Houghton, Love God. Love People
VaShawn Mitchell, Daniel Weatherspoon & Rick Robinson, Triumphant
Warryn Campbell, Mary Mary, Something Big
Contemporary Group/ Duo of the Year
New Artist of the Year
James Fortune & FIYA
Trin-i-tee 5:7
Traditional Group/Duo of the Year
The Soul Seekers
Keith Wonderboy Johnson & Spiritual Voices
Contemporary Male Vocalist of the Year
Deitrick Haddon
Earnest Pugh
Israel Houghton
Traditional Male Vocalist of the Year
Keith Wonderboy Johnson
Rance Allen
John P Kee
New Artist of the Year
Greater Mount Calvary Recording Choir, Greater Mount Calvary Live: As Told By The Music Ministry,
Preashea Hilliard, Live Out Loud,
Todd Dulaney, Pullin Me Through,
Contemporary Female Vocalist of the Year
Preashea Hilliard
Y'Anna Crawley
Yolanda Adams
Traditional Female Vocalist of the Year
Evelyn Turrentine-Agee
LaShun Pace
Twinkie Clark
Contemporary CD of the Year
Mary Mary, Something Big
VaShawn Mitchell, Triumphant
Deitrick Haddon, Church on the Moon
Traditional CD of the Year
John P. Kee, The Legacy Project
Smokie Norful, How I Got Over...Songs That Carried Us
Mississippi Mass Choir , Then Sings My Soul
Ricky Dillard & New G, Keep Living
Urban/ Inspirational Single / Performance of the Year (Artist; Song)
Kirk Franklin, "I Smile"
Mary Mary, "Walking"
VaShawn Mitchell , "Nobody Greater"
Music Video of the Year - Short Form
VaShawn Mitchell , "Nobody Greater" (VaShawn Mitchell)
Christian Heuer, "Walking" (Mary Mary)
Martha Munizzi, "Excellent" (Martha Munizzi)
Canton Jones, "God" (Canton Jones)
Music Video of the Year - Long Form
Deitrick Haddon, "Church on the Moon"
Jerry Parries, Bishop Morton Celebrates 25 Years In Music"
Mississippi Mass Choir, "Then Sings My Soul"
Ricky Dillard & New G, "Keep Living"
Contemporary Choir of the Year
Lonnie Hunter & Structure
Traditional Choir of the Year
Chicago Mass Choir
Ricky Dillard & New G
Greater Mt. Calvary Church Choir
Instrumental Gospel CD of the Year
Moses Tyson Jr, "Music Remastered & Sacred Organ"
Harold Rayford, "I Am the Instrument"
Todd Ledbetter, "Meditations: Hymns in the Key of Jazz"
Winston Stewart, "Season"
Special Event CD of the Year
John P. Kee, The Legacy Project
Shekinah Glory Ministry, Refreshed By Fire
VaShawn Mitchell, My Songbook
Rap/Hip Hop Gospel CD of the Year
Flame, Captured
Viktory, Birth of a Legacy
Lecrae, Rehab: The Overdose
Children's Project of the Year
Santiago & Claude Deuce, My Destiny Place - My Imagination
Teen Pure N Heart, Pure N Heart Live
The Velasquez Singers, Ten
T-Rep The Young Prayzr, Let's Go
Quartet of the Year
Keith Wonderboy Johnson & Spiritual Voices
The Soul Seekers
Recorded Music Package of the Year [art credit / album ]
Christina Jones, Dominionaire (Canton Jones)
Denise Trotman & Greg Gilligan, Hello Fear (Kirk Franklin)
Martha Munizzi , Make It Loud (Martha Munizzi)
Tanner Gary, Triumphant (VaShawn Mitchell)
Praise and Worship CD of the Year
VaShawn Mitchell, "Triumphant"
Earnest Pugh, "Earnestly Yours"
Israel Houghton, "Love God. Love People."
Shekinah Glory Ministry, "Refreshed By Fire"
Spoken Word CD of the Year
Selah, "Look At You Loving Me"
Marco the Poet, "Marco the Poet EP"
Trupoetry, "Truepoetry"
Michael Diallo McLendon, "The Diallo Experience"
Congratulations to all the winners and nominees.
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