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With a total of nine nominations – including Artist of the Year, Song of the Year and Male Vocalist of the Year – Marvin Sapp leads the field of nominees for the 24th Annual Stellar Awards, the industry’s most prestigious televised awards shows.
Despite some pretty stiff competition from the likes of Kirk Franklin, Dorinda Clark-Cole and Deitrick Haddon, each tied with five nods for their respective releases, and Israel & New Breed, CeCe Winans, Beverly Crawford and Ricky Dillard – all of whom snagged four nominations each – Sapp is expected to run the tables at the January 17, 2009 taping of the show with his near-platinum release, Thirsty, featuring the smash single, “Never Would Have Made It.”
Trailing close behind with eight nominations is Jonathan Nelson, a first-time nominee whose debut, Right Now Praise, has taken him to the head of the class.
Other multiple nominees include Myron Butler, Marvin Winans, Bishop Paul S. Morton, the Chicago Mass Choir and John Tillery, another first-time nominee with an impressive showing.
The show, which will be seen Sunday, March 1 on Gospel Music Channel, will be taped in January at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, hosted by Yolanda Adams and Sinbad. Special honors go to Daryl Coley (The James Cleveland Lifetime Achievement Award); the Rance Allen Group (the Ambassador Dr. Bobby Jones Award) and Vickie Winans (Most Notable Achievement).
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