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Booth Brothers lead the pack with a record 10 nominations – Producer Jeff Collins earns most individual nominations with six
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – Deon and Susan Unthank, owners of SouthernGospelNews.com, are proud to announce the nominees for the 2006 SGN Music Awards. As in year’s past, the nominees were chosen by the staff of SouthernGospelNews.com. Starting on February 8, 2006, the fans will get a chance to vote for their favorites in each category.
"Like last year, we expanded our awards this year,” said Deon Unthank, owner of SouthernGospelNews.com. “Every year it gets harder and harder to decide on categories like Producer of the Year, so we broke this category up like we did Songwriter of the Year last year.”
Changes to the awards included a division of the Producer of the Year category. There are now two separate Producer of the Year categories: one for the producer who is part of a full-time or part-time group and another for those producers who do not travel, sing, or play for a living.
“We saw a need to divide this category like Songwriter,” remarked Unthank. “It is very apparent that the most recognizable name is the one the fans vote for, and that’s fine. However, this way we can give the award to another deserving individual who isn’t in the spotlight quite as often.”
In addition to the splitting of the Producer of the Year category, another award has been added. The inclusion of the Fan Favorite Artist of the Year was also added this year. The fans can submit their choice for Artist of the Year beginning on the 1st of February, and the Top 10 submissions will be voted on again when voting for the winners of the SGN Music Awards begins on February 7, 2006.
The SGN Music Awards also opened up the category of Radio Promoter of the Year, which honors Southern Gospel radio’s top promoters. The five nominees in this new category were chosen by the reporting stations of SouthernGospelNews.com Top 40 Weekly Chart.
As far as nominations go, the Booth Brothers led all artist nominees this year with a record setting 10 nominations, including Song of the Year (“He Saw It All”), Album of the Year (The Blind Man Saw It All), Male Group of the Year, a Male Vocalist of the Year nomination for Ronnie Booth, and a Songwriter of the Year (Artist) nomination for Jim Brady, in addition to several other nods.
Following right behind the Booth Brothers were the McRaes and Ernie Haase & Signature Sound with nine nominations apiece. Karen Peck & New River received eight nominations.
Receiving seven nominations was Gold City. Hope’s Call and the Crabb Family both earned six nominations apiece. The Ruppes earned five nods. Receiving four nominations were the Dove Brothers Quartet, Kingdom Heirs, and the Talley Trio.
Mark Bishop, Triumphant Quartet, Hoskins Family, CrossWay, and Gordon Mote each earned three nominations, while the Isaacs, Collingsworth Family, Chuck Peters (of SGLive365.com and SGShowPrep), Three Bridges, Peasall Sisters, the Perrys, Greater Vision, Mike Bowling, Jody Brown Indian Family, and Johnny Minick all received double nominations.
Producer Jeff Collins earned the most individual nominations for his work during 2006. In addition to landing in the Producer of the Year (Professional) category, Jeff earned an additional five nominations for his production work this year – bringing his total to six. Earning five individual nominations were Annie McRae and Michael Sykes. Rebecca Isaacs Bowman, Sonya Isaacs, and Wayne Haun all received four individual nominations for songwriting and producing. Landing three individual nominations were Mark Bishop, Donna Beauvais, Phil Johnson, Daniel Riley, Mike Bowling, Bubba Smith, Heather Day, and Barry Weeks.
The Pacesetter Award is awarded to any artist, individual, or organization which has shown great strides in the industry and has raised the bar for others. This year’s nominees for the 2006 Pacesetter are the Booth Brothers, CrabbJam Tour 2005 (featuring the Crabb Family, CrossWay, and the McRaes), Ernie Haase & Signature Sound, Chuck Peters (SGShowPrep & SGLive365.com), and the Talley Trio.
“This has been just an amazing year for Southern Gospel,” said Deon Unthank of SouthernGospelNews.com. “Seeing all the nominees that the staff chose this year makes me proud to be working in Southern Gospel. They are all very deserving of their nominations.”
More information on the 2006 SGN Music Awards Celebration will be forthcoming, including hosts, performers, venue, sponsors, etc. The date for this year’s SGN Music Awards Celebration is Tuesday, April 25, 2006.
The nominees for the 2006 SGN Music Awards are listed below:
SONG OF THE YEAR:
"Do You Want to Be Forgiven?" (Ernie Haase & Signature Sound)
"Friend Til the End" (Isaacs)
"He Saw It All" (Booth Brothers)
"I Got Here As Fast As I Could" (Mark Bishop)
"It's Just Another Red Sea" (Gold City)
"Just One Touch" (Karen Peck & New River)
"Long Arm of Love" (CrossWay)
"Long As I Got King Jesus" (Brian Free & Assurance)
"There Is a Remedy" (McRaes)
"You Are Loved" (Hope's Call)
ALBUM OF THE YEAR:
Anything But Ordinary...Everything But Typical (Dove Brothers Quartet)
Beyond the Music ~ An Acappella Collection (Hope's Call)
Ernie Haase & Signature Sound (Ernie Haase & Signature Sound)
Good To Be Free (Karen Peck & New River)
Heaven (Gold City)
It's Over...Let Eternity Begin (Hoskins Family)
Perfect Love (McRaes)
Sweet Forever (Ruppes)
The Blind Man Saw It All (Booth Brothers)
Triumphant Quartet (Triumphant Quartet)
PACESETTER:
Booth Brothers
CrabbJam Tour 2005 (Crabb Family, CrossWay, McRaes)
Ernie Haase & Signature Sound
Chuck Peters (SGShowPrep & SGLive365.com)
Talley Trio
BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST OF THE YEAR:
Collingsworth Family
Crystal River
Monument Quartet
Gordon Mote
Young Harmony
MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR:
Ronnie Booth (Booth Brothers)
Anthony Facello (Mercy's Mark)
Mitchell Kenitzer (Three Bridges)
Arthur Rice (Kingdom Heirs)
Daniel Riley (Gold City)
FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR:
TaRanda Greene (Greenes)
Annie McRae (McRaes)
Karen Peck Gooch (Karen Peck & New River)
Charlotte Ritchie (Jeff & Sheri Easter)
Lauren Talley (Talley Trio)
MALE GROUP OF THE YEAR:
Booth Brothers
Dove Brothers Quartet
Ernie Haase & Signature Sound
Gold City
Triumphant Quartet
FEMALE GROUP OF THE YEAR:
Beloved
Everlasting Hope
McRaes
Peasall Sisters
Ruppes
MIXED GROUP OF THE YEAR (a tie necessitated six finalists):
Crabb Family
Hope's Call
Hoskins Family
Karen Peck & New River
Perrys
Talley Trio
SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR (ARTIST):
Mark Bishop
Jim Brady (Booth Brothers)
Rodney Griffin (Greater Vision)
Annie McRae (McRaes)
Daryl Williams (Daryl Williams Trio)
SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR (PROFESSIONAL):
Steven Cheney
Joel Lindsey
Rebecca J. Peck
John Darin Rowsey
Dianne Wilkinson
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR (ARTIST):
Donna Beauvais (Hope's Call)
Mike Bowling
Heather Day (Ruppes)
Daniel & Doug Riley (Gold City)
Roger Talley (Talley Trio)
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR (PROFESSIONAL):
Jeff Collins
Wayne Haun
Bubba Smith
Michael Sykes
Barry Weeks
MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR:
Jeremy Brown (Jody Brown Indian Family)
Kim Collingsworth (Collingsworth Family)
Justin Ellis (Crabb Family)
Gordon Mote
Roy Webb (Ernie Haase & Signature Sound)
TRADITIONAL SOUTHERN SONG OF THE YEAR:
"Anything But Ordinary, Everything But Typical" (Dove Brothers Quartet)
"Forever Changed" (Kingdom Heirs)
"He Saw It All" (Booth Brothers)
"It's Just Another Red Sea" (Gold City)
"Paid In Full Through Jesus, Amen" (Greater Vision)
TRADITIONAL SOUTHERN ALBUM OF THE YEAR:
Anything But Ordinary...Everything But Typical (Dove Brothers Quartet)
Ernie Haase & Signature Sound (Ernie Haase & Signature Sound)
Give Me the Mountain (Kingdom Heirs)
Heaven (Gold City)
Triumphant Quartet (Triumphant Quartet)
PROGRESSIVE SOUTHERN SONG OF THE YEAR:
"Do You Want to Be Forgiven?" (Ernie Haase & Signature Sound)
"In the Sky" (Three Bridges)
"Just One Touch" (Karen Peck & New River)
"There Is a Remedy" (McRaes)
"You Are Loved" (Hope's Call)
PROGRESSIVE SOUTHERN ALBUM OF THE YEAR (a tie necessitated six finalists):
Beyond the Music ~ An Acappella Collection (Hope's Call)
Come Ride With Me (Jody Brown Indian Family)
Good To Be Free (Karen Peck & New River)
It's Over...Let Eternity Begin (Hoskins Family)
Sweet Forever (Ruppes)
The Blind Man Saw It All (Booth Brothers)
COUNTRY/BLUEGRASS SONG OF THE YEAR:
"Friend Til the End" (Isaacs)
"Good Day" (Crabb Family)
"Long Arm of Love" (CrossWay)
"Low & Down" (McRaes)
"Solid Rock & Shifting Sand" (Mike Bowling)
COUNTRY/BLUEGRASS ALBUM OF THE YEAR:
Common Thread (Oak Ridge Boys)
I Believe (Jimmy Fortune)
Perfect Love (McRaes)
There Is Love...Then There Is God's Love (Mark Bishop)
There's No Place That Love Can't Reach (Gordon Mote)
SPECIAL EVENT PROJECT OF THE YEAR (a tie necessitated six finalists):
Bill & Gloria Gaither Present Ernie Haase & Signature Sound (Ernie Haase & Signature Sound)
Live at Brooklyn Tabernacle (Crabb Family)
Mark Lowry Goes to Hollywood (Mark Lowry)
Remembering the Happy Goodmans (Perrys)
Sweetest Song I Know ~ A Tribute to the Happy Goodmans (Johnny Minick)
The Best of Guy Penrod (Guy Penrod)
BEST ALBUM COVER:
Good To Be Free (Karen Peck & New River)
Home to You (Peasall Sisters)
Sweet Forever (Ruppes)
Sweetest Song I Know ~ A Tribute to the Happy Goodmans (Johnny Minick)
The Blind Man Saw It All (Booth Brothers)
BEST LIVE PERFORMER:
Booth Brothers
Crabb Family
Ernie Haase & Signature Sound
Kingdom Heirs
Joyce Martin
BEST ARTIST/INDUSTRY WEBSITE:
KarenPeckandNewRiver.com
MercysWell.com
SGLive365.com
TheImperials.com
Vocalive.com
FAVORITE RADIO PROMOTER:
Philip Emery (DJ Man Promotions)
Rick Hendrix (Rick Hendrix Company)
Jeff O'Neal (Heritage Communications)
Jim Stover (Crossroads Music)
Rhonda Thompson (Daywind Records)
More information, including songwriter and producer listings will be made available on February 1, 2006 at SouthernGospelNews.com.
About SouthernGospelNews.com
SouthernGospelNews.com has grown from relative obscurity to the industry's leading internet publication for Southern Gospel news and information in only a few short years. The site includes a wide variety of features, consisting of artist interviews, a weekly chart, late-breaking news, and much more.
About Southern Spin Entertainment
Southern Spin Entertainment is one of four divisions of the conglomerate SSE Group. Southern Spin Entertainment focuses on publicity and marketing for Southern and Country Gospel artists. The company currently represents over 40 artists in all genres of Gospel music.
For more information on Southern Spin Entertainment, go to http://www.southernspin.com .
SSE Group’s four divisions include Southern Spin Entertainment, SSE Design Group, Southern Spin Artist Direction, and Southern Spin Radio. SSE Group currently owns and operates Glorious Creations, SGBlogNews.com, GospelMusings.com, and WorldofCM.com.
For more information on SSE Group, go to http://www.ssegrouponline.com.
Reader Comments
Mike said: I am very surprised that Guy Penrod is not nominated as male vocalist. I can understand his being shunned by the Singing News Fan Awards because of who is nominating and voting. I expected different results from the SGN staff.Do all of you at SGN honestly believe that all (or even any) of your nominees are better than Guy? I am not bashing your picks. They are all excellent singers, IMO. They just don't measure up to Guy.
SGN: The SGN Music Awards are unique in that they do not represent anyone's favorites or even represent who might be the all around best. They represent the past year's accomplishments. They do not take into consideration anything but the past year.
Mike said: What is the criteria for nominations? The Imperials arguably have the best singers and group. Must they have a record release in the past year?
SGN: The criteria is the accomplishments of the prior year, in this case, the accomplishments of 2005 are taken into consideration. The Imperials have not had a new release in years, nor have they had a radio release in years. As much as we will not argue their talent, they did not meet the criteria for accomplishments in the year 2005.
Mike said:If Joyce Martin was eligible for "Best Live Performer" (which is better than "Best Dead Performer"), then why would she not be eligible for best female vocalist? She is perhaps the best famale gospel singer of all time.
SGN: As already stated, the awards do not represent the "Best" or the "Favorite," they represent accomplishments for the previous year's work.
Mike said:I would like to see you expand the awards to include favorite at various positions (tenor, lead, baritone, bass, alto, soprano). Although I agree that SG music has spread its umbrella to embrace many more styles (I am glad), the one part that is nearly exclusive to SG music is the low (or sometimes "lowly") bass singer. I did not see any bass singer mentioned specifically.
SGN: We did at one time consider honoring the various parts however almost every award system operates that way and we chose to be different.
We appreciate your feed back and hope we have answered your questions.
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