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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Allen Smith of SGN Scoops Magazine, home of the Diamond Awards, is proud to announce that the online ballots are now available for the awards program through the Diamond Awards home on the web. This new ballot is for the Top 10 nominees in each category.

The online ballot is designed for fans to vote their favorite artists for each award based on the Top 10 entries in each category. Visit the Diamond Awards website at http://diamondawardsonline.com.

This year’s Top 10 nominees are:

J.D. Sumner Living Legend Award: Les Beasley, Ann Downing, Chris Freeman, Gloria Gaither, Lou Wills Hildreth, Ronnie Hinson, Claude Hopper, Eva Mae LeFevre, Peg McKamey-Bean, Tim Riley

Group of the Year: Brian Free & Assurance, Crabb Family, Ernie Haase & Signature Sound, FaithWalk, Gaither Vocal Band, Gold City, Kirklands, Mercy’s Mark, Perrys, Sounds of Victory

Trio of the Year: Booth Brothers, Greater Vision, Greenes, HisSong, Hope’s Call, Jeff & Sheri Easter, Karen Peck & New River, Nelons, Talley Trio, Testify

Duet of the Year: Amazed, Goldens, Hearts of Faith, Joel & LaBreeska Hemphill, LeBeaus, Tim & Mary Alice Lovelace, McRaes, One Reason, Psalm 101, Young Harmony

Soloist of the Year: Big Mo, Mark Bishop, Mike Bowling, Michael Combs, Shane Dunlap, Bryan Langley, John Lanier, Cricket Lee, Ivan Parker, Kirk Talley

Sunrise Award: Amazed, Dills, Shane Dunlap, FaithWalk, First Love, Hope’s Call, Kirklands, Mechele Nichols, Runnin’ On Faith, Sounds of Victory

Male Vocalist of the Year: Jason Crabb (Crabb Family), Joey Eads (FaithWalk), Dale Golden (Goldens), Ernie Haase (Ernie Haase & Signature Sound), Dennis Humphries (HisSong), Greg Lynch (Sounds of Victory), Tony Peace (Kingsmen), Guy Penrod (Gaither Vocal Band), Daniel Riley (Gold City), Jonathan Wilburn (Gold City)

Female Vocalist of the Year: Ginger Bond (Young Harmony), Sheri Easter (Jeff & Sheri Easter), Cheryl Golden (Goldens), Sherri Gragg (FaithWalk), TaRanda Greene (Greenes), Kim Hopper (Hoppers), Sonya Isaacs (Isaacs), Jonica Lynch (FaithWalk), Karen Peck-Gooch (Karen Peck & New River), Lauren Talley (Talley Trio)

Songwriter of the Year: Ricky Atkinson, Chris Binion, Mark Bishop, Johnathan Bond, Jo Ann Eads, Rodney Griffin, Annie McRae, Milton “Big Mo” Ostrander, Rebecca Peck, Kirk Talley

Anthony Burger Instrumentalist of the Year: Roger Bennett, Anthony Burger, John Buckman, Andrew Ishee, Garry Jones, Mike Pillow, Micah Schweinsberg, Spencer Tally, Stewart Varnado, Norman Wilson

Christian Comedian of the Year: Eric Baker, Ken Davis, Dale Golden, Tony Greene, Tim Lovelace, Mark Lowry, Randy Miller, Jeremy Ostrander, Jeff Treece, Aaron Wilburn

Bluegrass Gospel Artist of the Year: Bradleys, Doyle Lawson & Quick Silver, Jeff & Sheri Easter, Isaacs, Joe Cook Family, Lewis Family, Primitive Quartet, Tim Surrett, White Family, Young Harmony

Favorite Artist Website: Big Mo Ministries (bigmoministries.com), Crabb Family (thecrabbfamily.com), Shane Dunlap (shanedunlap.com), Ernie Haase & Signature Sound (erniesigsound.com), Goldens (daleandcherylgolden.com), Legacy Five (legacyfive.com), Mark Lowry (marklowry.com), Sounds of Victory (thesoundsofvictory.net), Kirk Talley (kirk-talley.com), Young Harmony (youngharmony.com)

Favorite Industry Website: Eddie Crook Company (eddiecrook.com), Heritage Communications (heritagecom.com), Pillow Creative Agency (pillowcreative.com), Power Source Magazine (powersourcemagazine.com), Rick Hendrix Company (rickhendrix.com), Singing News (singingnews.com), SoGospelNews.com (sogospelnews.com), Solid Gospel (solidgospel.com), TheSouthernGospel.com (thesoutherngospel.com), U.S. Gospel News (usgospelnews.com)

Video of the Year: Canadian Homecoming (Gaither Gospel Series), First Class (Gold City), Jerusalem (Hoppers), Live Across America (Talley Trio), Live at Brooklyn Tabernacle (Crabb Family), Live at the River (Kirk Talley), Live In New York (Brian Free & Assurance), Mt. Vernon Live (Whisnants), NQC 2005 – Live (Various Artists), The Best of the Isaacs (Isaacs)

Song of the Year: “Darkest Day” (Big Mo), “He Saw It All” (Booth Brothers), “I Am Home” (McKameys), “I’m Amazed” (Jason Crabb & Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir), “Just One Touch” (Karen Peck & New River), “Long As I Got King Jesus” (Brian Free & Assurance), “Paid In Full Through Jesus, Amen” (Greater Vision), “Some Things Never Change” (Ruppes), “The Potter’s Hand” (Kirk Talley), “Watching & Waiting” (HisSong)

Album of the Year: Give It Away (Gaither Vocal Band), It’s Over…Let Eternity Begin (Hoskins Family), Live at Brooklyn Tabernacle (Crabb Family), Live at the River (Kirk Talley), Live In New York (Brian Free & Assurance), Perfect Love (McRaes), Remembering the Happy Goodmans (Perrys), The Blind Man Saw It All (Booth Brothers), The Darkest Day (Big Mo), Watching & Waiting (HisSong)

Performing during the awards program will be Brian Free & Assurance, Ann Downing, the Browns, Big Mo, the Goldens, Lori, and the Wills. More performers will be announced at a later date.

The Diamond Awards are held every September during the week of the National Quartet Convention in Louisville, Kentucky. This year’s Diamond Awards will take place on Friday, September 15th, 2006 in the Scot Room of the Executive Inn West at the entrance of the Kentucky Fair and Expo Center in Louisville, KY.

The 2006 Diamond Awards will again be hosted by popular Southern Gospel soloist Mark Bishop and Kyla Rowland, one of the industry’s most sought-after songwriters.

Lamp Music Group is the major sponsor for this year’s Diamond Awards. Co-Sponsors for the event include 770 AM Southern Gospel, Southern Spin Entertainment, and Southern Gospel soloist Quintin McGinnis.

About the Diamond Awards
The Diamond Awards were transferred over to the SGN Scoops Magazine three years ago after the original home for the awards, the Gospel Voice Magazine, folded. The Diamond Awards are a fan based award that allows the fans to choose the nominees as well as the winners each year. The awards show is based during the National Quartet Convention every September.

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