The 27th annual Stellar Awards were held in Nashville, TN January 13-15th. Even though I wasn't in attendance, twitter (and the hashtag #stellarawards) allowed me to have front row access - all from the comfort of my home. Gotta love it. Did a lil "twitstalkin'" and put together a feature. The Stellars will air on GMC - Feburary 11th @ 7, 9, 11. NBG will be blogging while watching this year's show. Check out the 2011 blog here. MENU The Awards | Event: Videos | Pics [bold] - Winners in each category James Cleveland Lifetime Achievement Award Pastor John P. Kee Ambassador Dr. Bobby Jones Legends Award Dorothy Norwood Thomas A. Dorsey Most Notable Achievement Award Vy Higgensen

Artist of the Year Earnest Pugh Kirk Franklin Mary Mary VaShawn Mitchell Song of the Year "Nobody Greater" | Darius Paulk "Well Done" | Deitrick Haddon "I Smile" | Kirk Franklin "I Choose To Worship" | Wess Morgan Male Vocalist of the Year Earnest Pugh Israel Houghton Smokie Norful VaShawn Mitchell Female Vocalist of the Year Beverly Crawford Kim Burrell Martha Munizzi Yolanda Adams Group/Duo of the Year James Fortune & FIYA Mary Mary Rance Allen Group Trin-i-tee 5:7 New Artist of the Year Greater Mt. Calvary Church Choir Preashea Hilliard Todd Dulaney Y'Anna CD of the Year James Fortune & FIYA - I Believe Kirk Franklin - I Smile Mary Mary - Something Big VaShawn Mitchell - Triumphant Choir of the Year Chicago Mass Choir Mississippi Mass Choir Ricky Dillard & New G Shekinah Glory Ministry Producer of the Year Aaron Lindsey, Tommy Sims and Israel Houghton Kirk Franklin VaShawn Mitchell, Daniel Weatherspoon and Rick Robinson Warryn Campbell/Mary Mary Contemporary Group/Duo of the Year James Fortune & FIYA Mary Mary Trin-i-tee 5:7 Traditional Group/Duo of the Year Keith Wonderboy Johnson & Spiritual Voices Rance Allen Group The Soul Seekers Contemporary Male of the Year Deitrick Haddon Earnest Pugh Israel Houghton VaShawn Mitchell Traditional Male of the Year Keith Wonderboy Johnson John P Kee Rance Allen Smokie Norful Contemporary Female of the Year Kim Burrell Preashea Hilliard Y'Anna Yolanda Adams Traditional Female of the Year Beverly Crawford Evelyn Turrentine-Agee LaShun Pace Twinkie Clark

Contemporary CD of the Year Deitrick Haddon | Church on the Moon Kirk Franklin | Hello Fear Mary Mary | Something Big VaShawn Mitchell | Triumphant Traditional CD of the Year John P Kee | The Legacy Project Mississippi Mass Choir | Then Sings My Soul Ricky Dillard & New G | Keep Living Smokie Norful | How I Got Over... Urban Inspirational Performance of the Year Deitrick Haddon | "Well Done" Kirk Franklin | "I Smile" Mary Mary | "Walking" VaShawn Mitchell | "Nobody Greater" Music Video of the Year - Short Form Martha Munizzi | "Excellent" Christian Heuer | "Walking" Canton Jones | "God" VaShawn Mitchell | "Nobody Greater" Music Video of the Year - Long Form Deitrick Haddon | Church on the Moon Jerry Parries | Bishop Morton Celebrates... Mississippi Mass Choir | Then Sings My Soul Ricky Dillard | Keep Living Traditional Choir of the Year Chicago Mass Choir Greater Mt. Calvary Church Choir Mississippi Mass Choir Ricky Dillard & New G Contemporary Choir of the Year Lonnie Hunter & Structure Shekinah Glory Ministry Instrumental Gospel CD of the Year Harold Rayford | I Am the Instrument Moses Tyson Jr Music Remastered & Sacred Organ Todd Ledbetter Meditations: Hymsn in the Key of Jazz Winston Stewart | Season Special Event CD of the Year Bishop Paul Morton | Still 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 Lecrae | Rehab Lecrae | Rehab: The Overdose Viktory | Birth of a Legacy Children's Project of the Year Teen Pure N Heart | Pure N Heart Live Santiago & Claude Deuce | My Destiny Place The Velasquez Singers | Ten T-Rep The Young Prayzr | Let's Go Quartet of the Year Keith Wonderboy Johnson & Spiritual Voices Rance Allen Group The Soul Seekers Recorded Music Packaging of the Year Christina Jones for Dominionaire Denise Trotman & Greg Gilligan for Hello Fear Martha Munizzi for Make It Loud Tanner Gary for Triumphant Praise and Worship CD of the Year Earnest Pugh | Earnestly Yours Israel Houghton | Love God. Love People. Shekinah Glory Ministry | Refreshed By Fire VaShawn Mitchell | Triumphant Spoken Word CD of the Year Marco the Poet | Marco the Poet EP Michael Diallo McLendon | The Diallo Experience Selah | Look At You Loving Me Trupoetry | Trupoetry

Last Updated - 22 January 2012