2011 was a year with so many great Gospel songs, but fans voted “Nobody Greater” by VaShawn Mitchell as the best of the year in the Digital Gospel Music Awards, presented by Elev8! He beat out great songs by some of Contemporary Gospel artists, and received 487 votes, which was enough win 22% of all votes.

Second place was a tight race, with William McDowell‘s “I Give Myself Away” and “I Smile” by Kirk Franklin getting 16% of the Digital Gospel Music Awards votes for Best Gospel Song of the Year. McDowell’s 374 votes were just enough to help him secure Franklin’s 369 votes.

“He Has His Hands On You” by Marvin Sapp, Deitrick Haddon‘s “Well Done” and “I Believe” by James Fortune, came in fourth, fifth and sixth place, respectively. Rounding out the list are Wess Morgan‘s “I Choose To Worship,” ”Walking” by Mary Mary, and “Over & Over” by Trin-i-tee 5:7. Troy Sneed‘s “My Heart Says Yes” was surpassed for the last spot on the Best Songs of 2011 top 10 by Le’Andria Johnson‘s “Jesus” by receiving 41 write-in votes.

Congratulations to the nominees, and VaShawn for his victory! We look forward to more great Gospel music in 2012!

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The votes are in for the first annual Digital Gospel Music Awards presented by Elev8, and Hello Fear by Kirk Franklin is the Gospel album of 2011 that moved fans the most! He received 447 votes, barely enough to edge out Le’Andria Johnson‘s The Awakening Of Le’Andria Johnson, which fell two votes short with 445.

The deluxe edition of LeCrae‘s Rehab came in third place for this Digital Gospel Music Award, while YRM (Your Righteous Mind) by Donald Lawrence & Co. finished fourth. Both albums received over 9% of the 1638 votes submitted.

The rest of the top 10 albums of 2011, based on votes received for Digital Gospel Music Awards, consists of Church On The Moon by Deitrick Haddon, Mary Mary‘s Something Big, Yolanda Adams‘ Becoming, I Survived by Dorinda Clark-Cole, Mississippi Mass Choir‘s Then Sings My Soul and Angel & Chanelle by Trin-i-tee 5:7.

Rodney Talley‘s Revelation received the most write-in votes, but not enough to make the top 10. With albums from Fred Hammond, Marvin Sapp and Brian Courtney Wilson coming in 2012, next year promises to be another great one for Gospel music fans.

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The women of Gospel held their own in 2011, but who was the best? The first annual Digital Gospel Music Award, presented by Elev8 for the Best Female Gospel Artist of 2011 goes to … Le’Andria Johnson! She received the overwhelming majority of the 1640 votes submitted with 36%.

Le’Andria received competition from a highly accomplished and respected field artists like Yolanda Adams, CeCe Winans, Maurette Brown-Clark, Martha Munizzi, Kim Burrell, Karen Clark-Sheard, Dorinda Clark-Cole, Beverly Crawford and Lisa Page Brooks finished second through tenth, respectively. While Jessica Reedy, Kierra Sheard and Shirley Caesar received the most write-in votes.

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One of the most competitive categories in the first annual Digital Gospel Music Awards, presented by Elev8, is undoubtedly Best Male Gospel Artist. Congratulations go out to all of the nominees, but LeCrae dominated the competition and pulled in 33% (746 votes) of the 2,225 votes cast in this category. Kirk Franklin was the runner-up with 11% (260 votes).

VaShawn Mitchell, Earnest Pugh and Lonnie Hunter finished third through fifth, respectively. Deitrick Haddon, James Fortune, Donald Lawrence, Isaac Carree and Brian Courtney Wilson, round out the top 10 of the Best Gospel Artists of 2011. But Gospel music fans also showed their support for Marvin Sapp, William McDowell and Mali Music by submitting the most write-in votes. Congratulations to all!

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Choirs provide the vocal soundtrack that traditional Gospel music fans know and love, and title of the Best of Gospel Choir in the first annual Digital Gospel Music Awards belongs to Structure! The group that backs Lonnie Hunter received 523 of the 1,600 votes cast (32%).

Co. (of Donald Lawrence & Co.) picked up the second highest amount of votes with 29%, Shekinah Glory Ministry was in the middle of the pack with 14%, the legendary Mississippi Mass Choir wasn’t far behind with 12%, and Sounds of Blackness pulled in 7%.

Take a look at the final votes in the poll below from the first annual Digital Gospel Music Awards presented by Elev8!

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The Gospel groups and duos of today are producing songs as influential as the solo artists, and that is why we’re celebrating the best of 2011. Congratulations to Mary Mary for winning the Digital Gospel Music Award for Best Gospel Group/Duo of 2011! Erica and Tina Campbell received more than half of the 1,059 votes submitted online.

Take a look at the poll below to see how many votes Dawkins & Dawkins, GI, Manifest and Trin-i-tee 5:7 received. And congrats to 116 Clique, Sacred Voices and BeBe and CeCe Winans for receiving the most write-in votes.

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Richard Smallwood is definately a pioneer in Gospel Music and has just launched his 15th project, Promises, which debuted #1 on Billboard’s Gospel charts.

This is Smallwood’s first CD since the passing of his mother in 2005, who was her sons biggest fan.  Smallwood does it again with his signature classical sound meeshing with the rthyms and melodies of gospel music.   This CD is also the first project since his friend and mentor Walter Hawkins passed away last year, and in tribute to Hawkins, Smallwood reworked “Is There Any Way?” on this CD.

Nevertheless, Kirk Franklin makes a sweep with top Gospel radio song and top Gospel Album.  Check out the top five on the gospel charts.

Top Gospel Albums:

Kirk Franklin                    Hello Fear

Mary Mary                         Something Big

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Deitrick Haddon              Church on the Moon

VaShawn Mitchell           Triumphant

Top Radio Songs:

Kirk Franklin                    “I Smile”

Vashawn Mitchell           “Nobody Greater”

Mary Mary                           Walking”

William McDowell          “I Give Myself Away”

Deitrick Haddon              “Well Done”

The good people at YouTube have noticed a growing trend in common searches for music videos: gospel.

In the last month, they’ve tracked various gospel performances that have increasingly appeared in their search spikes. And overall, the search for “gospel music” has continued to grow in popularity, actually doubling since 2008.

Kirk Franklin videos, in particular, see a spike on most Sundays.

Southern states have shown the greatest regional interest, while South Africa is the nation with the greatest search interest globally.

 Gospel singer hopefuls lined up at the Potter’s House in Dallas, TX over the weekend for a chance to compete on “Sunday Best.”

Nearly 1,000 singers spent most of the morning auditioning for the “American Idol”-style show., with some arriving at 11 p.m. Friday.

But not everyone will make the cut, said host Kirk Franklin, a Fort Worth native and Grammy-winning artist.

“You try to say no in a way to encourage people on what they need to work on, on what they need to try different, or if there is another space in serving the Lord they need to pick up, like ushering or church parking lot ministry,” Franklin said.

Stephanie Long drove all the way from Austin and said that making it in the competition would be a dream come true.

“You know, this has been something I have dreamed about all my life,” she said. “I’m a single mom, and my kids are here today, and I’m so proud to be able to show them a godly mother and minister to people through music.”

Former “American Idol” finalist George Huff and Mathew Knowles, megastar Beyonce’s father, were also on hand looking for talent.

Auditions will continue next month in Los Angeles (3/5/11) and Atlanta (3/12/11).

The show’s fourth season begins airing in April on BET.

source:  The Belle Report