12th Annual Stellar Gospel Music Awards Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville, TN Hosted by T.C. Carson, Jonathan Slocumb, and CeCe Winans

Category 1
ARTIST OF THE YEAR

Kirk Franklin

Category 2
SONG OF THE YEAR

Kirk Franklin

Category 3
MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR

Doug Williams

Category 4
FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR

Dottie Peoples

Category 5
GROUP/DUO OF THE YEAR

The Canton Spirituals

Category 6
NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR

Colorado Mass Choir

Category 7
CD OF THE YEAR

Reverend Clay Evans & The AARC Mass Choir

Category 8
CHOIR OF THE YEAR

Mississippi Mass Choir

Category 9
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR

Kirk Franklin

Category 10
CONTEMPORARY GROUP/DUO OF THE YEAR

Lawrence Matthews & Friends

Category 11
TRADITIONAL GROUP/DUO OF THE YEAR

The Canton Spirituals

Category 12
CONTEMPORARY MALE OF THE YEAR

Doug Williams

Category 13
TRADITIONAL MALE OF THE YEAR

Daryl Coley

Category 14
CONTEMPORARY FEMALE OF THE YEAR

Yolanda Adams

Category 15
TRADITIONAL FEMALE OF THE YEAR

Shirley Caesar

Category 16
CONTEMPORARY CD OF THE YEAR

Kirk Franklin & The Family

Category 17
TRADITIONAL CD OF THE YEAR

Reverend Clay Evans & The AARC Mass Choir

Category 18
URBAN/INSPIRATIONAL SINGLE OR PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR

Kirk Franklin & The Family

Category 19
MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR - SHORT FORMAT

Hezekiah Walker, Fred Hammond, Yolanda Adams

Category 20
TRADITIONAL CHOIR OF THE YEAR

Mississippi Mass Choir

Category 21
CONTEMPORARY CHOIR OF THE YEAR

Fred Hammond & Radical For Christ

Category 22
INSTRUMENTAL GOSPEL CD OF THE YEAR

Ben Tankard

Category 23
SPECIAL EVENT CD OF THE YEAR

NA

Category 24
RAP/HIP HOP GOSPEL CD OF THE YEAR

Hezekiah Walker & The Love Fellowship Crusade Choir

Category 25
CHILDRENS PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR

Walt Whitman & The Soul Children of Chicago

Category 26
QUARTET OF THE YEAR

NA

Category 27
RECORDED MUSIC PACKAGING OF THE YEAR

NA

GOSPEL ANNOUNCER OF THE YEAR

Gwen Dingle, Melvin Jones, James Chambers, Tracy Bethea

THE JAMES CLEVELAND AWARD

Bobby Jones

EXCELLENCE AWARD

Bishop T.D. Jakes