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NASHVILLE, TN  – Get the sensational collection WOW Gospel 2019 , available now.  The latest hit installment from the longtime award-winning WOW Gospel series, the two-disc WOW Gospel 2019 album delivers a total of thirty tracks with today’s biggest songs and treasured artists.  For over twenty years, the renowned compilation series has charted a course in discovering new voices mixed with fan favorites on each multi-track album, and been a top hit on the Billboard Gospel Albums chart.   WOW Gospel is a joint venture from RCA Inspiration, Motown Gospel, and Word Entertainment, and features pioneering legends, new inspirational voices, and superstar pairings. Bursting with musical highlights showcasing praise and worship anthems, ballads, choirs, and contemporary inspiration, the WOW Gospel 2019 edition includes GRAMMY ® Award winners and nominees, with songs from Fred Hammond, Tamela Mann feat. Timbaland, Donald Lawrence, Israel Houghton, Tash...

buzzz worthy. . . BMI CELEBRATES THE BEST IN GOSPEL HONORING SIBLING DUOS BEBE & CECE WINANS AND MARY MARY AT THE TRAILBLAZERS OF GOSPEL MUSIC HONORS IN ATLANTA “AMAZING” BY RICKY DILLARD & NEW G FEATURING TIFF JOY AWARDED SONG OF THE YEAR **The Inspirational Event Will Air Nationwide on TV One February 19 th  at 8PM ET** ATLANTA  – Gospel music superstar sibling acts,  BeBe & CeCe Winans  and Mary Mary , were honored at the  Broadcast Music, Inc.  ®  (BMI ® ) Trailblazers of Gospel Music Honors  at the Rialto Center for the Arts last night in Atlanta, GA. Hosted by previous Trailblazer recipient and renowned gospel singer-songwriter,  Yolanda Adams , this special night paid tribute to the best in the Gospel music community. The inspirational ceremony will air nationwide on TV One on February 19 th  at 8 PM ET.     The invitation-only event was a harmonious blend of awe-inspiring performa...

buzzz worthy. . . BMI celebrated the careers of gospel giants Israel Houghton, LaShun Pace and The Anointed Pace Sisters at its 16th annual Trailblazers of Gospel Music Awards yesterday in Atlanta.  Photos by Arnold Turner. ‘The Gift’ by Donald Lawrence Wins Most-Performed Gospel Song of the Year Honor ATLANTA, January 18, 2015 – Broadcast Music, Inc.® (BMI®), the global leader in music rights management, brought legends and contemporary stars together to celebrate the careers of gospel giants Israel Houghton, LaShun Pace and The Anointed Pace Sisters at its 16th annual Trailblazers of Gospel Music Awards yesterday in Atlanta. The event, held at the Rialto Center for the Arts, also recognized BMI’s Most-Performed Gospel Song of the Year: “The Gift,” written and performed by Donald Lawrence. The song, featured on Lawrence’s album Best For Last, topped the Billboard Gospel Airplay chart and achieved  wide-spread success. BMI also recognized five additional opuses ...

buzzz worthy. . . THE DOUG BANKS MEDIA GROUP SIGNS URBAN INSPIRATIONAL MUSIC LEGEND DONALD LAWRENCE TO HOST A NEW WEEKLY MOTIVATIONAL RADIO PROGRAM Chicago, IL - The Doug Banks Media Group has signed Grammy Award winning Producer and Recording Artist Donald Lawrence to host a new syndicated, Urban AC motivational radio program entitled “Music Therapy with Donald Lawrence” that launches in January of 2015 with distribution to Urban Adult Contemporary (UAC) radio station formats. “I’m pretty excited about it,” says Lawrence. “I’ve always been committed to using music as therapy to inspire and encourage as well as to entertain and that’s what the Doug Banks Media Group recruited me to do with this show. It will be a mix of inspiring music by artists ranging from Jill Scott to the Sounds of Blackness. There will also be audience call-ins, motivational messages and daily words of wisd...

Hosted by Donnie McClurkin, the 26 th Annual Stellar Gospel Music Awards Tapes Before a Live Audience January 15, 2011 and Airs in Syndication Beginning January 22, 2011  NASHVILLE, TN (January 10, 2011) - The 26 th Annual Stellar Gospel Music Awards have announced inspirational all-star list of performers, including seven-category nominee Marvin Sapp , Beverly Crawford , Deitrick Haddon , Nevel Sisters , JJ Hairston , VaShawn Mitchell , Joshua's Troop and New Artist of the Year nominee Forever Jones .  In addition, the Stellar presenters will include Andrae Crouch , Dorinda Clark Cole , Hezekiah Walker , Loretta Devine , Omari Hardwick , Shirley Caesar , Vickie Winans , J. Moss, Dr. Bobby Jones , Jessica Reedy , DeWayne Woods , Lisa Page Brooks, Wess Morgan , Yvette Nicole Brown and Myron Butler , among others.  Th...

By Mona Austin The Voices of Destiny Choir (VOD) from Los Angeles, California has won the Verizon "How Sweet the Sound" national choir competition. With electrifying choreography   fit for   Dancing with the Stars and Glee-like theatrical presentation, the group dominated thirteen other choirs from around the country, performing the a remix of  Byron Cage's "The Presence of the Lord" before a sold out audience of 12,000 in Washington D.C.'s Verizon Center on November 13.   The show was hosted by CeCe Winans and Donald Lawrence and judged by Karen Clark Sheard, Fred Hammond and Marvin Sapp who all doubled as headliners adding to an evening of mind blowing entertainment that only cost  $8.  BeBe Winans joined his sister Ce Ce in a performance. The Voices of Destiny  left  Sapp awe-stricken : "I have four words," he said, "Un-be-lieve-able!"    Sapps singular sentiment sums up a show that has taken the 3-year-old choir competition to it...