MNRK Celebrates 7 Nominations For The 38th Annual Stellar Awards
NASHVILLE, TN (May 19, 2023) — MNRK celebrates an outstanding seven (7) Stellar Gospel Music Award nominations across the trailblazing label’s chart-topping artist roster. Additionally, the 38th edition of the Stellar Awards will premiere on the newly launched Stellar TV between Monday, July 24 and August 6, 2023, as well as air in national broadcast syndication from August 7 through September 10, 2023. Gospel music’s most epic celebration is co-hosted this year by Gospel superstars and multiple Stellar Award winners Tasha Cobbs-Leonard and MNRK’s own Jonathan McReynolds, who returns to share co-hosting duties for the 2nd year.
MNRK’s Darnell Nolin, Director, Label Services and Marketing, NASHVILLE, shares, “I’m excited as we approach the 38th Annual Stellar Awards to see our genre’s colleagues and
innovators get to celebrated and recognized. On behalf of both me and the MNRK MUSIC GROUP brand at large, I also celebrate the nominations that our artists received from both the support of industry influencers and their fanbase. To see a variety of those nominated from our roster, including trailblazers and disrupters like Smokie Norful, James Fortune, Todd Dulaney, and newcomer Bishop S.YYounger, is encouraging that the gospel music genre is here to stay.”
The 38 th Stellar Awards, which are the most prestigious awards in Gospel music, will be taped in Las Vegas, NV on July 15th, 2023, and premiere on the new Stellar TV Network on July 24 th.
A complete list of MNRK Records nominations is below.
Choir of The Year
Artist ~ Bishop S.Y. Younger feat. Sounds of the Ramp; Album Title ~ Rampology Vol. 1; Label ~ Ramp Records / MNRK
Producer of The Year
Producer ~ James Fortune & David Outing; Artist ~ James Fortune; Album Title ~ My Life; Label ~ FIYA World / MNRK
Contemporary Male Artist of The Year
James Fortune; My Life; FIYA World / MNRK
Traditional Male Artist of The Year
Artist ~ Bishop S.Y. Younger; Album Title ~ Rampology Vol. 1 (Live); Label ~ Ramp Records / MNRK
Traditional Album of The Year
Album Title ~ Rampology Vol. 1 (Live); Artist ~ Bishop S.Y. Younger; Label ~ Ramp Records / MNRK
Praise and Worship Album of The Year
Album Title ~ Morning Songs; Artist ~ Dulaneyland Music; Label ~ MNRK
Praise and Worship Song of The Year
Song Title ~ I Still Have You; Artist ~ Smokie Norful; Label ~ Tre’Myles Music / MNRK