The nominees for the Soul Train Music Awards were announced on Monday, October 13th. Talk show maven Wendy Williams will serve as the host for this year’s festivities. The Soul Train Awards 2014 show will be taped in Las Vegas, NV on Friday, November 7, 2014, and air on CENTRIC and BET on Sunday, November 30, 2014 at 8 pm ET/PT.
In the Best Gospel/Inspirational Song Category, the nominees are
Best Gospel/Inspirational Song
“Help” – Erica Campbell feat. Lecrae
“I Can Only Imagine” – Tamela Mann
“No Greater Love” – Smokie Norful
“Real Love” – Inspired People feat. Charles Jenkins
“Say Yes” – Michelle Williams feat. Beyoncé & Kelly Rowland
“We Are Victorious” – Donnie McClurkin feat. Tye Tribbett
Just in case you were waiting for a Destiny’s Child reunion, the wait is now over. Michelle Williams debuts her new song “Say Yes” (feat. Beyoncé and Kelly Rowland), heading both to iTunes and radio on June 2nd. “Say Yes” is produced by superstar producer Harmony Samuels and is from Williams’ upcoming album Journey to Freedom.
Catch Michelle Williams on the road this summer at the Essence Festival July 5th and on television as she joins Deitrick Haddon for the premiere of Fix My Choir later in the year,
Yes, you heard right. As if it couldn’t get any better, Fantasia joins multiple award winner Michelle Williams for the remix of If We Had Your Eyes released to iTunes today. Eyes is the first single from Journey to Freedom, Michelle’s fourth studio album from the eOne Music group. The song is riding the charts and is currently in the top 30 at Urban AC radio. Journey To Freedom is scheduled for a February 2014 release date.
The 2013 Essence Festival heads to the Crescent City, New Orleans, Louisiana on the weekend of July 4th through July 7th. This year, the Get Lifted All Star Gospel Tribute honors Gospel music icons Tramaine Hawkins and Donnie McClurkin. Scheduled performers include Bishop Lester Love and the City of Love, Yolanda Adams, Michelle Williams, Amber Bullock, Tasha Cobbs, Bishop Noel Jones, Tyronne Foster and The Arc Singers, Kurt Carr, Isaac Carree, Kim Burrell and many more.
TV One will air Verizon’s How Sweet The Sound Road to Gospel Greatness: The Finale hosted by Light Records’ Michelle Williams on Sunday, March 31, at 10 PM/ET. The one-hour television special will feature performances by each of the regional finalists as well as the announcement of the grand prize winner. The choirs were judged based on their winning performances at the regional shows by a distinguished panel of judges in the gospel music community that included CeCe Winans, Erica Campbell of Mary Mary, Fred Hammond, Hezekiah Walker and James Robinson from Light Records.
Open the April 8th edition of Jet Magazine and you will find a mini “gospel edition”. Jet covers the addition of Michelle Williams and the Sheard family to the reality tv genre as well as profiling up and coming Gospel artists including Grammy and Stellar nominated artist Anita Wilson, Kirk Franklin latest proteges The Walls Group, Teadshii Jonathan McReynolds and Tasha Cobbs.
First came the Marys, then there was word of pilots being shot for Kim Burrell and Marvin Sapp followed by the announcement of the adventures of Karen Clark Sheard, Bishop J Drew Sheard and their musical children followed closely by Michelle Williams and her sisters. Well now, Gospel Music reality tv just keeps growing as Billy Hall, EVP of Programming and Production for Bounce TV announced yesterday that production is to begin later this month on a reality show featuring the Singing Joneses’ (aka Forever Jones). This marks the network’s first ever original reality series.
The network has ordered six episodes and principal production will take place in the family’s hometown of Shreveport, Louisiana.
Former Destiny’s Child Star Michelle Williams has inked a deal for a new reality show with Entertainment One Television. E1 is also behind the hit reality show featuring gospel duo Mary Mary. (more…)
The Most Powerful Voices Gospel Music Contest has extended its submission deadline to February 28th. The competition, presented by the American Heart Association and the American Stroke Association is open to independent solo artists, groups and choirs. Celebrity guests judges include Light Records’ James Robinson, Light Records Recording Artist Michelle Williams and Holy Hip-Hop Artist Flame. (more…)
Light Records Michelle Williams will serve as a celebrity judge for the American HeartAssociation/American Stroke Association’s 4th Annual Most Powerful Voices Gospel Competition. The online gospel singing competition helps the association to educate people about stroke – the No. 4 cause of death and the leading preventable cause of disability in America.
The contest is open to independent artists, groups and choirs who sing gospel, holy hip hop, praise and worship music. Participants, who must be 18 years or older, may sign up at Power.watchgmctv.com and upload a video or MP3 file by Jan. 31. Family, friends – and fans – have until April 5 to vote for their favorite artists. Those who register to compete or vote will receive lifesaving stroke information from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association.
The grand prize winner will be announced April 30 and will receive:
Opportunity to perform in the Central Park Summer Stage Concert in New York City with Light Records artists
$2,500 for a trip to New York
$1,500 cash and a digital single on iTunes from Light Records
Personal coaching by a renowned Light Records gospel artist
$5,000 in musical instruments and gear from Roland Corporation
National recognition on GMC TV’s Digital Download of the week
The top 10 finalists and a lucky voter will also win prizes.
Best Gospel/Inspirational Song
