Diamond Award Top 5 Announced
The top 5 finalists in the online Diamond Awards poll have been announced. You can view them and vote here.
Here are my picks:
- J.D. Sumner Living Legend Award: Roger Bennett
- Group of the Year: The Perrys
- Trio of the Year: No vote cast (my two favorites, Greater Vision and the Mark Trammell Trio, were not nominated–I would’ve also voted for the Whisnants if they had made the top 5)
- Duet of the Year: No vote cast
- Soloist of the Year: No vote cast
- Sunrise Award: The Browns
- Male Vocalist of the Year: Guy Penrod
- Female Vocalist of the Year: Kim Hopper
- Songwriter of the Year: Kyla Rowland
- Instrumentalist: Roger Bennett
- Comedian: Aaron Wilburn
- Bluegrass Artist: Primitive Quartet
- Website: Brian Free & Assurance
- Industry Website: Singing News
- DVD: Get Away Jordan (Signature Sound)
- Song of the Year: No vote
- Album of the Year: The Ride (Hoppers)
Comment by J. Johnson (June 19, 2007, 8:59 am)
I do find it ironic that Brian Free & Assurance’s website is nominated, when it doesn’t seem as if it has been updated very often at all. It doesn’t even have a picture of their new bass singer on it. The last pictures posted are from August 2006, and it still shows Keith Plott on their site.
Comment by Diana (June 19, 2007, 12:40 pm)
How do they come up with these nominations????
Comment by Daniel J. Mount (June 19, 2007, 12:43 pm)
That is also via an online poll.
Comment by Chris Unthank (June 19, 2007, 1:33 pm)
The nominations are voted on by the fans of Southern Gospel music.
Comment by Susan (June 21, 2007, 1:31 am)
It is not just online votes. It consists of mail-in and online votes. And just like any fan-favorite vote it represents the readership of the publication putting it out.
Comment by Ty (June 21, 2007, 10:07 am)
What’s up with “no vote cast” in categories like soloist? Maybe it’s not the best list of soloists I’ve ever seen, but you can’t go wrong with Ivan Parker.
No vote for Song of the Year?!?
Comment by Daniel J. Mount (June 24, 2007, 2:26 pm)
Ty,
Yes, no vote for Song of the Year. It’s not so much that I dislike the songs nominated as that I feel the songs most worthy of the honor didn’t even make the list.
On some of the others, I felt that all of the nominees were equally good and that none particularly stood out.