2018 Singing News Fan Awards Top Ten Nominees Announced Staff April 2, 2018 Did you miss the BIG REVEAL of the Top 10 Nominees on singing News Radio? CLICK HERE to re-live the moment! Nashville, TN (March 21, 2018) — The 2018 Singing News Fan Awards first round of voting is over, and we’re happy to announce the Top Ten nominations in each category! The Singing News Fan Awards are the Southern Gospel industry’s PREMIERE fan-voted awards, with winners decided by the readers of Singing News Magazine. This year’s show is set to be another amazing event, taking place at the National Quartet Convention in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, later this year. Subscribers to Singing News have spoken in the first of three rounds of voting, and voting for the second round will begin with the ballot in the May 2018 issue of the magazine. Online voting will be available as well. 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The deadline to subscribe in order to vote in the second round of voting is April 18, 2018. 2018 Singing News Fan Awards Top Ten Nominations Note: Nominations are listed in alphabetical order Favorite Artist Booth Brothers Collingsworth Family Greater Vision Hoppers Joseph Habedank Karen Peck & New River Kingdom Heirs Mark Trammell Qt Tribute Qt Triumphant Qt Traditional Quartet Blackwood Brothers Ernie Haase & Signature Sound Gold City Inspirations Kingdom Heirs LeFevre Qt Legacy Five Mark Trammell Qt Tribute Qt Triumphant Qt Mixed Group Browders Collingsworth Family Erwins Hoppers Isaacs Karen Peck & New River McKameys Mylon Hayes Family Nelons Perrys Trio Booth Brothers Brian Free & Assurance Bowling Family Greater Vision Guardians Hyssongs Jim Brady Trio Talleys Taylors Whisnants Soloist Barker, Pat Bishop, Mark Crabb, Jason Habedank, Joseph 5 Lowry, Mark McDonald, Gene Parker, Ivan Parsons, Squire Penrod, Guy Wilburn, Jonathan Young Artist Bowling, Hope—Bowling Family Clark, Autumn Nelon—Nelons Conkle, Trevor—Mark Trammell Qt Erwin, Katie—Erwins Gooch, Kari—Karen Peck & New River Hayes, Kennedy—Mylon Hayes Family Hopper, Karlye—Hoppers Jones, Layke—Jim Brady Trio Townsend, Josh—Legacy Five Whisnant, Austin—Whisnants Tenor Allman, Chris—Greater Vision Booth, Michael—Booth Brothers Buffin, Blake—Mark Trammell Qt Clark, Riley Harrison—Tribute Qt Free, Brian—Brian Free & Assurance Haase, Ernie—Ernie Haase & Signature Sound Jenkins, Chris—Kingsmen Martin, Jerry—Kingdom Heirs Peace, Jeremy—LeFevre Qt Sutton, David—Triumphant Qt Lead Booth, Ronnie—Booth Brothers Brady, Jim—Jim Brady Trio Casto, Gary—Tribute Qt Fowler, Scott—Legacy Five Hopper, Dean—Hoppers Inman, Clayton—Triumphant Qt Rice, Arthur—Kingdom Heirs Shivers, Bill—Brian Free & Assurance Trammell, Nick—Mark Trammell Qt Wolfe, Gerald—Greater Vision Baritone Blackwood, Billy—Blackwood Brothers Griffin, Rodney—Greater Vision Harris, Loren—Kingdom Heirs Howard, Scott—Legacy Five Inman, Scott—Triumphant Qt Lancaster, Paul—Booth Brothers LeFevre, Mike—LeFevre Qt Rogers, Mike—Brian Free & Assurance Singletary, Josh—Tribute Qt Trammell, Mark—Mark Trammell Qt Bass Bennett, Eric—Triumphant Qt Byrd, Randy—Mark Trammell Qt Chapman, Jeff—Kingdom Heirs Duncan, Tim—Canton Junction Davis, Anthony—Tribute Qt Fouch, Matt—Legacy Five Harkey, Paul—Ernie Haase & Signature Sound Owens, Butch—Blackwood Brothers Plott, Keith—LeFevre Qt Reese, Ray Dean—Kingsmen Soprano Blair, Brooklyn—Collingsworth Family Bowling, Kelly—Bowling Family Brady, Melissa—Jim Brady Trio Erwin, Katie—Erwins Fortner, Connie—McKameys Gooch, Karen Peck—Karen Peck & New River Greene, TaRanda—Cana’s Voice Hopper, Kim—Hoppers Talley, Lauren—Talleys Thompson, Amber Nelon—Nelons Alto Bean, Peg McKamey—McKameys Bowling, Hope—Bowling Family Clark, Kelly Nelon—Nelons Easter, Sheri—Jeff & Sheri Easter Hopper, Connie—Hoppers Jackson, Susan Peck—Karen Peck & New River Metz, Courtney—Collingsworth Family Stuffle, Libbi—Perrys Talley, Debra—Talleys Whisnant, Susan—Whisnants Musician Collingsworth, Kim—Collingsworth Family Conkle, Trevor—Mark Trammell Qt Dishman, Aaron—Triumphant Qt Elliott, Bryan—Gold City Mote, Gordon—Soloist Singletary, Josh—Tribute Qt Stice, Jeff—Soloist Townsend, Josh—Legacy Five Williams, Kevin—Gaither Vocal Band Wolfe, Gerald—Greater Vision Band Dixie Echoes Band Ernie Haase & Signature Sound Band Gaither Vocal Band Band Inspirations Band Isaacs Band Jason Crabb Band Jeff & Sheri Easter Band Kingdom Heirs Band Primitive Qt Band Southern Raised Band Songwriter Bishop, Mark Brady, Jim Crabb, Gerald Gaither, Bill Gooch, Karen Peck Griffin, Rodney Habedank, Joseph Inman, Scott Rowland, Kyla Wilkinson, Dianne Album Beyond Amazed—Brian Free & Assurance Clear Skies—Ernie Haase & Signature Sound Gospel Music Hymn Sing: Live in Texas—Various Artists Great Moments—Mark Trammell Qt Hope For All Nations—Karen Peck & New River Last Big Thing—Kingdom Heirs Quartet Tribute—Tribute Qt Resurrection—Joseph Habedank Thankful—Triumphant Qt What’s Not To Love—Mark Lowry Song “Chain Breaker”—Triumphant Qt “God of the Storms”—Tribute Qt “God’s Got A Better Plan”—Canton Junction “He Can Take It”—Brian Free & Assurance “Here He Comes”—Joseph Habedank “Hope For All Nations”—Karen Peck & New River “Last Big Thing”—Kingdom Heirs “Let the Church Arise”—LeFevre Qt “Life Is Good”—Hoppers “Present In The Presence Of The King”—Guardians New Artist Bowling Sisters Children of the Promise Franks, Josh & Ashley High Road Kramers Lore Family Master’s Promise Sherry Anne Souls Harbor Williamsons Radio Station KTTK Lebanon, MO KWFC Springfield, MO WCKB Dunn, NC WCON Cornelia, GA WEMM Huntington, WV WGUS Augusta, GA WHQA Piedmont, SC WJBZ Knoxville, TN WJGM Jacksonville, FL WXRI Winston-Salem, NC Leave a Reply Cancel ReplyYou must be logged in to post a comment.