2020 Singing News Fan Awards Top 5 Revealed

Through the Singing News Fan Awards, established in 1970, subscribers of Singing News Magazine have the opportunity each year to vote for their favorite Southern Gospel artists, musicians, songwriters, and radio stations across 19 categories.

This year’s winners will be announced at the Singing News Fan Awards presentation during the 63nd annual National Quartet Convention in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee.

Here are the 2020 Singing News Fan Awards finalists:

Favorite Artist
1 Booth Brothers
2 Collingsworth Family
3 Greater Vision
5 Kingdom Heirs
5 Triumphant Qt

Favorite Quartet
1 Ernie Haase & Signature Sound
2 Kingdom Heirs
3 Mark Trammell Qt
4 Tribute Qt
5 Triumphant Qt

Favorite Mixed Group
1 Collingsworth Family
2 Hoppers
3 Karen Peck & New River
4 Mylon Hayes Family
5 Perrys

Favorite Trio
1 Booth Brothers
2 Brian Free & Assurance
3 Greater Vision
4 Jeff & Sheri Easter
5 Whisnants

Favorite Soloist
1 Bishop, Mark
2 Clark, Riley Harrison
3 Habedank, Joseph
4 Parker, Ivan
5 Phelps, David

Favorite Young Artist
1 Clark, Autumn Nelon – Nelons
2 Conkle, Trevor – Mark Trammell Qt
3 Gooch, Kari – Karen Peck & New River
4 Hayes, Kennedy – Mylon Hayes Family
5 Whisnant, Ethan – Whisnants

Favorite Tenor
1 Allman, Chris – Greater Vision
2 Booth, Michael – Booth Brothers
3 Free, Brian – Brian Free & Assurance
4 Haase, Ernie – Ernie Haase & Signature Sound
5 Sutton, David – Triumphant Qt

Favorite Lead
1 Booth, Ronnie – Booth Brothers
2 Brady, Jim – Jim & Melissa Brady
3 Griffin, Rodney – Greater Vision
4 Inman, Clayton – Triumphant Qt
5 Rice, Arthur – Kingdom Heirs

Favorite Baritone
1 Harris, Loren – Kingdom Heirs
2 Inman, Scotty – Triumphant Qt
3 Lancaster, Paul – Booth Brothers
4 Singletary, Josh – Tribute Qt
5 Trammell, Mark – Mark Tammell Qt

Favorite Bass
1 Barker, Pat – Guardians
2 Bennett, Eric – Triumphant Qt
3 Byrd, Randy – Mark Trammell Qt
4 Chapman, Jeff – Kingdom Heirs
5 Fouch, Matt – Legacy Five

Favorite Soprano
1 Blair, Brooklyn – Collingsworth Family
2 Brady, Melissa – Jim & Melissa Brady
3 Erwin, Katie – Erwins
4 Gooch, Karen Peck – Karen Peck & New River
5 Hopper, Kim – Hoppers

Favorite Alto
1 Easter, Sheri – Jeff & Sheri Easter
2 Hopper, Connie – Hoppers
3 Metz, Courtney – Collingsworth Family
4 Stuffle, Libbi – Perrys
5 Whisnant, Susan – Whisnants

Favorite Musician
1 Collingsworth, Kim – Collingsworth Family
2 Mote, Gordon – Soloist
3 Stringfield, Andy – Kingdom Heirs
4 Townsend, Josh – Legacy Five
5 Wolfe, Gerald – Greater Vision

Favorite Band
1 Dixie Echoes
2 Gaither Vocal Band
3 Isaacs
4 Kingdom Heirs
5 Primitives

Favorite Songwriter

1 Black, Lee
2 Griffin, Rodney
3 Habedank, Joseph
4 Inman, Scotty
5 Wilkinson, Dianne

Favorite Album
1 Everything In Between – Kingdom Heirs
2 Pure Love – Legacy Five
3 Victory Shout – Kingsmen
4 Yes – Triumphant Qt
5 You’ve Arrived – Greater Vision

Favorite Song
1 Come Sunday Morning – The Old Paths
2 Going There – Triumphant Qt
3 Shame On Me – Joseph Habedank
4 The Healer Hasn’t Lost His Touch – Tribute Qt
5 What Kind Of Man – Legacy Five

Favorite New Artist
1 3 Heath Brothers
2 Jordan Family Band
3 Kramers
4 Sunday Drive
5 The Sound

Favorite Radio Station
1 KWFC – Springfield, MO
2 WBTG – Sheffield, AL
3 WHQA – Piedmont, SC
4 WJBZ – Knoxville, TN
5 WXRI – Winston-Salem, NC