Southern Spin Entertaintment artists garnered an impressive 16 nominations on the Diamond Awards Top 10 ballot.
“We are so excited that our artists are gaining notoriety among the fans,” mentioned Amy Marie Unthank, administrator of SSE Group, Inc., parent company of Southern Spin Entertainment. “We are so proud of all of our artists and the work they do.”
The Pathfinders earned seven nominations including Trio of the Year, Sunrise Award, Song of the Year (for “I Don’t Sail Alone”), and Album of the Year (for
Mercy Answered). In addition, all three members received individual nominations. Dawn McGuire is nodded for Female Vocalist of the Year, and Dearl Lemons is up for Male Vocalist of the Year. Brian Dockins is nominated in the Living Legend category.
Previous Diamond Award winners
HisSong received five nominations including Trio of the Year, Song of the Year (“I Still Have It All”), Album of the Year (
On the Way Up), and Favorite Artist Website (
http://www.hissongmusic.com). In addition, Dennis Humphries is again up for Male Vocalist of the Year.
Two time Diamond Award winners for Duet of the Year,
Amazed was again nominated in the category for Duet of the Year as well as Song of the Year (for “Even On Monday”).
Also, the
Dove Brothers received a nomination for Song of the Year for their #1 hit and recent award-winning song “I Can Pray”.
SoGospelNews.com earned its fifth consecutive nomination for Favorite Industry Website – an award the popular e-zine won last year.
Fans are encouraged to vote for their favorites in the 2008 SGN Scoops Diamond Awards. The final nominees for the Diamond Awards will come from this Top 10 ballot. The online ballot is designed for fans to vote for their favorite artists for each award.
Visit the Diamond Awards website at
http://diamondawardsonline.com to place your vote. The deadline for voting is May 17, 2008.
For more information on Southern Spin artists, visit
http://www.southernspin.com.
About SSE Group, Inc.
SSE Group, Inc. is a 501c non-profit organization dedicated to assisting independent artists in Gospel music. SSE Group, Inc. operated by Amy Marie Unthank and Chris D. Unthank. The company has three divisions currently: Southern Spin Entertainment (a publicity and marketing firm), Southern Spin Radio (online radio station), and SSE Design Group (web design and publishing).
SSE Group, Inc. currently administrates Glorious Creations, SGBlogNews.com, and TheBridgeLive.net.
Artists and organizations currently working with SSE Group, Inc. include the Dove Brothers Quartet, the Freemans, The Webbs (formerly the Rick Webb Trio, Geron Davis & Kindred Souls, SoGospelNews.com, Johnny Minick, The Imperials, Stamps-Baxter School of Music, Misty Freeman, HisSong, the Prophets Quartet, myTeamABC, Sondra Burnett, Sunday Edition, Sharron Kay King, Aaron Minick, Eighth Day, Riverbend Media, The Glovers, and many more.
For more information on SSE Group, go to
http://ssegrouponline.com .
