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1997 Winners

1997 Winners

11th Annual Stellar Awards

Category #1 ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Kirk Franklin
Category #2 SONG OF THE YEAR
Kirk Franklin
Category #3 MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Doug Williams
Category #4 ALBERTINA WALKER FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Dottie Peoples
Category #5 DUO/CHORUS GROUP OF THE YEAR
The Canton Spirituals
Category #6 NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Colorado Mass Choir
Category #7 ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Reverend Clay Evans & The AARC Mass Choir
Category #8 CHOIR OF THE YEAR
Mississippi Mass Choir
Category #9 PRODUCER OF THE YEAR
Kirk Franklin
Category #10 CONTEMPORARY DUO/CHORUS GROUP OF THE YEAR
Lawrence Matthews & Friends
Category #11
The Canton Spirituals
Category #12 CONTEMPORARY MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Doug Williams
Category #13 TRADITIONAL MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Daryl Coley
Category #14 CONTEMPORARY FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Yolanda Adams
Category #15 TRADITIONAL FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Shirley Caesar
Category #16 CONTEMPORARY ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Kirk Franklin & The Family
Category #17 TRADITIONAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Reverend Clay Evans & The AARC Mass Choir
Category #18 URBAN/INSPIRATIONAL SINGLE OR PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR
Kirk Franklin & The Family
Category #19 MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Hezekiah Walker, Fred Hammond, Yolanda Adams
Category #20 TRADITIONAL CHOIR OF THE YEAR
Mississippi Mass Choir
Category #21 CONTEMPORARY CHOIR OF THE YEAR
Fred Hammond & Radical For Christ
Category #22 INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Ben Tankard
Category #23 SPECIAL EVENT ALBUM OF THE YEAR
N/A
Category #24 RAP HIP HOP GOSPEL ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Hezekiah Walker & The Love Fellowship Crusade Choir
Category #25 CHILDRENS PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR
Walt Whitman & The Soul Children of Chicago
Category #26 QUARTET OF THE YEAR
N/A
Category #27 RECORDED MUSIC PACKAGING OF THE YEAR
N/A


GOSPEL ANNOUNCER OF THE YEAR

Gwen Dingle, Melvin Jones, James Chambers, Tracy Bethea