The Wise Women Awards will honour and recognise the contributions of black Christian women in the church and the wider community. If you know an ordinary Christian woman doing extraordinary things nominate her for a Wise Woman Award. Visit www.wisewomenawards.org for more details and to make a nomination.
The luxurious Hilton Kensington London Hotel, situated in London’s West End will be the venue for the 2011 Wise Women Awards, which will be a key event in the church calendar.
Attendees will experience a lavish and inspirational awards ceremony. Guests will get to enjoy:
A delicious Three Course Meal
Inspiring entertainment from leading gospel artists
It’s back! The biggest indoor gospel event in the UK, is returning to Wembley Arena on bank holiday Monday 3 May 2010 and promises to be bigger and better than last year.
With a 2009 line-up that featured Kirk Franklin, Mary Mary and Ann Nesby, the Oraclez Gospel Festival made a huge impact in the scene and attracted thousands of gospel and R’n'B fans. This year, Oraclez returns with another stellar line-up including The Winans Ft CeCe and Bebe,Yolanda Adams, Trin-I-Tee 5:7, George Nooks and Martha Munizzi.
The highly-anticipated return of the Soul Train Awards was not an event taken lightly. From the very vein that Soul Train finds its lifeblood, the past and the present were bridged in perfect harmony. The tribute performances were the highlight of the evening. However, the show’s two uber-animated hosts, Taraji P. Henson and Terrence Howard, did their fair share of bringing a fun, lighthearted air to the event.
The show began with a blond-tressed Toni Braxton, playing the piano for her duet with Trey Songz. It was a steamy and flirty performance, that of course reached its apex when Trey gave Toni a passionate kiss. It was brief, but definitely enough to surprise the audience and prepare them for the excitement of what was to come.Terrence and Taraji did some singing of their own with a rendition of Peaches and Herb’s “Reunited,” before they proceeded into the first of many hilarious skits that would punctuate the broadcast. The pair’s biggest moment came near the end of the show. Taraji exited the stage after coyly accepting a chain and pendant from Terrance. She then ran back onto the stage and gave him a long, passionate kiss—even slipping in some visible tongue.
The G.M.A’s 2009 is the first annual Gospel Music Awards Ceremony in the UK. The Gospel Music Awards UK, is by no means a competition but an evening of appreciation and recognition of some of our best talented and hard working Christian musicians. The format of the event will include an Awards show, a Concert and After Party, at one of Europe’s largest hotel and conference centres, Hilton Metropole Hotel, London on Saturday 5th December 2009.
This unique event aims to:
celebrate and honour the best of Gospel music and culture in the UK
showcase and promote the diverse range of talent in UK gospel industry
raise the profile of Christian events in the UK,
become a permanent fixture in the UK’s annual Christian events calendar
award the achievements of Christians who have laboured with excellence
CONTEMPORARY INSPIRATIONAL
Favorite Artist: Mary Mary
Second AMA for Mary Mary
This is the second time the sisters have won an American Music Award – they also won the Favorite Inspirational/Christian Contemporary Artist Award in 2005. That’s an award each for sisters Erica and Tina Campbell who are Mary Mary.
Their latest American Music Award win helps Mary Mary close out 2009 in style. They have already won a Grammy® Award, a Dove Award, an NAACP Image Award and a BET Award for their latest album, The Sound, which has spent 52 weeks on a Billboard chart and is still #10. This is the highest rank for a song that has spent 52 weeks on a chart in the Nielson SoundScan era (since 1992). The Sound peaked at #1 on several of Billboard Christian and Gospel albums charts and was #1 on the Billboard Gospel Album chart for 19 consecutive weeks after its release in October 2008, spending four weeks at #1 on the Billboard Top Christian Albums chart.
The 2009 American Music Awards took place at the NOKIA Theatre L.A. on Sunday, November 22nd on ABC. Gospel artists Jeremy Camp, Brandon Heath, and Mary Mary received nominations for Contemporary Inspirational, while Mary Mary was also nominated for Soul/R&B.
