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Nominations for this year’s 9th SABC Crown Gospel Music Awards are now open. The closing date will be on September 30 2016. This is a call for gospel industry troupers, i.e. singers, producers, promoters, writers, managers, radio stations, TV stations, etc, say the organisers, World Gospel Powerhouse. The main event […]
Originally published in The Gospel Herald Gospel singer Kirk Franklin dominated the gospel categories during the Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas on Sunday evening (May 22, 2016). The 20-year music veteran from Fort Worth, Texas, was given the Top Gospel Song for “Wanna Be Happy?” He also got two […]
The eighth instalment of the SABC Crown Gospel Music Awards, arguably the premier gospel awards in Africa were held at the Durban ICC Arena on Sunday, November 15, 2015. Founded by Zanele Mbokazi of World Gospel Powerhouse the awards theme for this year was “The New Order, The Manifestation, The […]
Originally published in IOL Tonight The sixth annual SABC Crown Gospel Awards have come and gone in another year that was full of surprises. The ceremony, which was hosted by gospel singer Thabo Mdluli and singer and dancer Thembi Seete, was held at Durban’s International Conference Centre on Sunday. The […]
South Africa’s premier Gospel awards show, the Crown Gospel Awards, will be screened live on SABC 2 on December 17, said World Gospel PowerHouse President Zanele LaMbokazi Nkambule, who founded the event in 2008. She said that during its first five years the big night for Gospel artists in SA and the […]
South African record label Merchant Music were beaming after last weekend’s Crown Gospel Awards in Durban where their artists Retief Burger, Louis Brittz, Helmut Meijer and Neil Buchner, received the award for Best Afrikaans Gospel Album for their album. In Verwondering. Three other Merchant Music artists, Louis Brittz (Psalms 2), […]
South Africa’s rich Gospel music talent was on display at the 5th SABC Crown Gospel Awards at the Durban International Convention Centre on Sunday. Ntokozo Mbambo was the night’s biggest winner, walking away with the awards for the Best Female Artist and Best Gospel Artist, while new gospel music sensation […]
Top gospel musician Sivuyile “Vovee” Batala is over the moon after being nominated for the SABC Crown Gospel Awards taking place on the November 18 in KwaZulu Natal. Although this is Vovee’s first nomination for an award at national level, it is long overdue, says EC Talent in a media […]
The Moipei Quartet, also known in their country as the Kenyan Angels walked away with an award in the Best Of Africa category at the 4th annual Crown Gospel Music Awards. On Sunday 6th November 2011, approximately eight thousand people attended this prestigious event hosted at the impressive iNkosi Albert […]
The winners of the 2011 Crown Gospel Music Awards were announced on Saturday at the ICC in Durban. The winners are: Best WorshipIsrael Mosehla – Uyinkosi YamakhosiNqubeko Mbatha -In The PresenceWord And Life -I Will Love YouKatlehong Gospel Choir- Uyingcwele Best JazzNathi Zungu- I Am Trust In MeLebo Sekgobela – […]