Kirk Franklin takes home eight awards from the 15th Stellar Awards

AMERICA'S premier gospel music awards, the 15th Stellar Awards held in Atlanta, Georgia on January 8th, gave eight awards, all that he was nominated for, to Kirk Franklin. Among the gospel superstars awards were Artist Of The Year, Song Of The Year ("Lean On Me") and CD Of The Year (The Nu Nation Project'). In his acceptance speech Franklin said, 'To all of the people who were nominated - the ones who can really sing - it was just an honour to be included."
The list of winners is: Artist Of The Year: Kirk Franklin; Song Of The Year: Kirk Franklin, "Lean On Me"; Male Vocalist Of The Year: Donnie McClurkin; Female Vocalist Of The Year Vickie Winans; Group/Duo Of The Year: Men Of Standard; New Artist Of The Year: Maurette Brown Clark; CD Of The Year: Kirk Franklin, The Nu Nation Project'; Choir Of The Year: Richard Smallwood With Vision; Producer Of The Year: Kirk Franklin, The Nu Nation Project'; Contemporary Group/Duo: Men Of Standard; Traditional Group/Duo: The Christianaires; Contemporary Male Vocalist: Donnie McClurkin; Traditional Male Vocalist: Richard Smallwood; Contemporary Female Vocalist: Kim Burrell; Traditional Female Vocalist: Vickie Winans; Contemporary CD: Kirk Franklin, The Nu Nation Project'; Traditional CD: Vickie Winans, Live In Detroit II'; Urban/Inspirational Gospel CD: The Prince Of Egypt -Inspirational'; Music Video: Kirk Franklin, "Revolution"; Traditional Choir: Richard Smallwood With Vision; Contemporary Choir: Kirk Franklin & Nu Nation; Instrumental CD: Den Tankard; Special Event CD: WoW Gospel 1999'.