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Pop/Contemporary Album of the Year: New Map Of The World by The Paul Colman Trio
This is an excellent CD and I didn't find a single song that I didn't like. This is a definite winner.

Inspirational Album of the Year: Be Glad by The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir
Amy Grant's Legacy...Hymns & Faith made this a hard choice to make but BTC has been a staple in my life for a long time and every song on this CD inspired me more than the last one.

Country Album of the Year: An Inconvenient Christmas by The Oak Ridge Boys
The competition from all of the other CD's in this category is strong but I grew up on the Oak Ridge Boys so they get my vote.

Urban Album of the Year: Incredible by Mary Mary
So many great CD's, but only one can be a winner. Believe by Yolanda Adams and This Is Your Life by Out of Eden made this a hard choice to make.

Contemporary Gospel Album of the Year: The Rebirth of Kirk Franklin by Kirk Franklin
This category makes me really glad that I'm not actually voting this year. I've been a huge Kirk Franklin fan ever since I heard Stomp for the first time and he just gets better and better every year, so he gets my vote.

Praise & Worship Album of the Year: Blessed by Darlene Zschech
This CD is special. If you don't have it in your collection, now would be a good time to add it. You won't regret it.

Children's Music Album of the Year: Meet Me At The Manger by Celeste Clydesdale, David T. Clydesdale
My eight year old daughter has played this one so many times that if it were vinyl there would be grooves worn into it. She knows all of the lyrics, with or without the CD playing, and that's the truest vote of all.

Special Event Album of the Year: City On A Hill-Sing Alleluia
When you combine music by Caedmon's Call, Jars of Clay, Nichole Nordeman, Bebo Norman, Fernando Ortega, The Choir, Steve Hindalong, Marc Byrd and the rest of the great artists on this CD you just can't go wrong.

Short Form Music Video of the Year: Holla by Trin-i-tee 5:7
I've got teenagers and this video is good enough that it pulls them away from the phone and the video games. Need I say more?

Long Form Music Video of the Year: All The Best...Live by Sandi Patty
My sons aren't really big Sandi Patty fans, but my teenage daughter (the one with the phone super-glued to her ear) drops everything to watch this one. Anything that can pry her off of the phone gets my vote.

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