The Singing News Fan Awards were held recently at the Dolly Parton Celebrity Theater at Dollywood in Pigeon Forge, TN.  Daywind Music Group took home a total of 7 awards, including the two of the top awards, Favorite Album of the Year (Greatest Hits Live, the Booth Brothers) and Favorite Song (“I Got A Hold of God This Morning”).  Libbi Stuffle (the Perrys) received awards for both Favorite Female Vocalist and Favorite Alto Singer, and Rodney Griffin (Greater Vision) was named Favorite Songwriter for the 15th consecutive year.

Red Roots, one of the great new artists at Daywind Music Group, took home the award for Favorite New Trio. The identical triplet female trio is signed to Red Hen Records, a division of Daywind Music Group.

Daywind would also like to congratulate the Favorite Radio Station winners.  The fans voted John Whisnant of WCIS in Morganton, NC, Lottie Squires of WCKB in Dunn, NC and Daniel Britt of WXRI in Winston Salem, NC as Favorite Small, Medium and Large Market DJ, respectively.

Daywind Records is home to such artists as Greater Vision, The Mark Trammell Quartet, Karen Peck and New River, the Browders, and more.  Daywind is distributed to Christian retail by New Day Christian Distributors (www.newdaychristian.com) and to the general market by Select O Hits.

For more information on Daywind, visit www.daywindrecords.com or contact Amanda Martin at 1-800-635-9581.

2013 Singing News Fan Awards Winners(in the order they were announced)

The Winner for Favorite Small Market DJ of the Year is: John Whisnant (WCIS Morganton, NC) The Winner for Favorite Medium Market DJ of the Year is: Lottie Squires (WCKB Dunn, NC)
The Winner for Favorite Large Market DJ of the Year is: Daniel Britt (WXRI Winston-Salem, NC)
The Winner for Favorite New Trio is: Red Roots                 
The Winner for Favorite New Traditional Quartet is: The Old Paths
The Winner for Favorite New Mixed Group is: The Taylors
The winner for Favorite New Soloist is: Steve Ladd
The winner for Favorite Soloist Of The Year is: Ivan Parker
The winner for Favorite Female Vocalist of the Year is: Libbi Perry Stuffle
The winner for Favorite Male Vocalist of the Year is: Ronnie Booth
The winner for Favorite Musician is: Kim Collingsworth
The winner for Favorite BAND is: Gaither Vocal Band
The winner for Favorite Trio of the Year is: The Booth Brothers
The winner for Favorite Young Artist of the Year is: Olivia Collingsworth
The winner for Favorite Non-Performing Songwriter of the Year is: Dianne Wilkinson
The winner for Favorite Mixed Group of the Year is: Collingsworth Family
The winner for Favorite Traditional Quartet of the Year is: Triumphant Quartet
The winner for Favorite Bass Singer of the Year is: Eric Bennett
The winner for Favorite Lead Singer of the Year is: Ronnie Booth
The winner for Favorite Baritone Singer of the Year is: Jim Brady
The winner for Favorite Tenor Singer of the Year is: Michael Booth
The winner for Favorite Alto Singer of the Year is: Libbi Perry Stuffle
The winner for Favorite Soprano Singer of the Year is: Kim Hopper
The winner of the Songwriter of the Year is: Rodney Griffin
The winner of the Favorite Song of the Year is: I Got A Hold Of God This Morning- The Perrys
The winner of the Favorite Album of the Year is: Greatest Hits- LIVE (Booth Brothers)
The James D. Vaughan Impact Awards for this year goes to: Louise Mandrell
The winner of the Favorite Artist of the Year is: The Booth Brothers

Congratulations to all the winners!