Held at the Schuster Performing Arts Center in Dayton, Ohio, the 19th annual celebration will bring together gospel recording artists and celebrities for one of America’s most anticipated television events in urban gospel.
With over 45 Dove awards, three Grammy awards, and an American Music award, Michael W. Smith has forever enshrined his mark in the music history books. Smith garnered yet another Grammy nod last Friday with a nomination for ‘Best Contemporary Christian Music Album’ for his latest worship effort, ‘Surrounded.’ Dubbed ‘35 Years of Friends: Celebrating The Music of Michael W. Smith,’ music lovers will experience over 35 artists, from all genres, performing a set list to include many of Smith’s 35 #1 hit singles. In addition, 2018 marks the 35th Anniversary of Smith’s Top 10 single “Friends,” which helped introduce his music to both secular and non-secular audiences. Smith once again shared the song with the world when he performed it at the Washington, D.C. memorial service for his dear friend, President George H.W. Bush, last Wednesday.
Donald Andrew "Donnie" McClurkin, Jr. is an American gospel singer and minister. He is one of the top selling gospel artists, selling over 10 million albums worldwide. He has won three Grammy Awards, ten Stellar Awards, two BET Awards, two Soul Train Awards, one Dove Award and one NAACP Image Awards. In 2009, he broadcast his own cable television series, Perfecting Your Faith. His television appearances include Good Morning America, CBS’s The Early Show, The View, Girlfriends, The Parkers, and BET Gospel competition Sunday Best. He has also been featured in such films as The Gospel and The Fighting Temptations, as well as appearing in a Tyler Perry film.
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