You spoke, and we listened! CCM Magazine put the year that was 2007 to the vote, and the readers turned out en masse to proclaim their choice—your favorite band, your favorite male artist, your favorite female artist, your favorite duo and more. There were some familiar faces and some comfortable choices—and there were also some major surprises.

Well, one major surprise: Relative newcomers Family Force 5 dominated nearly every category. (And without being a member of a popular “secular” boy band.) But then, many of the names that turned up in the results just showed us that the new CCM Magazine is certainly moving in the right direction.

But don’t just take our word for it—see the results for yourself! You chose the artists in the following section.

We love the way you think.

FAMILY FORCE 5

BEST ARTIST

2. Skillet 3. tobyMac

BEST BAND

2. Casting Crowns 3. Skillet

MOST UNDERRATED ARTIST

2. Skillet 3. Leeland

BEST WEBSITE (familyforce5.com)

2. Skillet, skillet.com 3. tobyMac, tobymac.com

BEST LIVE PERFORMANCE

2. tobyMac 3. Skillet

ARTIST YOU’D MOST LIKE TO SEE ON THE COVER OF CCM

2. Rush of Fools 3. Thousand Foot Krutch

MOST LIKELY TO BE THE BREAKOUT ARTIST OF 2008

2. Fireflight 3. Britt Nicole

SHANE & SHANE

BEST DUO/GROUP

2. GRITS 3. Point of Grace

TOBYMAC

BEST MALE ARTIST

2. Jeremy Camp 3. Chris Tomlin

BEST MUSIC VIDEO (“BOOMIN’”)

2. Skillet, “Whispers in the Dark” 3. Family Force 5, “Love Addict”

REBECCA ST. JAMES

BEST FEMALE ARTIST

2. Krystal Meyers 3. Plumb

CHRIS TOMLIN

BEST WORSHIP ARTIST

2. David Crowder Band 3. Hillsong United

KJ-52

BEST HIP-HOP ARTIST

2. GRITS 3. T-Bone

A ROAD LESS TRAVELED

BEST INDEPENDENT ARTIST

2. Pivitplex 3. Matt Wertz

OTHER WINNERS

Best New Artist

1. Rush of Fools

2. The Almost

3. Mandisa

Best R&B Artist

1. Kirk Franklin

2. Mary Mary

3. Israel & New Breed

Best Hard Music Artist

1. Flyleaf

2. Pillar

3. Disciple

Best Artist of Faith in the General Market

1. Lifehouse

2. The Fray

3. Mute Math

Best Producer

1. Aaron Sprinkle

2. Ed Cash

3. Brown Banister

Best Lyricist

1. Mark Hall (Casting Crowns)

2. Chris Tomlin

3. Matt Thiessen (Relient K)

Best Album

1. Skillet, Comatose

2. tobyMac, Portable Sounds

3. Casting Crowns, The Altar and the Door

Best Song