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 Sounds3. Casting Crowns,
The Altar and the DoorBest Song
1. Skillet, “Rebirthing”
2. Family Force 5, “Love Addict”
3. tobyMac, “Made to Love”
Best Festival
1. Creation
2. Cornerstone
3. Spirit West Coast
Favorite Non-Fiction Book
1. Sex God: Exploring the Endless Connections Between Sexuality and Spirituality (Zondervan), Rob Bell
2. 3:16: The Numbers of Hope (Thomas Nelson), Max Lucado
3. The Prodigal Comes Home (Thomas Nelson), Michael English
Best Novel
1. Skin (Thomas Nelson), Ted Dekker
2. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Arthur A. Levine), J.K. Rowling
3. Sunrise (Tyndale House), Karen Kingsbury
To read January's Diamond Days Family Force 5 cover story and all the features on the Readers' Choice Award Winners, check out these links:
Diamond Days: http://www.ccmmagazine.com/news/stories/11562332/ tobyMac: http://www.ccmmagazine.com/preview/11562316/ A Road Less Traveled: http://www.ccmmagazine.com/news/stories/11562323/ KJ-52: http://www.ccmmagazine.com/news/stories/11562320/ Family Force 5: http://www.ccmmagazine.com/news/stories/11562327/ Rebecca St. James: http://www.christianmusicplanet.com/news/stories/11562261/ Chris Tomlin: http://www.christianmusicplanet.com/news/stories/11562260/ Shane & Shane: http://www.christianmusicplanet.com/news/stories/11562258/