Relient K, Rodney Atkins, Mary Mary, Krystal Meyers, Da T.R.U.T.H. featuring Tye Tribbett and Face 2 Face Leading Their Categories

Contact: Jim Weiss, 770-692-4579, jim@gospelmusicchannel.com

ATLANTA, November 27 /Christian Newswire/ -- Thousands of gospel and Christian music fans are letting their voices be heard in voting for the inaugural Gospel Music Channel Video Awards as the races hit the final homestretch. The first-ever GMCVAs will honor the top videos in six genre categories as well as the overall Top Video of the Year, with winners being determined by viewers and fans through online voting at www.gospelmusicchannel.com. Voters are choosing from nominees in Rock, Country, Soul, Hip Hop, Contemporary and Latin categories that were determined by the amount of airplay the videos received on Gospel Music Channel during 2007. Voting continues through this Wednesday, Dec. 5.

With less than one week of voting left, here are the current leading vote-getters in each category:

ROCK: Relient K "Must Have Done Something Right" is in front of performances by Starflyer 59, Robert Randolph and The Family Band, Seventh Day Slumber, Skillet, and Switchfoot.

COUNTRY: The Rodney Atkins video of "Watching You" is ahead of songs by Danielle Peck, Martina McBride, Johnny Cash, Rascal Flatts and Jaime O'Neal.

SOUL: Mary Mary's "Yesterday" leads videos by Fred Hammond, Melvin Williams, Shirley Murdock, Kierra "KiKi" Sheard and Micah Stampley.

HIP HOP: Da T.R.U.T.H. featuring Tye Tribbett's "Who Am I" has more votes than Soul P., Manafest, Tonex, Kevin L and tobyMac.

CONTEMPORARY: "Hallelujah" by Krystal Meyers currently tops Jars of Clay, Jeremy Camp, Chris Tomlin, Michael W. Smith and David Crowder Band.

LATIN: Face 2 Face's "Que Puedo Darte" leads Funky and Jesús Adrián Romero.

The first-ever Gospel Music Channel Video Awards winners will be announced on-air in a special Hot List: Viewers' Choice 2007 on Gospel Music Channel Saturday, Dec. 29 at 7:00 p.m. (ET). The special edition of the network's video countdown series will kick-off GMC's Best of 2007 Video Marathon, 83 hours of the top videos running through January 2.

Gospel Music Channel is the nation's first and only 24/7 all music television networks devoted to the uplifting, inspiring and diverse music that is gospel/Christian music. It is one of the fastest-growing cable channels in television today; the network has doubled availability in 2007 alone and is now carried in all ten of the top ten markets and 23 of the top 25. Gospel Music Channel can be seen on various cable systems around the country.