Singing News Fan Awards for Favorite Group
The Singing News Favorite Group award is awarded in the yearly Singing News Fan Awards ceremony held at the National Quartet Convention every September. It is awarded to the group which readers of the Singing News Magazine judge to be the best group on the road.
History
This award was awarded from the first ceremony in every year from 1970 through 1996, except for 1981. In 1997, the award was split into three more specialized awards, Favorite Traditional Male Quartet, Favorite Mixed Quartet, and Favorite Trio. In the 2007 Fan Awards, the three categories have again been combined into the Favorite Group award. This was only for a season however, as the fans beckoned the return of the Trio, Mixed Group, and Male Quartet awards. They got their wish, in addition to the newly added Favorite Artist award, which is now considered "the biggie".
Honorees
Favorite Group (1970-1980)
- 1970: The Happy Goodman Family
- 1971: Oak Ridge Boys
- 1972: The Inspirations
- 1973: The Happy Goodman Family
- 1974: The Inspirations
- 1975: The Inspirations
- 1976: The Inspirations
- 1977: The Inspirations
- 1978: The Inspirations
- 1979: The Hinsons
- 1980: The Kingsmen
Favorite Group (1982-1996)
- 1982: Cathedral Quartet
- 1983: Cathedral Quartet
- 1984: Cathedral Quartet
- 1985: The Kingsmen
- 1986: Cathedral Quartet
- 1987: Cathedral Quartet
- 1988: Gold City
- 1989: Gold City
- 1990: Gold City
- 1991: Gold City
- 1992: Gold City
- 1993: Gold City
- 1994: Cathedral Quartet
- 1995: Cathedral Quartet
- 1996: Cathedral Quartet
Split Categories (1981, 1997-2006, 2008-present)
Favorite Traditional Male Quartet
- 1981: Kingsmen Quartet
- 1997: Cathedral Quartet
- 1998: Cathedral Quartet
- 1999: Cathedral Quartet
- 2000: Gold City
- 2001: Gold City
- 2002: Dove Brothers
- 2003: Gold City
- 2004: Legacy Five
- 2005: The Inspirations
- 2006: Statistical tie between The Inspirations and Ernie Haase and Signature Sound
- 2008: Legacy Five
- 2009: Triumphant Quartet
- 2010: Triumphant Quartet
- 2011: Triumphant Quartet
- 2012: Triumphant Quartet
- 2013: Triumphant Quartet
- 2014: Triumphant Quartet
Favorite Mixed Group
- 1981: Rex Nelon Singers
- 1997: The Hoppers
- 1998: The Hoppers
- 1999: The Hoppers
- 2000: The Hoppers
- 2001: The Hoppers
- 2002: The Hoppers
- 2003: The Hoppers
- 2004: The Perrys
- 2005: The Perrys
- 2006: The Perrys
- 2008: The Hoppers
- 2009: The Hoppers
- 2010: The Hoppers
- 2011: The Hoppers
- 2012: The Collingsworth Family
Favorite Trio
- 1997: The Bishops
- 1998: The Bishops
- 1999: Greater Vision
- 2000: Greater Vision
- 2001: Greater Vision
- 2002: Greater Vision
- 2003: Greater Vision
- 2004: Greater Vision
- 2005: Greater Vision
- 2006: Greater Vision
- 2008: Booth Brothers
- 2009: Booth Brothers
- 2010: Booth Brothers
- 2011: Booth Brothers
- 2012: Booth Brothers
Favorite Artist (2006-present)
- 2006: Booth Brothers
- 2007: Booth Brothers
- 2008: Booth Brothers
- 2009: Booth Brothers
- 2010: Booth Brothers
- 2011: Booth Brothers
- 2012: Booth Brothers