Awards & Winners

Sounds of Blackness

Sounds of Blackness is a Grammy Award-winning vocal and instrumental ensemble from Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota who perform music from several genres music including gospel, R&B, soul, and jazz. The group scored several hits on the Billboard R&B chart and Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in the 1990s. Cynthia Johnson of Lipps Inc. fame and Grammy winner Ann Nesby are the group's most prominent alumni.

Awards by Sounds of Blackness

Check all the awards nominated and won by Sounds of Blackness.

2012


NAACP Image Award for Outstanding World Music Album
Honored for : Sounds of Blackness

Nominations 2012 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Duo or Group
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding World Music Album Sounds of Blackness

2008


Nominations 2008 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Duo or Group
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Gospel Artist
Sounds of Blackness Records

2000


Nominations 2000 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Duo or Group

1997


Nominations 1997 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best Gospel Choir or Chorus Album Time for Healing

1995


Soul Train Music Award for Best Gospel Album
Honored for : Africa to America: The Journey of the Drum

Nominations 1995 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Soul Train Music Award for Best Gospel Album Africa to America: The Journey of the Drum

1992


Nominations 1992 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Soul Train Music Award for Best R&B/Soul Single - Group, Band or Duo Optimistic
Soul Train Music Award for Best Gospel Album The Evolution of Gospel