The Stellar Gospel Music Awards is set to celebrate its 40th year at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center in Nashville, Tennessee, on August 16, 2025. Honoring the year’s best and brightest in gospel music, the awards ceremony will be hosted by GRAMMY Award-winning duo BeBe and CeCe Winans.

Nineteen-time Stellar Award winner Pastor Mike Jr. and Stellar Award winner Jason Nelson lead the field of nominees this year with nine nominations each, both landing top nominations in the key categories Artist of the Year, Song of the Year, Male Artist of the Year, and Album of the Year (Nelson’s You Belong: Live in Durham and Mike Jr.’s I Got Away EP).

The full list of nominees can be found on the official Stellar Awards website. For more information, visit stellarawards.com.