SHERMAN, Texas – Two-time Diamond Award Duet of the Year winner Amazed was recently honored to receive a nomination for Female Group of the Year in the 2008 SGN Music Awards.

Tamie Perkins of Amazed said, “WOW! We are so delighted to be nominated for this award. Thank you to the staff at SoGospelNews.com for this wonderful nomination! This is a huge blessing for our ministry!”

“To be included in this category with such fine groups as Beloved, Rejoice!, and Sweetwater Revival is such an honor,” mentioned Cathie Marsh of Amazed. “All of these groups are wonderful, and we are elated to be included with them.”

The nominees for the SGN Music Awards were chosen by the staff of SoGospelNews.com. Voting for the winners started on February 1, 2008 and will continue through February 15, 2008. Fans interested in voting for their favorites can visit SoGospelNews.com.

Deon Unthank, administrator of SoGospelNews.com said, “Amazed has really made a name for themselves over the last couple of years. They are really building up a strong fan-base and creating some great music!”

This is Amazed’s second nomination for Female Group of the Year. They were nominated for the same award last year as well.

The SGN Music Awards Celebration will take place on Tuesday evening, April 29, 2008 in Smyrna, Tennessee. The event is free to the public, and doors will open at 6:00 p.m. More information on the 2008 SGN Music Awards Celebration will be forthcoming, including hosts, performers, sponsors, etc.

Amazed was awarded the Diamond Award for “Duet of the Year” last September. The SGN Scoops Diamond Awards were handed out in a live program during the week of the National Quartet Convention in Louisville, Kentucky in the Mary Room of the Executive Inn West.

Amazed’s second single from their latest release Just Gettin’ Started is “I Still Believe.” It is the follow up to their first ever Singing News Top 80 hit “Even On Monday” which spent three months on the chart. Be listening for “I Still Believe” at Southern Gospel radio all across the country.

For more information on Amazed, please visit http://amazedministries.com. Fans are encouraged to visit the duo’s MySpace at http://www.myspace.com/amazedgospel.