Mavis Scores 'Outstanding Gospel Artist' NAACP Nom

The 39th Annual Image Awards today nominated Mavis in the category of Outstanding Gospel Artist. Others nominated in the category include Kirk Franklin, Marvin Winans, Yolanda Adams and Sounds of Blackness.

The Image Awards honor projects and individuals that promote diversity in the arts in television, recording, literature and motion pictures and are televised live on FOX February 14, 2008 at 8:00 PM EDT.

Mavis performed 'On My Way' live on the 2007 Image Awards telecast.

Anders, Coming Down Up for 'Blues Album of the Year'

The readers of BluesWax, the largest subscribed Blues publication in the world, have included Anders Osborne's Coming Down as one of five titles up for BluesWax Album of the Year 2007.

During November and December, BluesWax took nominations from it's readership and then created a final ballot of just five albums.

The publication also gave the album, Anders' first studio record in five years, a perfect '10' review.