Held at the Swallowfield Chapel, the event saw a full house of patrons who came out to cheer for the best in gospel music.

Wiggan also won the award for Breakout Sensation of the Year, beating Oshane Mais, Perry in Christ and Biblical Lyricist.

“I don’t know how to feel. Normally when I am asked a question, I normally have the words. I’m indeed appreciative and humbled by this recognition, because I really have been putting in the work,” said Wiggan.

Aside from Wiggan, Petra Kaye (who was not in attendance at the event) and radio show host Ava-Gay Blair-Black of Gospel JA won two awards each.

Petra Kaye won Female Artiste of the Year and Album of the Year for Sing Praises Live. Ava-Gay Blair-Black won Most Rated Radio Program of the Year for her show The Gospel Light and Gospel Personality of the Year.

The Sterling Gospel Music Awards kicked off  with stirring performances by vocal group H.U.M.B.L.E, Wiggan, Prince Saj, Kevin Heath, Chris Campbell, Chantal Smalling, and DJ Nicholas saw members of the audience rising to their feet in appreciation as the event truly delivered on its promise.

Levy’s Heritage copped the Group of the Year award for the fourth time with group member Oshin Levy expressing gratitude and underlining the outfit’s consistency in their ministry.

“We are truly humbled and elated to receive this award from the Sterling Gospel Music Awards. This is our fourth award in the category, but our first time winning it consecutively, which means we have clearly been consistent, and others are seeing that. To us it signifies growth, impact and again, consistency. It’s also an indication that there’s more work for us to do in this ministry and it encourages us to keep going,” said Levy.

She spoke about the work that the group put in over the past year.

“Last year was definitely an active year for us musically. We released three singles namely: Yes Man, One Touch Remix and Champion, all of which received positive feedback from fans and the industry, as well as continuous airplay. We also released a music video for Champion, which was nominated in the Video of the Year category.

Canada-based Jamaican-born producer and recording artiste Da Journey, who said he played a role in the production of several of the songs that were nominated this year, shared that winning the award for Collaboration of the Year (Sweet Ehh featuring Sone G) was encouragement for him to work harder.

“It’s a great feeling, thanks to Sterling. This is a bigger encouragement to push harder and we are just grateful,” said Da Journey.