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Editor, Mike McGonigal
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CHRISTIAN & GOSPEL ARTIST OF THE YEAR: YOLANDA ADAMS
The sanctified songs and pure, spine-tingling gospel-soul-diva vocalizings of this
former schoolteacher would alone be enough to nominate her for Amazon.com's Christian & Gospel Artist of the
Year. But the real clincher was her major-label debut, "Mountain
High... Valley Low," which joyously updates gospel with elements from hip-hop, jazz, and smooth R&B.
Ladies and gentlemen: the new queen of gospel soul, Yolanda Adams. 
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AMAZON.COM'S 100 BEST CDS OF 1999
Amazon.com's music staff
receives thousands of music titles every year; digging through these stacks of CDs can be a difficult task, but
selecting the very best titles is even more challenging. Yet, after vigorous internal debate and a closely monitored
balloting procedure, editors were able to agree on a list brimming with new, exciting music from across every musical
genre. View
the entire list
Christian & Gospel titles on our 100 Best CDs of 1999 list include:
"Sacred Steel Live!"
Various artists
In the little-known music of the House of God church, the slippery, plaintive, and ethereal strains of the steel
guitar supplant the traditional organ. The results, captured on "Sacred Steel Live!," are phenomenal.
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