DALLAS (February 24, 2014) - GRAMMY®-Award Nominated Vocalist TAMELA MANN received a NAACP Image Award this past weekend during the 45th NAACP Image Awards in Pasadena, Calif. Tamela took home the trophy for Outstanding Gospel Album (Traditional or Contemporary) of The Year for her CD, Best Days Deluxe Edition, marking this the first NAACP Image Award win for the singer.

Watch Tamela's reaction to winning her first Image Award: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10152191291485340&set=vb.160017855339&type=2&theater

"I give praise and thanks to the Lord for the many blessings, and I'm thankful to everyone for the strong support of my music," said Tamela. "I'm honored to be recognized by the NAACP and to share my music with a new audience. All of the glory goes to Him."

After performing live on the NAACP Image Award on FOX in 2010, Tamela received her first NAACP Image Award nomination that same year for Outstanding Gospel Album (Traditional or Contemporary) of The Year for her CD, The Master Plan and two nominations in 2013 for Outstanding Female Artist and Outstanding Gospel Album (Traditional or Contemporary) of The Year for her CD, Best Days.

The NAACP Image Awards celebrates the accomplishments of people of color in the fields of television, music, literature and film and also honors individuals or groups who promote social justice through creative endeavors.

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http://tinyurl.com/MannsOnTV

ABOUT TAMELA MANN
Tamela Mann is an accomplished NAACP Image Award and GRAMMY® Award nominee, 7-time Stellar Gospel Music Award and two-time GMA Dove Award-winning singer, actress, songwriter, producer, and businesswoman. Starring as "Cora Simmons," the loving and churchgoing daughter of beloved Deacon Leroy Brown and the iconic Madea Simmons on the hit TBS comedy Tyler Perry's Meet The Browns, Tamela makes millions laugh every week while she enjoys a unique personal double blessing. Continuing the role she originated in Perry's 2004 play and 2008 film of the same name, the sassy, high spirited multi-talented singer and actress is able to work every day with David Mann, her husband who plays Leroy. Tamela's highly successful, Dove Award-winning CD "The Master Plan" remained at the top of the Gospel sales chart for almost a year, and in 2010, Tamela released "The Master Plan Deluxe Edition" which contained not only all the songs from the best-seller, but David's CD, "Mr. Brown's Good Ol' Time Church," and a full bonus DVD of behind the scenes footage and music videos. Tamela's two-time GMA Dove Award and seven-time Stellar Gospel Music Award-winning CD "Best Days" debuted in 2012 at #1 on several music sales charts and includes the #1 single "Take Me To The King," which earned Tamela her first GRAMMY ® Award nomination for Best Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Performance. Both the CD and single remained at #1 for a record number of weeks; the CD charted at the top for 15 weeks and the single for more than 25 weeks. Tamela and David's new cooking and lifestyle show, "Hanging With The Manns," along with several other film and TV productions, will be released soon.

For more information about Tamela Mann, visit http://www.tillymannmusic.com.

 

 

 

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