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The highly anticipated gospel event of the year, the 36th Annual Stellar Gospel Music Awards, is set to return to television this Sunday, August 1st, at 8 pm...

[caption id="attachment_236176" align="alignnone" width="1200"] Photo Credit: (left to right) Melvin Crispell III, Kirk Franklin, Joshua Copeland face the audience as finalist announced. (Photo: Nathan Bolster/BET)[/caption]

BET NETWORK'S “SUNDAY BEST” ANNOUNCES SEASON 9 FINALISTS - JOSHUA COPELAND AND MELVIN CRISPELL, III - BET SET TO CROWN SEASON 9 WINNER OF “SUNDAY BEST” ON SUNDAY, AUGUST 25TH AT 8PM ET/PT

“ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE” AND “NOT THE END OF YOUR STORY” FROM JOSHUA COPELAND AND MELVIN CRISPELL, III NOW AVAILABLE THROUGH RCA INSPIRATION SEASON 9 FINALE WILL FEATURE PERFORMANCES BY TASHA COBBS LEONARD, VASHAWN MITCHELL, KELLY PRICE, AND JONATHAN MCREYNOLDS + ERICA CAMPBELL TO DEBUT NEW SINGLE “PRAYING & BELIEVING” VOTING OPEN NOW AT BET.COM/VOTESUNDAYBEST After making a triumphant return from its four-year hiatus earlier this summer, BET’s inspirational singing competition, “Sunday Best,” moves closer to crowning a new gospel superstar. Last night, the Grammy Award-winning songstress, Fantasia heated up the stage with a debut performance of “Looking For You,” from her forthcoming album Sketchbook. She later joined the judge’s panel, kicking off an emotional night full of surprises which ended with Joshua Copeland and Melvin Crispell, III moving forward to the finale episode airing on August 25, 2019 at 8PM ET/PT. Fans are now encouraged to vote for their favorite contestant at: BET.com/VoteSundayBest. Challenged with connecting with their inner selves this week, each contestant had to perform twice. For the first performance, the contestants chose a personal song and Kirk surprised them with a close family member for motivation. Joshua selected Tasha Cobbs’ “I’m getting Ready,” while Melvin, performed Hezekiah Walker’s “Wonderful Is Your Name,” which was written by his late father Melvin Crispell II. For their second performance of the night, the competitors performed original songs created by a team of heavy hitters, including GRAMMY®-nominated mega-hit wonder Makeba Riddick-Woods (Rihanna, Beyoncé, Tamar Braxton, Koryn Hawthorne) and six-time GRAMMY®-winning powerhouse Aaron Lindsey (Israel Houghton, Marvin Sapp, Kenny Lattimore, Smokie Norful). What resulted was two awe-inspiring gospel singles “Anything is Possible” by Joshua Copeland and “Not The End of Your Story,” by Melvin Crispell III; both songs featured production by Lindsey and were co-produced by GRAMMY®-winner Myron Butler. Today, RCA Inspiration releases these two new songs, as the first installment of their partnership with BET to spotlight new music from the hit gospel competition series. Both songs are now available at digital music providers. The season 9 winner will receive a recording contract with RCA Inspiration, a cash prize of $50,000 and the title “Sunday Best.” BET will crown the season 9 Sunday Best winner on Sunday, August 25th at 8:00 PM ET/PT. The finale episode will feature special performances from GRAMMY Award®-winner Tasha Cobbs Leonard, multiple Stellar Award-winner VaShawn Mitchell. Fans will also see soul-stirring performances from judges Jonathan McReynolds, Kelly Price, and Erica Campbell debuting her new single “Praying & Believing.” For updates and more information about “SUNDAY BEST”, please visit BET.com/SundayBest. Join the conversation on social media by using the hashtag: #BETSundayBest. [caption id="attachment_236177" align="alignnone" width="1800"] Joshua Copeland behind the scenes of BET's "Sunday Best" episode 903. (Photo: Nathan Bolster/BET)[/caption] [caption id="attachment_236178" align="alignnone" width="1800"] Melvin Crispell III behind the scenes of BET's "Sunday Best" episode 903. (Photo: Nathan Bolster/BET)[/caption] [caption id="attachment_236179" align="alignnone" width="1800"] Still from BET's "Sunday Best" episode 902. (Photo: Nathan Bolster/BET)[/caption] [caption id="attachment_236180" align="alignnone" width="1920"] Still of Melvin Crispell III from BET's "Sunday Best" episode 902. (Photo: BET)[/caption] [caption id="attachment_236181" align="alignnone" width="1920"] Still of Joshua Copeland from BET's "Sunday Best" episode 902. (Photo: BET)[/caption] [caption id="attachment_236182" align="alignnone" width="1800"] Still from BET's "Sunday Best" episode 905. (Photo: Nathan Bolster/BET)[/caption] [caption id="attachment_236183" align="alignnone" width="1800"] Still from BET's "Sunday Best" episode 905. (Photo: Nathan Bolster/BET)[/caption] [caption id="attachment_236184" align="alignnone" width="1800"] Still of Joshua Copeland from BET's "Sunday Best" episode 907. (Photo: Nathan Bolster/BET)[/caption] [caption id="attachment_236185" align="alignnone" width="1800"] Still of Melvin Crispell III from BET's "Sunday Best" episode 907. (Photo: Nathan Bolster/BET)[/caption] [caption id="attachment_236186" align="alignnone" width="1800"] Still of Melvin Crispell III from BET's "Sunday Best" episode 907. (Photo: Nathan Bolster/BET)[/caption] [caption id="attachment_236187" align="alignnone" width="1800"] Still of Joshua Copeland, Chelsey Barnes, Keyla Richardson, Tiffany Andrews, and Melvin Crispell III from BET's "Sunday Best" episode 907. (Photo: Nathan Bolster/BET)[/caption] [caption id="attachment_236188" align="alignnone" width="1800"] Still of Keyla Richardson, Joshua Copeland, Chelsey Barnes, Tiffany Andrews, and Melvin Crispell III from BET's "Sunday Best" episode 907. (Photo: Nathan Bolster/BET)[/caption] [caption id="attachment_236189" align="alignnone" width="1800"] Still of Joshua Copeland from BET's "Sunday Best" episode 909. (Photo: Nathan Bolster/BET)[/caption] [caption id="attachment_236190" align="alignnone" width="1800"] Still of Melvin Crispell III from BET's "Sunday Best" episode 909. (Photo: Nathan Bolster/BET)[/caption] [caption id="attachment_236191" align="alignnone" width="1174"] Still of Melvin Crispell III from BET's "Sunday Best" episode 909. (Photo: Nathan Bolster/BET)[/caption] [caption id="attachment_236192" align="alignnone" width="1800"] Still of Melvin Crispell III from BET's "Sunday Best" episode 909. (Photo: Nathan Bolster/BET)[/caption] [caption id="attachment_236193" align="alignnone" width="1800"] Still of Melvin Crispell III, Tiffany Andrews, and Joshua Copeland from BET's "Sunday Best" episode 909. (Photo: Nathan Bolster/BET)[/caption]

BET NETWORK'S “SUNDAY BEST” ANNOUNCES SEASON 9 FINALISTS - JOSHUA COPELAND AND MELVIN CRISPELL, III - BET SET TO CROWN SEASON 9 WINNER OF “SUNDAY BEST” ON SUNDAY, AUGUST 25TH AT 8PM ET/PT“ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE” AND “NOT THE END OF YOUR STORY” FROM JOSHUA COPELAND AND MELVIN CRISPELL, III NOW AVAILABLE THROUGH RCA INSPIRATION SEASON 9 FINALE WILL

BET ANNOUNCES OFFICIAL NOMINEES FOR THE 2017 SOUL TRAIN AWARDS AS SOLANGE TOPS WITH 7 NOMINATIONS FOLLOWED BY FELLOW HITMAKERS BRUNO MARS, DJ KHALED, RIHANNA, KHALID AND SZA ---------Multi-Platinum and Seven-Time Grammy Award-Winning Recording Artist, Songwriter & Producer Toni Braxton to Receive the Don Cornelius Legend AwardGrammy Award-Nominated, Multi-Platinum Trio SWV to be Honored with Third Annual Lady of Soul

It was 1997 when Murder Inc., first burst onto the music scene and 20 years later they are still making headlines.  Murder Inc.

BET's president of Programming Stephen Hill will exit bet as part of the plan to rejuvenate the network. This comes as quite a shocker considering Hill has brought an incredible amount of successful segments to the network. BET, identified as one of the core brands for Viacom is being rejuvenated by CEO Bob Bakish.

BET NETWORKS and AEG announced the first wave of star-studded talent that will take the stage at the 5th annual BET Experience at L.A. LIVE presented by Coca-Cola®.

When Black Entertainment Television (BET) premiered its new weekly musical television program “Joyful Noise” a couple of weeks ago, Liz Black’s Twitter page buzzed with friends and fans asking if that was her voice opening the show and introducing its host Tye Tribbett. It was indeed the legendary New York City area radio personality who hosts