ON THE HEELS OF FIRST TOP 5 SOLO HIT
“HALLUEJAH”
GOSPEL STAR TROY SNEED ALSO NETS FIRST
SOUL TRAIN MUSIC AWARD NOMINATION
FOR #1 SMASH “THE STRUGGLE IS OVER”

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The year of 2007 is beginning as nicely for Troy Sneed as 2006 ended. The energetic singer is enjoying his first Top 5 Billboard Hot Gospel song as a soloist with the rousing praise tune, “Hallelujah.” The song is the lead single from Sneed’s latest cd, “In His Presence” (Emtro Gospel) which is currently #31 on Soundscan’s praise and worship album sales chart.

Meanwhile, Sneed has also netted his first Soul Train Music Award nomination for Youth for Christ’s 2006 smash, “The Struggle is Over.” The song, written by Jonathan Nelson & Justin Savage, spent a dozen weeks at #1 on Billboard’s Hot Gospel Songs chart last year and also won a Stellar Award as Best Children’s Recording of the Year. Sneed and Nelson lead the song with backing by a choir of youth hailing from the Baltimore-Washington, D.C. region. It is nominated alongside tunes by Kirk Franklin, the Caravans and Bishop G.E. Patterson. The awards will be announced March 10, 2007 at a ceremony at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium outside of Hollywood, CA.

Sneed and his wife, Emily, are the founders of Emtro Gospel, which has now enjoyed a half dozen Top Ten gospel radio hits in the last two years with songs such as “All Night” (Alvin Darling & Celebration) and “The Right Place” (Rudolph McKissick) among others.

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Media Contact: Bill Carpenter at (202) 636-7028 or carpbil@aol.com