
Indie Lifetime Achievement Award

Conya Doss
Indie Soul Lifetime Achievement Winner
Conya Doss
She Known As The Godmother of Indie Music! Her first CD was released independently on August 12, 2002. (Poem About Ms Doss). Conya Doss is an American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, and has been a major figure in independent music for over two decades. Conya is an innovator and widely known for her eclectic work and light vocal range. Her music combines R&B, soul, funk, neo-soul, and jazz. Over the course of years, she would release two more albums: Just Because and Love Rain Down. Her breakthrough album Still... was released in 2008, which featured the lead single "What I'd Do". In 2010, Doss released her fifth album Blu Transition, and followed up with A Pocketful of Purpose in 2012. Conya released her seventh album Seven: VII in 2015.
Indie Soul Award Nominees 2024
Song of The Year
Teddy Swims - Lose Control
Ledisi / K. Lattimore - Perfect Stranger
Muni Long - Made For Me
Coco Jones - Here We Go
J Brown - If You Could See You
Tyrese - Wildflower
Victoria Monet - On My Mama
Lady Gaga & Bruno - Die With a Smile
Smooth Jazz Single of The Year
Jesse Thompson - Late Nite
Johnny Britt - Ocean Waves
Camera Soul - My Time
Butcher Brown - Remind Me
Jazz Vocal Single of The Year
Aston Grey Project - Sweet Thang
Castella - Nights Over Eygpt
Boney James - All I Want Is You
Johnny Britt - Walk On By
Shaun LaBelle - Your Love Kept Calling My Name
Group or Duo of The Year
TMF - Making Love To The Music
Usher/H.E.R. - Risk It All
G Jones / E. Nolan - Wanna Be Closer
Tony Lindsay / Kiara -Being With You
Garry Percell - Going In Circles
Eric Benet / Tamar - Something We Can
Jazz Rosco - Bump City
Sacred Souls - Can I Call You Rose
Come Back Artist of The Year
Club Nouveau - Its Alright
The Jones Girls - Baby Dont Go
Melvin Riley - You Complete Me
Freda Payne - Just To Be With You
Maxwell - Simply Beautiful
D-Train - Time Has Come Today
Hustle & Grind Award
Josh X - Breathe
Jon Vinyl - Fold
Jack Freeman - You
Lizzen - Right & Wrong
Avery Sunshine - I Wonder
Candance Woodson - Better Days
Mavis Swan Poole - Every Man Ain't
Inayah - For the Streets
Female Artist of The Year
Ledisi - Sell me No Dreams
Lalah Hathaway - So In Love
Raquel Rodriguez - Back To Me
Terri Green - Caught Up
Kiana Lede' - Natural
Sinead Harnett - The Most
Marisha Ambrosius - One Night Stand
Syleena Johnson - Black Balloon
Male Artist of The Year
Jon B - Waiting On You
Cornell Carter - The Change
Tony Lindsay - For Love
Keith Sweat - Lay you Down
Tank - Before We Get Started
Devon Howard - Holding on
Leon Bridges - Peaceful Place
Alvin Garrett - Til I Get back
Christian Keyes - Closer
Gospel Single of The Year
Vanessa Bell Armstrong - Today
Yolanda Adams - Church Doors
Karen Clark - Made a Way
Mnangliso - Love of My Life
Jeffrey Dennis - Dream
Kirk Franklin - Try Love
New Comer of The Year
Taryn - Give It To Me
Ray Greene - Tell Her
LaShawn Gary - Everything Your Looking For
Poo Bear - Charge me
AyIanna Lee - My Idols Lied To Me
Groove Dynasty - Where Did Our Love Go
Psiren - Sober
Ms. Monet - Groove With You
Allie McIntosh - La La Means I Love You
Elmiene - Light Work
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Each of these nominees were selected based on Chart position, Spotify streams and total sales during the calendar year January - December 2024. Promotion person or company was selected based on companies that service all of NorthStar Radio Group properties. Calculations of Sales, Streams, and chart position was researched and calculated by Anchin, Block & Anchin accounting firm. NorthStar radio group, It's employees, or sponsors didn't weigh in on the final decision of the nominees or the winners. Congrats to all the nominees and good luck! The winners of each category will be announced during the 2025 Indie Soul Awards on February 21 airing on Soul Cafe Radio, The Loft, and The Joint 247.