2022 ISSA Awards Winners

Congratulations to all of our nominees, finalists and winners for this year and to those who joined us in Atlanta, Georgia as we held our live event once again. A huge thank you to our past Gold level winners who came to serve as Judges and Presenters and performed for us. We truly appreciate every member of our ISSA community.

USA Winners


US Entertainer Of The Year

Gold – Rhonda Funk

Silver – Angela Easley

Bronze – Jimmy Charles


US Female Vocalist Of The Year

Gold – Dusty Leigh

Silver – Sarah Ashley Marsolek

Bronze – Breanna Faith


US Male Vocalist Of The Year

Gold – Rylee Nicholson

Silver – Lee Kelley

Bronze – Brian Hedges


US Female Rising Star – Akeylah Walters

US Male Rising Star – Ernie “Sticktight” Akins


US Vocal Duo Of The Year

Gold – Walter Finley & April Dawn

Silver – Joe Kidd & Sheila Burke

Bronze – Dennis Ledbetter & Peggie Nora


US Band Of The Year

Gold – Voodoo Moonshine

Silver – Andrew Dean & The Farm Machine

Bronze – Keith Brooks & The Hillside Ryders


US Female Album Of The Year

Gold – Katrina Lynn – “Towin The Line”

Silver – Christy Fisher – “Mixed Signals”

Bronze – Jakee Henry – “Look At Me Now”


US Male Album Of The Year

Gold – Hunter Lott – “Texas Tour”

Silver – Josh Bearden – “Not Looking Back”

Bronze – Sonny Morgan – “I’m Your Man”


US Band Album Of The Year

Gold – Night Owl Country Band – “Off The Tracks”

Silver – Ludlow Creek – “Hands Of Time”

Bronze – Buddy Eugene & Claudia – “Without You”


US Band Single Of The Year

Gold – Voodoo Moonshine – “Bring It Down”

Silver – 308 Ghost Train – “My Love’s Lost”

Bronze – Aaron Carter – “This Town”


US Male Single Of The Year

Gold – Austin Hopkins – “Crush”

Silver – Rollin Jewett – “Electricity”

Bronze – Ricky Davis – “Hero’s Dream”


US Female Single Of The Year

Gold – Amy Jo – “Swamp Water”

Silver – Dawn Rix – “Tennessee Miles”

Bronze – Robbie Harte – “Outside My Window”


US Representative Of The Year – Kayla Joy


Sponsorship Award – Justin Ray Williams, LLC


The Necay Howard Humanitarian Award – Michelle Storm


US Male Emerging Artist

Gold – Damian Wyldes

Silver – Gary Pratt

Bronze – Hakeem Romance


US Female Emerging Artist

Gold – Ashley Puckett

Silver – La La Musiq

Bronze – Mars Sinclair


US Male Songwriter Of The Year

Gold – Gary Matheny

Silver – Arnold Connelly

Bronze – Anthony Black


US Young Adult Artist Of The Year

Gold – Ainsley Costello

Silver – Rylee Lum

Bronze – Autumn Helene


US Female Songwriter Of The Year

Gold – Robbie Harte

Silver – Emily Cole

Bronze – Sydney Celeste


US Music Video Of The Year

Gold – Brandon Bing – “Locked Down”

Silver – Alex Jeffrey – “Kitchen Table”

Bronze – Emily E. Finke – “Maybe”


US Radio Station Of The Year

Gold – Cruz, Inc. Radio

Silver – Unique Beatz Radio

Bronze – Music Mafia Radio


Sound Engineer Of The Year – Ben Travis


Promoter Of The Year – Brian Fagan

INTERNATIONAL WINNERS

INTL Entertainer Of The Year

Gold – Robert Adrian Steiner

Silver – Dimitris Nezis

Bronze – Sherise D’Souza


INTL Female Vocalist Of The Year

Gold – Caitlin Mae

Silver – Cheryl Nye

Bronze – Madison Mueller


INTL Male Vocalist Of The Year

Gold – Lyric Dubee

Silver – Emo Leblanc

Bronze – Tom Tikka


INTL Female Rising Star – An Vedi

INTL Male Rising Star – Travis Pickering


INTL Young Adult Artist Of The Year

Gold – Stone Age UG

Silver – Briana Dinsdale

Bronze – Andrew Olsen


INTL Band Of The Year

Gold – Shelly Jones Band

Silver – Chris Andres Band

Bronze – Flint Gun


INTL Female Album Of The Year

Gold – Jimena Arroyo – “But First We Burn”

Silver – Dina Andrews – “The Naked Truth”

Bronze – Caroline Parke – “Pause and Pine”


INTL Male Album Of The Year

Gold – Shaun Tobar – “One For The Road”

Silver – Aira Winterland – “The Past Lives Now”

Bronze – Yulian Taylor – “Blues Friends”


INTL Female Single Of The Year

Gold – Hayley McKay – “Wild West”

Silver – Roberta Scime – “Nothing Left Here”

Bronze – Sandee Facy – “Still That Girl”


INTL Male Single Of The Year

Gold – Chris Melanson – “Last To Say Goodbye”

Silver – Brad Simmonds – “It’s My Time”

Bronze – Rick Snider – “That’s Who I Am”


INTL Band Single Of The Year

Gold – Souly Us – “Everything Has Changed”

Silver – The Broadway Show Group – “Michael Jackson”

Bronze – Moving Lines – “Dreams Will Never Die”


INTL Female Songwriter Of The Year

Gold – Dina Andrews

Silver – Ewelina Borkowska

Bronze – Mikol Frachey


INTL Male Songwriter Of The Year

Gold – Lindsay Waddington

Silver – Eric Child

Bronze – Roland Nene


INTL Vocal Duo Of The Year

Gold – Souly Us

Silver – Dolly Dunn & Darren Keiran

Bronze – Shelly Jones & Lester Treuer


INTL Male Music Video – Travis Pickering – “She Gets Me”

INTL Female Music Video – Caitlin Mae – “Take My Demons”


INTL Female Emerging Artist

Gold – Lauren Faye Moss

Silver – Hayley Verrall

Bronze – Hayley McKay


INTL Male Emerging Artist

Gold – Michele Annunziata

Silver – Amit Khadikar

Bronze – Jonny Melodic


INTL Radio Station Of The Year

Gold – Nashville Worldwide – Chad J Country

Silver – Banks Radio Australia

Bronze – Radio Catorweb – Luigi Celitti


INTL Sound Engineer Of The Year – Daniel Damian Kapuscinski


INTL Promoter Of the Year – Pinky Celena Simms


INTL Representative Of The Year – Colin Pettitt


INTL Family Sponsorship Award – Imran Ahmed, Shaista Imran, Zainab Khan and Omer Khan