7/24/06
For Immediate release:

2005 ICM New Artist of The Year gets 3 2006 nods.
Chunky Nelms gets 3 nominations for this years ICM Awards.


The ICM (Inspirational Country Music) Awards aren´t held until November 9th at the

Acuff theater in Nashville TN, but the first round of votes to determine the top 10

nominees in each category have been totaled and announced.

The 2005 New Artist of The Year Chunky Nelms has been placed in the top 10 in three

different categories this year by the members of the CCMA and Radio. Male vocalist of

the year, Songwriter of the year, and Music Evangelist of the year.

Chunky´s latest project "Point of No Return" was released in June and the current single

"Grandma Prayed for Me" is currently number 19 on the Power Source top 20. www.powersourcetop20.com/charts

As of this weeks posting of the Power Source Top 20 Countdown Chunky's latest single Grandma Prayed For Me Debuted at number 19. Thank you to all the fans who called and requested it. and Thank you Radio for playing it.