Performers

Take Us to the King - Yolanda Adams takes us to church, bringing sunshine to the stage with her performance alongside Amber Bullock, Y'anna Crawle, and Jessica Reedy.(Photo: Michael Buckner/Getty Images For BET)

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Yolanda Adams - (Photo: Michael Buckner/Getty Images For BET)

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Tamar Braxton - (Photo: John Ricard/BET)

Israel Houghton - (Photo: Rick Diamond/Getty Images)

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Israel Houghton - (Photo: Rick Diamond/Getty Images)

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Dorinda Clark Cole - (Photo: Rick Diamond/Getty Images for BMI)

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Dorinda Clark Cole - (Photo: Rick Diamond/Getty Images for BMI)

Photo By Photo: Rick Diamond/Getty Images for BMI

Da' T.R.U.T.H -  (Photo: Rick Diamond/Getty Images for Stellar Awards)

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Da' T.R.U.T.H -  (Photo: Rick Diamond/Getty Images for Stellar Awards)

Photo By Photo:  Rick Diamond/Getty Images for Stellar Awards

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A Clark Sister - Karen Clark Sheard started out as one-fifth of gospel group The Clark Sisters, which her mother, the legendary Dr. Mattie Moss Clark, assembled.  (Photo: Noel Vasquez/Getty Images)

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Karen Clark Sheard  - (Photo: Noel Vasquez/Getty Images)

Kiki Sheard - (Photo: Erika Goldring/Getty Images)

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Kiki Sheard - (Photo: Erika Goldring/Getty Images)

Isaac Carree - (Photo: Beth Gwinn/Getty Images)

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Isaac Carree - (Photo: Beth Gwinn/Getty Images)

Canton Jones - (Photo: Rick Diamond/Getty Images for Super Bowl Gospel)

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Canton Jones - (Photo: Rick Diamond/Getty Images for Super Bowl Gospel)

Charles Jenkins & Fellowship Chicago - (Photo: Rick Diamond/Getty Images for The Stellar Awards)

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Charles Jenkins & Fellowship Chicago - (Photo: Rick Diamond/Getty Images for The Stellar Awards)

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Joshua Rogers - (Photo: BET)

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Joshua Rogers - (Photo: BET)

Le'Andria Johnson - (Photo: Rick Diamond/Getty Images for The Stellar Awards)

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Le'Andria Johnson - (Photo: Rick Diamond/Getty Images for The Stellar Awards)

Photo By Photo: Rick Diamond/Getty Images for The Stellar Awards

Dr. Bobby Jones - (Photo: BET)

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Dr. Bobby Jones - (Photo: BET)

Photo By Photo: Maury Phillips/BET

Donnie McClurkin - (Photo: Rick Diamond/Getty Images for Super Bowl)

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Donnie McClurkin - (Photo: Rick Diamond/Getty Images for Super Bowl)

First Comes Love - Allen married evangelist Ellen Marie Groves in December 1970. The couple share a love of music and God, and have worked side by side in ministries since their marriage. Though they never had any children, they are godparents to several.(Photo: Randi Radcliff/Getty Images for The Stellar Awards)

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Rance Allen - (Photo: Randi Radcliff/Getty Images for The Stellar Awards)

Sparkle - Viola Davis is aglow in this black sequin shirt dress at the after-party for the Cinema Society and Dior Beauty screening of her new film, Beautiful Creatures, at Cole's Greenwich Village in New York City.(Photo: Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)

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Viola Davis - (Photo: Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)