The Singing News Favorite Group award is awarded in the yearly Singing News Fan Awards ceremony held at the National Quartet Convention every September. It is awarded to the group which readers of the Singing News Magazine judge to be the best group on the road.
This award was awarded from the first ceremony in every year from 1970 through 1996, except for 1981. In 1997, the award was split into three more specialized awards, Favorite Traditional Male Quartet, Favorite Mixed Quartet, and Favorite Trio. In the 2007 Fan Awards, the three categories have again been combined into the Favorite Group award. This was only for a season however, as the fans beckoned the return of the Trio, Mixed Group, and Male Quartet awards. They got their wish, in addition to the newly added Favorite Artist award, which is now considered "the biggie".
1970: The Happy Goodman Family
1971: Oak Ridge Boys
1972: The Inspirations
1973: The Happy Goodman Family
1974: The Inspirations
1975: The Inspirations
1976: The Inspirations
1977: The Inspirations
1978: The Inspirations
1979: The Hinsons
1980: The Kingsmen
1982: Cathedral Quartet
1983: Cathedral Quartet
1984: Cathedral Quartet
1985: The Kingsmen
1986: Cathedral Quartet
1987: Cathedral Quartet
1988: Gold City
1989: Gold City
1990: Gold City
1991: Gold City
1992: Gold City
1993: Gold City
1994: Cathedral Quartet
1995: Cathedral Quartet
1996: Cathedral Quartet
1981: Kingsmen Quartet
1997: Cathedral Quartet
1998: Cathedral Quartet
1999: Cathedral Quartet
2000: Gold City
2001: Gold City
2002: Dove Brothers
2003: Gold City
2004: Legacy Five
2005: The Inspirations
2006: Statistical tie between The Inspirations and Ernie Haase and Signature Sound
2008: Legacy Five
2009: Triumphant Quartet
2010: Triumphant Quartet
2011: Triumphant Quartet
2012: Triumphant Quartet
2013: Triumphant Quartet
2014: Triumphant Quartet
1981: Rex Nelon Singers
1997: The Hoppers
1998: The Hoppers
1999: The Hoppers
2000: The Hoppers
2001: The Hoppers
2002: The Hoppers
2003: The Hoppers
2004: The Perrys
2005: The Perrys
2006: The Perrys
2008: The Hoppers
2009: The Hoppers
2010: The Hoppers
2011: The Hoppers
2012: The Collingsworth Family
1997: The Bishops
1998: The Bishops
1999: Greater Vision
2000: Greater Vision
2001: Greater Vision
2002: Greater Vision
2003: Greater Vision
2004: Greater Vision
2005: Greater Vision
2006: Greater Vision
2008: Booth Brothers
2009: Booth Brothers
2010: Booth Brothers
2011: Booth Brothers
2012: Booth Brothers
2006: Booth Brothers
2007: Booth Brothers
2008: Booth Brothers
2009: Booth Brothers
2010: Booth Brothers
2011: Booth Brothers
2012: Booth Brothers
