2018 HOLLYWOOD MUSIC IN MEDIA AWARD FOR BEST MESSAGE SONG / SOCIAL IMPACT FOR CRIS GUNTHER'S ORIGINAL SONG, "NEVER GIVE UP", WHICH WAS ALSO CHOSEN BY MADONNA FOR A FEATURE IN HER DIGITAL ARTS INITIATIVE, ART-FOR-FREEDOM.

CO-WINNER (RECORDING ARTIST-SINGER-SONGWRITER-PRODUCER) OF THE INAUGURAL RANDY JACKSON, BABYFACE, KENNY G, AND WALTER AFANASIEFF TALENT COMPETITION, ISINA.