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- ↑ Billboard - June 12, 2004 - Page 35 "Multiple Dove Award winner Selah (Allan Hall, Nicol Sponberg and Todd Smith) celebrates each member's wonderfully distinctive voice. "
- ↑ Tracie Moy Contemporary Musicians: Profiles of the People in Music - 2007 "Gospel group originally consisting of Todd Smith, Nicol Smith (Sponberg), and Allan Hall, formed 1998; recorded for Curb Records, 1998-; Nicol Smith left group to pursue solo career, 2004; "
- ↑ Billboard - March 5, 2005 - Page 20 "Selah has had its best year yet, scoring four Dove Awards nominations including artist and group of the year on the strength of its ... SPONBERG EXITS: Founding member Nicol Sponberg has left Digital Praise has signed a deal with EMI CMG ."
- ↑ Billboard - September 11, 2004 - Page 32 "NICOL SPONBERG Resurrection PRODUCER: Mark Heimermann Curb D2-78847 RELEASE DATE: Aug. 10 As a member of modern hymn trio Selah, Nicol Sponberg is well-known in the Christian music market. With this, her solo debut, she ...
- ↑ Billboard Sept 2006 "Smith and Hall launched the trio nearly a decade ago with Smith's sister, Nicol Smith Sponberg, and they quickly became one of the most successful groups in the Christian format. In late 2004, Smith Sponberg opted to leave the group to begin a music ministry with her husband."
- ↑ Hayes, Lara (May 7, 2008). "Friends & Neighbors: Nicol Sponberg » Features »". Daltondailycitizen.com. Retrieved January 12, 2014.
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