"Speak Through Me" from his CD "Expecting A Miracle" won 2nd place overall and 1st place in the Gospel category in the USA Songwriting Competition, the world's leading songwriting competition out of 32,000 songs entered! "Something's Gonna Change" from the CD "Touch The Earth" took top honors for Reggae Song of the Year from Just Plain Folks, the worlds largest songwriter organization! 5 songs from Derrik Jordan's "Touch The Earth" CD (Love To Spare, Standing Prayer, Indigenous, Panorama and True Love) have recently been featured the Discovery Channel, E! Networks and MTV.