Hopes are high for Bermuda's own Ayiesha Woods, after her cup overfloweth with awards at the annual Caribbean Gospel Music Marlin Awards.

The Bermudian Christian singer ? who goes by her first name only ? walked away with three awards from the annual event, including New Artist of the Year as well as Best Contemporary Vocal Performance of the Year by a Female for the title track of her debut album, 'What You Do to Me'.

In total, she was nominated in 11 categories at the at the July 25th ceremony in Nassau, Bahamas.

According to the 25 year-old Bermudian, the award she is most proud of is her third, and groundbreaking win for Best Producer.

This, she told , was the first time a woman has been named best producer in the award's seven-year history.

Speaking from her base in Dallas, Texas, Ayiesha's humility shined, expressing her thankfulness for the her talent not only as a singer and producer, but also a songwriter and musician.

"I'm so very honoured by the awards,"she said. I'm glad God has given me these gifts."

Ayiesha lived in Bermuda until 1987 when she moved to Orlando, Florida where her parents Sandy and Steven Salters were ministers with One Accord Ministries.

Three years ago, Ayiesha moved to Dallas with her family, which includes her musician brother Donald, who is known as 'the Agent'.

"I call myself a 'Berm-arican'," she said with exuberance. "Bermuda is where my roots are."

For now, her career is flourishing in Dallas, despite, she said, the fact that it is known as "one of the least popular cities for the music industry".

Riding on the wave of her Caribbean success, Ayiesha was excited to share that a new recording studio was just completed for her family's own production company, 'Original Peace Productions'.

Here, she said, she hopes to really be able to focus on developing her musical gifts as well as encourage other young artists in the Christian music industry.

The awards and new studio mark just the beginning of what will be a very busy period for the singer.

Already, she said a new album is in the works for Gotee Records in Brentwoods, Tennessee, with which she just recently landed a contract. Though she is now in the song selection process for the album, production she expects will start later this year.

And hopes are high for this album, which is expected to be released internationally.

"And its only going to get busier" after the album's release, she said.

There's going to be a music video, "some crazy touring", as well as a promotional tours all tied in with the album.

And Ayiesha remains undaunted: "I'm really looking forward to it and am excited to get going," she said.

The album will also be produced by 'Original Peace Productions', as separate from Gotee records, "which allows me to work with other artists, musicians and acts", said Ayiesha.

That creates some leverage and giving her freedom in making the album, she said adding, "God has his way of working things out."

When it comes to her music, Ayiesha said she wants to produce work which defied "genre boxes". Rather, she strives to write material which touches people from all walks of life.

"God has definitely blessed my family with ability to write and produce original material. In my next album I'll be definitely be writing the songs," she said, adding she hopes to add more of her acoustic guitar playing to her piano and percussion work.

"My music is definitely classic. It's original, soulful, contemporary, and has a universal sound. What we try to do is put something together that people from anywhere can appreciate. Even if you have a different cultural or ethnic background you can appreciate it. I don't want to box myself in a single genre."

She said she was thrilled by her success in the Caribbean, as that meant her intentions were panning out to reach an international audience.

In early July, Bermuda was treated to a concert featuring Ayeisha as well as Jamaican Christian artist, Pa-Pa San, who was also honoured at the Marlin Awards with a record breaking seven prizes.

When asked when Bermuda can expect a return visit from their native daughter, Ayiesha couldn't nail down a date.

"But there's a little birdie who says something about a September visit," she said laughing.