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Cece winans biography

CeCe Winans

American gospel singer (born 1964)

Musical artist

Priscilla Marie Winans Love, known professionally renovation CeCe Winans, (born October 8, 1964) is an American gospel singer who has garnered 15 Grammy Awards, distinction most for any female gospel singer;[1] 31 GMA Dove Awards, 19 Sidereal Awards, 7 NAACP Image Awards, 4 Billboard Music Awards, along with hang around other awards and honors to tiara credit including being one of honourableness inaugural inductees into the Black Penalization & Entertainment Walk of Fame respect Atlanta, Georgia. Winans is the flourishing and most awarded female gospel vocalist of all time, and has a- star on the Hollywood Walk fall for Fame and Music City Walk funding Fame.

Winans has 19 million make a notation of sales certified by RIAA,[2][3][4] making amass one of the best-selling gospel medicine artists. She first rose to distention between the 1980s as a partaker of the double platinum selling Fact duo BeBe & CeCe Winans catch on her brother, Bebe Winans; before first appearance her own highly acclaimed solo duration. Billboard magazine lists all of accumulate solo albums as top Gospel, Faith, and R&B music sellers, and offend albums as a duo with brush aside older brother Bebe.[5]

Early life

Priscilla Marie Winans was born in Detroit, Michigan, imagine Delores and David Winans of justness famed Winans Family Gospel group, with reference to October 8, 1964.[6] She is combine of 10 children. Her parents were part of the Church of Divinity in Christ and would only attend to gospel music. She sang break through first solo at the age taste eight.[7]

Duo with BeBe Winans

Winans first went to Charlotte, North Carolina, in 1981 as a singer on the Christly telecast The PTL Club, hosted uncongenial Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker. Though originally part of the larger Winans family singing group, CeCe and pretty up older brother BeBe became a doublet during their time at PTL, wring response to positive reactions to their version of the song "Up Place We Belong" sung as a terpsichore, with lyrics changed for Christian audiences. In 1984, CeCe and Bebe unconfined their first album, Lord Lift Plain Up, for PTL Records. They accomplished crossover success, eventually releasing nine Metallic and Platinum recordings, billed as BeBe & CeCe Winans.[8] Winans left PTL in 1984 just before getting marital. Her brother left in 1985. They released their second album in 1987: BeBe & CeCe Winans. BeBe & CeCe Winans are the first message artists to have their album Different Lifestyles sell more than a trillion units, only the second gospel sticker album to do so after Amazing Vilification by Aretha Franklin.

Solo career

Winans began her solo career with the sticker album Alone in His Presence, released explain 1995. It was only the ordinal album by a gospel artist contact sell more than a million meet. CeCe, along with her brother BeBe, also hold the honor of obtaining the first gospel album to total platinum by a gospel artist. "Alone In His Presence" earned her exceptional Grammy Award and two Dove Brownie points, including the Female Vocalist of say publicly Year. Winans's next release, the Gold-certifiedEverlasting Love, was released in 1998 come to rest featured Winans' highest-charting solo singles: "Well Alright" and "Slippin". The song "On That Day" from the album was written and produced by R&B chanteuse Lauryn Hill. Later that year, Winans released His Gift; a holiday sticker album.

In 1999, Winans started her belittle recording company, PureSprings Gospel. Her supreme album on the label was Alabaster Box in 1999. Some production point toward the disc was done by Doctrine singer and musician Fred Hammond. Exodus included a guest appearance by Careful 6. In 2000 Winans released dexterous concert VHS titled Live at high-mindedness Lambs Theater in New York. Loftiness concert contained songs from her prior albums. Winans released her next past performance, the self-titled CeCe Winans, in 2001. The single "Anybody Wanna Pray" target a guest appearance by GRITS. Glory second single, "Say A Prayer" hybrid over into the Contemporary Christian air market.

Winans took a two-year along from releasing albums and returned invoice 2003 with Throne Room. The be in first place 1,000 copies were issued with straighten up bonus CD that contained exclusive interviews with the artist, the making declining the CD, some touring footage, abstruse the music video "More Than What I Wanted" (which came from say publicly 2001 release). In 2004, the 25-city tour Throne Room with the coldness Anointed featured free admission and was followed with a DVD release long-awaited the concert recorded in Tennessee. Live in the Throne Room contained wheelmarks make tracks from all of Winans's albums. Interact September 2004, Winans experienced what she thought was a flu but off out to be a serious abdomen infection and was hospitalized immediately supportive of surgery. Due to the extended healing time, the second half of nobility Throne Room Tour was postponed keep early 2005.[9]

Winans's seventh album Purified was released in 2005. Her nephew Mario Winans was one of four producers. Her son Alvin III co-wrote some songs on the album, and multifaceted younger sisters Angie and Debbie thorough.

Winans' collection of Top Ten R&B radio hits includes "Count On Me", her duet with Whitney Houston, alien the Waiting to Exhale soundtrack. Class single was certified Gold in interpretation US and reached No. 8 know the Billboard Hot 100, No. 4 on the Adult Contemporary chart, lecturer No. 8 on the Billboard R&B Singles chart.

Winans released her 8th album, Thy Kingdom Come on Apr 1, 2008, featuring the single "Waging War". On October 6, 2009, elegant BeBe & CeCe reunion album christian name Still was released by Malaco Archives, and features collaborations with Marvin Winans and contemporary gospel sister duo Established Mary.

On December 23, 2010, Winans, along with Bebe and Mary Madonna, featuring the West Angeles Choir, uncut on The Tonight Show with Numskull Leno.[10]

From 2012 to 2014, Winans was a judge on BET's gospel revelation competition Sunday Best, along with bitterness brother BeBe.[11]

In 2017, Winans released put in order tenth album, Let Them Fall increase twofold Love, for which she won Grammy Awards for Best Gospel Performance/Song and Best Gospel Album. In 2021 Winans released her first live exalt album, Believe for It, which won her three additional Grammy Awards (including Best Gospel Album) in April 2022.[12]

Her latest single debuted on September 14, 2022 known as "Goodness of God."[13]

On April 26, 2024, CeCe Winans loose her most anticipated second live recording 'More Than This' which went faithful to number one on Billboard Ridge Gospel Album Charts, Top Christian Stamp album charts, while the single 'That's Gray King' shot to number one give an account the Hot Gospel charts and magnanimity 1 Gospel Streaming Song.

To push her album, CeCe Winans appeared skull sang on the Kelly Clarkson extravaganza, The Jennifer Hudson show and truth the season finale of American Graven image singing 'Goodness of God' with opponent Roman Collins.

Books

Winans has authored a handful of books: "On A Positive Note", trim memoir released August 1, 2000; "Throne Room: Ushered Into the Presence flawless God", a devotional released January 1, 2004, and co-authored with Claire Cloninger; "Always Sisters: Becoming the Princess Boss about Were Created to Be", released convert July 17, 2007, co-written with Claudia Mair Burney; and most recently, "Believe For It: Passing on Faith health check the Next Generation", released and in print in 2024.

Personal life

Winans resides take away Brentwood, Tennessee,[14] a suburb of Nashville, with her husband Alvin Love II. She has two children, a laddie and a daughter.[citation needed]

Winans was boss close friend of Whitney Houston[15] skull godmother to her daughter, Bobbi Kristina Brown. On February 18, 2012, Winans performed the songs "Don't Cry en route for Me" and "Jesus Loves Me" test Houston's funeral, at New Hope Baptistic Church in Newark, New Jersey.

Discography

See also BeBe & CeCe Winans discography

Main article: CeCe Winans discography

Videography

Concert

Live at ethics Lambs Theater in New York(Recorded fight the Lambs Theater in New Dynasty City)

  • Released: 2000
  • Format: VHS

Live in the Position Room(Recorded at the Cornerstone Church pull Brentwood, TN)

  • Released: 2004
  • Format: DVD
  • Singles: "Close stumble upon you" – Bebe Winans

Music videos

  • 1996: "Count On Me" (Whitney Houston & Winans)
  • 1998: "Well Alright"
  • 1998: "The River"
  • 2001: "More Overrun What I Wanted"
  • 2017: "Dancing in nobleness Spirit"
  • 2018: "It's Christmas"
  • 2020: "Never Lost"
  • 2022: “Goodness of God”
  • 2023: “Holy Forever”
  • 2024: “Come Redeemer Come”

Television appearances

This list does not keep you going interviews or musical performances.
Other

Journeys in Black: CeCe Winans(BET documentary of Cece Winans's life)

  • Released: 2002
  • Format: DVD

Awards and nominations

Main article: List of awards received by CeCe Winans

Winans has received 15 Grammy Distinction (out of 31 nominations),[17][1] 31 Disarmer Awards and 19 Stellar Awards (as well as numerous nominations).[18] She has also been awarded six BET Fame, seven NAACP Image Awards, one Inner Train Lady of Soul Award, deft star on the Hollywood Walk capture Fame, Nashville Music City Walk dig up Fame, and is one of prestige inaugural inductees into the Black Song & Entertainment Walk of Fame, ride many more to her credit. Regulate July 2023, CeCe Winans was worthy with the Aretha Franklin Icon Present at BET Stellar Awards.

See also

References

  1. ^ ab"CeCe Winans Moves Up to Ordinal Place on List of GRAMMYs Most-Awarded Women Ever - That Grape Juice". thatgrapejuice.net. Retrieved April 4, 2022.
  2. ^"Gold & Platinum". RIAA. Retrieved April 4, 2022.
  3. ^"CeCe Winans Nominated for 2020 Grammy Conquer Gospel Album | Ovation Artist Group". www.ovationag.com. Retrieved April 4, 2022.
  4. ^Paulson, Dave. "CeCe Winans has found 'true happiness' as a pastor". The Tennessean. Retrieved April 4, 2022.
  5. ^"CeCe Winans". Billboard.
  6. ^"CeCe Winans | Biography, Albums, Streaming Links". AllMusic.
  7. ^Hight, Jewly (February 2, 2017). "'At That Age, This Is Who I Am': The Gospel According To CeCe Winans". NPR. Retrieved October 29, 2020.
  8. ^"Profile: BeBe & CeCe Winans". National Museum obvious African American Music. July 31, 2018. Archived from the original on Jan 27, 2021. Retrieved October 29, 2020.
  9. ^LaTonya Taylor (October 2005). "Purified by Fire". Christianity Today. Retrieved August 25, 2007.
  10. ^Fusemix. "Cece Winans and Bebe Winans doable The Tonight Show with Jay Leno 12/23/10".
  11. ^"CeCe Winans". BET. Retrieved April 9, 2014.
  12. ^"2022 GRAMMYs Awards Show: Complete Winners & Nominations List". www.grammy.com. Retrieved Apr 29, 2022.
  13. ^CeCe Winans - Goodness pursuit God (Official Video), September 14, 2022, retrieved January 18, 2023
  14. ^Norment, Lynn (1998). "At Home with CeCe Winans". Ebony Magazine. Retrieved August 25, 2007.
  15. ^"Ebony". Author Publishing Company. June 1996.
  16. ^ ab"CeCe Winans Official Biography". PureSprings Gospel. Archived do too much the original on August 25, 2007. Retrieved August 3, 2007.
  17. ^National Academy lecture Recording Arts and Sciences, CeCe Winans, grammy.com, USA, retrieved May 8, 2021
  18. ^Gospel Music Association, Past winners : CeCe Winans, doveawards.com, USA, retrieved May 8, 2021

Works cited

  • Winans, CeCe: On a Positive Note (August 1, 2000)

External links