CeCe Winans
American gospel singer (born 1964) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Priscilla Marie Winans Love, known professionally as CeCe Winans, /ˈwaɪnænz/ (born October 8, 1964) is an American gospel singer who has garnerned 15 Grammy Awards, the most for a female gospel singer;[1] 31 GMA Dove Awards, 17 Stellar Awards, 7 NAACP Image Awards, along with many other awards and honors to her credit including being one of the inaugural inductees into the Black Music & Entertainment Walk of Fame in Atlanta, Georgia. Winans is the best-selling and most-awarded female gospel artist of all time and one of the greatest gospel artists of traditional, Contemporary Christian Music, R&B, and contemporary/urban Gospel Music.
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Birth name | Priscilla Marie Winans |
Born | (1964-10-08) October 8, 1964 (age 59) Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
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Occupation(s) | Singer |
Years active | 1980–present |
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Spouse(s) | Alvin Love II |
Website | cecewinans |
She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and has 17 million record sales certified by RIAA,[2] and over 19 million estimated in total sales as a solo artist in the United States alone.[3][4] She first rose to prominence between the 1980s and 1990s as a member of the Gospel duo BeBe & CeCe Winans with her brother, Bebe Winans; before launching her own highly acclaimed solo career. Billboard magazine lists all of her solo albums as top Gospel, Christian, and R&B music sellers, and six albums as a duo with her older brother Bebe.[5]