CeCe Winans
Priscilla Marie "CeCe" Winans Love (born October 8, 1964 in Detroit , Michigan ) is an American gospel singer.
Life
CeCe Winans comes from a large family of musicians. Four of her older brothers had already had great success in the gospel field as The Winans and in the mid-1980s she herself began in the music business in a duet with her brother Benjamin "BeBe" Winans and they had numerous successes by 1994, including two Grammys for best gospel singer, in 1988 for the title For Always and 1990 for Don't Cry , and one for the joint album Different Lifestyles (1991), which sold over a million times and reached # 1 on the R&B charts, as well as two singles from it.
In 1995 she followed up seamlessly with her first solo album Alone in His Presence . The album, which had meanwhile also sold over a million times, received the 1996 Grammy for best gospel album.
She also sang a duet with the same year Whitney Houston on the soundtrack album Waiting to Exhale to the film Waiting to Exhale (Engl. Waiting to Exhale) the song Count on Me , which became an international chart success and the US Reached number 8.
Since then, she has continued to publish successful solo albums and has received three more gold records , several Grammys and a number of other awards. In 2011 she and BeBe Winans got a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame .
Discography
Albums
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks |
---|---|---|---|
US | |||
1989 | Heaven |
US95
gold
(25 weeks)US |
with BeBe Winans
|
1991 | Different lifestyles |
US74
platinum
(51 weeks)US |
with BeBe Winans
|
1993 | First Christmas |
US163 (2 weeks) US |
with BeBe Winans
|
1994 | Relationships |
US111
gold
(10 weeks)US |
with BeBe Winans
|
1995 | Alone in His Presence |
US124
platinum
(9 weeks)US |
|
1998 | Everlasting Love |
US107 (13 weeks) US |
|
1999 | Alabaster box |
US129
gold
(7 weeks)US |
|
2001 | CeCe Winans |
US116
gold
(17 weeks)US |
|
2003 | Throne Room |
US32
gold
(19 weeks)US |
|
2005 | Purified |
US41 (9 weeks) US |
|
2008 | Thy Kingdom Come |
US57 (7 weeks) US |
|
2009 | Quiet |
US12 (27 weeks) US |
with BeBe Winans
|
2017 | Let Them Fall in Love |
US103 (1 week) US |
More albums
- 1986: BeBe & CeCe Winans (with BeBe Winans)
- 1998: His Gift
- 2010: Songs of Emotional Healing
Singles
year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DE | AT | CH | UK | US | |||
1992 | I'll Take You There Different Lifestyles |
- | - | - | - |
US90 (6 weeks) US |
with BeBe Winans & Mavis Staples
|
1996 | Count on Me Waiting To Exhale |
DE75 (8 weeks) DE |
AT28 (1 week) AT |
CH31 (3 weeks) CH |
UK12 (9 weeks) UK |
US8th
gold
(20 weeks)US |
with Whitney Houston
|
Video albums
- 2004: Live in a Throne Room (US:gold)
Awards
-
Grammy Awards
- 1988 for the song For Always
- 1990 for the song Don't Cry
- 1992 for the album Different Lifestyles
- 1996 for the album Alone in His Presence
- 2002 for the album CeCe Winans
- 2006 for the album Purified
- 2006 for the song Pray
- 2009 for the album Thy Kingdom Come
- 2011 for the album Still (with BeBe Winans )
- 2011 for the song Grace (with BeBe Winans)
- 2018 for the album Let Them Fall in Love
- 2018 for the song Never Have to Be Alone
- Hollywood Walk of Fame (2011, together with BeBe Winans )
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personal data | |
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SURNAME | Winans, CeCe |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Winans Love, Priscilla Marie (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American gospel singer |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 8, 1964 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Detroit , Michigan , United States |