CeCe Winans

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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 US
1989 Heaven US95
gold
gold

(25 weeks)US
with BeBe Winans
1991 Different lifestyles US74
platinum
platinum

(51 weeks)US
with BeBe Winans
1993 First Christmas US163 (2 weeks)
US
with BeBe Winans
1994 Relationships US111
gold
gold

(10 weeks)US
with BeBe Winans
1995 Alone in His Presence US124
platinum
platinum

(9 weeks)US
1998 Everlasting Love US107 (13 weeks)
US
1999 Alabaster box US129
gold
gold

(7 weeks)US
2001 CeCe Winans US116
gold
gold

(17 weeks)US
2003 Throne Room US32
gold
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 DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US 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
gold

(20 weeks)US

Video albums

  • 2004: Live in a Throne Room (US:goldgold)

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

swell

  1. ↑ a b Chart sources: DE Count on Me in DE AT CH UK US
  2. ↑ a b Awards for Music Sales: US

Web links

personal data
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