Yolanda Adams

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Yolanda Adams in 2007 when they appeared at the White House
Yolanda Adams sings at the White House the song A Change is Gonna Come by Sam Cooke

Yolanda Yvette Adams (born August 27, 1961 in Houston , Texas ) is an American gospel singer .

Life

Yolanda Adams is the oldest child of six siblings. She graduated from Sterling High School in Houston in 1979 and studied at the University of California at Berkeley . She then worked as a teacher and part-time model in Houston. From 1980 to 2004 she was married to former football player Tim Crawford. The couple has a daughter (* 2001).

Career

In the mid-1980s she was discovered as a member of a gospel choir and began a full-time career as a solo singer. Her first solo album, Just As I Am , was released in 1987. To date, she has recorded a total of ten studio albums and two live albums, all of which made it into the top ten of the US gospel charts. In 1999 her sixth album Mountain High ... Valley Low was released , with which she gained notoriety outside of the gospel scene and came on the Billboard 200 to 24th place. It went platinum. The single, Open My Heart , reached 57th place on the Billboard Hot 100 . At the Grammy Awards 2000 , the album was recognized in the category Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album . In 2001 she also received the American Music Award . At the Grammy Awards 2002 she received her second Grammy Award for the live album The Experience . She received two other Grammys at the Grammy Awards 2006 and the Grammy Awards 2007 in the categories of Best Gospel Song and Best Gospel Performance .

In addition to her work as a singer, she regularly presents the four-hour Yolanda Adams Morning Show for Radio One .

Discography

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Mountain High ... Valley Low
  US 24 
platinum
platinum
23.09.2000 (54 weeks)
Christmas with Yolanda Adams
  US 86 12/16/2000 (9 weeks)
The Experience
  US 63 04/07/2001 (11 weeks)
Believe
  US 42 
gold
gold
02/02/2002 (36 weeks)
Day by day
  US 23 09/17/2005 (22 weeks)
The best of me
  US 60 05/26/2007 (2 weeks)
What a wonderful time
  US 179 12/15/2007 (2 weeks)
Becoming
  US 99 05/28/2011 (2 weeks)
Singles
Open my heart
  US 57 08/26/2000 (20 weeks)

Albums

  • 1987: Just as I Am
  • 1991: Through the Storm
  • 1993: Save the World
  • 1995: More Than a Melody
  • 1998: Songs from the Heart
  • 1999: Mountain High ... Valley Low
  • 2000: Christmas with Yolanda Adams
  • 2001: Believe
  • 2004: Verity Presents: The Best Of Yolanda Adams (US:goldgold)
  • 2005: Day by Day
  • 2007: What a Wonderful Time
  • 2011: Becoming

Live albums

  • 1996: Yolanda ... Live in Washington
  • 2001: The Experience

Compilations

  • 1999: The Best of
  • 2001: The Divas of Gospel (with Albertina Walker)
  • 2003: The Praise and Worship Songs of Yolanda Adams
  • 2006: The Essential
  • 2007: The Best of Me
  • 2008: Playlist: The Very Best of

Singles

  • 1999: Open My Heart
  • 2004: The Battle Is The Lord’s (US:goldgold)

Web links

Commons : Yolanda Adams  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Yolanda Adams: Gospel Royalty. October 6, 2009, Retrieved February 2, 2020 (American English).
  2. a b Chart sources: US
  3. Music Sales Awards: US