Purified (album)

Purified
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 13, 2005
StudioFairway Studios (Anniston, Alabama)
  • Cedarmont Farms, Dark Horse Recording and The Bennett House (Franklin, Tennessee)
  • Platinum Lab Recording, Shut The Door Studio and Uncle Tom's Cabin (Nashville, Tennessee)
  • Blue Heaven Studios (Salina, Kansas)
  • Big 3 Recording Studios (St. Petersburg, Florida)
GenreFunk
Length52:46
LabelPuresprings Gospel
Producer
CeCe Winans chronology
Throne Room
(2003)
Purified
(2005)
Thy Kingdom Come
(2008)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [1]

Purified is the seventh studio album by American singer CeCe Winans. It was released independently under her own label, Puresprings Gospel, on September 13, 2005 in the United States. Purified won the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album at the 48th Annual Grammy Awards on February 8, 2006,[2] while the song "Pray" won a Grammy for Grammy Award for Best Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Performance.[2]

The singles "Pray" and "All That I Need" were released in July in anticipation of the album's release. Winans' nephew, Mario Winans, produced the former. It reached number one on Billboard's Hot Gospel Songs chart, while "Let Everything That Hath Breath" peaked at number 8 on the Dance Music/Club Play chart.

  1. ^ Anderson, Rick. Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Grammy Award". Grammy. Retrieved 21 September 2020.