2005 studio album by CeCe Winans
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Released | September 13, 2005 |
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Studio | Fairway 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)
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Genre | Funk
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Length | 52:46 |
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Label | Puresprings Gospel |
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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.