CeCe Winans

CeCe Winans
Winans in 2009
Winans in 2009
Background information
Birth namePriscilla Marie Winans
Born (1964-10-08) October 8, 1964 (age 60)
Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Genres
OccupationSinger
Years active1980–present
Labels
SpouseAlvin Love II
Websitececewinans.com

Priscilla Marie Winans Love, known professionally as CeCe Winans, /ˈwnænz/ (born October 8, 1964) is an American gospel singer who has garnered 15 Grammy Awards, the most for any female gospel singer;[1] 31 GMA Dove Awards, 19 Stellar Awards, 7 NAACP Image Awards, 1 Billboard Music Award along with many other awards and honors to her credit including being one of the inaugural inductees into the Black Music & Entertainment Walk of Fame in Atlanta, Georgia. Winans is the best-selling and most awarded female gospel singer of all time, and has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and Music City Walk of Fame.

Winans has 19 million record sales certified by RIAA.[2][3][4] She first rose to prominence between the 1980s as a member of the double platinum selling Gospel duo BeBe & CeCe Winans with her brother, Bebe Winans; before launching her own highly acclaimed solo career. Billboard magazine lists all of her solo albums as top Gospel, Christian, and R&B music sellers, and six albums as a duo with her older brother Bebe.[5]

  1. ^ "CeCe Winans Moves Up to 4th Place on List of GRAMMYs Most-Awarded Women Ever - That Grape Juice". thatgrapejuice.net. Retrieved April 4, 2022.
  2. ^ "Gold & Platinum". RIAA. Retrieved April 4, 2022.
  3. ^ "CeCe Winans Nominated for 2020 Grammy Best Gospel Album | Ovation Artist Group". www.ovationag.com. Retrieved April 4, 2022.
  4. ^ Paulson, Dave. "CeCe Winans has found 'true happiness' as a pastor". The Tennessean. Retrieved April 4, 2022.
  5. ^ "CeCe Winans". Billboard.