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Biography
Infobox musical artist | name = BeBe & CeCe Winans| image =| background = group_or_band| alias =| origin = Detroit, Michigan , United States | instrument = Vocals | genre = Urban contemporary gospel|Contemporary Gospel , Contemporary Christian music|contemporary Christian , Rhythm and blues|R& B | occupation = Singer s| years_active = 19821996, 2009 (reunion)| label = Sparrow Records|Sparrow , Capitol Records|Capitol , EMI | associated_acts = CeCe Winans , BeBe Winans , The Winans , Winans family | website =| current_members = BeBe Winans|Benjamin "BeBe" Winans CeCe Winans|Priscilla "CeCe" Winans-Love | past_members =| notable_instruments = BeBe & CeCe Winans are an United States|American Gospel music brother and sister duo. BeBe Winans|BeBe (Benjamin) and CeCe Winans|CeCe (Priscilla) Winans family|Winans are the seventh and eighth of Winans family|"Mom" and "Pop" Winans ' ten children, most of whom have had successful Gospel music careers.
Musical career
Self-titled debut
BeBe and CeCe left the PTL Singers in 1987 to pursue a musical career and that same year, Sparrow Records offered the two siblings a Gospel recording contract. Their mainstream debut release was the self-titled album BeBe & CeCe Winans . It was produced by Keith Thomas (producer)|Keith Thomas , who had at that time also produced Amy Grant and Vanessa L. Williams . The debut record gave them their first R& B hit, "I.O.U. Me," which topped R& B and inspirational charts and generated Grammy nominations, and Dove and Stellar Awards. CeCe also earned a Grammy for "Best Soul Gospel Performance, Female" for the song "For Always."
They were one of the first African American artists to receive significant airplay on contemporary Christian music radio stations and the second African American artists to receive the Dove Award in the Group of the Year category.
Heaven
With the release of their second LP Heaven (BeBe & CeCe Winans album)|Heaven , they remained steadily popular with R& B audiences, spawning 12 R& B hit singles including two No. 1 singles. The pair became the first Gospel artists to see their album reach No. 1 on the Billboard magazine|Billboard sales charts in 1988. The title track also reached No. 12 on the Billboard R& B singles chart.cite web|url= http://www.prayzehymnonline.com/articles_80scountdown.html|title=80's Countdown|publisher=PraiseHymnOnline.com|author=J. Matthew Cobb|date=2007-08-31
Other hits from the album included "Lost Without You" and "Celebrate New Life." http://music.msn.com/artist/? artist=16185971& menu=bio BeBe & CeCe Winans on MSN Music
The album reached the R& B Top Ten, went to No. 95 on the Pop Charts and was certified Music recording sales certification|Gold . http://www.riaa.com RIAA - Recording Industry Association of America - May 29, 2008
Different Lifestyles
The release of their 1991 album Different Lifestyles brought their biggest success to date. It featured the singles " Addictive Love " and a cover of The Staple Singers ' " I'll Take You There " featuring Mavis Staples . Both singles topped the R& B chart.Allmusic|class=artist|id=p138970|label=BeBe & CeCe Winans Biography Rapper MC Hammer also made an appearance on the single "The Blood" at the height of his career.
First Christmas
A holiday release titled First Christmas followed in 1993. This album showcased BeBe's production skills and led to him doing production work with Whitney Houston on the soundtrack for the movie The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album|The Bodyguard as well as production and writing music for artists such as Gladys Knight , Bobby Brown , The Clark Sisters and his younger sisters Angie and Debbie Winans.
Relationships
1994 saw the release of their studio album Relationships , featuring the notable singles "If Anything Ever Happened To You," "Love Of My Life," and "Stay With Me." This album conveyed a more personal approach, in CeCe's words: "A lot of people think we're supposed to be perfect, but we're people too, we go through hurt and pain. We get songs through experiences and as we reveal these things, people are touched."
Still
In 2009, Still was BeBe & CeCe's first album in more than 15 years. Premiering 12 new songs, the album's lead single was "Close to You". http://fusemix.com/en/the-leak/363-bebe-a-cece-release-new-album-after-15-years Fusemix.com - BeBe & CeCe Release New Album After 15 Years The album won two Grammy Awards : Best Gospel Performance (the song "Grace") and Best Gospel R& B Album.
Awards and honors
As a duo, BeBe and CeCe Winans' accolades include three Grammy Award s, nine Dove Awards , two NAACP Image awards, two Soul Train Music Awards , numerous Stellar Awards , three Music recording sales certification|Gold albums, and one Music recording sales certification|Platinum album.
Grammy Awards
1991: Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album Different Lifestyles
2010: Best Gospel Performance Grace
2010: Best Contemporary R& B Gospel Album Still (BeBe & CeCe Winans album)|Still
GMA Dove Awards
1988: New Artist of the Year
1990: Group of the Year
1990: Pop/Contemporary Album Heaven (BeBe & CeCe Winans album)|Heaven
1990: Pop/Contemporary Song Heaven
1990: Contemporary Gospel Song With My Whole Heart
1992: Group of the Year
1992: Contemporary Gospel Song Addictive Love
1998: Contemporary Gospel Song Up Where We Belong
2010: Urban Recorded Song Close To You
NAACP Image awards
1990: Best Gospel Artist
1992: Best Gospel Artist
Soul Train Music Awards
1990: Best Gospel Album Heaven
1992: Best Gospel Album Different Lifestyles
The Walk of Fame Committee of the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce has announced that BeBe & CeCe Winans names will be added to the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2011.
One of the duo's signature songs, Heaven , was remade by Destiny's Child member Michelle Williams (singer)|Michelle Williams featuring Carl Thomas (singer)|Carl Thomas on her 2002 Gospel album Heart to Yours Allmusic|class=album|id=r586772|label= Heart To Yours
On the Disney Channel's animated television show The Proud Family , the youngest children in the family are twin toddlers named BeBe and CeCecite web|url= http://www.ultimatedisney.com/proudfamilymovie.html|title=The Proud Family Movie DVD Review|publisher=UltimateDisney.com
Both appear on the television series "Martin" on the episode titled "Go Tell It on the Martin" (1994)
Solo careers
In 1995, they officially parted ways to work on their solo careers and other areas of interest. Both artists have gone on to have successful solo careers, receiving numerous awards and accolades. To date, BeBe has released six solo albums, while CeCe has released eight.
BeBe and CeCe Winans recorded twice as a duo during their hiatus (before reuniting for the 2009 album "Still") - "What A Child", a duet on CeCe's Christmas album His Gift , and "Tonight Tonight", a duet on BeBe's 2000 album Love & Freedom .
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