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Biography
Infobox musical artist | name = CeCe Winans| image =| caption =| image_size =| background = solo_singer| birth_name = Priscilla Marie Winans Love| birth_date = birth date and age|1964|10|8| birth_place = Detroit, Michigan , United States | origin =| genre = Gospel music|Gospel , Contemporary Christian music|contemporary Christian , R& B , Worship music|worship , Urban contemporary gospel|contemporary gospel | occupation = Singer , songwriter , philanthropist , actress , talk show host , Orator|speaker , & author | years_active = 1984–present| label = Sparrow Records|Sparrow , PMG/ Atlantic Records|Atlantic , PureSprings Gospel (aka WellSpring Gospel)| associated_acts = BeBe & CeCe Winans , BeBe Winans , The Winans , Winans family|Winans Family , Whitney Houston | website = http://www.cecewinans.com/ CeCeWinans.com| current_members =| past_members = Priscilla "CeCe" Marie Winans Love (born October 8, 1964) is an United States|American Gospel music|Gospel singer, who has won numerous Grammy Awards|Grammy and Stellar Awards .
Early life
CeCe Winans was born in Detroit, Michigan , to David and Delores ("Mom" and "Pop") Winans family|Winans , on October 8, 1964. She's the eighth of ten children, and the eldest of three girls.
Solo career
CeCe began her solo career with the Music recording sales certification|Platinum certified album Alone in His Presence . It was released in 1995 and earned her a Grammy Award and 2 Dove Awards including the Female Vocalist of the Year, an award she earned again in 1997. Winans' next release, the Music recording sales certification|Gold certified Everlasting Love was released in 1998 and featured Winans biggest Billboard charting singles to date "Well Alright" & "Slippin". The song "On That Day" from the album was written and produced by R& B singer Lauryn Hill . Later that year, Winans released His Gift a holiday album.
In 1999, Winans started her own recording company, " PureSprings Gospel ". Her first album on the label was Alabaster Box in 1999. Some production of the disc was done by Gospel singer and musician, Fred Hammond . It included a guest appearance by Take 6 . In 2000 in music|2000 Cece released a concert VHS titled Live At The Lambs Theater in New York . The concert contained songs from her previous albums. Winans released her next album, the self titled CeCe Winans , in 2001. The single "Anybody Wanna Pray" included a guest appearance by GRITS . The second single, "Say A Prayer" crossed over into the Contemporary Christian music|CCM market.
Winans took a two year break from releasing albums and returned in 2003 with Throne Room (album)|Throne Room . The first 1,000 copies were issued with a bonus CD that contained exclusive interviews with the artist, the making of the CD, some touring footage, and the music video "More Than What I Wanted" (which came from the 2001 release). In 2004, the 25 city tour Throne Room featured free admission and was followed with a DVD release of the concert recorded in Tennessee near CeCe's place of residence. Live In the Throne Room contained tracks from all of Winans' albums. Around September 2004, Winans experienced what she thought was a flu but turned out to be a serious stomach infection and was hospitalized immediately for surgery. Due to the extended recovery time, the second half of the Throne Room Tour was postponed to early 2005.cite web|url= http://www.christianitytoday.com/music/interviews/2005/cecewinans-1005.html |title= Purified by Fire|date= 10-2005|author= LaTonya Taylor|accessdate=2007-08-25 |work= Christianity Today
Winans' 7th album Purified was released in 2005. Producers on board for the project were longtime BeBe & CeCe collaborator Keith Thomas, and CeCe's nephew Mario Winans . Winans' son Alvin III also co-writes several songs on the album and younger sisters Angie and Debbie Winans make an appearance as well.
CeCe's collection of Top Ten R& B radio hits include " Count on Me ", her duet with Whitney Houston , from the Waiting to Exhale soundtrack. The single was certified Music recording sales certification|Gold in the US and reached #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 , #4 on the Adult Contemporary chart and #8 on the Billboard (magazine)|Billboard R& B Singles charts. She has also released her 8th Album Thy Kingdom Come on April 1, to feature the single "Waging War."51 The first single released from the album "Thy Will Be Done," was released digitally on iTunes on April 1, 2008. Cece Winans together with Bebe Winans & Mary Mary featuring the West Angeles Choir performed on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno http://fusemix.com/en/the-leak/1729-cece-winans-and-bebe-winans-on-the-tonight-show-with-jay-leno Cece Winans and Bebe Winans on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Upcoming releases
It was confirmed on her website that a reunion album with BeBe was planned and scheduled for release in early 2009.cite web|url= http://www.cecewinans.com|title=CeCe Winans Official Homepage|accessdate=2007-05-23|work=PureSprings Gospel The album was released with the name 'Still ' and is the 9th album released by the famous brother / sister duo; the album was released under Malaco Records and features collaborations with Marvin Winans and Gospel Contemporary sisters duo Mary Mary. In early 2006, Winans stated that she would follow Purified with a holiday album. However this later was changed when "Thy Kingdom Come" a gospel album became the successor in her discography. http://www.cecewinans.com/index.php? content=journal CeCe Winans Q& A
Books
CeCe has authored three books: On A Positive Note , a collection of her memoirs released August 1, 2000; and Throne Room: Ushered Into the Presence of God , a devotional released January 1, 2004 and co-authored with Claire Cloninger. Always Sisters: Becoming the Princess You Were Created to Be , released on July 17, 2007 and co-written with Claudia Mair Burney.
In 2009, CeCe announced her support for a multicultural Christian education curriculum from Abingdon Press, entitled "On the Move: God's Grace from Place to Place."
Personal life
CeCe now resides in Forest Hills, Tennessee cite news |url= http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1077/is_n1_v54/ai_21270365 |title= At Home with CeCe Winans|date=|author=|accessdate=2007-08-25 |work= Ebony Magazine | first=Lynn | last=Norment | year=1998 (a suburb of Nashville, TN|Nashville ) with her husband Alvin Love and two children, Ashley and Alvin III. CeCe's children were featured in the BeBe & CeCe Winans music video "If Anything Ever Happened to You". Alvin III also appeared in the music video for "Well, Alright." They attend Born Again Church in Nashville, where CeCe is on the worship team and her kids are involved in the drama ministry. CeCe is a good friend of Whitney Houston as well as godmother to her only child, she is also the godmother to Deron Cozart Sr as well as best friends with Co-Pastor of New Light Christian Center (Houston, Austin, Beaumont, Texas) Dr. Bridget E. Hilliard.cite book|title=On A Positive Note|author=Winans, CeCe|date=August 1, 2000
In Pop Culture
In the Disney Channel 's animated television series The Proud Family , the baby twins are named "BeBe & CeCe."
Discography
;Albums with BeBe Winans : See BeBe & CeCe Winans#Discography|BeBe & CeCe Winans Discography ;Solo albums Infobox Discography| Type = studio | Name = Alone In His Presence | Other info = | from Album = | Released = October 10, 1995 | Format = | Label = Sparrow Records | Writer = | Producer = | Director = | Chart position= Billboard 200 #124 cite web|url= http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do? model.chartFormatGroupName=Albums& model.vnuArtistId=141446& model.vnuAlbumId=948169|title=CeCe Winans Albums Chart History|publisher=Billboard.com
| Sales = | Certification = | Tracks = | Bonus tracks = | Singles = "Every Time" Infobox Discography| Type = studio | Name = Everlasting Love | Other info = | from Album = | Released = March 17, 1998 | Format = | Label = Pioneer Music Group/ Atlantic Records | Writer = | Producer = | Director = | Chart position= Billboard R& B #35, Billboard 200 #107 | Sales = | Certification = | Tracks = | Bonus tracks = | Singles = "Well Alright" (Billboard R& B #47),cite web|url= http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do? model.vnuArtistId=141446& model.vnuAlbumId=948169|title=CeCe Winans Singles Chart History|publisher=Billboard.com "What About You", "Slippin", "I Am" Infobox Discography| Type = studio | Name = His Gift | Other info = | from Album = | Released = September 15, 1998 | Format = | Label = Pioneer Music Group/ Atlantic Records | Writer = | Producer = | Director = | Chart position= | Sales = | Certification = | Tracks = | Bonus tracks = | Singles = Infobox Discography| Type = studio | Name = Alabaster Box (album)|Alabaster Box | Other info = | from Album = | Released = October 19, 1999 | Format = | Label = WellSpring Gospel | Writer = | Producer = | Director = | Chart position= Billboard R& B #55, Billboard 200 #129 | Sales = | Certification = | Tracks = | Bonus tracks = | Singles = "It Wasn't Easy", "King Of Kings (He's A Wonder)", "Alabastar Box" Infobox Discography| Type = studio | Name = CeCe Winans (album)|CeCe Winans | Other info = | from Album = | Released = June 19, 2001 | Format = | Label = WellSpring Gospel | Writer = | Producer = | Director = | Chart position= Billboard R& B #48, Billboard 200 #116 | Sales = | Certification = | Tracks = | Bonus tracks = | Singles = "More Than What I Wanted" (Billboard R& B #65), "Say A Prayer", "For Love Alone" Infobox Discography| Type = studio | Name = Throne Room (album)|Throne Room | Other info = | from Album = | Released = September 9, 2003 | Format = | Label = PureSprings Gospel | Writer = | Producer = | Director = | Chart position= Billboard R& B #21, Billboard 200 #32 | Sales = | Certification = | Tracks = | Bonus tracks = | Singles = "Hallelujah Praise" Infobox Discography| Type = studio | Name = Purified | Other info = | from Album = | Released = September 13, 2005 | Format = | Label = PureSprings Gospel /INO/Epic/Sony | Writer = | Producer = | Director = | Chart position= Billboard R& B #12, Billboard 200 #41 | Sales = | Certification = | Tracks = | Bonus tracks = | Singles = "All That I Need", "Pray", "Let Everything That Hath Breath" (Billboard Dance #8), "He's Concerned" Infobox Discography| Type = studio | Name = Thy Kingdom Come | Other info = | from Album = | Released = April 1, 2008 | Format = CD | Label = PureSprings Gospel | Producer = | Director = | Chart position= | Sales = | Certification = | Tracks = | Bonus tracks = | Singles = "Thy Will Be Done," "Waging War," "It Aint Over" Infobox Discography| Type = studio | Name = Songs of Emotional Healing | Other info = | from Album = | Released = May 18, 2010 | Format = CD | Label = PureSprings Gospel | Producer = | Director = | Chart position= | Sales = | Certification = | Tracks = | Bonus tracks = | Singles = "Comfoter," "His Strength is Perfect," "He's Concerned" Infobox Discography| Type = studio | Name = For Always: The Best of Cece Winans | Other info = | from Album = | Released = September 28, 2010 | Format = CD | Label = PureSprings Gospel | Producer = | Director = | Chart position= | Sales = | Certification = | Tracks = | Bonus tracks = | Singles = "For Always," "Hallelujah Praise," "Alabaster Box"
;Other Albums Infobox Discography| Type = studio | Name = CeCe Winans Presents The Born Again Church Choir | Other info = | from Album = | Released = 2003 | Format = | Label = | Writer = | Producer = | Director = | Chart position= | Sales = | Certification = | Tracks = | Bonus tracks = | Singles = Infobox Discography| Type = studio | Name = CeCe Winans Presents Pure Worship | Other info = | from Album = | Released = October 28, 2008 | Format = | Label = EMI Gospel | Writer = | Producer = | Director = | Chart position= | Sales = | Certification = | Tracks = | Bonus tracks = | Singles = Infobox Discography| Type = studio | Name = CeCe Winans Presents Kingdom Kidz | Other info = | from Album = | Released = August 28, 2007 | Format = | Label = | Writer = | Producer = | Director = | Chart position= | Sales = | Certification = | Tracks = | Bonus tracks = | Singles = ---- ;Guest appearances & Soundtracks
BeBe & CeCe Winans with Vince Gill and Wynonna Judd : "Right Now (We Need Another)" (Zomba Recording, 2008)
Various Artists: "Humanity" The Prince of Egypt Soundtrack (DreamWorks, 1998)
CeCe Winans: "The River" The Prince Of Egypt: Inspirational (DreamWorks, 1998)
CeCe Winans: "All Is Well Tonight" God With Us: A Celebration Of Christmas Carols... (Sparrow, 1997)
CeCe Winans: "Take Me Back" Tribute: The Songs Of Andrae Crouch (Warner Alliance, 1996)
CeCe Winans & Whitney Houston : " Count on Me " ( Arista Records|Arista , 1996)
CeCe Winans: "Rest In Me" Coram Deo II: People Of Praise (Sparrow, 1994)
Videography
;Concerts Infobox Discography| Type = video | Name = Live At The Lambs Theater in New York | Other info = Recorded At: Lambs Theater in New York City | from Album = | Released = 2000 | Format = VHS | Label = | Writer = | Producer = | Director = | Chart position= | Sales = | Certification = | Tracks = | Bonus tracks = | Singles = Infobox Discography| Type = video | Name = Live In The Throne Room | Other info = Recorded At: Cornerstone Church in Brentwood, TN | from Album = | Released = 2004 | Format = DVD | Label = | Writer = | Producer = | Director = | Chart position= | Sales = | Certification = | Tracks = | Bonus tracks = | Singles = "Close to you" -- Bebe Winans ---- ;Music Videos
" Count on Me " ( Whitney Houston & CeCe Winans) (1996)
"Well Alright" (1998)
"More Than What I Wanted" (2001)
"Purified" (2006)cite web |url= http://www.gospelflava.com/stellar/stellarresults-2007.html |title= The Official 22nd Annual Stellar Award Winners (2007)|date=January 13, 2007|author=|accessdate=2007-01-15 |work= Gospel Flava
;Television Appearances : List includes acting appearances only, not interviews and/or performances
CeCe's Place (aired on the Odyssey Channel )
7th Heaven cite web |url= http://www.cecewinans.com/index.php? content=about |title= CeCe Winans Official Biography|date=|author=|accessdate=2007-08-03 |work= PureSprings Gospel
Touched By an Angel http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1077/is_n1_v54/ai_21270365/pg_3 At Home With CeCe Winans Part 2- Ebony Magazine
Living Single
Doc (TV series)|Doc
Martin (TV series)|Martin
;Other Infobox Discography| Type = video | Name = Journeys In Black: CeCe Winans | Other info = BET documentary of Cece Winans' life | from Album = | Released = 2002 | Format = DVD | Label = | Writer = | Producer = | Director = | Chart position= | Sales = | Certification = | Tracks = | Bonus tracks = | Singles = ----
Awards
CeCe has received 11 Grammy Awards, 21 Grammy Award nominations, 20 Dove Awards and seven Stellar Awards (as well as numerous nominations). main|List of awards received by CeCe Winans
See also
:Category:CeCe Winans albums
:Category:BeBe & CeCe Winans albums
Winans family|The Winans Family
References
Reflist;Other References:
Winans, CeCe: On A Positive Note (August 1, 2000)
External links
http://www.cecewinans.com/ www.cecewinans.com - Official CeCe Winans Internet site
http://www.blackgospel.com/Cece-Winans-Interview-2008/ Cece Winans - Interview (August 2008) on BlackGospel.com
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http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=HFSVwG9PAW4/ CeCe Winans discusses On the Move curriculum
http://fusemix.com/en/the-leak/1689-accomplished-gospel-singer-cece-winans-showered-with-11-nominations-for-2011-stellar-awards-including-special-honor-at-trumpet-awards-prayer-breakfast--fusemixcom/ Accomplished gospel singer Cece Winans showered with 11 nominations for 2011 Stellar Awards including special honor at trumpet awards prayer breakfast - Fusemix.com
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