CeCe Winans Biography and Net Worth

Who is Cece Winans?

Priscilla Marie Winans popularly known as Cece is an American gospel singer. Winans has been awarded 15 Grammy Awards, the most for a female gospel singer; GMA Dove Awards, 17 Stellar Awards, and NAACP Image Awards, 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. Winans is one of the greatest gospel artists of all time and is the most-awarded and best-selling gospel act of all time.

This article contains detailed information on Cece Winan’sBiography, Personal life, and Net worth

Bio Data

Early Life

Priscilla Winans was born in Detroit, Michigan, to Delores and David Winans, on October 8, 1964. She is one of 10 children. Her parents were part of the Church of God in Christ and would only listen to gospel music. She sang her first solo at the age of 8. Winans first went to Charlotte, North Carolina, in 1981 as a singer on the Christian telecast The PTL Club, hosted by Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker. In 1984, CeCe and Bebe released their first album, Lord Lift Us Up, for PTL Records.

Career

Winans began her solo career with the album Alone in His Presence, released in 1995. It was only the third album by a gospel artist to sell more than a million units. CeCe, along with her brother BeBe, also holds the honor of having the first gospel album to reach platinum by a gospel artist. “Alone In His Presence” earned her a Grammy Award and two Dove Awards, including the Female Vocalist of the Year. 

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 Winans released a concert VHS titled Live at the Lambs Theater in New York.

Winans took a two-year break from releasing albums and returned in 2003 with 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 with the group Anointed featured free admission and was followed by a DVD release of the concert recorded in Tennessee. Around September 2004, Winans experienced what she thought was the 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.

In 2017, Winans released a tenth album, Let Them Fall in Love, for which she won two Grammy Awards for Best Gospel Performance/Song and Best Gospel Album. In 2021 Winans released her first live worship album, Believe for It, which won her three additional Grammy Awards (including Best Gospel Album) in April 2022. Her latest single debuted on Sept 14, 2022, known as “Goodness of God.

Personal Life

CeCe married Alvin Love II on June 23, 1984, and they welcomed two children together, daughter Ashley Rose Love and son  Alvin Love III Whitney passed away in 2012, followed by Bobbi Kristina in 2015. CeCe performed the songs “Jesus Loves Me” and “Don’t Cry for Me” at Houston’s funeral, which took place at Newark’s New Hope Baptist Church.

Awards

Winans has received 15 Grammy Awards (out of 31 nominations), 28 Dove Awards, and 16 Stellar Awards (as well as numerous nominations). She has also been awarded 6 BET Awards, 7 NAACP Image Awards, 1 Soul Train Lady of Soul Award, a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and Nashville Music City Walk of Fame, and is one of the inaugural inductees into the Black Music & Entertainment Walk of Fame, and many more to her credit. In July 2023, CeCe Winans was honored with the Aretha Franklin Icon Award at the BET Stellar Awards.

Net Worth

 Cece Winans is a Grammy-winning American gospel singer and author who has a net worth of $8 million. CeCe Winans is the top-selling gospel singer of all time.CeCe has released more than a dozen solo studio albums, including the Platinum album “Alone in His Presence” 1995 and the Gold albums “Everlasting Love”(1998, “Alabaster Box”(1999 “CeCe Winans” 2001 Etc.

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