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Date of Birth: 1961, August 27
Years: 59 years
Nation of birth: United States of America
Height: 6 feet 1 inch
Name Yolanda Adams
birth name Yolanda Yvette Adams
Nationality American
Place of birth / city Houston Texas
ethnicity black ethnicity
Profession Singer, record producer, actress, radio presenter
Net worth $5 million
eye color Dark brown
Hair color Black
face color Black
weight in kg 63 kilograms
Famous for Singer
Married Yes
Married to Timothy Crawford Jr. (born 1997)
Kids Taylor Ayanna Crawford
Divorce Timothy Crawford Jr. (born 2004)
Education sterling high school
online presence Facebook, Twitter, Instagram

Yolanda Yvette Adams, a very popular gospel singer all over the world, has established herself in the world thanks to her excellent singing talent centered on gospel songs. She is aloe involved in acting, record production, and a radio host for the WLBS radio station. She has sold around 8 million copies of her albums worldwide since 1991. Yolanda has been named the No.1 Gospel Artist of the Past Decade on December 11, 2009. Along with her recognition, her album titled Mountain High … Valley Low was recognized as the best gospel album. Yalonda sings the gospel, R&B, and soul genres of songs. She has been active in this singing profession since 1974.

Early Life, Biography and Family of Yolanda Adams

Born in the year 191 on August 27 in Singapore to African-American parents, Yalonda is an American national and her ethnicity is African-American. She has six siblings and is the eldest. Later, her family moved to the United States to Texas, where she attended Sterling High School in 1979.

 

Adams graduated from Texas Southern University. After completing her graduation, Yalonda began working as a part-time model and schoolteacher. However, within a very short time, she wanted to be a full-time lead singer and quit jobs and has been pursuing this profession ever since.

Yolanda Adams’s career and lifestyle

Yolanda Adams used to sing in her church choir. Yalonda was first signed to the gospel record sound and released her first album titled Just As I Am in 1987.

In 1990, he signed with Tribute Records and released the next album titled Through the Storm. The album helped her develop an audience.

 

In 1994, Yalonda’s jazzy voice was featured on Ben Tankard’s 1994 release Play Me in Your Key in the video song titled ‘You Bring The Best in Me’, which produces the most positive response in gospel and jazz.

In 1995, he released another album titled More than a Melody. Songs from the Heart was his latest release on Verity Records, featuring popular songs like Only Believe and Still I Rise.

After the release of his album Mountain High & hellip; Valley Low in 1999 from Elektra Records, began to gain attention outside of the United States. The album includes songs like Yeah, Fragile Heart and Open my heart. The album went 2X Platinum in 2000 and earned Yalonda a Grammy Award.

 

In 2000, he released a Christmas album followed by a live album called The Experience in 2001. The album earned him the second Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album. Her next album in 2001 titled Believe includes a hit song called Never Give Up which helped her achieve gold status according to the RIAA.

In the same year, she released a compilation CD titled The Divas of Gospel. Yalonda did not release any albums until four years later, but she returned with a hugely successful album Day by Day in 2005. The album charted higher than her previous album Mountain High…Valley Low.

In 2007, he signed with Columbia Records and released an album What a Wonderful time. In 2011, Yalonda released her 11th album Becoming which earned her the award for Best Gospel Artist for the 4th time in the career winning the most BET Awards since 2001. In 2013, she announced that she is working on her 12th album of study.

In addition to being a gospel singer, she has also sung in a movie called Honey in a song ‘I Believe’ in 2003. She has been a judge for the 2nd Annual North Dakota Independent Music Awards. She is also the host of a radio show called The Yolanda Adams Morning Show on New York’s hit gospel station WBLS, which now airs on Radio One-owned Urban Gospel stations.

In 2010, he published a book titled ‘Points of Power’, which is a Christian book that deals with living a pure and spirit-filled Christian life.

Yolanda Adams Net Worth and Earnings

Yolanda Adams net worth is $5 million today. She has earned her net worth through her many hit albums including ‘Just as I am’, ‘Believe’, ‘Day by Day’.

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The artist is quite popular on social networks like Instagram with 1 million followers. He also plays a vital role in increasing his net worth as he can get more than $8 thousand worth of promotional posts.

Husband, daughter, married, related to Yolanda Adams

Yalonda Adams is a very talented and graceful singer of gospel music. Her life is inspiring to many people. She has faced various ups and downs in her personal life. She has turned 57, but she still has the same charisma and the power to encourage and raise people’s hope and strength. The older she gets, the more experience she has and the more power in her talent.

He has an amazingly scary personality. Talking about her personal life, she is a divorced woman. She was married to former NFL player Tim Crawford in 1997.

She divorced from her husband Tim in 2005. She has an adorable daughter named Taylor Adams Crawford by her husband Tim. The couple initially married happily but things didn’t work out later. Some of the sites report that she was harassed by her husband which caused her second child to miscarry and that followed divorce in no time.

The information is not confirmed but it is a rumor that has caught people’s attention. She has kept her image clean and clear in her relational life. So far there are no news or rumors about her dating or her affairs.

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Yalonda Adams is without a doubt a very influential person in the field of the Gospel. She has a long list of fans around the world who love to listen to her and get lost in her lyrics and her voice in her songs. She the powerful and is also encouraging.

Yalonda can be followed on her social sites like Facebook and Twitter and be updated with her recent activities. His biography can also be found on different internet websites including Lifestylepedia, IMDb etc. which also locates the pictures, videos and articles of him.

Yolanda Adams Age and Height

  • Yolanda Adams’ age as of 2019 is 57 years old.
  • Height: Adams is 1.85 m (6′ 1′).
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