CeCe Winans is considered to be the biggest-selling and most-awarded female gospel music artist of all time. Recording and performing as both a solo artist and as a duo with her brother BeBe, CeCe has influenced generations of singers throughout her career. She has received twelve Grammy Awards, twenty Dove Awards, and seven Stellar Awards.
She has been inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame, the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and the Nashville Music City Walk of Fame, in addition to being named a Trailblazer of Soul by BMI and receiving multiple NAACP Image Awards, Soul Train Awards, Essence Awards, and more.
CeCe has sold more than five million albums in the US, topping the gospel charts many times, and has crossed over to the pop charts with songs like her duet with Whitney Houston, “Count on Me.”
You can read CeCe’s story in the August issue.
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