Some production of the disc was done by Gospel singer and musician Fred Hammond. Her first album on the label was Alabaster Box in 1999. In 1999, Winans started her own recording company, PureSprings Gospel. Later that year, Winans released His Gift a holiday album. The song "On That Day" from the album was written and produced by R&B singer Lauryn Hill. Winans's next release, the Gold-certified Everlasting Love, was released in 1998 and featured Winans' highest-charting solo singles: "Well Alright" and "Slippin". It sold more than a million copies, and earned her a Grammy Award and two Dove Awards, including the Female Vocalist of the Year. Winans began her solo career with the album Alone in His Presence, released in 1995. They released their second album in 1987: BeBe & CeCe Winans. Winans left PTL in 1984 just before getting married. They achieved crossover success, eventually releasing nine Gold and Platinum recordings, billed as BeBe & CeCe Winans. In 1984, CeCe and Bebe released their first album, Lord Lift Us Up, for PTL Records.
Although originally part of the larger Winans family singing group, CeCe and her older brother BeBe became a duo during their time at PTL, in response to positive reactions to their version of the song " Up Where We Belong" sung as a duet, with lyrics changed for Christian audiences. Winans first went to Charlotte, North Carolina, in 1981 as a singer on the popular Christian telecast, The PTL Club, hosted by Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker.
Her parents were part of the Church Of God In Christ and would only listen to gospel music. Winans was born in Detroit, Michigan, to Delores and David Winans, on October 8, 1964. Billboard magazine lists all of her solo albums as top Christian music sellers, and six albums as a duo with her older brother, BeBe Winans. She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and has 17 million record sales certified by RIAA, and over 19 million estimated in total sales as a solo artist. Winans is considered to be one of the greatest gospel artists of all time, the most-awarded gospel artist of all time, and is the best-selling gospel act of all time. Winans has been awarded 15 Grammy Awards, the most for a female gospel singer and 31 GMA Dove Awards, 16 Stellar Awards, 7 NAACP Image Awards, along with many other awards and honors to her credit.
She rose to prominence as a member of the duo BeBe & CeCe Winans before launching an acclaimed solo career. Priscilla Marie Winans Love, known professionally as CeCe Winans, / ˈ w aɪ n æ n z/ (born October 8, 1964) is an American gospel singer.
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