Cheneta Jones (born February 8, 1985) is an American urban contemporary gospel artist and musician. She started her music career, in 2012, with the release of the studio album, ''Transformed'', by Habakkuk Music, and this charted on two ''

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chart.

Early life

Jones was born on February 8, 1985, as Cheneta Jones in

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. She started into music, when she was sixteen years old as a background vocalist for

Tye Tribbett Tyrone "Tye" Tribbett (born January 26, 1976) is an American gospel music singer, songwriter and keyboardist. He is choir director and founder of the Grammy-nominated and Stellar Award-winning gospel group Tye Tribbett & G.A. (short for 'Greater ...

. Jones was at one time in an R&B group, yet she left to further her ministry in the church, becoming an urban contemporary gospel artist.

Music career

Her music recording career commenced in 2012, when she released, a studio album, with Habakkuk Music, ''Transformed'', on May 22, 2012. This earned her a Stellar Award nomination, for Best New Artist. The album was her breakthrough release upon the ''Billboard'' magazine charts, where it placed at No. 13 on the Top Gospel Albums and at No. 17 on the

. Her song, "Get There", charted at No. 29 on the Gospel Songs chart. She now has a single out, "It's You (A Love Song)," featuring fellow gospel singer

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Discography

;Studio albums

References

External links

Official Website

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