Deitrick Vaughn Haddon (born May 17, 1973) is an American

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singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger, record producer,

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, and

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. He is best known for progressive gospel, and

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styles of music. He is also one of the cast members in

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's reality television show '' Preachers of L.A.''

Early years

Haddon launched his solo career as a Christian R&B vocalist with the ''Lost & Found'' on Tyscot/Verity in 2002. The set peaked at No. 1 on Billboard's Top Gospel Charts and received wide critical acclaim and spawned the hit "Sinner's Prayer" which was played extensively on gospel and mainstream R&B radio stations. The 1970s-leaning ''Crossroads'' followed in 2004, led off by the upbeat single "God is Good". In an uncharacteristic move for marketing a gospel album, Haddon made an appearance on the long-running syndicated series '' Soul Train'' performing the single and the title track from the album. Haddon appeared to be pushing his Gospel artistry further into the ranks of mainstream venues with ''7 Days'', released October 10, 2006. ''7 Days'' was produced almost entirely by R&B producers

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Balancing out the contemporary bulk of the album is the traditional gospel-flavored lead single "Heaven Knows" which Haddon produced himself. Haddon and his brother Gerald also produced the comeback album ''Brand New Day'' for veteran gospel vocalist

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. Deitrick Haddon & Voices of Unity's ''Live the Life'' won

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Excellence Awards for "New Artist of the Year—Urban Contemporary" and "Album of the Year—Urban Contemporary". On September 2, 2008, Haddon released an album called ''Revealed''. This album includes the popular single, "Love Him Like I Do" (featuring Mary Mary and

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). On July 27, 2010 Haddon made his film debut in a movie released directly to DVD called ''Blessed and Cursed''. On January 25, 2012, Haddon released ''Church on the Moon'', his fifth album with

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. The album debuted at No. 1 on the Billboards Top Gospel charts and No. 65 on the Billboard 200. Haddon is part of the cast of the reality television show ''Preachers of L.A.'', which chronicles the lives of six

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preachers, including Haddon. The show began airing on October 9, 2013 and airs on the

network in the

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Television

In 2019, Deitrick Haddon starred as Clarence Burnett in the TV One original summer movie ''Sins of the Father''.

Discography

Studio albums

Live albums

Compilation albums

Soundtrack albums

Singles

Personal life

In 1996, Haddon married Damita Chandler. They pastored together the church that Deitrick's father founded: Kingdom Culture Church of Detroit. They remained together for 15 years before a divorce in 2011. Haddon is now married to his second wife, Dominique Haddon (née McTyer). The couple have two daughters, Destin and Denver, and one son, Deitrick II. Haddon and his wife are now the Founders/Senior Pastors of Hill City Church in Los Angeles, where Haddon is founder/senior pastor and Dominique is executive pastor.

External links

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Billboard review of RevealedOfficial site to the Church On the Moon albumDownload Deitrick Haddon's Discography

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Haddon, Deitrick 1973 births Living people African-American male songwriters American gospel singers Urban contemporary gospel musicians Singers from Detroit 21st-century African-American male singers Singer-songwriters from Michigan