''Thy Kingdom Come'' is the eighth

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by American singer

CeCe Winans Priscilla Marie Winans Love, known professionally as CeCe Winans, (born October 8, 1964) is an American gospel singer. She rose to prominence as a member of the duo BeBe & CeCe Winans; before launching an acclaimed solo career. Winans has been a ...

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on April 1, 2008. The album rose to number 57 on the US ''Billboard'' 200, also reaching number 12 on the

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and number one the

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. ''Thy Kingdom Come'' received the Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album award at the

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in 2009.

Background

Winans originally intended to release a collection of Hymmals entitled ''Hymns At Heart'' which was set for release in November 2007, however, the release date was postponed indefinitely. On January 22, 2008, Winans posted on her blog that she would be releasing an album on April 1, 2008. News outlets began reporting in February that the studio album would be called ''Thy Kingdom Come'' and featured the song "Waging War".

Singles

The lead single for the album, "Thy Will Be Done", was released digitally on the

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on January 1, 2008. The second single, " Waging War", was released on March 4, 2008. "It Ain't Over", the album's third single, was released around August 2008.

Critical reception

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editor Andree Farias found that "the album is one of the churchiest the singer has released yet ..''Thy Kingdom Come'' sees Winans doing justice to her family name and singing almost exclusively for the saints – songs of praise, songs of encouragement, songs of worship, songs of inspiration. But the fact that this is an album for the church doesn't mean it sounds like Sunday morning ..As is expected of Winans, the songs are expertly produced, the ballads are beautifully orchestrated, the urban pieces are as urban as Whitney in her prime. In other words, ''Thy Kingdom'' Come is precisely what a CeCe album should sound like, which isn't to say she's settling for the middle road."

Track listing

Notes * denotes a co-producer

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Awards

The album was nominated for a

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for Contemporary Gospel Album of the Year at the

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at CBN.com

References

External links

* {{Authority control CeCe Winans albums 2008 albums