Todd Anthony Dulaney (born December 20, 1983) is an American
gospel musician, and former
baseball player
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding te ...
. His music career started in 2011, with the release of the CD version, ''Pulling Me Through''. This would be his breakthrough released upon the
''Billboard'' Gospel Albums chart. He would release another album, ''A Worshipper's Heart'', in 2016 with EntertainmentOne Nashville, and this would place even higher on the Gospel Albums chart.
Early life
Dulaney was born on December 20, 1983 in
Maywood, Illinois
Maywood is a village in Proviso Township, Cook County, Illinois, United States in the Chicago metropolitan area. It was founded on April 6, 1869, and organized October 22, 1881. The population was 23,512 at the 2020 United States Census.
Histor ...
as Todd Anthony Dulaney, to Thomas and Tommye Dulaney.
He was athletic as a youth playing sports in particular
baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding t ...
, where he would play at a local community college,
Wabash Valley College
Wabash Valley College (WVC) is a public community college in Mount Carmel, Illinois. It is part of the Illinois Eastern Community College (IECC) district.
History
Wabash Valley College was founded independently in 1960 by the local community s ...
, getting drafted by the
New York Mets
The New York Mets are an American professional baseball team based in the New York City borough of Queens. The Mets compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member of the National League (NL) East division. They are one of two major league ...
in the 2002 MLB June Amateur Draft as a 32nd round selection.
He never reached the major leagues, but played his short stint as a professional baseball player in the minor leagues.
He decided after the 2005 season to retire from the sport because he felt God's call to play
gospel music, which he did under the tutelage of artist,
Smokie Norful, who asked him to tour with him.
Music career
His music recording career commenced in 2011, with the physical album, ''Pulling Me Through'', and it was released on May 31, 2011 by Dulaney independently.
This was his breakthrough release upon the
''Billboard'' Gospel Albums chart, placing at No. 43.
His subsequent release, ''Pulling Me Through'', was released by GoldStreet Gospel Records on January 22, 2013.
This time it placed even higher at No. 23 on the aforementioned chart because it was released digitally along with extended content.
He released ''A Worshipper's Heart'' on April 15, 2016, with
Entertainment One Music.
The album peaked at No. 1 on the Gospel Albums chart, while it got No. 150 on
The ''Billboard'' 200 and No. 13 on the
Independent Albums chart.
On June 11, 2021, Dulaney released the live album ''Anthems & Glory'' with
Entertainment One Music. Dulaney earned his fifth Gospel Airplay No. 1 With 'Revelation 4' on the list dated September 25, 2021.
Discography
References
Todd Dulaney Features Nicole Harris I
"You're Doing It All Again" Live Video.– 2019
External links
Official website
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1983 births
Living people
African-American songwriters
African-American Christians
Musicians from Illinois
Songwriters from Illinois
People from Forest Park, Illinois
People from Maywood, Illinois
21st-century African-American people
20th-century African-American people