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Yolanda Yvette Adams (born August 27, 1961) is an American
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singer, actress, and host of her own nationally syndicated morning gospel show. She is one of the best-selling gospel artists of all time, having sold over 10 million albums worldwide. In addition to achieving multi-platinum status, she has won four
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s, four
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, five
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, six
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, six
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, two
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and sixteen
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. She was the first Gospel artist to be awarded an
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. She is known as the "Queen of Contemporary Gospel Music", the "First Lady of Modern Gospel", while ''
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'' dubbed her the "Reigning Queen of Urban Gospel". Adams was named by ''
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'', in 2009, as the No. 1 gospel artist of the decade, driven by the sales of her No. 1 album ''Mountain High...Valley Low''. In 2016, President
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awarded her the Presidential Lifetime Achievement Award for her volunteer service. She was inducted into the
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by the Gospel Music Association in 2017. In 2018, she became the first gospel artist nominated for a
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for her work on
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. In 2019, she received the
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Lady of Soul Award, and received critical acclaim for officially opening
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with her performance of "
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".
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listed her as one of the Top Gospel Artist of the 2010s. She has scored five number one albums on Billboard's Top Gospel Album. Adams was inducted into the
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in 2022.


Early life

The eldest of six siblings, Adams was born in
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. She graduated from Sterling High School in Houston in 1979. After graduating from
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, she began a career as a schoolteacher and part-time model in Houston. Eventually, she gave up teaching to perform full-time as a lead singer.


Musical career


Beginnings

Adams first attracted the attention of Thomas Whitfield and Sound of Gospel Records as a lead singer with Houston's Southeast Inspirational Choir affiliated with the
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, under the direction of Carl Preacher, Brenda Waters, and Shirley Joiner. The choir released the single "For My Liberty" in 1982 with her as the featured vocalist. In 1986, Adams was featured on the
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Music and Arts Seminar Choir released ''Give Us Peace'', with a performance entitled "My Trust Lies in You". Later, she signed a recording contract with Sound of Gospel which yielded her first album ''Just As I Am'' in 1987. In 1990, she was discovered by producer/keyboardist
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, and signed to his independent label
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and released '' Through The Storm''. Tankard's goal with Tribute Records during this time was to develop an audience for a smoother gospel/jazz sound. He featured Adams' vocals on his album and concept video single "You Bring Out The Best in Me" on his 1994 release ''Play Me in Your Key''. The collaboration received positive response from gospel, jazz and "quiet storm" formats. One year later, Adams followed with ''
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'', which included her first signature song "The Battle Is The Lord's". Her next release was 1995's ''
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'', which featured more production work from Tankard with contributions from O'Landa Draper, and BeBe Winans. The single " Gotta Have Love", from that album featuring
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on background vocals, gained mainstream notoriety and was her first single and music video. '' Yolanda... Live in Washington'', released the following year, featured versions of material from her first three albums. The footage from this recording was released as a collection of two videos on VHS initially, and later as a single set on DVD and CD. During this time Tribute Records' parent company Diadem Music Group merged with Benson Music Group, which was eventually bought by New York-based Zomba/Verity Records. '' Songs from the Heart'' was her final release for Verity Records, including "Only Believe", which was a popular song on contemporary radio. The album also included "Still I Rise", a dedication to
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, which was inspired by the
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poem of the same name.


Mainstream breakthrough

Adams' first significant attention outside the
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arena came with the release of '' Mountain High... Valley Low'' in 1999 on
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. Several mainstream artists and producers helped in the production of this album including
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(
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,
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), James "Big Jim" Wright (
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, Nicole C. Mullen),
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( Mary Mary,
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), and Keith Thomas (
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). The album went 2× Platinum in 2000 and won Adams a Grammy Award. Notable singles from the album include " ''Yeah''", "Fragile Heart", and "
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". "Fragile Heart" was dedicated to the memory of Adams' long-time road manager, who died in 1998. In 2000, Adams released a Christmas album, and in 2001 she released a live album ('' The Experience''). '' The Experience'' netted Adams a second
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for Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album. '' Believe'', which included the hit " Never Give Up" was released in 2001 and reached gold status according to the RIAA. She would later go on to perform this song at "The Salute to Gospel Music" at the
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during President
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's administration. In 2001, Adams also released a compilation CD entitled ''The Divas of Gospel''; it included the legendary Grammy Award winner
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, who was popularly referred to as the "Queen of Gospel Music" until her death in 2010. Adams recorded a song for the 2003 film ''
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'' entitled "I Believe", which played during the last scene in the final dance. Adams was also a judge for the 2nd annual Independent Music Awards to support independent artists' careers. She is also credited as the Queen of Contemporary Gospel Music.


''Day By Day''

After nearly four years without releasing an album, Adams returned in 2005 with '' Day By Day''. Although charting higher than ''Mountain High...Valley Low'' on the Billboard 100 and Billboard R&B Albums chart, it did not receive RIAA certification. The album featured the singles " Be Blessed", "
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", "
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", and "
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" (which was prominently featured in the movie ''
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''). After ending her long association with
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, Atlantic released a greatest hits collection entitled '' The Best of Me'' in May 2007. Adams signed with
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in 2007. Columbia released ''
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'', her second holiday collection, in October 2007. "
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" was released as the lead single.


Morning radio show and book release

After the release of ''What a Wonderful Time'', Adams embarked on the radio career with ''The Yolanda Adams Morning Show'' which was aired in over 26 radio markets within two years. Her radio show featured Marcus D. Wiley as Bishop Secular. The syndicated show aired for ten years before ending in 2016. It relaunched in September 2019 from Texas Southern University's KTSU-FM 90.9. On December 25, 2009, Adams performed on
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's ''
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'', where she sang "Already Alright", from her 1999 ''Mountain High...Valley Low'' album.
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stated that the song is one of her favorites. In 2010, Adams released her book "Points of Power", based on one of the segments of her radio show ''Points of Power''. Adams appeared on the 2011 BET Honors to sing her signature song "The Battle Is the Lord's" in honor of
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. Later, Adams appeared at the
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, taking part in a tribute to
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along with
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, Florence Welch from
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, and
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. Adams performed "
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" – Franklin's classic from 1970. On several occasions, Franklin stated that she "especially loved" Adams' performance. On May 29, 2011, Adams sang at the prestigious
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in
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, to honor the U.S. soldiers.


''Becoming''

Adams' eleventh
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, '' Becoming'', was released on May 3, 2011, produced by Steve Bracey. The new single, " Be Still", by Drathoven, debuted on Tuesday, April 19 on ''The Yolanda Adams Morning Show''. ''Becoming'' was released by
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as an exclusive deal. At The BET Awards 2012, Adams' won the award for Best Gospel Artist for the 4th time in her career having won the most since the first BET Awards in 2001.


Twelfth studio album: 2013–

On an April 2013 episode of BET's ''Lift Every Voice'', Adams announced that she was working on her twelfth studio album. The album title and release date has yet to be announced, but she announced songwriting and producing credits from the likes of super gospel producers Donald Lawrence, Israel Houghton & Kirk Franklin. She also mentioned a song and studio session with Grammy, ''Billboard'' & ASCAP award-winning global hit songwriter Diane Warren (Whitney Houston, Patti Labelle, Tina Turner, Elton John).


Book release

Adams released her first book ''Points of Power'' in 2010. It is a Christian book in reference to living a pure, spirit-filled Christian life.


Personal life

Adams was married to Troy Mason from 1987 until 1990. Adams said spousal abuse was the reason for their divorce. In 1997, Adams married former NFL player Tim Crawford. The couple divorced in August 2004 after seven years. Adams and Crawford have one daughter, Taylor Adams Crawford, born in 2001. Adams served as a spokesperson for the FILA Corporation's ''Operation Rebound'', a program that addressed the concern of inner-city schoolchildren. Adams was inducted into Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority as an honorary member on July 8, 2018.


Discography

* 1987: '' Just as I Am'' * 1991: '' Through the Storm'' * 1993: ''
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'' * 1995: ''
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'' * 1996: '' Yolanda... Live in Washington'' * 1998: '' Songs from the Heart'' * 1999: '' Mountain High... Valley Low'' * 2000: ''
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'' * 2001: '' The Experience'' * 2001: '' Believe'' * 2005: '' Day by Day'' * 2007: ''
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'' * 2011: '' Becoming''


Awards

In total, Adams has won four
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s, sixteen Stellar Gospel Music Awards, four of the Gospel Music Association's
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, one
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, seven
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s, one
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Music Award, and five
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s. In 2022, she was inducted into the
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.


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