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BeBe and Cece Winans continue their promotional tour in support of the recently released album “Still” on Oprah this week.
According to B&C/Malaco, the Winans’ will perform “Grace” on the daytime diva’s stage Friday, October 23.
Taken from their recently released album “Still,” “Grace” is the second single to be revealed, following “Close To You”.
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BeBe and CeCe Winans are looking to show their family remains strong as they launch their first album in 15 years while dealing with the loss of their father and BeBe’s upcoming court date in a misdemeanor assault case.
CeCe Winans said she believes it’s an opportunity for the duo to follow the same message they [...]

If James Brown was the hardest-working man in show business, Vickie Winans should at least merit some consideration for the title of hardest-working woman.
The gospel star is out with a new album, which she produced and recorded at home for her own record label. She also performs 175 to 200 shows a year, hosts a [...]

Marie Knight was best known for her gospel duets with Sister Rosetta Tharpe, including “Up Above My Head” and “Didn’t It Rain.” She toured with the gospel legend in the late 1940s and made a late-in-life comeback as a solo artist. (Patricia De Gorostarzu)
Marie Knight, a gospel singer who came to fame singing duets with [...]

BeBe and CeCe Winans are not only sharing inspirational messages from the recording studio on Twitter, the duo gave fans a chance to witness a video shoot via pictures and messages Friday.
Tweeting during the shoot, CeCe Winans wrote “It’s HOT out here ya’ll! And this crew is working it! Did I say it was [...]

SWV front woman Coko (real name: Cheryl Gamble Clemons) has released her sophomore gospel opus, ‘The Winner in Me,’ on Light Records.
The follow-up to 2006’s critically acclaimed ‘Grateful,’ the newly released CD landed at No. 4 on Billboard’s Top Gospel Charts.
Coko said ‘Winner’ was birthed from dealing with her real-life issues.
“The songs on this CD [...]

BeBe and Cece Winans have come forth with the release of the anticipated single “Close to You,” the first cut to be released under their B&C Records/Malaco debut.
Now available through digital retailers, “Close To You” features the noted Winans duo singing “took a while to see that your love was true… I just want [...]

Grammy Award-winning duo Mary Mary just picked up another no.1 record !
“God In Me,” the duo’s second single from 2008s “The Sound,” leaped into the top spot after spending a reported thirty-three weeks on the Gospel singles chart last week.
Featuring Kierra Sheard, “God In Me” comes just in time for Mary Mary’s anticipated performance [...]

Gospel Artist Israel Houghton and his group New Breed are building bridges over the gospel music generation gap with their style of music.
The group’s cross cultural hit songs Again I Say Rejoice and Friend of God, You are Good are spicing up the Sunday morning play lists across the country. And they will be [...]

The McDonald’s Gospelfest concert went down this past Saturday in Newark NJ and by all accounts it was a huge success. In fact, it’s tagged as “the nation’s preeminent gospel celebration.”
According the Star-Ledger’s Jay Lustig, the event, headlined by R&B/Pop superstar Patti LaBelle, lasted more than eight hours, with a massive talent competition in [...]

Pastor T.D. Jakes says he narrowly avoided being killed in a natural gas explosion at his home – all because of a last-minute change of plans.
According to the Associated Press, Jakes told thousands at Sunday’s service at his church — The Potter House — that he would have been getting dressed near the blast [...]

When life’s trials and tribulations get you down, there’s always joy in laughter. With that in mind, Stellar Award-winning dynamo Vickie Winans and BET have teamed up for a forthcoming television series !
Winans, known widely for songs including “Shake Yourself Loose” and “We Shall Behold Him,” will host “A Time To Laugh,” a fresh [...]

Tonex’s genre-defying music draws comparisons to Prince. His multi-octave vocal range, prolific song writing and dance moves have garnered him a cult-like following in and out of the gospel world.
But it was his personal life that took center stage in the five years since “Out The Box,” his last major-label release. Tonex got a divorce [...]

American Idol alum and inspirational recording star Mandisa believes that, in these times, it is important to stay focused on what God can and will do for you if you trust him.
“No matter what you’re going through we are in a relationship with a God that says he will take all of our burdens on [...]

David “Pop” Winans Sr., the Grammy-nominated patriarch of the award-winning gospel music family, died Wednesday. He was 76.
A statement from a Los Angeles public relations company representing the family said he died at a Nashville hospice, where he had been since January after suffering a heart attack and stroke last October.
In 1999, Winans was nominated [...]