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Courtesy photo (Los Angeles, CA)  - The most awarded female gospel artist, CeCe Winans, added more trophies to her collection this weekend after receiving three wins at the 37 th  Stellar Awards held in Atlanta. The two-day taping at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre will premiere Sunday, August 7, at 8 PM ET/PT on  BET, BET HER, and BET International and will be syndicated in various local markets across the U.S. between August 13th and September  11th.   Believe For It  (PureSprings Gospel and Fair Trade) continues to dominate in the U.S. and globally, with the two most recent singles “Goodness of God” and “I’ve Got Joy,” climbing the charts. Winans was in concert at Excel Stadium in London, England during taping of the Stellar Awards, but she was truly honored to walk away with the following wins:  Praise & Worship Song of the Year, Producer of the Year,  and  Praise and Worship Album of the Year.   “I’m beyond humbled t...

  After over 30 year in music, chart-topping gospel artist CeCe Winans proved at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards that she is getting better with time. Winans won in every category for which she was nominated: Best Gospel Album. Best Contemporary Christian Performance and Best Gospel Performance.  Country music's Carrie Underwood won the Grammy for her first gospel recording in the category of "Best Root Gospel."  Worship aggregate Elevation Worship and Maverick City Music won the award for Best Contemporary Christian Music Album for the record, "Old Church Basement."  Winners are highlighted below along with this year's nominees.  Best Gospel Performance/Song “Voice of God,” Dante Bowe featuring Steffany Gretzinger and Chandler Moore; Dante Bowe, Tywan Mack, Jeff Schneeweis and Mitch Wong, songwriters “Joyful,” Dante Bowe; Dante Bowe and Ben Schofield, songwriters “Help,” Anthony Brown & Group Therapy; Anthony Brown and Darryl Woodson, songwriters “Never ...

NASHVILLE LIFE CHURCH PRESENTS A MUSICAL PRODUCTION “IT’S CHRISTMAS” FEATURING 12 TIME GRAMMY WINNER CECE WINANS ( Los Angeles, CA) Thanksgiving is behind us, now the Christmas season is in the air.  Multiple award-winning singer, CeCe Winans, is riding on the heels of her double Grammy Award wins earlier this year for Let Them Fall in Love.  Winans teamed up with her son, Alvin Love III, once again to deliver a beautiful contemporary collection of holiday songs on Something’s Happening! A Christmas Album that’s available at all music retail and digital outlets.     The single “It’s Christmas” written by Alvin is on the path to becoming a holiday favorite.  To purchase album click on all retail link: https://ffm.to/somethingshappening .  Winans was invited to her hometown of Detroit to sing at the official Christmas Tree lighting for the city.  To capture the moment of being home with family and friends, fans will see Mom ...

CECE WINANS, JJ HAIRSTON & TODD DULANEY HEADLINES 3RD ANNUAL MUSICAL SOUL FOOD FESTIVAL FORD Signs On As Event Sponsor Rejoice! Musical Soul Food Network (MSF), North America’s premier syndicated radio network, kicks off the 3rd annual Musical Soul Food Festival (MSF Fest) on Saturday, June 23, 2018 in Hampton Roads. This year’s MSF Fest welcomes 12-time GRAMMY® Award winner, Cece Winans. With career sales of over 12 million records sold, Winans is the best-selling female gospel artist of all time. Appearing with her live band, she will take fans on a musical journey performing new music, popular mainstream hits and classic worship songs such as “Alabaster Box”, “Hallelujah Praise” and “Mercy Said No”. Also joining this year’s star-studded line-up is the 2018 GRAMMY® Award nominated group, JJ Hairston & Youthful Praise. The Billboard Music Award and Stellar Gospel Music Award win...

Whether it was  Hillary Clinton throwing shade at Pres. Trump by reading from the controversial book 'Fire and Fury,'  Blu Ivy Carter gesturing to hush her parents, former stripper Cardi B, celebrating her breakout year in the music industry with a Grammy performance in her hometown, Sir Elton John playing live in his unique fashion or Jay Z, the most nominated artist walking away with no wins, The 60th Annual Grammy Awards provided viewers months of hot topics. It was a great evening to be Bruno Mars, who had a clean sweep, bagging wins in all 6 of the areas in which he was nominated -- Best Song and Record of the Year and Album of the Year. Alessia Cara  deserves to be lauded for being named New Artist of the Year. But there are lots of nominees and winners who are forgotten because they are not announced during the telecast. Let's not forget the many other genres of music honored at the Grammys, such as Gospel and Contemporary Christian.  Winans' back sto...

After a near decade-long hiatus, ten-time GRAMMY winner CeCe Winans returns, debuting atop the Billboard Gospel Albums Chart with her “finest and most eclectic work to date” (Garden & Gun), ‘Let Them Fall In Love.’ The record's lead single “Never Have to Be Alone” has already climbed to number four on the Billboard Hot Gospel Songs Chart. ‘Let Them Fall In Love’ is “retro, gospel and rootsy” (Atlanta Journal Constitution) — a diversion from the multiplatinum-selling artist's previous work. It dances with horns, strings and pianos from the Nashville String Machine and features fellow Detroit-born legends The Clark Sisters. CeCe’s son Alvin Love III co-produced the Motown-inspired throwback with her longtime collaborator Tommy Sims (Garth Brooks, Michael McDonald, Bonnie Raitt).  CeCe will appear as a guest on both The Real and Hallmark Channel's Home & Family on Thurs., Feb. 16, and she’ll participate in the Love Rocks NYC! concert alongside William Bell,...

buzzz worthy. . . Austin City Limits Showcases Music For the Soul: Gospel Legend CeCe Winans & St. Paul & The Broken Bones New Episode Airs February 4th on PBS Austin, TX— Austin City Limits  (ACL) presents a soul-stirring hour of high voltage gospel with the legendary  CeCe Winans  and soul sensations  St. Paul & The Broken Bones .  The new installment premieres  Saturday, February 4 at 8pm CT/9pm ET  as part of the series’ Season 42.  ACL’s season finale airs February 11, featuring UK alt-rockers Foals along with Texas legend Alejandro Escovedo.  The series just announced the first taping of the upcoming Season 43, with rock icons The Pretenders taping their ACL debut on March 13th to air later this year.  ACL airs weekly on PBS stations nationwide  (check local listings)  and full episodes are made available online for a limited time at pbs.org/austincitylimits  immediately following the i...