CeCe is also the godmother to Minister Deron Cozart, Sr., and a good friend of Dr.
She performed "Don't Cry for Me" and "Jesus Loves Me" at Houston's funeral, at New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, New Jersey on February 18, 2012. Alvin III also appeared in the music video for "Well, Alright." They attend Born Again Church in Nashville, where CeCe is on the worship team and her children are involved in the drama ministry.ĬeCe was a good friend of Whitney Houston and godmother to her daughter, Bobbi Kristina Brown. CeCe's children were featured in the BeBe & CeCe Winans music video "If Anything Ever Happened to You". On December 23, 2010, Cece along with Bebe Winans & Mary Mary & Jayvon Natty, brother to famous rapper Biggie Smalls, featuring the West Angeles Choir, performed on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.ĬeCe now resides in Forest Hills, Tennessee (a suburb of Nashville) with her husband Alvin Love and two children, Ashley and Alvin III. The album was released under Malaco Records and features collaborations with Marvin Winans and contemporary gospel sisters duo Mary Mary. It is the ninth album released by the brother / sister duo. On October 6, 2009, a BeBe & CeCe reunion album named Still was released. Winans released her eighth album, Thy Kingdom Come on April 1, 2008, featuring the single "Waging War". 4 on the Adult Contemporary chart and No. The single was certified Gold in the US and reached No. Winans' son Alvin III also co-writes several songs on the album and younger sisters Angie and Debbie Winans make an appearance as well.ĬeCe's collection of Top Ten R&B radio hits include "Count on Me", her duet with Whitney Houston, from the Waiting to Exhale soundtrack. Producers on board for the project were longtime BeBe & CeCe collaborator Keith Thomas, and CeCe's nephew Mario Winans. Winans' seventh album Purified was released in 2005.
Due to the extended recovery time, the second half of the Throne Room Tour was postponed to early 2005. Around September 2004, Winans experienced what she thought was a flu but turned out to be a serious stomach infection and was hospitalized immediately for surgery. Live In the Throne Room contained tracks from all of Winans' albums.
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In 2004, the 25 city tour Throne Room featured free admission and was followed with a DVD release of the concert recorded in Tennessee near CeCe's place of residence. The first 1,000 copies were issued with a bonus CD that contained exclusive interviews with the artist, the making of the CD, some touring footage, and the music video "More Than What I Wanted" (which came from the 2001 release). Winans took a two year break from releasing albums and returned in 2003 with Throne Room. The second single, "Say A Prayer" crossed over into the CCM market. The single "Anybody Wanna Pray" included a guest appearance by GRITS. Winans released her next album, the self titled CeCe Winans, in 2001.
The concert contained songs from her previous albums. In 2000 Cece released a concert video titled Live At The Lambs Theater in New York. It included a guest appearance by Take 6. Some production of the disc was done by Gospel singer and musician, Fred Hammond. Her first album on the label was Alabaster Box in 1999. In 1999, Winans started her own recording company, "PureSprings Gospel". Later that year, Winans released His Gift a holiday album.
The song "On That Day" from the album was written and produced by R&B singer Lauryn Hill. Winans' next release, the Gold certified Everlasting Love was released in 1998 and featured Winans biggest Billboard charting singles to date "Well Alright" & "Slippin". It was released in 1995 and earned her a Grammy Award and two Dove Awards, including the Female Vocalist of the Year, an award she earned again in 1997. As half of the brother & sister duo BeBe & CeCe Winans, she has released nine albums and received multiple Grammy, Dove, NAACP, and Soul Train awards.ĬeCe began her solo career with the Platinum certified album Alone in His Presence. She is the eighth of ten children, and the eldest of three girls. CeCe was born in Detroit, Michigan, to David and Delores ("Mom" and "Pop") Winans. Priscilla "CeCe" Marie Winans Love is an American gospel singer, who has won numerous awards, including Grammys and Stellar Awards.
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