Musical career Vickie Winans

1 musical career

1.1 light records: 1985–1990
1.2 mca records: 1990–1991
1.3 intersound/cgi: 1994–2002

1.3.1 live in detroit
1.3.2 live in detroit ii , share laughter


1.4 hiatus: 2000–2002
1.5 verity records: 2003–2006
1.6 how got over

musical career

it marriage marvin led winans consider career in music. asked to, , joined, winans part ii, group included in-laws bebe , cece winans , brother daniel winans. however, group never took off bebe , cece left join ptl singers of long-running christian television show, ptl club.

light records: 1985–1990

the winans became best selling act on record label, light records, , enabled husband marvin secure recording contract. solo album, encouraged released in 1987 , became major gospel hit. lp included cover of dottie rambo s, shall behold him , first trumpet sound, gospelized remake of gladys knight & pips midnight train georgia. encouraged netted grammy nomination best contemporary soul gospel album, stellar award album of year, , excellence award best female contemporary artist.

her follow-up album, total victory markedly less successful, due in part financial floundering of light records after flagship group, winans, left join quincy jones qwest records.

mca records: 1990–1991

in 1990, winans signed, not gospel recording company geffen records. geffen bought universal records , winan s contract shifted sister label mca records. dealing company hadn t signed her, found herself being subtly pushed tone down christian message in music. don t tell you, vibe, said in 1999. don t ever, ever, ever want in predicament again. s 1 thing when sing song don t use actual name of jesus, s whole nother thing when try not use name. me, name of jesus never distasteful in mouth. s answer .

her 1991 mca release lady included production r. kelly, husband marvin winans, , son mario. nine-song album missing name jesus , controversially contained rendition of west side story s somewhere . mca sent winans year s stellar awards television broadcast dancers – move shocked conservative christian community, leading winans having issue public apology.

this controversy led gospel community not backing album, , after failing break through on contemporary r&b radio, mca dropped winans roster. lady, also, netted grammy nomination best contemporary soul gospel album.

intersound/cgi: 1994–2002

after 3 years without recording contract, former word records executive james bullard signed winans intersound records, atlanta-based classical recording label, forming gospel music division. label debut vickie winans rose #10 on gospel charts, spawning hits work out , shall behold him. however, developed nodes on vocal cords, causing fail hit right notes in re-recording of shall behold him.

live in detroit

she ran across james cleveland classic tune 1960s called long got king jesus , used lead single , megahit traditionally-styled album in 1997 titled live in detroit. recorded live @ bishop andrew merrit s straight gate church, winans recorded simple arrangements of great thy faithfulness , bill gaither s because lives , candi staton s blood rushes . james cleveland classic, no cross, no crown , hit album.

intersound/cgi financed video long got king jesus , boosted sales of album. sold 200,000 units. album earned winans grammy nomination best soul gospel album , 2 stellar award nominations best female vocalist , best video ( long got king jesus ).

live in detroit ii , share laughter

intersound/cgi planned release 3 winans albums in 1999; may release of live in detroit ii, followed share laughter comedy album in july , capping year october release called woman woman: songs of survival . launched expensive marketing campaign ever promote project. bought full page color ads in magazines, shot concept video song been water , hired capital entertainment (which handled cece winans , bishop t. d. jakes @ time) handle winans press coverage. able book winans on queen latifah, various bet shows , jenny jones, among other high-profile television programs , got press coverage d had since toured winans family tour in 1992.

live in detroit ii major success, reaching #3 on gospel charts, failing top charts because of kirk franklin s success nu nation project in same year.

share laughter did not well, standup comedy album, sales far disappointing considering intersound/cgi on last legs , closed.

hiatus: 2000–2002

winans troubles recording companies continued after intersound/cgi closed , released contract. in 2000, signed tommy boy gospel. woman woman scheduled third album in trilogy, label folded before album released.

in 2002, signed verity records @ invitation of longtime friend max siegel had assumed leadership of label.

verity records: 2003–2006

after four-year hiatus, in 2003 winans release bringing featured shake loose , written , produced son, mario. leaving nothing chance, dipped deep own pockets create marketing strategy gospel labels never spend on project. spent on $200,000 creating 5 music videos, hiring independent radio teams, promotional marketing teams , creating 50 city-promotional concert tour launch cd.

the strategy paid off album debuted @ #1 on billboard gospel music charts. spent 9 weeks @ #1 , full year in top 10. album garnered 8 stellar award nominations, winning 5, , grammy nomination.

woman woman: songs of life, released on august 8, 2006.

how got over

how got on (destiny joy records) name of winans self-produced cd released on august 25, 2009. eleven-song project blend of traditional , urban contemporary songs. first radio single, “how got over” winans’ personal testimony. taking line old hymn classic favorite, winans creates brand new song celebrates victories, faith , trust in god. opens upbeat, old school church flavor , breaks down contemporary vamp before slams closing nephew, tim bowman, jr. lays down jazzy scats. song s music video shot in basement of winans home. album gained winans grammy nomination best traditional gospel album.