Yolanda Adams

  • Houston, TX
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  • R&B/Soul
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  • 1979
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About Yolanda Adams

Official Site: http://yolandaadams.org/


Another in the line of gospel artists putting the soul and fervor back in R&B music, Yolanda Adams was a school teacher in Houston during the mid-'80s and occasionally did modeling work. Her mother had studied music while at college, so Adams grew up listening to jazz and classical music as well as gospel artists such as James Cleveland and the Edwin Hawkins Singers and R&B vocalists like Stevie Wonder and Nancy Wilson.

Yolanda Adams' debut album, Just as I Am appeared in 1988 on Sounds of Gospel. Though she was initially criticized in the Christian community for embracing secular music and fashion to accompany her gospel-themed music, the growth of publicly popular gospel in the mid-'90s pushed her into the spotlight; Adams toured with Kirk Franklin & the Family, and her 1996 album Yolanda Live in Washington was nominated for a Grammy. Songs From the Heart followed in 1998, and a year later she returned with Mountain High Valley Low which topped her live album by winning a Grammy. In 2000 she ventured into new territory by issuing a Christmas album, A Yolanda Adams Christmas. Experience followed a year later. ~ John Bush, Rovi

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    • The Battle Is The Lord's
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    • Victory
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    • I'm Gonna Be Ready
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    • Be Blessed
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  • Singers Chaka Khan, India.Arie and Yolanda Adams perform onstage at the 2006 BET Awards at the Shrine Auditorium on June 27, 2006 in Los Angeles, California.
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    Singers Chaka Khan, India.Arie and Yolanda Adams perform onstage at the 2006 BET Awards at the Shrine Auditorium on June 27, 2006 in Los Angeles, California.
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Discography

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  • Becoming (2011)
    Yolanda Adams
    Becoming (2011)
    N-House Records
  • What a Wonderful Time (2007)
    Yolanda Adams
    What a Wonderful Time (2007)
    Sony Music Distribution
  • Day by Day (2005)
    Yolanda Adams
    Day by Day (2005)
    Atlantic
  • Believe (2001)
    Yolanda Adams
    Believe (2001)
    Elektra Entertainment
  • The Experience (2001)
    Yolanda Adams
    The Experience (2001)
    Elektra Entertainment
  • Christmas with Yolanda Adams (2000)
    Yolanda Adams
    Christmas with Yolanda Adams (2000)
    Elektra Entertainment
  • Mountain High...Valley Low (1999)
    Yolanda Adams
    Mountain High...Valley Low (1999)
    Elektra Entertainment
  • Songs From the Heart (1998)
    Yolanda Adams
    Songs From the Heart (1998)
    Verity
  • Battle Is the Lord (1996)
    Yolanda Adams
    Battle Is the Lord (1996)
    Tribute
  • Yolanda Live in Washington (1996)
    Yolanda Adams
    Yolanda Live in Washington (1996)
    Verity
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