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in show business when she was asked to appear on The PTL Club (Praise the Lord) with her brother Bebe. BeBe and CeCe left PTL to pursue their singing careers and recorded four albums including Heaven, Different Lifestyles (1991), First Christmas, and Relationships (1994). In 1995, BeBe and CeCe split up to pursue solo careers and other interests. CeCe began her solo career with the Gold certified album Alone in His Presence. It was released in 1995 and earned her a Grammy Award and 2 Dove Awards including the Female Vocalist of the Year, an award she earned again in 1997. Winans' next release, Everlasting Love was released in 1998. The song "On That Day" from the album was written and produced by R&B singer Lauryn Hill. Later that year, Winans released His Gift a holiday album. In 1999, Winans started her own recording company, "PureSprings Gospel". Her first album on the label was Alabaster Box in 1999 and it featured an appearance by Take 6. Winans released her next album, the self titled CeCe Winans, in 2001. The single "Anybody Wanna Pray" included a guest appearance by GRITS. The second single, "Say A Prayer" crossed over into the Christian contemporary market, making Winans a superstar.



Winans took a two year break from releasing albums and returned in 2003 with Throne Room, which was followed with a 25-city tour. She has continued to tour and record since, scoring a Top Ten R&B hit when she performed a duet with Whitney Houston called "Count On Me" for the Waiting to Exhale soundtrack. The tune was certified Gold in the U.S. and reached #8 on the Billboard Hot 100, #4 on the Adult Contemporary chart and #8 on the Billboard R&B Singles charts. In 2008, Cece released her 8th studio album, "Thy Kingdom Come." A planned reunion with brother Bebe is currently in the works, and fans of both can hardly wait.