Yolanda Adams Biography
Yolanda Adams is a successful gospel singer, actress, and host of a nationally syndicated morning show in the US. With nearly 10 million albums sold worldwide, she has received numerous accolades, including four Grammys, Dove Awards, BET Awards, NAACP Image Awards, Soul Train Music Awards, BMI Awards, and Stellar Awards. She was the first Gospel musician to receive an American Music Award.
Yolanda Adams Age
Yolanda is 61 years old as of August 2022. She was born Yolanda Yvette Adams on 27 August 1961 in Houston, Texas, United States.
Yolanda Adams Education
Adams graduated from Houston’s Sterling High School in 1979. She earned her degree from Texas Southern University.
Yolanda Adams Height
Yolanda stands at an average height of 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 m) tall.
Yolanda Adams Family – Father -Mother
She was born Yolanda Yvette Adams on 27 August 1961 in Houston, Texas, United States. Yolanda is the daughter of Carolyn Jean Adams and Major Adams. She is the eldest of six siblings.
Yolanda Adams Husband – Daughter
From 1987 to 1990, Adams was married to Troy Mason, and the two later divorced. Adams stated that spousal abuse was the cause of their divorce. Adams married former NFL player Tim Crawford in 1997. After seven years of marriage, the couple divorced in August 2004. Taylor Adams Crawford, Adams and Crawford’s daughter, was born in 2001.
Yolanda Adams Book – Author
In 2010, Adams published Points of Power, her debut book. It is a Christian book that discusses leading a sincere, spiritual life as a Christian.
Yolanda Adams Open My Heart
Adams’s song “Open My Heart” was published in 2000. The song helped Adams earn a lot of success among secular listeners. She received multiple honors for this song, which was the most breakthrough single of her career. “Open My Heart” helped her 1999 album Mountain High…Valley Low to multi-platinum status and chart heights not normally obtained by gospel performers.
The song peaked at number 10 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and number 57 on the Billboard Hot 100. Steve “Silk” Hurley and Junior Vasquez remixed the song, which helped it reach #29 on the Hot Dance Club Play Chart. Nick Cannon sampled the song on his single “Can I Live.”
Yolanda Adams Blessed
Her song “Be Blessed” was released as a single from her 2005 album “Day By Day.” The song reached the top of the Gospel Billboard chart, making it one of the most popular Gospel songs of 2005. Adams won Best Gospel Song at the 2006 Grammy Awards for this song. At the 37th GMA Dove Awards the same year, it was nominated for a Dove Award for Contemporary Gospel Recorded Song of the Year.
Yolanda Adams Career
In Houston, she began her career as a schoolteacher and part-time model. She quit teaching to pursue a career as a lead singer full-time. Adams first caught Thomas Whitfield’s and Sound of Gospel Records’ attention as a lead singer with Houston’s Southeast Inspirational Choir, which was affiliated with the Church of God in Christ and directed by Carl Preacher, Brenda Waters, and Shirley Joiner. She was the featured vocalist on the choir’s single “For My Liberty.” With a performance titled “My Trust Lies in You,” Adams was featured on the Edwin Hawkins Music and Arts Seminar Choir’s Give Us Peace album. She later signed a recording contract with Sound of Gospel, which resulted in her first album, Just As I Am, being released in 1987.
Adams received significant attention outside of the urban contemporary gospel arena with the release of Mountain High… Valley Low on Elektra Records in 1999. Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis (Janet Jackson, Boyz II Men), James “Big Jim” Wright (Mariah Carey, Nicole C. Mullen), Warryn Campbell (Mary Mary, Brandy), and Keith Thomas (Mary Mary, Brandy) all contributed to the album’s production (BeBe & CeCe Winans). In 2000, the album went double platinum and earned Adams a Grammy Award. The album’s notable singles include “Yeah,” “Fragile Heart,” and “Open My Heart.” “Fragile Heart” was dedicated to Adams’ long-time road manager, who passed away in 1998.
Following the release of What a Wonderful Time, Adams launched her radio career with The Adams Morning Show, which was broadcast in over 26 radio markets in less than two years. Marcus D. Wiley played Bishop Secular on her radio show. Adams sang “Already Alright” on BET’s The Mo’Nique Show. Her eleventh studio album, Becoming, was released on May 3, 2011, and was produced by Steve Bracey. Drathoven’s new single “Be Still” premiered on The Adams Morning Show on Tuesday, April 19. Walmart released Becoming as an exclusive deal. At the 2012 BET Awards, she performed a song from her 1999 album Mountain High…Valley Low. Mo’Nique described the song as one of her favorites.
Yolanda Adams Net Worth
Yolanda has an estimated net worth of $5 Million.
Yolanda Adams Albums
- 1987: Just as I Am
- 1991: Through the Storm
- 1993: Save the World
- 1995: More Than a Melody
- 1996: Yolanda… Live in Washington
- 1998: Songs from the Heart
- 1999: Mountain High… Valley Low
- 2000: Christmas with Yolanda
- 2001: The Experience
- 2001: Believe
- 2005: Day by Day
- 2007: What a Wonderful Time
- 2011: Becoming
