Yolanda Adams Biography And Net worth

Who is Yolanda Adams?

Yolanda Yvette Adams is an American Gospel singer, actress, and host of her own nationally syndicated morning gospel show. She is one of the best-selling gospel artists of all time, having sold over 10 million albums worldwide. She has won four Grammy awards. She is known as the ”Queen of contemporary Gospel Music.”

This Article contains Yolanda Adams’s Early Life, Career and Net Worth

Adams Biography and Net Worth

Bio Data

Name	Yolanda Yvette Adams
Age	62 Years Old
Profession	Singer, Actress
Place Of Birth	Houston, Texas
Martial Status	Married
Date Of Birth	27 August 1961
Net Worth	$6 Million
Nationality	United States Of America

Biography

Yolanda Adams born August 27, 1961, in Houston Texas is the eldest of six sibling. She graduated from Sterling High School in Houston in 1979. After graduating from Texas Southern University, she began a career as a schoolteacher and part-time model in Houston. Eventually, she gave up teaching to perform full-time as a lead singer. Adams was named by Bill Board in 2009, as the No. 1 gospel Artist of the decade. She became the first gospel artist nominated for a Tony Award for her work on” Sponge Bob Square Pants”.

Adams Biography and Net Worth

Musical Career

The first attention Adams got was from Thomas Whitfield and Sound of Gospel Records as a lead singer with Houston’s Southeast Inspirational Choir affiliated with the Church of God in Christ, under the direction of Carl Preacher, Brenda Waters, and Shirley Joiner. titled “My Trust Lies in You”. Later, she signed a recording contract with Sound of Gospel where her first album ”Just As I Am ”in 1987. And in 1990, she was discovered by producer/keyboardist Ben Tankard and signed to his independent label Tribute Records which was released Through The Storm.

A year later, Adams followed with Save The World, which included her first signature song ”The Battle Is The Lord’s. And in 1995 ”More Than a Melody”, which featured more production. Yolanda.. live in Washington was released the following year featuring some version materials from her first three albums.

Adams’ first significant attention outside the urban contemporary gospel arena came with the release of Mountain High… Valley Low in 1999 on Elektra Records. Several mainstream artists and producers helped in the production of this album including 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 (BeBe & CeCe Winans). The album went 2× Platinum in 2000 and won Adams a Grammy Award. Notable singles from the album include “Yeah”, “Fragile Heart”, and “Open My Heart”. “Fragile Heart” was dedicated to the memory of Adams’ long-time road manager, who died in 1998.

Adams recorded a song for the 2003 film Honey entitled “I Believe”, which played during the last scene in the final dance. In 2005 an album was released ”Day By Day” after nearly four years of not releasing an album. The album featured four singles which are Be Blessed, Someone Watching Chart, This Too Shall Pass And Victory. which featured in a movie titled The Gospel.

After ending her long association with Atlantic Records, Atlantic released a greatest hits collection entitled The Best of Me in May 2007.

Adams signed with Columbia Records in 2007. Columbia released What a Wonderful Time, her second-holiday collection, in October 2007. “Hold On” was released as the lead single.

On an April 2013 episode of BET’s Lift Every Voice, Adams announced that she was working on her twelfth studio album. The album title and release date has yet to be announced. Still, she announced songwriting and producing credits from super gospel producers Donald Lawrence, Israel Houghton & Kirk Franklin.

Personal Life

Adams was married to Troy Mason from 1987 until 1990. Adams said spousal abuse was the reason for their divorce. In 1997, Adams married former NEL player Tim Crawford. The couple divorced in August 2004 after seven years. Adams and Crawford have one daughter, Taylor Adams Crawford, born in 2001. Adams served as a spokesperson for the Fila Corporation’s Operation Rebound, a program that addressed the concerns of inner-city school children.

Discography

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 Adams
2001: The Experience
2001: Believe
2005: Day by Day
2007: What a Wonderful Time
2011: Becoming

Awards

The total awards won by Adams were four Grammy Awards, sixteen Stellar Gospel Music Awards, four of the Gospel Music Association’s Dove Awards, one American Music Award, seven NAACP Image Awards, one Soul Train Music Award, and five BET Awards. In 2022, she was inducted into the Black Music & Entertainment Walk of Fame.