15 Facts About Candi Staton

Candi Staton was inducted into the Christian Music Hall of Fame and is a four-time Grammy Award nominee.

Candi Staton appeared on the September 23,1972, edition of Soul Train.

In 1978, Candi Staton scored another Top 50 hit in the UK with "Honest I Do Love You".

In 1982, Candi Staton again hit the UK chart with a version of Mark James's "Suspicious Minds".

Candi Staton has since recorded twelve gospel albums, two of which received Grammy Award nominations.

Candi Staton appears on the United Nations Register of Entertainers, Actors And Others Who Have Performed in Apartheid South Africa.

In 1991, Candi Staton returned to UK popular charts by lending her vocals to the Source's British hit "You Got the Love".

Candi Staton followed it up with a secular project in 2006 entitled His Hands, produced by Mark Nevers of Lambchop and with the title track written by Will Oldham.

Candi Staton has been married six times and has five children.

Candi Staton was first married to Pentecostal minister, Joe Williams, from 1960 until 1968.

In 1970, Candi Staton married singer Clarence Carter and together they had one child, Clarence Carter Jr.

Candi Staton was married to Jimmy James, her then manager, from 1974 until 1977.

From 2010 until 2012, Candi Staton was married to former baseball player Otis Nixon.

Candi Staton has been married to Henry Hooper since 2017.

On October 30,2018, Candi Staton announced that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer.