27 Facts About Vickie Winans

Vickie Winans was born on Viviane Bowman; October 18,1953 and is an is an American singer-songwriter, music producer, comedian, and actress.

Vickie Winans's success continued with the release of her second live album, Live in Detroit II.

Vickie Winans followed that with her sixth album Woman to Woman: Songs of Life, which peaked at number one on the Top Gospel Albums chart.

Vickie Winans released two more albums on her record label including Happy Holidays and How I Got Over, the latter of which peaked at number one on the Top Gospel Albums chart.

At age eight, Vickie Winans became a member of the choir at International Gospel Center.

Vickie Winans formed a short-lived gospel group called International Sounds of Deliverance during her teenage years.

Vickie Winans released her debut studio album Be Encouraged on July 31,1987, Light Records.

In 1990, Vickie Winans signed a recording contract with Geffen Records.

Vickie Winans' recording contract was eventually bought out by MCA Records when Geffen folded into MCA Records.

Vickie Winans performed the song at the annual Stellar Awards in 1991.

In September 1991, Vickie Winans starred in the gospel musical stage production The First Lady.

In November 1996, Vickie Winans was moved from Intersound Records to Platinum Entertainment when the company folded due to financial issues.

Vickie Winans closed its distribution subsidiary in June 2000, and was forced to declare bankruptcy in July.

Vickie Winans released "Shake Yourself Loose" as the album's lead which was successful on a gospel radio airplay.

Vickie Winans won Artist of the Year, Female Artist of the Year, Contemporary Female Artist of the Year, and Music Video of the Year for the song "Shook" during the 19th Annual Stellar Awards.

Vickie Winans earned a nomination for Best Gospel Artist at 2004 BET Awards.

In 2004, Vickie Winans wrote and starred in her own stage play Torn Between Two Loves.

In 2005, Vickie Winans headlined the Rising Star Tour, sponsored by Chrysler Financial.

Vickie Winans released her sixth album Woman to Woman: Songs of Life on August 8,2006, which became her second album peak atop of Top Gospel Albums chart.

Vickie Winans received a nomination for Best Traditional Gospel Album at 52nd Annual Grammy Awards in 2010.

In January 2010, Vickie Winans hosted BET comedy series called BET Gospel Comic View A Time to Laugh, although the series never aired.

In 1994, Vickie Winans founded her own management and publishing company Viviane, Inc The company served as an umbrella for Vickie Winans' music publishing, booking and management services.

In 2005, Vickie Winans founded her own recording label Destiny Joy Records which formed as an imprint based from Verity Records The label's name is derived from Vickie Winans' daughter that lost due to a miscarriage five months into the pregnancy.

In 1973, Winans married Ronald E Brown, who eventually became the bishop of Faith Tabernacle Deliverance Temple in Orangeburg, South Carolina.

Vickie Winans's son adopted the stage name Mario Winans and became a singer and music producer.

Marvin influenced Vickie Winans to pursue a career music rather than fashion designing.

Vickie Winans gave birth prematurely to a daughter, Destiny Joy Vickie Winans, whom lived for only an hour and five minutes.