Search - Artist/Band: Yolanda Adams

• Name: Yolanda Adams
• Birthday: 1964
• Birth Place: Houston, TX
• Decades Active: 1980,1990,2000
• Genre: Gospel
• Styles: Contemporary Christian, Contemporary Gospel, Praise & Worship, CCM, Black Gospel, Gospel, Inspirational
• Moods: Gutsy, Joyous, Theatrical, Warm, Bright, Innocent, Passionate, Reverent, Rousing, Spiritual, Confident, Refined/Mannered, Sensual, Yearning, Calm/Peaceful, Cathartic, Dramatic, Elegant, Intimate, Smooth, Earnest, Reflective, Stylish, Exuberant

Title	Release
Playlist: The Very Best of Yolanda Adams	09/02/2008
What a Wonderful Time W	10/09/2007
The Best of Me W	05/08/2007
The Essential Yolanda Adams WA	10/24/2006
Day by Day WA	05/03/2005
Just as I Am/New Born Soul WA	03/08/2005
The Praise and Worship Songs of Yolanda Adams	05/06/2003
Believe WA	12/04/2001
The Experience WA	03/20/2001
The Divas of Gospel WA	02/27/2001
Christmas with Yolanda Adams	10/24/2000
The Best of Yolanda Adams WA	10/26/1999
Mountain High...Valley Low WA	09/21/1999
Songs From the Heart	09/15/1998
Yolanda Live in Washington	06/01/1996
More Than a Melody	10/1995
Save the World	1993
Through the Storm WA	12/26/1991

Another in the line of gospel artists putting the soul and fervor back in r&b music, Yolanda Adams was a school teacher in Houston during the mid-'80s and occasionally did modeling work. Her mother had studied music while at college, so Adams grew up listening to jazz and classical music as well as gospel artists such as James Cleveland and the Edwin Hawkins Singers and r&b vocalists like Stevie Wonder and Nancy Wilson.

Yolanda Adams' debut album, Just as I Am appeared in 1988 on Sounds of gospel. Though she was initially criticized in the Christian community for embracing secular music and fashion to accompany her gospel-themed music, the growth of publicly popular gospel in the mid-'90s pushed her into the spotlight; Adams toured with Kirk Franklin & the Family, and her 1996 album Yolanda Live in Washington was nominated for a Grammy. Songs From the Heart followed in 1998, and a year later she returned with Mountain High Valley Low which topped her live album by winning a Grammy. In 2000 she ventured into new territory by issuing a christmas album, A Yolanda Adams Christmas. Experience followed a year later. ~ John Bush, All Music Guide