BeBe & CeCe (Main article: BeBe & CeCe Winans)
BeBe & CeCe (Main article: BeBe & CeCe Winans)
Around time that Winans had been accepted to college, the television show "The PTL Club" (now known as "Praise the Lord") took interest in her and her brother Benjamin (BeBe) as potential background vocalists for the show. They were accepted after going to North Carolina to audition. BeBe and CeCe moved to the PTL campus in North Carolina, and were on the show for about five years. It was during this time that CeCe met her husband, Alvin Love, Jr. who was also from Detroit. During their time on The PTL Club, BeBe & CeCe recorded Lord Lift Us Up on PTL's label following popular demand on the show. The success yielded another effort, "Feels Like Heaven (With You)". Eventually the success warranted another effort: a full length album.
BeBe and CeCe left PTL to pursue their singing career and recorded four more albums including Heaven, Different Lifestyles, First Christmas, and Relationships. In 1995, BeBe and CeCe split up to pursue solo careers and other interests. However CeCe Winans' official website indicates that the two will release a reunion album in 2008.[1] BeBe & CeCe performed their classic song "Hold Up The Light" with one of CeCe's former background vocalists, Melinda Doolittle, on the 2007 American Idol finale. Winans co-hosted the 2008 Stellar Awards alongside Kirk Franklin and Byron Cage in January 2008.[2]
Solo career
CeCe began her solo career with the Gold certified album Alone in His Presence. It was released in 1995 and earned her a Grammy Award and 2 Dove Awards including the Female Vocalist of the Year, an award she earned again in 1997. Winans' next release, Everlasting Love was released in 1998. The song "On That Day" from the album was written and produced by R&B singer Lauryn Hill. Later that year, Winans released His Gift a holiday album.
In 1999, Winans started her own recording company, "PureSprings Gospel". Her first album on the label was Alabaster Box in 1999. Some production of the disc was done by Gospel singer and musician, Fred Hammond. It included a guest appearance by Take 6. In 2000 Cece released a concert VHS titled Live At The Lambs Theater in New York. The concert contained songs from her previous albums. Winans released her next album, the self titled CeCe Winans, in 2001. The single "Anybody Wanna Pray" included a guest appearance by GRITS. The second single, "Say A Prayer" crossed over into the CCM market.
Winans took a two year break from releasing albums and returned in 2003 with Throne Room. The first 1,000 copies were issued with a bonus CD that contained exclusive interviews with the artist, the making of the CD, some touring footage, and the music video "More Than What I Wanted" (which came from the 2001 release). In 2004, the 25 city tour Throne Room featured free admission and was followed with a DVD release of the concert recorded in Tennessee near CeCe's place of residence. Live In the Throne Room contained tracks from all of Winans' albums. Around September 2004, Winans experienced what she thought was a flu but turned out to be a serious stomach infection and was hospitalized immediately for surgery. Due to the extended recovery time, the second half of the Throne Room Tour was postponed to early 2005. [3]
Winans' 7th album Purified was released in 2005. Producers on board for the project were longtime BeBe & CeCe collaborator Keith Thomas, and CeCe's nephew Mario Winans. Winans' son Alvin III also co-writes several songs on the album and younger sisters Angie and Debbie Winans make an appearance as well.
CeCe's collection of Top Ten R&B radio hits include "Count on Me", her duet with Whitney Houston, from the Waiting to Exhale soundtrack. The single was certified Gold in the U.S. and reached #8 on the Billboard Hot 100, #4 on the Adult Contemporary chart and #8 on the Billboard R&B Singles charts. She has also released her 8th Album Thy Kingdom Come on April 1st, to feature the single "Waging War."[5][1] The first single released from the album "Thy Will Be Done," was released digitally on iTunes on April 1, 2008
Upcoming releases:
It has been confirmed on her website that a reunion album with BeBe is scheduled for release in early 2009. [1] In early 2006, Winans stated that she would follow Purified with a holiday album.[4]
Books:
CeCe has authored three books: On A Positive Note, a collection of her memoirs released August 1, 2000; and Throne Room: Ushered Into the Presence of God, a devotional released January 1, 2004 and co-authored with Claire Cloninger. Always Sisters: Becoming the Princess You Were Created to Be, released on July 17, 2007 and co-written with Claudia Mair Burney.
In 2009, CeCe announced her support for a multicultural Christian education curriculum from Abingdon Press, entitled "On the Move: God's Grace from Place to Place."
Personal life:
CeCe now resides in Forest Hills, Tennessee [5] (a suburb of Nashville) with her husband Alvin Love and two children, Ashley and Alvin III. CeCe's children were featured in the BeBe & CeCe Winans music video "If Anything Ever Happened to You". Alvin III also appeared in the music video for "Well, Alright." They attend Born Again Church in Nashville, where CeCe is on the worship team and her kids are involved in the drama ministry. [5] CeCe is a good friend of Whitney Houston as well as godmother to her child. [6]
[edit]Discography
Albums with BeBe Winans
See BeBe & CeCe Winans Discography
Solo albums
Alone In His Presence
Released: October 10, 1995
Label: Sparrow Records
Chart position: Billboard 200 #124 [7]
Singles: "Every Time"
Everlasting Love
Released: March 17, 1998
Label: Pioneer Music Group/Atlantic Records
Chart position: Billboard R&B #35, Billboard 200 #107 [7]
Singles: "Well Alright" (Billboard R&B #47), [8] "What About You", "Slippin", "I Am"
His Gift
Released: September 15, 1998
Label: Pioneer Music Group/Atlantic Records
Alabaster Box
Released: October 19, 1999
Label: WellSpring Gospel
Chart position: Billboard R&B #55, Billboard 200 #129 [7]
Singles: "It Wasn't Easy", "King Of Kings (He's A Wonder)", "Alabastar Box"
CeCe Winans
Released: June 19, 2001
Label: WellSpring Gospel
Chart position: Billboard R&B #48, Billboard 200 #116 [7]
Singles: "More Than What I Wanted" (Billboard R&B #65), [8] "Say A Prayer", "For Love Alone"
Throne Room
Released: September 9, 2003
Label: PureSprings Gospel
Chart position: Billboard R&B #21, Billboard 200 #32 [7]
Singles: "Hallelujah Praise"
Purified
Released: September 13, 2005
Label: PureSprings Gospel/INO/Epic/Sony
Chart position: Billboard R&B #12, Billboard 200 #41 [7]
Singles: "All That I Need", "Pray", "Let Everything That Hath Breath" (Billboard Dance #8) [8], "He's Concerned"
Thy Kingdom Come
Released: April 1, 2008
Format: CD
Label: PureSprings Gospel
Singles: "Thy Will Be Done," "Waging War," "It Aint Over"
Other Albums
CeCe Winans Presents The Born Again Church Choir
Released: 2003
CeCe Winans Presents Pure Worship
Released: October 28, 2008
Label: EMI Gospel
CeCe Winans Presents Kingdom Kidz
Released: August 28, 2007
Guest appearances & Soundtracks
BeBe & CeCe Winans with Vince Gill and Wynonna Judd: "Right Now (We Need Another)" (Zomba Recording, 2008)
Patti LaBelle: "Walking Away (featuring CeCe Winans)" (Umbrella, 2006)
CeCe Winans: "He Set My Life To Music" She Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool (BNA, 2006)
BeBe Winans: "Tonight Tonight (featuring CeCe Winans)" (Motown, 2000)
Various Artists: "Humanity" The Prince of Egypt Soundtrack (Dreamworks, 1998)
CeCe Winans: "The River" The Prince Of Egypt: Inspirational (Dreamworks, 1998)
CeCe Winans: "All Is Well Tonight" God With Us: A Celebration Of Christmas Carols... (Sparrow, 1997)
CeCe Winans: "Take Me Back" Tribute: The Songs Of Andrae Crouch (Warner Alliance, 1996)
CeCe Winans & Whitney Houston: "Count on Me" (Arista, 1996)
CeCe Winans: "Rest In Me" Coram Deo II: People Of Praise (Sparrow, 1994)
[edit]Videography
Concerts
Live At The Lambs Theater in New York (Recorded At: Lambs Theater in New York City)
Released: 2000
Format: VHS
Live In The Throne Room (Recorded At: Cornerstone Church in Brentwood, TN)
Released: 2004
Format: DVD
Music Videos
"Count on Me" (Whitney Houston & CeCe Winans) (1996)
"Well Alright" (1998)
"More Than What I Wanted" (2001)
"Purified" (2006)[9]
Television Appearances
List includes acting appearances only, not interviews and/or performances
CeCe's Place (aired on the Odyssey Channel)
7th Heaven [10]
Touched By an Angel [11]
Living Single
Doc [10]
Martin
Other
Journeys In Black: CeCe Winans (BET documentary of Cece Winans' life)
Released: 2002
Format: DVD
[edit]Awards
CeCe has received 10 Grammy Awards, 21 Grammy Award nominations, 20 Dove Awards and numerous Stellar Awards.
Main article: CeCe Winans awards
[edit]See also
CeCe Winans albums
BeBe and CeCe Winans albums
The Winans Family
[edit]References
^ a b "CeCe Winans Official Homepage". PureSprings Gospel. Retrieved on 2007-05-23.
^ Stellar Awards Homepage
^ LaTonya Taylor (10-2005). "Purified by Fire". Christianity Today. Retrieved on 2007-08-25.
^ CeCe Winans Q&A
^ a b "At Home with CeCe Winans". Ebony Magazine. Retrieved on 2007-08-25.
^ Winans, CeCe (August 1, 2000). On A Positive Note.
^ a b c d e f "CeCe Winans Albums Chart History". Billboard.com.
^ a b c "CeCe Winans Singles Chart History". Billboard.com.
^ "The Official 22nd Annual Stellar Award Winners (2007)". Gospel Flava. January 13, 2007. Retrieved on 2007-01-15.
^ a b "CeCe Winans Official Biography". PureSprings Gospel. Retrieved on 2007-08-03.
^ At Home With CeCe Winans Part 2- Ebony Magazine
Other References
Winans, CeCe: On A Positive Note (August 1, 2000)
[edit]External links
www.cecewinans.com - Official CeCe Winans Internet site
Cece Winans - Interview (August 2008) on BlackGospel.com
Cece Winans Amazon Astore: Music, Books & Video
CeCe Winans at Allmusic
CeCe Winans discusses On the Move curriculum
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Discography
Solo • With BeBe Winans
North American Albums
Alone In His Presence • Everlasting Love • His Gift • Alabaster Box • CeCe Winans • Throne Room • Purified • Thy Kingdom Come
Related Articles
BeBe Winans • Winans family • PureSprings Gospel • BeBe & CeCe Winans • Melinda Doolittle • The PTL Club
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Up Where We Belong
Bebe And Cece Winans Lyrics
Jump to: Overall Meaning ↴ Line by Line Meaning ↴
In a world, few hearts survive
All I know is the way I feel
When it's real, I keep it alive
The road is long, there are mountains in your way But we climb a step every day
Love lift us up where we belong, where the eagles cry
On a mountain high
We know, up where the clear wind blow
Some hang on to used to be
Live their lives, looking behind
All we have is here and now
All our life, out there to find
The road is long, there are mountains in our way,
But we climb them a step ev'ry day
Love lift us up where we belong, where the eagles cry
On a mountain high
Love lift us up where we belong, far from the world
We know, up where the clear winds blow
Time goes by, no time to cry, life's you and I
A live today
Love lift us up where we belong, where the eagles cry
On a mountain high
Love lift us up where we belong, far from the world
We know, where the clear winds blow
The song "Up Where We Belong" by Bebe and Cece Winans is a touching and uplifting song that talks about love, hope, and perseverance. The lines "Who knows what tomorrow brings, in a world few hearts survive" allude to the uncertainty and hardships of life, acknowledging the struggles that people face every day. But amid these trials, the singer believes that holding onto love is what keeps them going, saying "All I know is the way I feel when it's real, I keep it alive." The song's chorus builds on this idea of love lifting people up, allowing them to rise above their troubles and soar "where the eagles cry on a mountain high."
The second verse of the song is a call to live in the present moment, rather than dwelling on the past. The line "Some hang on to used to be, live their lives, looking behind" speaks to the danger of fixating on what has already happened, rather than focusing on what's ahead. The singer encourages listeners to seek out the adventure and joy that life has to offer, saying "All we have is here and now, all our life, out there to find." The song ends with a final chorus that echoes the uplifting message of the song as a whole.
Overall, "Up Where We Belong" is a beautiful tribute to love and the human spirit. It acknowledges the difficulty of the world we live in, but ultimately offers a hopeful message of perseverance and the power of love to lift us up.
Line by Line Meaning
Who knows what tomorrow brings
The future is unknown and cannot be predicted
In a world, few hearts survive
The world can be a difficult and harsh place, making it hard for people to keep their hearts unbroken
All I know is the way I feel
Our emotions are the most powerful tool we have to navigate this uncertain world
When it's real, I keep it alive
Authenticity and sincerity are crucial to keeping our emotions alive and thriving
The road is long, there are mountains in your way
The journey through life is full of obstacles and challenges
But we climb a step every day
We can persevere through challenges by taking things one step at a time
Love lift us up where we belong, where the eagles cry
Love has the power to elevate us to new heights and provide us with a sense of freedom
On a mountain high
Metaphorically, when we are in love, we feel like we are on top of the world
Far from the world we know, up where the clear wind blow
Love can take us to a place free from the burdens and worries of our everyday lives
Some hang on to used to be
Some people cling to the past and have difficulty moving forward
Live their lives, looking behind
These people focus more on what has happened in the past than what is happening in the present
All we have is here and now
The present moment is where our attention should be focused
All our life, out there to find
Our journey through life is a quest to find meaning, fulfillment, and happiness
The road is long, there are mountains in our way
Our personal journey to find purpose can be difficult and require perseverance
But we climb them a step every day
We can make progress towards finding meaning by taking small steps every day
Time goes by, no time to cry, life's you and I
Life keeps moving forward and we must make the most of the time we have
Live today
The present moment is all we have, so we should focus on living our lives to the fullest
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: JACK NITZSCHE, BUFFY SAINT-MARIE, WILL JENNINGS
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind