CeCe Winans discography

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CeCe Winans discography
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Studio albums13
Live albums1
Compilation albums1

This is a comprehensive listing of official releases by CeCe Winans, an American gospel singer. Winans is the best-selling and most-awarded female gospel artist of all time. She has sold 17 million records worldwide and won 12 Grammy Awards, 23 Dove Awards, and 15 Stellar Awards. Furthermore, Winans is an inductee in the Gospel Music Hall of Fame, with stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and Nashville Music City Walk of Fame. [1]

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In 1996, "Count On Me", a duet with Whitney Houston from the Waiting to Exhale: Original Soundtrack Album , peaked at number 8 on the US Billboard Hot 100, becoming one of the best-selling singles of the year with a ranking of number 48 on the year-end chart. It was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America on May 1, 1996, selling 800,000 US units as of January 1997. [2] The song also peaked at number 12 on the UK Singles Chart and within the top 40 in Austria, [3] Iceland, [4] the Netherlands, [5] New Zealand [6] and Switzerland. [7] It has since sold 2 million units. [1]

Starting with her solo debut, Alone in His Presence (1995), Winans has topped the US Top Gospel Albums chart seven times, with Alabaster Box (1999) accumalating 10 weeks at number-one [8] and being one of five albums certified Gold by the RIAA, including her debut which was also certified Platinum. [9] Additionally, she's accumulated six top 10 hits on the US Top Gospel Songs chart, including "Pray" and "Believe for It", which reached number-one; the latter holding that position for a total of 12 weeks. [10]

Albums

Studio albums

List of live albums, with selected chart positions
TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions Certifications
(sales threshold)
Sales
US
[11]
US
R&B
/HH

[12]
US
Gospel

[8]
US
Christ.

[13]
UK
Christ. & Gospel

[14]
Alone in His Presence
  • Released: September 28, 1995
  • Label: Sparrow
12422
  • US: Platinum [9]
Everlasting Love
  • Released: March 17, 1998
  • Label: Pioneer Music Group / Atlantic
1073512
His Gift
  • Released: September 24, 1998
  • Label: Pioneer Music Group / Atlantic
317
Alabaster Box 1295515
CeCe Winans
  • Released: Jun 19, 2001
  • Label: WellSpring Gospel / Sparrow
1164822
Throne Room
  • Released: September 9, 2003
  • Label: PureSprings Gospel / INO / Epic
322111
Purified
  • Released: September 13, 2005
  • Label: PureSprings Gospel / INO / Epic
411213
Thy Kingdom Come
  • Released: April 1, 2008
  • Label: PureSprings Gospel / EMI Gospel
57111
Songs of Emotional Healing
  • Released: May 18, 2010
  • Label: PureSprings Gospel / EMI Gospel
3
Let Them Fall in Love
  • Released: February 3, 2017
  • Label: PureSprings Gospel / Thirty Tigers
103110
Something's Happening! A Christmas Album
  • Released: October 19, 2018
  • Label: PureSprings Gospel
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart.

Live albums

List of live albums, with selected chart positions
TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
US
Gospel

[8]
US
Christ.

[13]
UK
Christ. & Gospel

[14]
Believe for It 1311
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart.

Compilation albums

List of compilation albums, with selected chart positions
TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
US
Gospel

[8]
For Always: The Best of CeCe Winans
  • Released: September 28, 2010
  • Label: PureSprings Gospel / EMI Gospel
17
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart.
Other albums

CeCe Winans Presents The Born Again Church Choir

  • Released: 2003

CeCe Winans Presents Pure Worship

CeCe Winans Presents Kingdom Kidz

  • Released: August 28, 2007

Singles

As a lead artist

TitleYearPeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbum
US
[17]
US Gospel
[10]
US
Adult R&B

[18]
US R&B
/HH

[19]
AUT
[20]
GER
[21]
NLD
[22]
NZ
[23]
SWI
[24]
UK
[14]
"Count on Me"
(with Whitney Houston )
1996817287530263112 Waiting to Exhale: Original Soundtrack Album
"Well, Alright"1998 [upper-alpha 1] 1247Everlasting Love
"More than What I Wanted"2001965 CeCe Winans
"Anybody Wanna Pray"27
"Pray"20051 Purified
"All That I Need"
"He's Concerned"11
"You Are Loved"200638
"Let Everything that Hath Breath" [upper-alpha 2]
"Waging War"200812 Thy Kingdom Come
"More"201030For Always - The Best of CeCe Winans
"Never Have to Be Alone"2016426 Let Them Fall in Love
"Hey Devil!"
(with The Clark Sisters )
22
"Never Lost"20202 Believe for It
"Believe for It"2021 [upper-alpha 3] 1
"Believe for It (Eu Creio)"
(with Gabriela Rocha )
202224
"I've Got Joy"202311Believe for It
"Holy Forever"202312TBA
"That's My King"20242
"Come Jesus Come"8
"—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart.

Other charted songs

TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
US
[17]
US Gospel
[10]
US
Christ.

[28]
"Goodness of God"2022 [upper-alpha 4] 26Believe for It
"Worthy of it All"20231028
"—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart.

Guest appearances and soundtracks

Notes

  1. "Well, Alright" did not enter the US Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 9 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart. [25]
  2. "Let Everything that Hath Breath" did not enter the US Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 8 on the Dance Club Songs chart. [26]
  3. "Believe for It" did not enter the US Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 49 on the Digital Song Sales chart. [27]
  4. "Goodness of God" did not enter the US Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 46 on the Digital Song Sales chart. [27]

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