CeCe Winans is an American gospel singer. She has sold 19 million records in the United States and over 27 million records worldwide with 15 Grammy Awards, 23 Dove Awards, and 16 Stellar Awards. Furthermore, Winans is an inaugural inductee in the Gospel Music Hall of Fame and has stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and Nashville Music City Walk of Fame. She is the best-selling and most-awarded female gospel artist of all time.
In 1996, "Count On Me", a duet with Whitney Houston from the ', 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. The song also reached No. 12 on the UK Singles Chart and within the top 40 in Austria, Iceland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, and Switzerland. Since then it has sold 2 million units.
Beginning with her solo debut, Alone in His Presence (1995), Winans has topped the US Top Gospel Albums chart seven times, with Alabaster Box (1999) spending 20 weeks at number-one and being one of five albums certified Gold by the RIAA, including her debut which was also certified Double Platinum. She also has accumulated six top 10 hits on the US Top Gospel Songs chart, including "Pray" and "Believe for It", which reached No. 1; the latter holding that position for a total of 12 weeks.