The Beginning - Yolanda Adams is one of the few gospel artists whose music and name are a part of the mainstream conciousness. This was due in part to her opting to use mainstream producers such as Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis on her '99 release Mountain High...Valley Low without wavering from the meaning of the music.(Photo: Courtesy Columbia Records)
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Moutain High...Valley Low - Moutain High...Valley Low sold over two million copies and won the Houston-bred songtress a Grammy, a feat that proved a decade of work was carving out a bright future. (Photo: Earl Gibson III/Getty Images for BET)
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Day by Day - Her second release in the 2000s. Day by Day, received critical acclaim and coincided with her label change from Atlantic Records to Columbia Records.(Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images for NAACP Image Awards)
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Evolution - Yolanda Adams began expanding her brand beyond music with the launch of The Yolanda Adams Morning Show and the release of her book, Points of Power, based on a segment from the morning show.(Photo: Jason Merritt/Getty Images)
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A Gospel Staple - In 2009, Billboard named Ms. Adams the top selling gospel artist of the decade, an accomplishment that furthers her running as a gospel legend to be. (Photo: Michael Buckner/Getty Images For BET)
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Becoming - In 2011, Yolanda Adams released her eleventh studio album, Becoming, which won a BET Award for Best Gospel Album and was proof that one of gospel's favorite vocalists' star is still shining bright. (Photo: Elektra)
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