The Gospel According to Yolanda

A look at Yolanda Adams' career.

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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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)

Photo By Photo: Courtesy Columbia Records

Yolanda Adams  - Gospel great Yolanda Adams returns to Celebration of Gospel! (Photo:  Earl Gibson III/Getty Images for BET)

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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)

Photo By Photo: Earl Gibson III/Getty Images for BET

Yolanda Adams - Gospel great Yolanda Adams' mass appeal is one facet of her career that mirrors that of Chanté Moore. (Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images for NAACP Image Awards)

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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)

Yolanda Adams - For close to two decades, Yolanda Adams has proven to be one of the most well known female voices in gospel music. (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images)

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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)

Take Us to the King - Yolanda Adams takes us to church, bringing sunshine to the stage with her performance alongside Amber Bullock, Y'anna Crawle, and Jessica Reedy.(Photo: Michael Buckner/Getty Images For BET)

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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)

Becoming...Yolanda  - Yolanda releases her 11th studio album, Becoming, in 2011. In a maverick move, the disc is released (and sold) by Walmart as an exclusive deal. The single "Be Still" is debuted on the her morning show.   (Photo: Elektra)

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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)