Y'Anna Crawley

Y'Anna Crawley
Birth name Y'Anna Monique Crawley
Born (1977-04-11) April 11, 1977
Maryland
Origin Washington, D.C.
Genres urban contemporary gospel
Occupation(s) Singer, songwriter
Instruments vocals, singer-songwriter
Years active 2009–present
Labels Imago Dei

Y'Anna Monique Crawley (born April 11, 1977) is an American urban contemporary gospel artist and musician. She started her music career, in 2009, by performing on Sunday Best on BET. Her first studio album, The Promise, was released in 2012, by Imago Dei Music Group. This album was her breakthrough release upon the Billboard magazine charts.

Early life

Crawley was born Y'Anna Monique Crawley,[1] on April 11,[2] 1977,[3] in Maryland, and she resides in Washington, D.C..[4] She comes from a long line of musicians, and she is related to Julius Cheeks.[4] Crawley became pregnant when she was 17, and this caused her to do backup vocal duties for Jennifer Lopez and gospel musician Stephen Hurd.[4]

Music career

Her music career started in 2009, with the appearance on BET's reality television signing competition, Sunday Best, where she finished was the season 2 champion, and this got her a recording contract.[4] She released, The Promise, on August 24, 2010, with Imago Dei Music Group.[5] This album was her breakthrough album upon the Billboard magazine charts, where it placed on the Top Gospel Albums and Independent Albums charts, peaking at Nos. 2 and 42, correspondingly.[6][7] She would win a Stellar Award for Female Artist of the Year, in 2012.[4]

Personal life

She has two children, having boys 13 years apart.[8]

Discography

Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions
US
Gos[6]		 US
Ind[7]
The Promise 2 42

References

  1. ↑ American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. "So Glad I'm Saved Work ID No. 883710938 ISWC No. T9148038997 IPI No. 429710357 (CRAWLEY YANNA MONIQUE)". American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. Retrieved January 1, 2015. Work ID No. 883710938 ISWC No. T9148038997 IPI No. 429710357 (CRAWLEY YANNA MONIQUE)|
  2. ↑ Y'Anna Crawley (YannaC_Soulsing) (April 11, 2012). "Happy birthday to my Bday twin and my Sunday Best winner also @singamber go girl!! It's our day!!!". Twitter. Retrieved January 1, 2016.
  3. ↑ Y'Anna Crawley (YannaC_Soulsing) (April 13, 2011). "34 years of life. I've seen, been through and done a lot of thing pleasing and not so pleasing in God's sight!". Twitter. Retrieved January 1, 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Cummings, Tony (February 3, 2012). "Y'Anna Crawley: Overcoming teenage traumas to become a gospel star". Cross Rhythms. Retrieved January 1, 2016.
  5. ↑ Seddon, Clare (April 12, 2012). "Review: The Promise - Y'Anna". Cross Rhythms. Retrieved January 1, 2016.
  6. 1 2 "Y'anna - Chart History : Gospel Albums". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved January 1, 2016.
  7. 1 2 "Y'anna - Chart History : Independent Albums". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved January 1, 2016.
  8. ↑ NRTTeamAdminpublisher=New Release Today (August 24, 2010). "Y'Anna Crawley Artist Profile". Retrieved January 1, 2016.

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Preceded by
Crystal Aikin		 Sunday Best winner
2009 		Succeeded by
Le'Andria Johnson
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