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Weekly Celebrity Spotlight For January 29 Is Tamela Mann
Gospel singers have been spreading the gospel for centuries and are currently creating some of the best gospel and Christian songs of 2018. Tamela Mann is one of the best gospel singers in the world!
Tamela Mann, a contemporary gospel singer, got her start in the gospel music industry as a member of the ensemble “Kirk Franklin and the Family.”
Mann sang as a soloist on some of the band’s most well-known songs, such as “Lean On Me” and “Don’t Take Your Joy Away.” She later appeared in the Christian musical “He Say… She Say… But What Does God Say?” as the lead singer before pursuing a solo career and releasing the albums Gotta Keep Movin (2005), and The Master Plan (2009).
Tamela and her husband; David, who is also a gospel singer, started their own record label in 2005. The main song from Mann’s debut album, “Speak Lord,” reached #4 on the Gospel charts the same year it was released.
She later released a number of other albums, all of which found great success. Best Days, Mann’s third studio album, has a Gold certification and the catchy Grammy-nominated song “Take Me To The King” in the Best Gospel category.
She has also shared the stage and worked on projects with notable musicians including Yolanda Adams, Al Green, and Celine Dion. Mann is best known for playing Cora Simmons in the American sitcom “Tyler Perry’s House of Payne.”
Mann is also a well-known actress. She has performed as Cora Simmons in a number of Tyler Perry productions. She made appearances in the movies Diary of a Mad Black Woman (and contributed to the soundtrack by singing “Father (Can You Hear Me)”), Meet the Browns (2008), Madea Goes to Jail (2009), Madea’s Big Happy Family (2011), and A Madea Homecoming (2022).
The two have always collaborated on professional projects.
In the spring of 2013, David and Tamela reaffirmed their vows after 25 years of marriage. Together, they raised David’s daughters Porcia and Tiffany, Tiffany and Tamela’s sister Sonya, and their two offspring, David Jr. and Tia. They have eight grandchildren altogether.
