Y'Anna Monique Crawley (born April 11, 1977) is an American urban contemporary gospel artist and musician. She began her music career in 2009, performing on the 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.
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 graduated from Eastern High School in NE Washington, D.C., where she sang in the schools choir. Crawley comes from a long line of musicians, and is related to Julius Cheeks.[4] She became pregnant when she was 17, and this caused her to do backup vocal duties for Jennifer Lopez and gospel musician Stephen Hurd.[4]
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Crawley's music career began in 2009, with appearances on the BET network's signing competition, Sunday Best, where she finished as the season 2 champion, and received a recording contract.[4] She released, The Promise, on August 24, 2010, with Imago Dei Music Group.[5] The peaked at number 2 on the Top Gospel Albums and number 42 on the Independent Albums charts.[6][7] She would win a Stellar Award for Female Artist of the Year, in 2012.[4] She also is a choir member in Coming 2 America.
^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.
^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.
^ abcdeCummings, Tony (February 3, 2012). "Y'Anna Crawley: Overcoming teenage traumas to become a gospel star". Cross Rhythms. Retrieved January 1, 2016.
^Seddon, Clare (April 12, 2012). "Review: The Promise – Y'Anna". Cross Rhythms. Retrieved January 1, 2016.
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