Vickie Winans is an American gospel artist who started her career in 1985. She is known to have over so many personal challenges in her life.
She has been singing in the church since she was 8 years old. She is currently considered as one of the most hardworking women in gospel music for her constant shows and tours.
Vickie Winans has been married and divorced three times. Now in her 60s, she revealed that she has no plans of remarrying as she is focused on her life and career.
It was during her marriage to her second husband, Marvin Winans of The Winans that she started to pursue music as a career.
Who is Vickie Winans?
Vickie Winans was born Viviane Bowman on October 18, 1953, to her parents Aaron Bowman and Mattie A. Bowman. She is originally from Southfield, MI. she is the seventh child of her parents’ twelve children.
Personal Life: Husband and Children
Vickie Winans married her first husband, late bishop Ronald E. Brown of Faith Tabernacle Deliverance Temple in Orangeburg, South Carolina after she finished high school. The union was blessed with a son, Mario Mendell Brown who is better known as Mario Winans.
After Winans separated from the Bishop she married Marvin Winans in June 1978. Her husband Marvin was part of the gospel group The Winans. They also had two sons Marvin Jr. (coconut) and Josiah Winans. The marriage lasted for 16 years before shattering. The marriage ended in divorce in 1995.
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In 2003, Vickie Winans met and married a businessman. Joe McLemore. The marriage only lasted for a couple of years before she filed for a divorce. He later died in 2018.
Her first son Mario Winans is a 50-year-old singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist who has won a Grammy Award for the best gospel performance for writing CeCe Winana’s song ‘Pray’ with her.
Winans’s second son Marvin Jr. (coconut) is currently 45 years old. He began his journey in the music industry at the tender age of 5. He is not just focused on making good music but also good films as well. Her third son, Josiah Winans is also into music. He is a record producer.
Vickie Winans’ Siblings
Her parents Aaron Bowman and Mattie A. Bowman raised Winans and her siblings in Detroit, Michigan. Her mother was a housewife while her father worked at various places as a laborer, contractor, carpenter, and mason. She has 11 siblings: Beverly Bouldes, Sandi Tyler, Irma Crockett, Annette Tharpe, Aaron Bowman, Jr. (deceased), Carleen Riley, Cathy Williams, Mary Sturdivant, Bryan Bowman, Lorne Bowman, and Tim Bowman.
Net worth
Vickie Winans has an estimated net worth of $3 million dollars as of June 2021. Her career has been quite successful even though she had some personal issues. She makes her income through her music career.
Her ex-husband Marvin Winans who is a pastor and founder of the Marvin L. Winans School and the Perfecting church has a net worth of about $5 million.
Here are 5 Fast Facts about Vickie Winans
1. She was depressed after her divorce from Marvin Winans
Vickie Winans went through a lot of stress after her divorce from Marvin Winans. She developed ulcers on her esophagus, became diabetic, and gained a lot of weight. But thankfully, she was able to conquer it all.
2. Musical career
Shortly after she met the Winans family, she was asked to join the Winans Part II, singing group. The other members of the group were BeBe, CeCe, and Daniel Winans all siblings of her husband then.
Her husband later secured her a recording contract after they made a huge success on their record label, Light Records. She released her solo album be encouraged in 1987 and it was a major hit.
Winans released a follow-up album but it wasn’t well-received like the first one. The Winans later left the light records to Quincy Jones’s Qwest Records.
3. She lost her only daughter an hour after birth
Vickie Winans revealed in an interview that she lost her only daughter who was born prematurely an hour after birth. She had the baby after Marvin Winan jr. the baby came in the fifth month and weighed only one pound. The baby is not the only loved one the gospel singer has lost. She also lost her mother, Evangelist Mattie Bowman on December 12, 2006.
4. She has her own record label
After she left Verity Records, she began to pursue her own independent venture. She named her record label Destiny Joy after her baby girl. She also heads Vivane, Inc which she books shows for her stand-up comedy act.
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5. Vickie Winans weight loss journey
She began her weight loss journey after she made a joke about her weight on stage. She spoke about losing weight and hosting the Stellar Awards. The awards producer Don Jackson later called her to host the awards which imply she had to work on her weight.
Winans lost 35 pounds three months to the show. She was asked to host again the following year and she focused on the weight loss journey afterward.
