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Jekalyn Carr

Jekalyn Carr

Jekalyn Carr is a gospel singer, songwriter, author, actress, and motivational speaker. She made her name in the mid-2010s, earning her first hit at the age of 15 with 2012's "Greater Is Coming" and releasing a string of increasingly successful albums including 2016's The Life Project and 2018's Grammy-nominated One Nation Under God. Along the way, the inspirational artist found time to launch an acting career and pen a book as well. After an award-winning live album, Changing Your Story, Carr returned to the studio for 2023's Jekalyn.

The West Memphis-based gospel artist made her debut in 2010 with the EP God Has a Promise Over Your Life. In 2012, Carr landed a hit with the single "Greater Is Coming," which became the title track of her debut full-length in 2013. The album climbed into the Billboard 200 album chart and debuted at number three on Billboard's Top Gospel Albums chart, earning her a Stellar Award. Her 2014 sophomore outing, It's Gonna Happen, peaked at the number nine slot on the Gospel Albums chart. Arriving two years later, The Life Project gave Carr her first number one, debuting atop the Gospel Albums chart and yielding the hit single "You're Bigger." In addition to being featured on a 2017 episode of the OWN TV series Greenleaf, she notched another hit single, "You Will Win," and in 2018 published an inspirational book of the same name. Carr's fourth long-player, One Nation Under God, followed in 2018, again topping the gospel chart and earning two Grammy nominations. She made her film acting debut in the family drama Never Heard.

The lush stand-alone single "I See Miracles" arrived in 2019, setting the tone for her next release, the live set Changing Your Story. Carr's poignant motivational concert album earned her another Grammy nomination and won two Stellar Awards. Meanwhile, she continued her acting career, starring in the film Praise This while also expanding her own line of beauty products. After a four-year break between studio albums, she returned in 2023 with the personal and uplifting Jekalyn. ~ David Jeffries

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