Donald
Andrew McClurkin, Jr. (born November 9, 1959) is an American gospel music
singer and minister. He has won three Grammy awards, 10 Stellar awards, 2 BET
awards, 2 Soul Train awards, 1 Dove award and 1 NAACP Image award for his work.
McClurkin was born in
Copiague, New York and raised in Amityville, both on Long Island. McClurkin
found comfort in church and through an aunt who sang background vocals with
gospel music/musician Andraé Crouch.
He formed the McClurkin
Singers by the time he was a teenager, and later formed another group, the New
York Restoration Choir. He was hired as an associate minister at Marvin Winans'
Perfecting Church in Detroit, in 1989. McClurkin served as an assistant to
Winans for over a decade. He was ordained and sent out by Winans in 2001 to
establish Perfecting Faith Church in Freeport, New York, where he is now Senior
Pastor.
At the 48th Annual
Grammy Awards, he won in the category Traditional Soul Gospel Album, for
"Psalms, Hymns & Spiritual Songs. " McClurkin is best known for
his hit songs “Stand” and “We Fall Down” which were played in heavy rotation on
both Gospel and Urban radio. His three solo albums have topped the Billboard
charts.
Dovetailing off the success
of his near double-platinum selling album,"Live in London and More"
McClurkin released "Psalms,Hymns and Spiritual Songs" in 2005 and “We
All Are One: Live In Detroit” in 2009 which also topped Billboard charts across
various musical genres. McClurkin's love for people and desire to share gospel
music,globally, is why he includes a language medley:Japanese, Russian,
Spanish, and Dutch in most live performances.
McClurkin will be
ministering at The Experience Lagos on Friday December 6, Tafawa Balewa Square.
Be there!
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