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Birth name
  
Norman Earil Hutchins

Years active
  
1992–present

Name
  
Norman Hutchins


Origin
  
Dover, Delaware

Role
  
Musician

Occupation(s)
  
Singer, songwriter

Record label
  
Sparrow Records

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Born
  
September 27, 1962 (age 61) Delaware (
1962-09-27
)

Instruments
  
vocals, singer-songwriter

Albums
  
Spontaneous Praise, If You Didn't Know, Now You Know

Genres
  
Gospel music, Traditional black gospel, Urban contemporary gospel, Southern gospel

Similar People
  
Beverly Crawford, Chicago Mass Choir, Hezekiah Walker, Mississippi Mass Choir, Donald Lawrence

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Also known as
  
Dr. Norman Hutchins

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Norman Earil Hutchins (born September 27, 1962) is an American gospel musician. He started his solo music career, in 1992, with the release of, Norman Hutchins, that was released by Sparrow Records. He has released ten albums, over the course of 21 years, with Sparrow Records, JDI Records, and IR Records. Seven albums have charted on the Billboard magazine Gospel Albums chart.

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Early life

Hutchins was born September 27, 1962, in Delaware, as Norman Earil Hutchins. He started preaching at the age of 8, while becoming ordained at the age of 12 by Bishop Foreman of Laurel, Delaware, and this allowed him to support his family, which his mother had 11 children that she had to raise. The preaching earned him $100 per evening. He went with his wife, at the age of 19, to Delaware, Pennsylvania, and became the preacher of Hope Church of God in Christ. He would eventually settle in Los Angeles, but would have to take meager jobs, until finally God lead him to West Angeles COGIC to be their music minister. Later on, he felt the call over him to move back to Delaware and start Frontline Ministries. He holds, a Master's Degree in Biblical Counseling and a Doctorate in Church Administration.

Personal life

He married Karen in late-1981 or early-1982, at the age of 19, and together they lead Frontline Ministries, based out of Dover, Delaware. He has battled diabetes, which caused him to lose some of his vision, and go temporarily blind. This caused his kidneys to fail, and his wife was the perfect match, for her husband that she donated her kidney to him.

Music career

His music career started in 1992, with the release of Norman Hutchins by Sparrow Records, and they would also release 1993's, Don't Stop Praying. Yet, these both failed to chart and were the only two releases with the label. He caught success, when he joined JDI Records in 1999, and they released his third album, Nobody But You, and this was his Billboard magazine chart debut release on the Gospel Albums chart. He subsequent albums with the label, saw success on that same chart, and those were, Battlefield in 1999, Emmanuel in 2001; however, one album failed to chart, Battlefield: The Sermon released in 2002. He would then sign to IR Records, for the releases of Spontaneous Praise, Vol. 1 in 2008, 2009's God Is Faithful, If You Didn't Know...Now You Know in 2011, and 2013's Hosanna, which all of them charted on the Gospel Albums chart. He has received eight Dove Award nominations and eight Stellar Award nominations, along with Grammy Awards nominations.

References

Norman Hutchins Wikipedia