Birth name Y'Anna Monique Crawley Occupation(s) Singer, songwriter Labels Imago Dei | Origin Washington, D.C. Years active 2009–present Genre Urban contemporary gospel | |
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Instruments Singing, Singer-songwriter Similar Amber Bullock, Le'Andria Johnson, Crystal Aikin, Tasha Page‑Lockhart, Latice Crawford | ||
Y'Anna Monique Crawley (born April 11, 1977) is an American urban contemporary gospel artist and musician. She started her music career, in 2009, by performing on 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.
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Early life
Crawley was born Y'Anna Monique Crawley, on April 11, 1977, in Maryland, and she resides in Washington, D.C.. She comes from a long line of musicians, and she is related to Julius Cheeks. Crawley became pregnant when she was 17, and this caused her to do backup vocal duties for Jennifer Lopez and gospel musician Stephen Hurd.
Music career
Her music career started in 2009, with the appearance on BET's reality television signing competition, Sunday Best, where she finished was the season 2 champion, and this got her a recording contract. She released, The Promise, on August 24, 2010, with Imago Dei Music Group. This album was her breakthrough album upon the Billboard magazine charts, where it placed on the Top Gospel Albums and Independent Albums charts, peaking at Nos. 2 and 42, correspondingly. She would win a Stellar Award for Female Artist of the Year, in 2012.
Personal life
She has two children, having boys 13 years apart.
