Wynonna Judd
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Wynonna Ellen Judd is an Award-winning Country Music singer. She often goes by the single name Wynonna (pronounced "Wye-NO-nah").
Biography
Wynonna Judd was born on May 30, 1964, in Ashland, Kentucky, and was given the name Christina Claire Ciminella, although Michael Ciminella is not her biological father. He is the father of her sister, Ashley Judd. Wynonna's father was Charles Jordan, who died in 2000, and who was never married to Naomi Judd.
Her immediate family consists of her mother Naomi, half sister Ashley, son Elijah Judd (born December 23, 1994), daughter Pauline Grace (born June 21, 1996), and her second husband and former bodyguard, D.R. Roach (married November 22, 2003).
Before launching her solo career, Wynonna sang as part of a duo with her mother. Together, they were known as The Judds.
Wynonna is an active and vocal member of the Recording Artists' Coalition, an American music industry organization that represents recording artists, and attempts to defend their rights and interests.
Since her career began some of her achievements include no fewer than 20 #1 singles, a Grammy award and a performance at Super Bowl XXVIII in 1994. In 2000, she shared the stage with legendary rock band Phish.
In November 2003, Wynonna appeared on an episode of Oprah discussing what she described as a "severe" dependency to food. She has been working with the show to lose a significant amount of weight and get to the root of her dependency.
In September 2005 Wynonna made a second appearance on the show, discussing how she has lost some weight (but not yet at her goal weight) and has patched up broken relationships with her mother, and with the man she considers "her dad", Michael Ciminella, from whom she had also been estranged for almost a decade.
Both Naomi and Michael visited Wynonna at the Shades of Hope rehab center in Buffalo Gap, Texas, recently. During a family visit to Shades of Hope Treatment Center in Buffalo Gap, Texas, where Wynonna, 42, was being treated for food addiction,Ashley Judd was approached by counselors about treatment after emotional problems became apparent, she did a 47-day stint in February at a Texas treatment center to overcome lifelong emotional problems.
In September 2005, in an interview for The Insider, Wynonna also talked about being sexually assaulted by an acquaintance when she was younger.
She currently co-hosts the fourth season of the USA Network series Nashville Star with Cowboy Troy.
Other accomplishments
Although she is associated with the Country genre, she has also ventured into other music genres by allowing her cover verision of "I Want To Know What Love Is" to be released as a Dance track, where it peaked at number 12 on Billboard Radio Monitor's Hot Dance Airplay chart in 2005. Interestingly enough, she followed in the footsteps of other Country music artists who also embraced the Dance and Pop music genre like Shania Twain, K.T. Oslin and LeAnn Rimes.Discography
- 1992 - Wynonna - #4 (US), #1 (Country)
- 1993 - Tell Me Why - #5 (US), #1 (Country)
- 1996 - Revelations - #9 (US), #2 (Country)
- 1997 - The Other Side - #38 (US), #5 (Country)
- 2000 - New Day Dawning - #40 (US), #5 (Country)
- 2003 - What the World Needs Now Is Love - #8 (US), #1 (Country)
- 2005 - Her Story: Scenes From A Lifetime - #25 (US), #2 (Country)
Top 20 Songs
- She Is His Only Need (#1 Country)
- I Saw the Light (#1 Country)
- No One Else on Earth (#1 Country)
- My Strongest Weakness (#4 Country)
- Is It Over Yet (#6 Country)
- Only Love (#3 Country)
- Tell Me Why (#3 Country)
- Girls with Guitars (#10 Country)
- Rock Bottom (#2 Country)
- Heaven Help My Heart (#14 Country)
- To Be Loved by You (#1 Country)
- Come Some Rainy Day (#14 Country)
- When Love Starts Talkin' (#13 Country)
- What the World Needs (#14 Country)
- I Want to Know What Love Is (#14 Adult Contemporary;#12 Dance airplay)
Singles
| Year | Title | Chart Positions | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Hot 100 | US Country | |||
| 2005 | "Attitude" | - | #40 | Her Story: Scenes from a Lifetime |
External links
- [Wynonna official website]
- [An Interview with Wynonna Judd]
- [Interview Wynonna Judd]French
- [CD + DVD review Wynonna – Her Story: Scenes From A Lifetime]
- http://www.wynonna.homepage24.de/ The first German fanpage
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