Beginning recording at the age
of 13 in 1951, Shirley Caesar
has released over forty albums.
She has participated in over 16
compilations and three gospel
musicals, Mama I Want to
Sing, Sing: Mama 2 and Born
to sing: Mama 3.
Her credits also include a series
of commercials for MCI
Communications and several
awards for her recordings. She
has won or received 11
Grammy Awards, 13 Stellar
Awards, 18 Doves, 1 RIAA
gold certification, an Essence
Award, McDonald's Golden
Circle Lifetime Achievement
Award, NAACP Achievement
Award, SESAC Lifetime
Achievement Award, as well as
induction into the Gospel
Music Hall of Fame.
According to Soundscan, she
has sold 2.2 million albums
since 1991. She has made
several notable appearances,
including the televised Live
from Disney World Night of
Joy, the Gospel According
to VH1, a White
House performance for George
Bush, and a speech on the
Evolution of Gospel Music to
the US Treasury Department.
Caesar first began singing and
performing for family and
friends. She first recorded in
1949, at age 11. Her
professional adult 'career'
began when she was 20, when