用“来自天际最美丽最温暖的声音”来形容Yolanda Adams真是再恰当不过了！这位成功横跨并虏获福音、灵魂、节奏蓝调、流行等多界听众的Yolanda，1987年顺利得到一纸唱片合约后，于90年正式推出首张作品《Just As I Am》，接着91年的《Through The Storm》及93年的《Save The World》就开始了她接踵而来奖项加身的耀眼战绩！95年的《More The A Melody》不但成功跨进节奏蓝调领域，更获颁灵魂列车奖项之最佳灵魂女艺人。 1988年就出道的她，在美国早已视为是最具实力的新生代福音女歌手。96年是Yolanda声名大噪的一年，首先她的《Yolanda Live in Washington》专辑被提年该年葛莱美奖最佳福音女歌手，之后福音乐界首屈一指的乐团Kirk Franklin & the Family也邀请Yolanda参加他们的全美巡回演唱，于是顺利打开Yolanda在美国的知名度。99年，Yolanda与ELEKTRA签约发行首张跨足流行乐界的专辑《福至心灵》（Mountain High，Valley Low）不但称后福音榜榜首，还成功打入流行榜Top30，销售大破百万，也顺利为Yolanda夺下生平第一座葛莱美奖。在2003年的电影《The Sum Of All Fears》中Yolanda Adams演唱了影片的主题歌If We Could Remember，这首歌由Can't Fight The Moonlight的制作人Trevor Horn改编自Jerry Goldsmith打造的主题音乐，成为一首拥抱希望的灵性小品。
by John Bush
Another in the line of gospel artists putting the soul and fervor back in R&B music, Yolanda Adams was a school teacher in Houston during the mid-'80s and occasionally did modeling work. Her mother had studied music while at college, so Adams grew up listening to jazz and classical music as well as gospel artists such as James Cleveland and the Edwin Hawkins Singers and R&B vocalists like Stevie Wonder and Nancy Wilson.
Yolanda Adams' debut album, Just as I Am appeared in 1988 on Sounds of Gospel. Though she was initially criticized in the Christian community for embracing secular music and fashion to accompany her gospel-themed music, the growth of publicly popular gospel in the mid-'90s pushed her into the spotlight; Adams toured with Kirk Franklin & the Family, and her 1996 album Yolanda Live in Washington was nominated for a Grammy. Songs From the Heart followed in 1998, and a year later she returned with Mountain High Valley Low which topped her live album by winning a Grammy. In 2000 she ventured into new territory by issuing a Christmas album, A Yolanda Adams Christmas. Experience followed a year later.