Wynonna Judd

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Wynonna Judd

Wynonna Ellen Judd (born May 30, 1964) is an American country music singer. Born Christina Claire Ciminella, she often goes by the single name Wynonna (pronounced "Wye-NO-nah"). She is the daughter of singer Naomi Judd and the halfsister of actress Ashley Judd.

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Wynonna Judd shakes hands with Marine Cpl. Jamale Jones, a Pentagon tour guide, during a USO concert at the Pentagon

Judd was born in Ashland, Kentucky as Christina Claire Ciminella. She was given the last name of Michael Ciminella, her sister Ashley's biological father. Her own biological 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 20 #1 singles, a Grammy award and a performance at Super Bowl XXVIII in 1994. In 2000, she shared the stage with rock band Phish.

In November 2003, Wynonna appeared on an episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show 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. In September 2005, in an interview for The Insider, Wynonna also talked about being sexually assaulted by an acquaintance when she was younger.

She co-hosted the fourth season of the USA Network series Nashville Star with Cowboy Troy. On October 10, 2006 Wynonna released her first Christmas Album, A Classic Christmas, as a solo artist.

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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.

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• 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)
• 2006 - A Classic Christmas - #53 (US), #10 (Country)

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Wynonna Judd

• 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)
• Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (#7 Adult Contemporary)

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[edit] External links

• Wynonna official website
• Wynonna Web
• http://www.wynonna.de.vu/ The first German fanpage
• Wynonna Judd Lyrics