In 2017, Caesar was honored with a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award from The Recording Academy. She gave a speech on the evolution of gospel music to the US Treasury Department. She has made several notable appearances including the televised Live from Disney World Night of Joy, the Gospel According to VH1, and a White House performance for President George Bush. According to SoundScan she has sold 2.2 million albums since 1991. She has won 11 Grammy Awards (including The Lifetime Achievement Grammy Award), 14 Stellar Awards, 15 Dove Awards, 1 RIAA gold certification, an Essence Award, McDonald's Golden Circle Lifetime Achievement Award, NAACP Lifetime Achievement Award, SESAC Lifetime Achievement Award, Rhapsody & Rhythm Award from the National Museum of African American Music, as well as induction into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame. Ĭaesar's credits also include a series of commercials for MCI Communications and numerous awards for her recordings. She is also the creator of the #unameit challenge, which occurred during one of her song sermonettes. 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. She began recording with Federal Records at the age of 12 in 1951.

She has won 11 Grammys in addition to Dove Awards and Stellar Awards Caesar is known as the 'First Lady of Gospel Music' and 'The Queen of Gospel Music'. Shirley Ann Caesar-Williams (born October 13, 1938), known professionally as Shirley Caesar, is an American gospel singer whose career has spanned seven decades.

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