Mandisa accepts the award for pop/up to date album of the 12 months on the Dove Awards in 2014 in Nashville, Tenn. Mark Humphrey/AP disguise caption
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Mandisa accepts the award for pop/up to date album of the 12 months on the Dove Awards in 2014 in Nashville, Tenn.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Mandisa, a up to date Christian singer who appeared on “American Idol” and received a Grammy for her 2013 album ‘Overcomer’, has died. She was 47.
A consultant for the singer informed The Related Press that the singer was discovered useless in her house in Nashville, Tennessee, on Thursday. The consultant mentioned the reason for Mandisa’s dying was not but identified.
Mandisa, whose full identify was Mandisa Lynn Hundley, was born close to Sacramento, California, and grew up singing in church. She gained stardom after ending ninth on “American Idol” in 2006.
As she left, host Ryan Seacrest informed the singer that she was “a terrific spirit on the present.”
Mandisa moved on, releasing her debut album in 2007 referred to as “True Magnificence,” which acquired a Grammy nomination that 12 months for finest pop and up to date gospel album.
She went on to launch 5 extra albums, together with a Christmas album.
In 2014, she received a Grammy for finest up to date Christian music album for “Overcomer,” her fifth album.
Mandisa spoke brazenly about her struggles with melancholy, releasing a memoir entitled “Out of the Darkish: My Journey By the Shadows to Discover God’s Pleasure” in 2022 that detailed her experiences with extreme melancholy, weight-related challenges, the coronavirus pandemic and her religion.
On Friday, the Christian radio community Ok-Love paid tribute to the singer on social media, saying: “Mandisa struggled, and she or he was susceptible sufficient to share that with us, which helped us speak about our personal struggles.”
