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Donald Andrew McClurkin Jr. (born November 9, 1959) is an American gospel music singer and minister. He has won three Grammy Awards, ten Stellar Awards, two BET Awards, two Soul Train Awards, one Dove Award and one NAACP Image Awards. He is one of the top selling gospel artists, selling over 13 million albums. Variety dubbed McClurkin as a "Reigning King of Urban Gospel".
By the time he was a teenager, he had formed the McClurkin Singers and later formed the New York Restoration Choir, with recordings as early as 1975. He released three albums with the New York Restoration Choir before departing to launch a solo career.
In 1991, a sharp pain and swelling, followed by internal bleeding, led, he says, to his diagnosis with leukemia. The doctor recommended immediate treatment, but McClurkin, who was then 31, decided instead to take his own advice. "I tell people to believe that God will save you," he says, "and I had to turn around and practice the very thing that I preached."
He was ordained and sent out by Marvin Winans in 2001 to establish Perfecting Faith Church in Freeport, New York, where he is senior pastor.
Dovetailing off the success of his near double platinum selling album, "Live in London and More," McClurkin released "Psalms,Hymns and Spiritual Songs" in 2005 and "We All Are One: Live In Detroit" in 2009, which also topped Billboard charts across various musical genres.
In 2014, McClurkin released "Duets" a collaborative album that features artists like Mary Mary’s Erica Campbell and Tina Campbell, Fred Hammond, John P. Kee, Dorinda Clark-Cole, Tramaine Hawkins, Israel Houghton and Tye Tribbett. The album debuted at No. 45 on the Billboard 200 and No. 4 on the Gospel Billboard charts. This was followed by his 2016 album, "The Journey," which debuted at number one on the Billboard Top Gospel Albums chart. It marked his seventh solo release and features live performances of some of his classics like “Speak to My Heart,” "Great Is Your Mercy," "Stand," and “That’s What I Believe.” His last recorded album is "A Different Song", which was released in 2019 and debuted at No. 2 on the Gospel Billboard charts.
McClurkin's love for people and desire to share gospel music globally is the reason he includes a language medley—Japanese, Russian, Spanish, and Dutch — in most live performances.
In 2009, he also broadcast his own television series, Perfecting Your Faith, on cable television. His television appearances include Good Morning America, CBS’s The Early Show, The View, Girlfriends and The Parkers. He has also been featured in such films as The Gospel and The Fighting Temptations. He played a Single man or a church pastor.
McClurkin's listing as a headlining performer for then-Senator Barack Obama's 2008 Presidential campaign stirred controversy because of his views on homosexuality. As a result, McClurkin was removed from the performance roster but he still performed at one of the concerts. In August 2013, McClurkin was disinvited from the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom as his Ex-gay movement status was seen as disruptive. In 2015 he spoke out against same-sex marriage in response to the U.S. Supreme Court making it legal nationwide.
McClurkin has a son, Matthew, born in 2000. McClurkin is also related to singer Marsha McClurkin of the short-lived new jack swing group Abstrac.
In 2018, McClurkin survived a serious road accident after he lost consciousness while driving.
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| 1997 | Contemporary Gospel Album of the Year | Donne McClurkin | |
| 1998 | Contemporary Gospel Recorded Song of the Year | "Speak To My Heart" | |
| 2001 | Traditional Gospel Recorded Song of the Year | "We Fall Down" | |
| Contemporary Gospel Recorded Song of the Year | "That's What I Believe" | ||
| Contemporary Gospel Album of the Year | Live in London and More | ||
| 2004 | ...Again | ||
| 2005 | Traditional Gospel Recorded Song of the Year | "Through the Fire" (with The Cobbs Family) | |
| 2006 | Contemporary Gospel Album of the Year | Psalms, Hymns & Spiritual Songs | |
| 2010 | Male Vocalist of the Year | Himself | |
| Contemporary Gospel Recorded Song of the Year | "Wait on the Lord" | ||
| 2011 | Traditional Gospel Album of the Year | Duets | |
| 2017 | The Journey Live | ||
| 2020 | A Different Song | ||
| 2023 | Traditional Gospel Recorded Song | "See the Goodness" (with VaShawn Mitchell) | |
| 1998 | Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album | Donnie McClurkin | |
| 2004 | ...Again | ||
| 2006 | Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album | Psalms, Hymns & Spiritual Songs | |
| Best Gospel Performance | "I Call You Faithful" | ||
| 2010 | "Wait on the Lord" (with Karen Clark Sheard) | ||
| 2002 | Best Gospel Album | Live In London | |
| 2004 | Donnie McClurkin... Again | ||
| 2006 | Psalms, Hymns & Spiritual Songs | ||
| 2014 | Best Gospel/Inspirational Song | "We Are Victorious" (with Tye Tribbett) | |
| 2016 | "I Need You" | ||
| 2000 | Contemporary Male Vocalist of the Year | The Prince of Egypt Inspirational | |
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| 2001 | New Artist of the Year | The McClurkin Project | |
| 2002 | Artist of the Year | Live In London and More | |
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| Music Video of the Year | Live In London | ||
| 2004 | "The Prayer" (with Yolanda Adams) | ||
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| 2006 | Artist of the Year | Psalms, Hymns & Spiritual Songs | |
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| 2007 | Music Video of the Year | "Ooh Child" (with Kirk Franklin) | |
| 2008 | Contemporary Group/Duo of the Year | We Praise You | |
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| 2010 | Traditional Male Artist of the Year | We All Are One (Live in Detroit) | |
| 2017 | The Journey (Live) | ||
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| 2021 | Traditional Album of the Year | A Different Song | |
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| 2004 | Michigan's International Gospel Music Hall of Fame | Himself | ||
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