Kierra Sheard

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Kierra Valencia "Kiki" Sheard, born in Detroit, Michigan, in 1990, is an American gospel singer, fashion designer, and radio host.

She is the granddaughter of gospel choirleader Mattie Moss Clark's niece and the niece of gospel singer Karen Clark Sheard (member of gospel singing group The Clark Sisters).

In the 2010 Christian-drama film Preacher's Kid, Sheard portrayed Litha.

Sheard made her debut album I Owe You in 2004 after appearing on her mother's albums.

Her hit song "You Don't Know" was about her mother's battle with a nearly lethal blood clot.

Early life

Sheard, a Detroit, Michigan, native of West Bloomfield, Michigan, spent her formative years surrounded by the influences of her family, their faith, and their music. She began singing in the choir at Greater Emmanuel Institutional Church of God in Christ, pastored by her father, Bishop J. Drew Sheard.

Personal life

Sheard is a graduate of Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan, where she earned her bachelor's degree in English with a minor in psychology. Sheard's touring schedule has been reduced to accommodate her academic ambitions, but she and her mother Karen Clark-Sheard embarked on a Japanese tour in August 2006. Sheard began preaching at her father's church and others in 2013. She was officially recognised as a evangelist in the COGIC in 2017.

Sheard's Fall/Winter series of Eleven60 celebrates her inspiration, her mother, Karen Clark Sheard, which was announced in June 2015. Clark Sheard was born in Eleven60, according to the month and year. Sheard has created timeless and refreshing looks for the modern curvy woman, who is chic, sexy, bold, and eclectic. She has crisscrossed the globe and inculcated the fashion styles of New York City, London, Paris, Tokyo, and Seoul.

In 2020, she released her debut on “KierRA” produced by her brother and producer J. Drew Sheard is a writer who writes about Drew Sheard.

Sheard proposed to her fiancé Jordan Kelly on June 20, 2020, her 33rd birthday, and the two married on December 12, 2020.

Sheard and Kelly announced on December 12, 2020, in a private ceremony surrounded by close family and relatives.

"Big, Bold, Beautiful: Owning the Woman God Made You to Be" is Sheards' first book, which is a young teenager and young adult book, is set to be published in April 2021.

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Music career

Sheard made her professional recording debut on her mother's debut solo album Finally Karen (1997) at the age of 9. The song "The Will Of God" received a Stellar Award for Best Children's Performance. Sheard performed as background vocalist for her mother, aunt Dorinda Clark-Cole, and the Clark Sisters in the ensuing years. Sheard was included on Clark-Cole's self-titled debut album in 2002. She appeared on "You Loved Me" (a gospel cover of Jill Scott's "He Loves Me (Lyzel In E Flat)) in 2003) and with J Moss on "Don't Change" (a gospel cover of Jill Scott's "Don't Change) ("Doing The Glory.) EMI Gospel won a bidding war against several record companies in order to sign Sheard that same year.

On September 7, 2004, she debuting I Owe You was released. Rodney Jerkins, Warryn Campbell, Erica, and Tina Campbell of Mary Mary, Sheard's cousin J Moss, and Tonéx were among the 11-track set. The album served as her brother J Drew's debut on the project. Sheard made history by debuting at number one on the Top Gospel Albums chart with his debut with I Owe You.

On August 2, 2005, EMI sponsored Just Until..., a series of remixes. "Just Until The Next Record" was the stopgap's title, which was abbreviated from its working title. In the Godson Concept remix of "Let Go," the album had a surprise international hit. The upbeat gospel single, which was limited to Japan, climbed to the top of the mainstream R&B charts and stayed there for several weeks.

Sheard's second album, This Is Me, appeared shortly after graduating high school. It debuted at No. 1 in the United States. 1 on Billboard's Top Gospel Albums chart when it was announced on June 27, 2006. "Why Me?" a Fred Jerkins III-produced "Why Me?" a midtempo fan favorite. The album's lead single was selected. "Yes" and "This Is Me" was Sheard's first music video for two new singles from the album. In December 2006, the album was nominated for Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album by a Grammy Award-nominated artist.

In addition to winning the 2007 Stellar Awards, "Why Me?" asked the presenter. "Sheard appeared in "Endow Me" (as popularized by Sheard's mother and aunts) on BET's Celebration of Gospel, as well as Coko, Lil' Mo, and Fantasia. Sheard sang with her mother at A Tribute to Aretha Franklin.

Sheard appeared on Mary Mary's crossover hit, "God in Me," from The Sound album in 2008. "God in Me" was Sheard's first appearance on the US Hot 100, where it ranked at number 68. In addition, the single set a record for the longest chart-run by a group and the longest chart-run by a gospel band on the Hot R&B/Hip Songs chart, where it remained at number five for 74 weeks and peaked at number 5. On Billboard's Dance Club and Hot Gospel Songs charts, "God in Me" was a major hit, peaking at number one on both directions and staying seven weeks atop the former for seven weeks in a row. At the 41st NAACP Image Awards, "God in Me" was named for "Outstanding Song."

Bold Right Life, Sheard's third album, came out in October 2008. The album, which was named after Sheard's youth group in Detroit, was billed as a "powerful blend of R&B/hip-hop, pop, rock, and traditional gospel" that'shifts from a brisk jump to pop ("My Boyfriend") to pop ("Invisible") to a more'sophistic ("Praise Him Now"), then to pop ("Invisible") and traditional ("Praise Him Now" after a 'th "Praise Him Now" and "Won't Hold Back" were two of the album's two lead singles. On the US Hot Gospel Songs chart, "Praise Him Now" debuted at number 7 on the US Hot Gospel Songs chart, whilst "Love Like Crazy" became Sheard's second Japanese hit, peaking at number 7 on the Japan Hot 100, peaking at number 7 on the Japan Hot 100.

At the BMI Trailblazers Luncheon in January 2009, Sheard performed "Jesus Is a Love Song" in honor of her aunt Elbernita "Twinkie" Clark.

On September 22, 2009, Sheard's Mixtape, a compilation, was released. Two new songs were released, "Sing to the Lord" co-written by Kierra, as "a high-octane blend of rock, CCR, and power pop" with Marcus Cole, as a 'bold and bracing' cover of Donny Hathaway's "This Christmas" with Marcus Cole.

Sheard appeared in the film Preacher's Kid (starring platinum-selling R&B musician LeToya Luckett, Durrell Babbs, Gregory Alan Williams, and Sharif Atkins), which was released in theaters around the country on January 29, 2010.

Free, Sheard's fourth album, was released on October 18, 2011. Karew Records, her family's gospel store, was her first album on her family's gospel label, Kuh-Rue. The album had been planned for a launch on July 12, 2011, but it was later pushed back and reformatted with a different track number. Sheard's BRL (Bold Right Life) Choir appears on the album.

The Sheards, Sheard and her family premiered in a new BET reality show on April 7, 2013. Sheard, her brother, and producer J. The show is based on Sheard's life. Drew and her siblings, Grammy Award-winning Karen Clark Sheard, and Pastor J. Drew Sheard Sr. Season 1 had eight episodes, and it had been revealed on the BET Twitter account that Season 2 would debut in the fall of 2014.

In 2013, Sheard released "Trumpets Blow," which was followed by "2nd Win" in 2014, which ranked within the top 20 of Billboard's Top Gospel Songs charts. Graceland, her fifth album, was released in 2014, just a few months after she was released on June 22, 2014. Graceland's second top 40 appearance on the Billboard 200 and fourth on the Top Gospel Albums chart was her second on the Billboard 200 and fourth on the Top Gospel Albums chart. At the 30th Annual Stellar Awards, Graceland was also recognized for Contemporary Female Vocalist of the Year.

The Clark Sisters of Gospel, a Lifetime biographical film starring Kierra Sheard, was the first female film to be released in 2020, and it was the highest rated original film release by Lifetime in four years. The film's soundtrack, which also stars Sheard, debuted at number 8 on the Billboard Top Gospel Albums chart, where it remained in its second week.

Sheard's sixth album Kierra followed this. With 6,000 equivalent album units, it became Kanye West's Jesus is King, her fifth chart-topping album, which had been ranked at number one on the Billboard Top Gospel Albums chart since November 9, 2019. Sheard co-wrote the entire album, which includes a mix of studio and live tracks recorded in her hometown, Detroit. "Don't Judge Me," "It Keeps Happening" and "Something Has To Break" were three top 20 hits on the Hot Gospel Songs chart, with "Don't Judge Me" leading off the album and "Something Has To Break" starring Tasha Cobbs Leonard, the former top 20 singles on the Hot Gospel Songs chart, the album debuted at number five, with "Don't Judge Me," "It Keeps Happening" and "Something Has To Break" (fame

Sheard appeared on actor and singer Nick Cannon's interpretation of Fred Hammond's gospel classic, No Weapon, in April 2021. "Something Has to Break," Kierra's "Something Has to Break," starring her mother Karen Clark-Sheard, hit number one on the Hot Gospel Airplay charts in October 2021, making it her fourth song to reach the top the charts. 'Kierra ties for the third-most Gospel Airplay No. 3', according to Billboard. Women ranked 1st in the charts' 2005 launch, with Tasha Cobbs Leonard in first place. Tamela Mann leads and shares Kirk Franklin's overall score (eight No. 7) with him. Jekalyn Carr has notched five points, while Jekalyn Carr has notched five.'

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