{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Lucinda Moore | image =Lucinda_Moore.jpg | caption =Lucinda Moore, c.2014 | image_size = | birth_name = Lucinda Simmons | alias = | birth_date = | birth_place = Bridgeport, Connecticut | origin = | instrument = vocals, singer-songwriter | genre = Gospel, traditional black gospel, urban contemporary gospel | occupation = Singer, songwriter | years_active = 1989–present | label = Tyscot | associated_acts = | website = {{URL|lucindamoore.com/}} }}
'''Lucinda Moore''' (''née'', '''Simmons''') is an American urban contemporary gospel, traditional black gospel, and gospel music recording artist and musician. She started her music career in 1989, and her first studio album, ''Lucinda Moore'', was released by Tyscot Records in 2006. Her second album, ''Blessed, Broken & Given'', was released in 2010, by them. These albums both achieved placements on the ''Billboard'' magazine charts.
==Early life== Lucinda Moore was born to John Earl and Mary Simmons, where she was raised with her younger sister, Marion.<ref name="Biography">{{cite web|first=Lucinda|last=Moore|title=Biography |publisher=Lucinda Moore |access-date=February 6, 2016 |url=http://www.lucindamoore.com/sg_userfiles/LUCINDAMOOREBio.pdf}}</ref> She began singing at fourteen years old, and even sung to her father right before he died on October 23, 1987, during her senior year of high school.<ref name="Biography"/><ref name="GF Interview">{{cite web|first=Steven|last=Jones |title=Interview with Lucinda Moore |publisher=Gospelflava |access-date=February 6, 2016|url=http://www.gospelflava.com/articles/lucindamooreinterview2006.html}}</ref><ref name="JoGM Interview">{{cite journal|first=Bob|last=Marovich |title=Lucinda Moore Talks About New CD/DVD, Her Singing Roots, Lady Tramaine |journal=Journal of Gospel Music |access-date=February 6, 2016|url=http://journalofgospelmusic.com/gospel/lucinda-moore-talks-about-new-cddvd-her-singing-roots-lady-tramaine/|date=August 18, 2010}}</ref>
==Music career== Her music career began in 1989, with her being a backup singer to Tramaine Hawkins.<ref name="JoGM Interview"/> She released, ''Unlimited Praise'', an extended play, in 2004.<ref name="GF Album Review One">{{cite web|first=Stan|last=North|title=Lucinda Moore (Unlimited Praise) – Reviews |url=http://www.gospelflava.com/reviews/lucindamoore.html |publisher=Gospelflava |access-date=February 6, 2016}}</ref> The experience would lead to a recording contract for her from Tyscot Records. She released, ''Lucinda Moore'', a studio album, on July 11, 2006.<ref name="GF Album Review Two">{{cite web|first=Stan|last=North|title=Lucinda Moore – Reviews |url=http://www.gospelflava.com/reviews/lucindamoorepressure.html |publisher=Gospelflava |access-date=February 6, 2016}}</ref> This album was her breakthrough release upon the ''Billboard'' magazine charts, while it placed on the Top Gospel Albums chart, where it peaked at No. 18.<ref name="AllMusic Awards">{{cite magazine|magazine=Billboard|title=Lucinda Williams : Awards|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/lucinda-moore-mn0000048628/awards |publisher=AllMusic|access-date=January 31, 2016}}</ref> Lucinda Moore is the songwriter & singer for the hit song "Turn Your Pressure into Praise!" which hit the top of radio charts. The subsequent Live Recorded album, ''Blessed, Broken & Given'', was released on April 27, 2010.<ref name="CR Album Review">{{cite web|first=Keren|last=Perrott|title=Review: Lucinda Moore – Blessed, Broken & Given |url=http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/products/Lucinda_Moore/Blessed_Broken__Given/95195/ |publisher=Cross Rhythms|access-date=February 6, 2016|date=October 21, 2010}}</ref><ref name="JoGM Review">{{cite journal|first=Bob|last=Marovich |title=Lucinda Moore – Blessed, Broken & Given |journal=Journal of Gospel Music |access-date=February 6, 2016|url=http://journalofgospelmusic.com/gospel/lucinda-moore-blessed-broken-given/|date=April 28, 2010}}</ref><ref name="GF Album Review Three">{{cite web|first=Gregory|last=Gay|title=Lucinda Moore (Bless, Broken and Given) – Reviews |url=http://www.gospelflava.com/reviews/lucindamooregiven.html |publisher=Gospelflava |access-date=February 6, 2016}}</ref> It placed even higher on the Gospel Albums chart, where it peaked at No. 13.<ref name="AllMusic Awards"/> In 2011, Lucinda Moore was nominated for 2 Stellar Awards and Won for "BEST TRADITIONAL FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR!"
==Personal life== She resides in Bridgeport Connecticut.<ref name="Biography"/>
==Discography== ===Studio albums=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |+ List of studio albums, with selected chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;" | Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;" | Album details ! scope="col" colspan="1" | Peak chart positions<ref name="AllMusic Awards"/> |- !style="width:3em; font-size:90%"|US<br>Gos |- !scope="row"|''Lucinda Moore'' | * Released: July 11, 2006 * {{nowrap|Label: Tyscot}} * CD, digital download | 18 |- !scope="row"|''Blessed, Broken & Given'' | * Released: April 27, 2010 * {{nowrap|Label: Tyscot}} * CD, digital download | 13 |- !scope="row"|''Walking in My Favor'' | * Released: April 14, 2017 * {{nowrap|Label: Nalah Music Group}} * CD, digital download |3 |- |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{Official website|http://www.lucindamoore.com/}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Moore, Lucinda}} Category:Living people Category:African-American songwriters Category:African-American Christians Category:Musicians from Bridgeport, Connecticut Category:Songwriters from Connecticut Category:Songwriters from New York (state) Category:21st-century African-American musicians Category:20th-century African-American musicians Category:Year of birth missing (living people)