Andraé Crouch Net Worth

Interesting Facts about Andraé Crouch

1. Fraternal twin brother of Sandra Crouch, who sometimes referred to Andraé as her "womb mate".
2. He became only the third gospel artist in history (until that time) to be awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 6520 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on June 4, 2004.
3. He was the Soul Gospel Artist of the Year for Billboard magazine (1975 and 1977).
4. After both of his parents, and his brother all died within a period of just a several months in late 1993 and early 1994, Andraé, already an ordained minister, became the senior pastor at his father's Christ Memorial Church of God in Christ of Pacoima, California. Attendance at the church soon soared.
5. He was inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame (1998) and the Christian Music Hall of Fame and Museum (2007).
6. He won six Gospel Music Association Dove Awards and seven Grammy Awards.
7. His first music group, in 1960, at his father's church, was the Church of God in Christ Singers, and which included Billy Preston.
8. In defiance of parent Church of God in Christ's ban on the ordination of women as ministers, he named his twin-sister, Sandra Crouch, as co-minister of the church he led after the death of their father and brother. When the parent Church of God in Christ threatened sanctions, they renamed their church New Christ Memorial Church.
9. He earned a Gold Record for "Jesus Is the Answer".
10. He also won an ASCAP Award, a Billboard Music Award, and a NAACP Image Award.