On October 2, Mandisa celebrated her birthday. The Season 5 finalist was safe every week of the competition until her Top 9 Country Week elimination, and she has continued to be successful after Idol.
Mandisa’s debut album, True Beauty, was released in 2007 and debuted at #1 on Billboard’s Top Christian Albums and earned her a Grammy nomination for Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album of the Year. She released a holiday album entitled It’s Christmas in 2008, and in 2009 she released Freedom, which earned Mandisa her second Grammy nomination. Mandisa has also written a book, IdolEyes, and earned a handful of Dove Award nominations.
This April, Mandisa released a new album titled What if We Were Real, and she has been touring the country with Women of Faith. In September, she was on at the top of the Christian Recurrents chart for two weeks with “Stronger,” which also spent a week at #1 on Billboard’s Christian Adult Contemporary Recurrents chart.
Happy Birthday, Mandisa!