Lucinda Moore

Lucinda Moore (born Lucinda Simmons) is a gospel singer, songwriter, and arranger with a big voice suited for leading large choirs. After making her solo debut with the Lucinda Moore LP in 2006, she reached a career-high number three on the Billboard Top Gospel Albums chart with 2017's Walking in My Favor. Released in 2023, Lord, I Hear You featured a title track that went on to win a BMI Trailblazer Award. A native of Bridgeport, Connecticut, Moore began singing in church in early childhood. By her early teens, she was singing lead in local choirs. Her professional career began a few years later when she netted a position as backing vocalist for one of her influences, Tramaine Hawkins, a post she held for five years. After several more years of performing with multiple gospel vocal groups, large and small, including appearances with the Gospel Music Workshop of America, she self-released her first solo recording, an EP titled Unlimited Praise, in 2004. That led to a spot on the Tyscot Records roster, and the label issued her debut long-player, Lucinda Moore, in 2006. It landed in the Top 20 of Billboard's gospel chart. In the meantime, Moore helped out on other artists' recordings, including working on arrangements for 2006's Grateful by Coko, singing on 2007's Restoration by Eric McDaniel and Instrument of Praise by Carman, and appearing on various group worship and choir releases. Her follow-up solo album, 2010's Blessed, Broken & Given, returned her to the gospel chart, where it reached number 13. Moore won a Stellar Award in 2011 for Traditional Female Artist of the Year. As she prepared on more music, the singer continued to perform live and work on an autobiography. What turned into a six-year recording hiatus ended with the release of the 2017 single "Walking in My Favor." She followed the song with empowering singles such as 2018's "Still Alive (I Survived)," 2021's Gospel Airplay-charting "Lord, I Hear You," and 2022's "Victory, No Defeat," the former two of which resurfaced on 2023's Lord, I Hear You. Produced by Cedric Thompson, it was issued on Moore's own label, Nalah Music Group, with distribution by New Day Distributors and Sony's the Orchard. The album's title track won a BMI Trailblazer Award in 2024.
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