Todd Dulaney

Todd Dulaney
Birth name Todd Anthony Dulaney
Born (1983-12-20) December 20, 1983
Maywood, Illinois
Origin Forest Park, Illinois
Genres CCM, gospel, traditional black gospel, urban contemporary gospel
Occupation(s) Singer, songwriter
Instruments vocals, singer-songwriter
Years active 2011–present
Labels GoldStreet Gospel
Website todddulaneyland.com

Todd Anthony Dulaney (born December 20, 1983) is an American gospel musician, and former baseball player. His music career started in 2011, with the release of the CD version, Pulling Me Through. This would be his breakthrough released upon the Billboard Gospel Albums chart. He would release another album, Pulling Me Through, in 2013 with GoldStreet Gospel Records, and this would place even higher on the Gospel Albums chart.

Early life

Dulaney was born on December 20, 1983 in Maywood, Illinois as Todd Anthony Dulaney, to Thomas and Tommye Dulaney.[1][2][3] He was athletic as a youth playing sports in particular baseball, where he would play at a local community college, Wabash Valley College, getting drafted by the New York Mets in the 2002 MLB June Amateur Draft as a 32nd round selection.[1][3] He never reached the major leagues, but played his short stint as a professional base ball player in the minor leagues.[3] He decided after the 2005 season to retired from the sport because he felt God's call to play gospel music, which he did under the tutelage of artists, Smokie Norful, who asked him to tour with him.[1]

Music career

His music recording career commenced in 2011, with the physical album, Pulling Me Through, and it was released on May 31, 2011 by Dulaney independently.[4] This was his breakthrough release upon the Billboard Gospel Albums chart, placing at No. 43.[5] His subsequent release, Pulling Me Through, was released by GoldStreet Gospel Records on January 22, 2013.[6] This time it placed even higher at No. 23 on the aforementioned chart because it was released digitally along with extended content.[5]

Personal life

Dulaney's wife is Kenyetta Stone-Dulaney, and together they have two children, Taylor and Todd, who attend church at Living Word Christian located in Forest Park, Illinois.[1]

Discography

List of selected studio albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions[5]
US
Gos
Pulling Me Through
  • Released: May 31, 2011
  • Label: Independent
  • CD
 43
Pulling Me Through
  • Released: January 22, 2013
  • Label: GoldStreet Gospel
  • CD, digital download, extended content
 23

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Dulaney, Todd. "Bio". Todd Dulaney. Retrieved April 19, 2015.
  2. ↑ Teal, Cicely V. (November 7, 2011). "Pulled Him Through – Meet GoldStreet Gospel's Todd Dulaney". Gloss Magazine. Retrieved April 19, 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 Baseball-Reference. "Todd Dulaney Minor League Statistics & History". Baseball-Reference. Retrieved April 19, 2015.
  4. ↑ Todd Dulaney (May 31, 2011). "Todd Dulaney: Pullin Me Through". Amazon.com. Retrieved April 19, 2015.
  5. 1 2 3 Billboard. "Todd Dulaney : Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved April 19, 2015.
  6. ↑ Todd Dulaney (January 22, 2013). "Pulling Me Through by Todd Dulaney". iTunes. Retrieved April 19, 2015.

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