Ricky Dillard
| Ricky Dillard | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Ricky Rydell Dillard |
| Also known as | Dr. Ricky Dillard |
| Born |
February 25, 1965 Chicago, Illinois |
| Genres | Contemporary Christian music, gospel, Christian R&B, urban contemporary gospel, black gospel contemporary R&B |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter |
| Instruments | vocals, singer-songwriter |
| Years active | 1991–present |
| Labels | Muscle Shoals, Malaco, Crystal Rose, EMI Gospel, Light Records, Entertainment One |
| Associated acts | New Generation Chorale, New Generation, New "G", New G, Milton Brunson, Tiff Joy |
| Website | rickydillard |
Ricky Rydell Dillard (born February 25, 1965) is an American gospel musician. He started his music career, in 1991, with the release of, Promise, by Muscle Shoals Records. His second album, A Holy Ghost Take-Over, was released in 1993 by Malaco Records. The next album, Hallelujah, was released by them in 1995. Crystal Spring Records released, 1996's Work It Out, 2000's No Limit, and Unplugged in 2004. With EMI Gospel, he released, 7th Episode, that came out in 2007. He released, Keep Living, with Light Records in 2011. His next release, Amazing, came out in 2014 with Entertainment One Music.
All of his albums charted on the Billboard Gospel Albums chart. His No Limit album charted on the Christian Albums chart, and the album Unplugged charted on the Independent Albums chart along with the releases Keep Living, and Amazing that also charted on The Billboard 200. He was nominated at the Grammy Awards twice, the first time in the Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album category at the 34th Annual Grammy Awards for Promise, and the second time would come at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards in the category Best Gospel Album for Amazing.
Dillard was born on February 25, 1965, in Chicago, Illinois, as Ricky Rydell Dillard. His mother and grandmother imparted to him a love of gospel music, and he was raised in the church singing in the choir at the age of five years, and eventually got the opportunity to direct the youth choir at St. Bethel Baptist Church. He graduated in 1984 from Bloom Township High School in Chicago Heights, Illinois.
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