Israel Houghton & Adrienne Bailon-Houghton
Guest Speakers
ISRAEL HOUGHTON
Israel Houghton is a prolific worship leader, musician, songwriter, producer and recording artist. His music ministry has spanned 22 years.
Houghton is the recipient of 6 Grammy-Awards, 13 Dove Awards, 2 Stellar Awards, a Soul Train Music Awards and many more.
In 1995, Houghton formed New Breed Ministries that gave way to his debut releases in 1997 Whisper It Loud, and Way of the World.
Since that time Houghton has released 11 solo and group CD’s and has consistently been a commercial success with Billboard chart toppers New Season, Power of One, and the current Jesus At The Center.
He achieved Gold-selling albums with Alive in South Africa, and Live From Another Level.
ADRIENNE HOUGHTON
Emmy-Award winning host Adrienne Bailon-Houghton can be seen each weekday on the nationally syndicated talk show The Real. In 2018, Houghton and her fellow The Real co-hosts received a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show Host. The show, which returned for its seventh season this fall, has received multiple Daytime Emmy nominations for Outstanding Talk Series, and has received two NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Talk Series.
Houghton launched her weekly YouTube series “All Things Adrienne,” April 2018, serving as executive producer and fearlessly bringing viewers into her daily life through real conversations centered around her core values and relatable, everyday topics — from fashion and beauty to cooking and home decor to family and faith. Since its launch, the channel has grown to over a million subscribers and has generated more than 62 million total views.
Extending her digital footprint into the fashion space, Houghton debuted the Facebook Watch series Wear It Well in October 2019, aiming to provide women of all shapes and sizes tips for dressing confidently. In each episode Wear it Well challenges Houghton to style and dress a group of friends with diverse body types, guiding viewers along the way with a body-positive approach to fashion and insight into finding wardrobe staples that are the perfect fit for anyone.
Born in the heart of New York City’s Lower East Side, Houghton was a household name by the time she was just 14 years old. She first stepped into the spotlight in 1999, when she rose to fame as the lead singer of multi-platinum R&B girl group, 3LW. The group released a total of three studio albums and toured globally with Destiny’s Child and NSYNC. In 2003, Houghton became a founding member of the pop-group The Cheetah Girls and released the Disney Channel movie of the same name, which drew 84 million viewers worldwide. With the colossal success of their first film and multiple lucrative merchandising deals, the group would go on to release two sequel films The Cheetah Girls 2 and The Cheetah Girls: One World. In 2009, Houghton served as the face of the MTV network and hosted the afternoon block of their programming, in addition to hosting specials and celebrity interviews.