Wynonna Judd (born May 30, 1964 in
Ashland, Kentucky) is an American
country music singer. Born
Christina Claire Ciminella, she was renamed
Wynonna Ellen Judd Roach,
a name adapted from the line "Don't forget
Winona" in the pop song "
Route 66".
Her solo albums and singles are all credited to the singular name
Wynonna ().
Wynonna made her musical debut in the 1980s, alongside her mother
Naomi in the country duo
The Judds. Between 1983 and 1991, The Judds charted twenty-three hit singles on the
Billboard Hot Country Singles (now
Hot Country Songs) charts, including fourteen Number Ones. They also recorded eight studio albums and two Greatest Hits compilations.
After a bout of
hepatitis forced Naomi to retire, Wynonna embarked on a solo career, and her
self-titled solo debut album was released in 1991. It produced three straight Number One singles and was certified 5× Multi-Platinum in the United States for sales of five million copies. Since then, Wynonna has recorded eight more studio albums, all on
Curb Records. These albums have produced more than twenty-five hits on the country charts, including four Number Ones and seven additional Top Ten hits.