Deniece Williams

Deniece Williams has one of those voices that instantly justifies the word soul, that soaring upper register on Free and Let's Hear It for the Boy is unmistakable. The BBC calling her one of the great soul voices is no exaggeration. What strikes me is how effortlessly she balanced commercial reach, two Hot 100 number ones, with genuine artistry, four Grammys and a hand in writing and producing her own material. There's a grounded dignity to her, fitting for someone from Gary, Indiana. Voices this real don't date; her records still sound luminous decades on, and I'll always reach for them.

Name (English)

Deniece Williams

Name (Japanese)

デニース・ウィリアムズ

Reading

でにーす・うぃりあむず

Born

June 3, 1950 (age 76)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Tiger

Origin

Gary, Indiana, United States

Occupation

singer / singer-songwriter / record producer / recording artist / musician

High school

Lynwood High School

University

Morgan State University

• Official sitehttps://www.deniecewilliams.com
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/niecyofficial/
• Xhttps://x.com/niecydw
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deniece%20Williams
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%87%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2%E3%83%A0%E3%82%B9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q434682

Tags

• Indiana
• singer
• singer-songwriter
• record producer

Last updated

2026-06-19

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.