Tamela Jean Mann is a singer, songwriter, and actress. She started her career with the gospel group Kirk Franklin and the Family, and was featured on several tracks: Now Behold the Lamb, Lean on Me, etc. She began her solo career by releasing the album Gotta Keep Movin in 2005, followed by The Master Plan in 2009.

Her third studio album, Best Days, reached No. 1 on the Billboard Gospel Albums Chart, and was certified Gold by the RIAA. The lead single Take Me to the King was a commercial success, earning her a Grammy nomination for Best Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Performance. And her fourth studio album, One Way (2016), also reached No. 1 on the Billboard Gospel Albums Chart; with the single God Provides winning the Grammy Award for Best Gospel Performance/Song in 2017.

As an actress Mann has worked in multiple Tyler Perry productions. She appeared in Diary of a Mad Black Woman, Meet the Browns, Madea Goes to Jail, Madea’s Big Happy Family, and A Madea Homecoming. On television, she starred in the TBS sitcom Meet the Browns from 2009 to 2011, and in 2020 began starring in the BET sitcom Tyler Perry’s Assisted Living. She also starred and produced Bounce TV sitcom Mann & Wife (2015–17).

Along with her Grammy Award, Mann has earned many other accolades and honors, including multiple NAACP Image Awards, a Billboard Music Award, and a BET Award. In 2022, she was inducted into the Black Music & Entertainment Walk of Fame. She has received a total of nine No. 1 on Billboard’s Gospel Airplay Singles Chart.