Singer Adams Pregnant With Second Child

01/24/2004 4:27 AM, AP


Yolanda Adams is two months pregnant with her second child, but the gospel singer isn't slowing down.

Already the mother of a 3-year-old daughter, Adams is still on tour, she recently co-hosted gospel music's 19th Annual Stellar Awards and she'll participate in the Super Bowl Gospel Celebration, which takes place two days before the Feb. 1 Super Bowl.

The 41-year-old says she's used to keeping up a heavy pace: "I toured up until the eight and a half months (last time)."

Adams is a big football fan, and the game is being held in Houston, where she lives. But while she's gearing up for the pomp and circumstance surrounding the big event, she's not as excited about the actual game this time around, with the New England Patriots-Carolina Panthers matchup: "None of the teams that I thought would be in it are in it. I was hoping that the (Tennessee) Titans would have been in it."

She was more enthusiastic about the Stellar Awards, which also took place in Houston earlier this month. Among those present for the awards, which will broadcast in syndicated television markets starting Saturday, included gospel stars Shirley Ceasar, Kirk Franklin and Donnie McClurkin, as well as R&B stars such as Musiq, Ruben Studdard and Patti LaBelle .

Adams says the participation of secular stars shows how widespread an influence gospel music has.

"It is extremely important for the general public to realize that these people came from the church, came from choirs, came from a diverse background that includes gospel music," she says.