*“One phrase is less complicated to recollect,” Gospel legend Lisa Knowles-Smith mentioned with a slight chortle in regards to the title of the brand new single from Lisa Knowles-Smith & The Brown Singers titled “Guarantees” (EvoWorld Leisure). “It’s backed by the scripture. God retains guarantees.”
“I wished to write down one thing that has substances with every part occurring on the planet…and music is an escape,” Lisa added once I requested.
The one “Guarantees” has earned Billboard’s #1 spot.
“In 50 years…the primary Billboard #1,” she identified.
The group The Brown Singers was launched in 1976 (I used to be a junior in highschool) by Willie Mae Brown-Richmond in Colombus, Ohio. The group consisted of sisters and a brother guided by their mom Doris L. Brown. A household of Gospel singers, the unique The Brown Singers included Vanessa Brown (Knowles), Dolly Starks (Mohn), Elizabeth Starks (Cleveland), Rosemary Starks (Mathis) and Ray King. Throughout some performances mom Doris Brown can be a featured singer. The Brown Singers recorded 19 reside albums and one studio album. The Brown Singers additionally garnered a Dove Award, two Stellar Awards and three Stellar Award nominations.
The Brown Singers advanced when Vanessa Brown-Knowles’ daughter Lisa joined the group on the age of 9 and ended up main the group vocally on the age of 12. Members, at the moment, consisted of Vanessa Brown-Knowles, Lisa Knowles-Smith, Jackienna Richmond (joined in early 90s), Rachel Anderson (joined in 2015) and Sierra Ward-Pope (joined in 2004). Immediately Lisa’s daughter N’dia Smith (20 years-old now) has joined The Brown Singers, taking the place of Vanessa Brown-Knowles (affectionately known as Woman Vanessa). Woman Vanessa survived breast most cancers (April 2025), then unexpectedly handed away as a result of an car accident in September 2025 (the driving force is presently in custody going through three manslaughter counts). Woman Vanessa was 14 years-old when The Brown Singers was shaped and was 62 years-old when she handed away.
“My grandmother was a powerhouse singer,” Knowles-Smith mentioned once I identified that every one The Brown Singers have power-house vocals. “Each time she opened her mouth I needed to cease and take heed to her. My mom was 14 when she began. It handed (Willie Mae’s power-house vocals) onto my mom. My mom was adamant that you simply give God all you bought.”
The Gospel group is formally known as Lisa Knowles-Smith & The Brown Singers now. It was a reputation change ordained by the general public.
“I began singing with them at 9 years-old, however I used to be 12 once I took the lead,” Lisa instructed me once I requested in regards to the title change. “The title change occurred once I was 18 as a result of I used to be working with Vickie Wynans.”
At that time, folks had been saying “Lisa Knowles-Smith & The Brown Singers.” The music video for the “Guarantees” single has garnered 3.1 million views in simply 10 months! The “Guarantees” single is simply as highly effective because the vocals of The Brown Singers, and Lisa’s vocals main on the “Guarantees” single, particularly within the reside efficiency music video provides you with chills. www.evoworldenter.com www.IAmLisaKnowlesSmith.com
SYNDICATED COLUMNIST: Dr. Eunice Moseley has an estimated weekly readership of over a million for her column The Pulse of Leisure. She is the writer of the digital journal www.ThePulseofEntertainment.com, which has an estimated 160,000 guests a month. An entrepreneur, Dr. Moseley’s firm, Freelance Associates, is a enterprise administration/public relations strategic planning and consulting agency that’s celebrating 32 years in 2025. Dr. Eunice additionally serves as professor for the College of Enterprise at Stanton College in Anaheim, California and serves as promotions director (at-large), journalist and enterprise guide for The Baltimore Occasions. Dr. Moseley based the Uplifting Minds II Basis (www.UpliftingMinds.com) in 2023, a 501 C3 with a mission to empower the underserved by three main packages – One Cease Enterprise Store, the ULMII Skilled Convention and the ULMII Academy (enterprise administration and public relations). EVENTS: “Uplifting Minds II” Leisure Convention (ULMII), was launched by Dr. Eunice in 1999, to coach aspiring artists/musicians in regards to the enterprise of leisure – www.UpliftingMinds2.com. Subsequent ULMII Leisure Conferences for Baltimore on Saturday April 18, 2026, introduced by Safety Sq. Mall and The Baltimore Occasions, and for Los Angeles on Saturday, November 7, 2026, introduced by The Pulse of Leisure and the ULMII Basis. The ULMII conferences are free with digital entry through Zoom. ULMII leisure convention provides a Skilled Panel Q&A Session, a Skilled Expertise Showcase and Worldwide Expertise Competitors the place the highest three scored acts obtain the ULMII Greatest Act Award and over $20,000 valued in prizes/product/companies and money!
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