This concert is the North Carolina Symphony debut for Gladys Knight.

The great ones endure, and Gladys Knight has long been one of the greatest. Very few singers over the last 60 years have matched her unassailable artistry. This seven-time Grammy Award winner has enjoyed #1 hits in Pop, Gospel, R&B, and Adult Contemporary, and has triumphed in film, television, and live performance. 

All told, Knight has recorded more than 38 albums over the years, including four solo albums: Good Woman (1991); Just for You (1994); the inspirational Many Different Roads (1999); and At Last (2001). At Last showed the world that she still has what it takes to record a hit album, employing the talents of contemporary producers like Randy Jackson. 

Knight has continued to spread her acting wings, making a guest star appearance in the FOX TV show Star and appearing in the film Almost Christmas in 2016, both which were produced and directed by Lee Daniels. She appeared on ABC’s 14th season of Dancing with the Stars in 2012. In 2019, she competed on the inaugural season of The Masked Singer and sang the National Anthem at Super Bowl LIII in Atlanta. Knight sang the National Anthem on yet another major sports stage at the 2021 NBA All-Star Game. In the 2022 holiday season she starred in I’m Glad It’s Christmas on Great American Family and received the 45th Kennedy Center Honors for lifetime artistic achievements along with George Clooney, Amy Grant, Tania Leone, and U2. She received the National Medal of Arts in 2021 along with Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Bruce Springsteen, Jose Feliciano, and Mindy Kaling. This year she has been honored as a 2024 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award Honoree. 

Her involvement in other creative undertakings, business ventures, and humanitarian activities has been extensive and has brought her honors from industry and community alike. In 2015, a portion of Atlanta’s State Route 9 from Peachtree Street to 14th Street was officially named Gladys Knight Highway.