Pastor Tye Tribbett: Biography, Age, Family Life, Ministry And Net Worth: Pastor Tyrone “Tye” Tribbett is an award-winning American singer, songwriter, choir director, producer, and multi-instrumentalist. He is choir director and founder of the Grammy-nominated and Stellar Award-winning gospel group Tye Tribbett & G.A. (short for ‘Greater Anointing’).
He is known for his energetic and passionate performances, blending contemporary gospel, praise and worship, and Christian R&B styles. Tribbett’s music often features powerful vocals, high-energy instrumentation, and inspirational lyrics that resonate with audiences worldwide.
Over the years, Tye Tribbett has released several successful albums, including “Life” (2004), “Victory Live!” (2006), “Stand Out” (2008), and “The Bloody Win” (2017). His work has earned him numerous awards and accolades within the gospel music industry.
In addition to his music career, Tye Tribbett is also a pastor and leads the LiVe Church in Orlando, Florida, along with his wife Shanté Tribbett.
Biography
Pastor Tribbett was born on January 26, 1976 in Camden, New Jersey. He was raised in an Apostolic Pentecostal church in Camden, New Jersey. His father is Bishop Thomas Tyrone Tribbett, a former pastor, and his mother is Neicy Tribbett, a minister as well as a disc jockey in the Philadelphia and New York area.
Additionally, he has a brother named Thaddaeus, who played bass in the band “Soundcheck” and is currently the bassist for the singer Estelle. DeShantel Tribbett-Robinson and DeMaris Tribbett-Toy, two of Tribbett’s sisters, are also singers. They sang with the Greater Anointing.
Age
Tye Tribbett was born on January 26, 1976.
Family Life
Shanté Tribbett is Pastor Tribbett’s wife. She was a member of Greater Anointing. The couple have two daughters together.
Tye admitted to an affair in 2009 with another member of his choir, leading to his wife having an affair of her own with Christian rapper Da’ T.R.U.T.H., but both men and their wives later reconciled.
Ministry
Tribbett and Shanté, his wife, pastor the Live Church in Orlando, Florida.
Career
Tribbett learned notes on the piano before learning the alphabet. He began singing in the children’s choir at age five. He played piano for a number of community choirs as a teenager, including Steve Middleton and the Tri-State Mass Choir and the Edwin Hawkins Music & Arts Seminar.
Tye, his brother, and several friends began playing gospel music around 1996. They became Tyrone Tribbett & Greater Anointing. The Greater Anointing Group competed in and won the McDonald’s Gospel Choir Competition that same year. They won the regional and overall prizes at the Wrigley’s Gospel Choir Competition a year later.
Tribbett’s contagious high-energy performances astounded both the judges and the audience. David Foster, a Grammy-winning composer and producer, was so moved by the Prince of Egypt performance,that he asked them to support Faith Hill on stage at his annual City of Hope event at Universal Studios in Hollywood, California.
Faith Hill as well was so moved by their performance that she invited Tribbett to join her and her husband Tim McGraw on their Soul to Soul tour.
Soon after that, Tribbett & G.A. were selected to provide the backing music for Don Henley’s Inside Job tour.
They collaborated with a wide range of artists over the course of the following three years, from Justin Timberlake, Sting to Will Smith and Usher.
Tribbett & G.A.’s Sony debut album, Life, was issued in 2004 and went to number six on the gospel albums chart. Victory Live followed two years later and became their first number one. 2008’s Stand Out achieved the same success.
Solo Career
Pastor Tye Tribbett released his first solo album in 2010. The album was titled Fresh, and went to number one on the charts.
Now pursuing a solo career, he followed up in 2013 with the live offering Greater Than, his debut for Motown Gospel. One of its four singles was an ingenious remake of George Harrison’s late-career hit “It Got My Mind (Set on You),” retitled “Stayed on You,”. It earned Tribbett another number one and two Grammy Awards, including Best Gospel Album in 2014.
Over the next three years, Tribbett kept a busy U.S. touring schedule . However, he took a break for 90 days in 2015 to deal with personal issues. The entire experience culminated in 2017’s chart-topping double album The Bloody Win that featured live performances recorded the previous year at The Redemption Center in Greenville, South Carolina amid a slew of soloists.
After two-and-a-half years of more touring and producing, Tribbett returned in April of 2020 with the number five single “We Gon’ Be Alright.”
In April 2020, Tribbett sent a message to people during the coronavirus pandemic with a song “We are gon’ be alright”, he fused Kendrick Lamar’s hit track Alright into the song.
Songs
His released albums are:
- The Bloody Win (Live) (2017);
- Greater Than (2013);
- Fresh (2010);
- Stand Out (2008);
- Victory Live (2006);
- Life (2004);
- Ideas & Concepts (2000).
- All Things New: Live In Orlando (2023)
Net Worth
The majority of Tribbett’s income came from the sale of his CDs (he sold over 1.4 million copies of six professionally produced albums), sponsors, and YouTube channel adverts.
Reports have estimated Tye Tribbett to be worth $5 million.
Social Media
You can find and follow Pastor Tye Tribbett on the following social media platforms:
Instagram: @tyetribbett
Twitter: @tyetribbett
YouTube: @Live Church