[3] She first rose to fame in the 1980s alongside her mother, Naomi, in their mother-daughter country music duo, The Judds.

Wynonna is most recognized for her musical work, although she has also pursued other interests starting in the 2000s, including writing, acting, and philanthropy.

Wynonna was inspired by the country music songs to which her mother listened, and learned to play guitar.

They embarked on a full-fledged tour together in 2000, and four new Judds songs were released on an exclusive bonus disc with Wynonna's album, New Day Dawning.

Due to excitement for the upcoming tour, Curb Records announced the release of a new album from the Judds, I Will Stand by You: The Essential Collection, which featured two new songs and twelve of the duo's hits.

The album shipped five million copies in the United States, earning a 5× Multi-Platinum certification from the RIAA.

[15] Also a platinum-selling album, it accounted for five consecutive Top Ten hits on the country charts: the title track, "Only Love", "Is It Over Yet", "Rock Bottom", and "Girls with Guitars", which was written by Mary Chapin Carpenter.

Between "Tell Me Why" and "Only Love", she sang guest vocals on Clint Black's 1993 single "A Bad Goodbye" (from the album No Time to Kill), which became her biggest pop hit at No.

After "Girls with Guitars" fell from the charts, Wynonna was the subject of negative publicity, as she had a child out of wedlock.

Also certified platinum, this album had her fourth and final number one hit, the Mike Reid/Gary Burr co-written "To Be Loved by You".

Its singles were not as successful on the charts, either: although "When Love Starts Talkin'" and "Come Some Rainy Day" reached No.

After the release of a greatest hits album called Collection, Wynonna left MCA in favor of Mercury Records.

This album, the first of her career that Wynonna co-produced, included a four-song bonus disc entitled Big Bang Boogie composed of four new Judds songs.

[27] Included on What the World Needs Now Is Love were two songs from soundtracks: a cover of the Elvis Presley hit "Burning Love", which Wynonna recorded for the animated movie Lilo & Stitch, and "You Are", co-written by Judd, which was included in the movie Someone Like You, a film starring half-sister Ashley Judd.

This album is largely composed of cover songs, except for the title track, an original composition by Rodney Crowell.

This album's lead-off single is "I Hear You Knocking", a blues standard first recorded by Smiley Lewis.

[37] In October 2020, Wynonna released a new extended play titled ‘Recollections’ via Anti Records[38] On April 30, 2022, Naomi Judd died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

[39] When The Judds were inducted into the Hall of Fame the following day, Wynonna and her sister Ashley paid tribute to their mother on stage.

Wynonna announced that she would honor the original tour dates she and her mother had planned for summer 2022 as a tribute to her, supported by several female country artists.

[43] The emotional concert featured special performances by Ashley McBryde, Brandi Carlile, Kelsea Ballerini, Martina McBride, and Little Big Town.

[45][46] In 1998, during the fifth season of Touched by an Angel, Judd guest starred as a singer whose son was dying of cystic fibrosis.

[52] In November 2020, Judd was a supporting character, Marilyn Jinway, in the Hallmark Television film A Nashville Christmas Carol.

[56] In 2005, she received the USO's Merit Award for service to all divisions of the United States Armed Forces.

[57] She teamed with Habitat for Humanity to record "Heart of America", with Michael McDonald and Eric Benét, which helped raise over $90 million for victims of natural disasters to the Gulf Coast.

She continues to bring attention to the global emergency of AIDS in her fourth year as United States Ambassador for YouthAIDS.

[59][12] On June 7, 2008, Wynonna sat down for a live Internet chat for her fans in which she was asked questions submitted during the session.

[60][61] In 2009, she also became the spokeswoman for Alli, the only FDA-approved over-the-counter weight loss product, which featured the artist in a national marketing campaign.

[63] In November 2003, Wynonna taped an appearance on an episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show discussing what she described as a severe dependence on food.

[65] Wynonna and her boyfriend Scott "Cactus" Moser, best known as the drummer for Highway 101, a country band, were engaged on December 24, 2011.

[70][71] In November 2024, Grace was arrested for allegedly stealing a church van and is held at the Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail in Charlottesville, Virginia.