Israel Houghton

Israel Houghton: Biography in Details

Who is Israel Houghton?

Israel Houghton is one of the popular American Christian music singers, songwriters, producers, and worship leaders.

His recordings are Covenant Worship: Kingdom, Echo: Forward Conference, etc.

Israel Houghton: Birth Facts, Parents, Ethnicity

Houghton was born on May 19, 1971, in Oceanside, California US. His ethnicity is ‎Mixed (American and African American) and his nationality is American.

The name of his father is unknown. His mother’s name is Margaret Houghton.

But in an interview, he says, he has grown in a white family but his biological father was black. His stepfather’s name is Henry Houghton.

Israel Houghton also has siblings including 3 younger half-siblings from the mother’s second marriage (two brothers and one sister) and 3 half-sisters from the biological father’s side.

Education, School/College University

The information regarding his childhood and education is unknown. Also, there is no information on which subject he graduated from.

Israel Houghton: Early, Profession life and Career

Israel Houghton has released over 13 albums since 1997, 11 of which were released under his own music label Integrity.

But he came into the limelight after the release of his album “Bigger Than My Imagination” which was described as “one of the year’s best worship albums” in the 2003 Christianity Today review.

Israel Houghton after that involved in worship ministry since 1989. He also formed his New Breed Ministries in 1995.

As he also starts his career as a music producer and releases his first release on Sony.

Israel Houghton then produced other various albums including Real in 2002 and Lives from Another Level in 2004. In 2005, His Alive in South Africa song featured a performance in Cape Town.

The holiday album Timeless Christmas appeared a year later. And after there Love God, Love People releases. In 2012, he has come up with the album Integrity which had 26 tracks. 

Houghton with his group started to continue their travels with Covered Alive In Asia, released in 2015.

Lifetime Achievements and Awards

As Israel has different outstanding works, he receives different awards.

He received Grammy Awards for Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album in the year 2011, and 2010 for Love God, Love People, The Power of One.

Likewise, he again received Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Christian Music Song in 2013 for the song Your Presence Is Heaven [Studio Version].

Moreover, in 2015, Israel Houghton receives the GMA Dove Award for Traditional Gospel Recorded Song of the Year for his song, How Awesome Is Our God.

Salary, Net Worth

Israel Houghton’s songs are much popular and he receives different awards for his various albums.

So he must have good earnings. His net worth is $8 million.

Israel Houghton: Rumors, Controversy

Israel Houghton is having a peaceful professional and private life for which he doesn’t appear in any of the rumors.

Once many rumors were developing about Adrienne Bailon and his relationship where he clearly mentions that they were dating.

Body Measurements: Height, Weight, Body Size

Israel Houghton has a large built body standing with a height of 5 foot 6 inches and weighs 80 kg (176 pounds).

He has black colored hair and dark brown colored eyes.

His body measurement is Chest 44 inches (112 cm) with Arms or Biceps 15 inches (38 cm) and Waist 42 inches(107 cm).

Social Media

Israel Houghton uses social media and has his account on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

He has over 898k Facebook followers, more than 446.1K Twitter followers, and over 559 k Instagram followers.

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