wynonna ellen judd (born christina claire ciminella; may 30, 1964) is an american singer and songwriter. she was born in ashland, kentucky. she first rose to fame during the 1980s as part of the duo the judds with her mother naomi judd, who was also a singer. the duo had seven albums via curb records. wynonna has had many solo albums. in 1992 she had her first number one album on billboard's top country albums.