Wynonna Judd is involved in country music as a profession.
The Judds were an American country music duo composed of Naomi Judd ( born 1946 ) and her daughter , Wynonna Judd ( born in 1964 ) . Wynonna Ellen Judd ( [ waɪˈnoʊnə ] born Christina Claire Ciminella ; May 30 , 1964 ) is an American country music singer . Wynonna first rose to fame in the 1980s alongside her mother , Naomi , in the country music duo The Judds . Her first three singles -- `` She Is His Only Need '' , `` I Saw the Light , '' and `` No One Else on Earth '' -- all reached number one on the U.S. country singles charts consecutively , as did 1993 's `` Only Love '' and 1996 's , `` To Be Loved by You . ''