Thelma Houston is a Grammy Award-winning musical legend best known for her #1 international hit “Don’t Leave Me This Way,” giving her the distinction of being the first solo female artist at Motown to win the Grammy Award for “Best R&B Female Vocal Performance.” In addition to her many records and albums, she competed in season 11 of The Masked Singer as “The Clock,” and her third studio album I’ve Got the Music in Me was inducted to the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress in 2025. Thelma is also known for her charitable causes and was one of the first outspoken advocates in the battle against AIDS. She lives in Southern California.