Charlie Wilson

American singer and musician

Photo by: Cees van der Pol · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Born:January 29, 1953

Age:73

Zodiac Sign:Aquarius

Born in:Tulsa, United States

Residence:Tulsa, United States

Languages:English

Singer Singer-songwriter Musician Record Producer Actor Composer

Links

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Famous For

Bands

The Gap Band

Movies & TV

The Masked Singer, season 11

Songs & Albums

SignsSnoop's Upside Ya HeadVaporsDoggfatherForever Charlie

Awards

NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Album (2014)BET Award for Best Collaboration (2003)

Charlie Wilson

American singer and musician

Biography

Charles Kent Wilson (born January 29, 1953), also known as Uncle Charlie, is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer who served as lead vocalist for the Gap Band from its 1967 formation until its 2010 disbandment. As a solo act, Wilson has been nominated for 13 Grammy Awards and 11 NAACP Image Awards (including two wins), received a 2009 Soul Train Icon Award, and was a recipient of a BMI Icon Award in 2005. In 2009 and 2020, he was named Billboard magazine's No. 1 Adult R&B Artist, and his song "There Goes My Baby" was named the No. 1 Urban Adult Song for 2009 in Billboard. On June 30, 2013, BET honored Wilson with a Lifetime Achievement Award. Wilson is the national spokesman of the Prostate Cancer Foundation, where there is a Creativity Award in his name. The organization donates hundreds of thousands of dollars a year to cancer research across the United States.

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Photos

nl:Charlie Wilson (muzikant)

Greeting Honorees Lou Gossett Jr., Angela Bassett, and Charlie Wilson

Charlie Wilson performs at a concert in celebration of Juneteenth, Monday, June 10, 2024, on the South Lawn of the White House. (Official White House Photo by Erin Scott)