Charlie Wilson


Charles Kent "Charlie" Wilson (born January 29, 1953), also known as Uncle Charlie, is an American R&B singer-songwriter-producer and the former lead vocalist for The Gap Band. As a solo artist he has been nominated for nine Grammy awards and three NAACP Image Awards, received a 2009 Soul Train Icon Award, and was a recipient of a BMI Icon Award in 2005. In 2009, 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 Magazine.

On June 30, 2013, BET honored Wilson with a Lifetime Achievement Award that was presented to him by Justin Timberlake. The BET tribute performances included renditions of Wilson's songs performed by India Arie ("There Goes My Baby"), Jamie Foxx ("Yearning for Your Love"), and Stevie Wonder ("Burn Rubber") but it was not until Wilson himself took to the stage at the request of Timberlake to perform his Grammy-nominated song "You Are" and then transition into a medley of hit songs performing alongside Timberlake and surprise guests Snoop Dogg and Pharrell Williams that Wilson stole the show during the youth oriented program. The Charlie Wilson tribute helped BET achieve the highest ratings in years for the program and also earned the network the #1 primetime spot in the 18–49 demographic topping all its broadcast and cable competition for the night in both demographics and total viewers.

Wilson is the national spokesman for the Prostate Cancer Foundation where there is a Creativity Award in his name which donates hundreds of thousands of dollars a year to researchers across the country for the development of creative science that conforms to PCF funding principles but is short-term and designed to allow development of otherwise unfunded ideas.

Charlie Wilson in the news

	The Long-Awaited Release Of Vultures By Ye And Ty Dolla $ign Is Here (16/12/2023)
	The Bad Boys Of R&B Jodeci Announce Las Vegas Residency At House Of Blues Las Vegas (13/12/2023)
	Benjamin Race Premieres The Video For "Take You Home" Ft. Ellison Kendrick (12/09/2023)
	"DJ Cassidy's Pass The Mic Live!" Unites New York Iconic Hip Hop & R&B Superstars At State Farm Arena In Atlanta, On September 2, 2023 (19/07/2023)
	Billboard Magazine Chart-Topping Singer/Songwriter, LeVelle, Releases His Anticipated Sophomore Album "Promise To Love" (13/06/2023)
	Dj Cassidy Takes His Lauded Television Series "Pass The Mic" On Tour In Partnership With Black Promoter's Collective (07/03/2023)
	Masego Announces 2023 North American Tour (07/12/2022)
	Funk Fest Kicked Off Black Music Month With Mary J. Blige, Jodeci, Jazmine Sullivan, The No Limit Reunion & More (07/06/2022)
	Black Promoters Collective Closes Out The Successful Run Of The New Edition "The Culture Tour" Amid Top 10 Positioning On Pollstar Live 75 Chart (15/04/2022)
	Every FIFA Soundtrack Song Ever: From FIFA 96 to FIFA 22 (17/03/2022)

More songs by Charlie Wilson

Just Charlie (1|1|0)	Love, Charlie (1|1|0)	Love (1|1|0) play video	Goodnight Kisses (6|1|39) play video
Forever Charlie (1|1|0)	In It To Win It (1|1|0)