Charlie Wilson (singer)

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Charlie Wilson
Wilson performs at the Arie Crown Theater in 2010
Background information
Birth name	Charles Kent Wilson
Also known as	Uncle Charlie
Born	(1953-01-29) January 29, 1953 (age 71) Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.
Genres	R&B hip hop soul funk disco gospel
Occupation(s)	Singer musician songwriter record producer
Instrument(s)	Vocals keyboards organ drums
Years active	1972–present
Labels	P Music Interscope Jive RCA MCA Elektra
Member of	The Gap Band
Website	charliewilsonmusic.com

Charles Kent Wilson (born January 29, 1953), also known as Uncle Charlie, is an American singer, musician, songwriter, and the former lead vocalist of The Gap Band. As a solo artist 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"^[1] 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.