# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/charlie-wilson-q1067043
# Generated: 2026-08-16T08:45:22.548Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/charlie-wilson-q1067043"
name: "Charlie Wilson"
slug: "charlie-wilson-q1067043"
description: "Charles Kent Wilson, 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, 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."
tagline: "American singer and musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Charlie_Wilson.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1953-01-29"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             18.55251981879955
  historical:           16.889292
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     90
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "imcharliewilson"
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    handle:    "charliewilson"
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    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/CharlieWilson"
    handle:    "CharlieWilson"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Charlie Wilson (şarkıcı)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump