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 eleven Grammy awards and six NAACP Image Awards (including one WIN), 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.