Charles Wilson is the most dynamic soul singer performing today.  He leaves audiences breathless with the range of his incredible voice.  He appeals to both young and old and can belt the blues with the best of them.  He is truly a young living legend soul artist.

The Delta Democrat Times says -
"Wilson generates an exhilarating audience response." If you know Charles you're probably a fan, and if you don't, you’re in the right place. Welcome!

Living Blues Magazine says -
Charles is "Self-assured and polished every time out..."

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Multiple award winning Blues/Soul recording artist Charles Wilson is an exciting and captivating performer capable of energizing an audience with one verse. Wilson’s music is as timeless as James Carr, Johnny Adams, Junior Parker and as contemporary as Luther Vandross and R’Kelly. His voice evokes the very essence of soul, seasoned by years of performing on the Chitlin’ Circuit. Known as “The Crown Prince of Soul,” he offers a musical bridge between old-school soul and neo-soul. To say Charles Wilson was born to sing the blues is an understatement.

Wilson is connected to the roots of the tree that is contemporary blues/soul music. From the age of four, Wilson - nephew of the late blues great Little Milton - would go with his father to see his Uncle Milton’s performances at Chicago’s Regal Theater. The Regal was where he first met blues artists such as Howlin' Wolf, Bobby Blue Bland, Junior Wells, and B.B. King. Wilson began singing publicly at age seven. By the age of 14, Wilson was astounding Chicago blues-club audiences with his powerful stage presence and soulful voice.

He caught his first big break at age 16 when he went on the road with Bobby Rush. Wilson would eventually open shows for Rush and other blues royalty such as Otis Clay, Little Milton, Tyrone Davis, Bobby Blue Bland, Lattimore, Denise LaSalle, Koko Taylor, B.B. King, Junior Wells, Albert King, O.V. Wright, Albert Collins and the late great Z.Z. Hill.

Wilson’s recording career began in 1978 when he recorded the song I need a Love That I Can See in the Daylight on Sky Hero Records. He spent the next few years on the Chicago club scene, opening shows for an impressive list of head liners such as James Brown, Al Green, Edgar Winter, Lou Rawls, and Buddy Guy. In 1984, Wilson received his first record contract with Alley Cat Records. The result was that L.V. Johnson produced the song Trying To Make A Wrong Thing Right, which became a hit on Southern R&B radio.

In 1986, Wilson upped the ante with his single, You Cut Off My Love Supply, which ignited Southern AM and FM radio charts. The hit resulted in his 1990 work with Ichiban Records, where he recorded Blues In The Key of C, an album that garnered attention from both US and overseas markets. In 1995, Wilson recorded his first album for Ecko Records entitled, It’s Sweet On the Backstreet, featuring the album's popular title track, I’ve Got Trouble In My Bedroom and the track In the Room Next To the Room. A 1997 Traction release entitled Why? featured the single If Walls Could Talk.

In 1998, Wilson signed a four-album contract with Ecko Records to produce the albums Love Seat, It Ain’t the Size, Mr. Freak, and Goin Jookin. Wilson went on to record three self-released albums on his Wilson imprint, Songs From the Vault (2001), You Got to Pay to Play (2002), and If It Ain’t Broke, Don’t Fix It (2005).   In 2009 Wilson released his CD's Pay Myself First on CDS Records and Troubled Child on Severn Records, the latter of which is receiving international airplay. In total, Wilson has recorded 24 CD’s, four full-length vinyl albums, twenty-six 45’s, and appears on ten compilation discs.

In 2004, Wilson recorded If Heartaches Were Nickels, for Delmark Records, featuring Little Milton & Carl Weathersby on guitar. This recording made a dramatic impression with blues and soul fans alike, capturing a 2005 W.C. Handy nomination for Soul / Blues Record of the Year.

Wilson is focused on creating music with a universal appeal, much like Sam Cooke, Nat King Cole, Otis Redding and Bobby Blue Bland. With Wilson’s emotion-charged performances, crafty arrangements, and soul-drenched vocals, his legacy of inclusion in the upper echelon of contemporary blues performers is assured.

Wilson was recently honored with nominations for the Jackson Music Awards and the Living Blues annual Readers’ Poll and Critics Poll awards.