| Charlie, Last Name Wilson | |
| Type: | Studio |
| Artist: | Charlie Wilson |
| Cover: | Charlie, Last Name Wilson.jpg |
| Released: | August 23, 2005 |
| Length: | 51:30 |
| Label: | Jive |
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| Prev Title: | Bridging the Gap |
| Prev Year: | 2000 |
| Next Title: | Uncle Charlie |
| Next Year: | 2009 |
Charlie, Last Name Wilson is the third studio album by American singer Charlie Wilson. It was released by Jive Records on August 23, 2005, in the United States. The album includes production from several R&B hitmakers including R. Kelly, will.i.am, Justin Timberlake, T-Pain, KayGee, Terence "Tramp-Baby" Abney, The Underdogs and The Platinum Brothers. Charlie, Last Name Wilson debuted and peaked at number 10 on the US Billboard 200 with first week sales of 71,400 copies. In 2009, it was also certified gold by the RIAA, surpassing sales of 500,000 copies.
Steve Jones, writing for USA Today, noted that "Wilson, like Ronald Isley before him, takes full advantage of [R.] Kelly's writing and studio prowess to do some of his best work in years. His soulful handling of everything from romantic ballads to playa anthems reminds you why Uncle Charlie is one of the hip-hop generation's favorite musical relatives." AllMusic editor Alex Henderson found that Charlie, Last Name Wilson "isn't in a class with the singer's best recordings with the Gap Band, but it's a respectable and inspired demonstration of his ability to be relevant to the hip-hop-drenched urban contemporary scene of 2005." Billboard wrote that with Charlie, Last Name Wilson " Wilson shows off his generation-spanning vocals to full effect. Rather than sounding forced, the teaming here with younger hotshots like R. Kelly and Twista is a natural fit thanks to Wilson's crooner-to-funkster prowess."[1]
Charlie, Last Name Wilson debuted and peaked at number ten on the US Billboard 200, with first week sales of 71,000 copies.[2] It also reached number three on Billboards Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. By January 2009, the album had sold 442,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.[3] It was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on February 5, 2009.
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