Antwaun Stanley is an American
R&B singer and songwriter based in
Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Career
Stanley grew up in
Flint, Michigan. He began singing at age three and took part in
talent competitions including ''
The Queen Latifah Show'' and ''
Showtime at the Apollo
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''.
He attended high school at
Flint Central High School and graduated in 2005.
He signed with Bajada records, an independent record label, and studied at the
University of Michigan
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. In college he released an album titled ''I Can Do Anything''.
The album reached number 22 on the U.S.
Gospel Albums chart.
The album's third track, "Teach Me", reached number 29 on the U.S.
Gospel Songs
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chart.
In 2008 he was nominated for
Stellar Awards
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in the category New Artist of the Year.
In college he performed with funk band Groove Spoon and a cappella group
Dicks and Janes
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. Stanley performs with
Vulfpeck
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as featured vocalist. He performs with Ann Street Soul and with Video 7, a genre-free musical collective. In 2015 he opened for hip-hop artist
Common
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.
In June 2021, Stanley announced the collaborative EP ''Ascension'' with musician and producer Tyler Duncan.
Discography
Studio albums
* ''I Can Do Anything'' (2006)
With Ann Street Soul
* ''Ann Street Soul EP'' (2013)
* "Getaway" (2015)
* "
Sunny" (2015)
With Vulfpeck
* "Wait for the Moment" (2013)
* "1612" (2014)
* "Funky Duck" (2015)
* "1 for 1, DiMaggio" (2016)
* "Aunt Leslie" (2016)
* "Birds of a Feather, We Rock Together" (2017)
* "Grandma" (2017)
* "Business Casual" (2017)
* "Darwin Derby" (2018)
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* "3 on E" (2020)
* "New Guru" (2022)
* "Simple Step" (2022)
With Groove Spoon
* ''Live From the Dude (11.8.09) EP'' (2010)
* "You're Time" (2010)
With Cory Wong
* "Work It Out" (2017)
* "Pleasin'" (2017)
* "Jumbotron Hype Song" (2018)
* "United" (2021)
With Tyler Duncan
* "Ascension" (2021)
* "Lost in Translation" (2021)
References
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American contemporary R&B singers
American soul singers
American gospel singers
American funk singers
African-American male singer-songwriters
Musicians from Flint, Michigan
University of Michigan alumni
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Singer-songwriters from Michigan
21st-century African-American male singers