Antwaun Stanley is an American R&B singer and songwriter based in

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Career

Stanley grew up in

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. He began singing at age three and took part in

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s including ''

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''. He attended high school at

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and graduated in 2005. He signed with Bajada records, an independent record label, and studied at the

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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.

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chart. In 2008 he was nominated for

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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

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. Stanley performs with

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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

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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) * * "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

{{DEFAULTSORT:Stanley, Antwaun 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