John Stoddart is an American R&B/

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singer-songwriter. He grew up singing in church and began formal vocal training at age 13. In 1993, earned a Bachelor of Arts in Piano and Voice from

Washington Adventist University Washington Adventist University is a private Seventh-day Adventist university in Takoma Park, Maryland. History Washington Adventist University was established in 1904 by the Seventh-day Adventist Church as Washington Training College. In ...

Takoma Park, Maryland Takoma Park is a city in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. It is a suburb of Washington, D.C., Washington, and part of the Washington metropolitan area. Founded in 1883 and incorporated in 1890, Takoma Park, informally called "Azalea C ...

. Stoddart has worked as songwriter on many other artists' albums and also on production and backing vocal levels. Stoddart sang backing vocals for ''I Surrender'' in

Celine Dion Céline Marie Claudette Dion ( ; born 30 March 1968) is a Canadian singer. Noted for her powerful and technically skilled vocals, Dion is the best-selling Canadian recording artist, and the best-selling French-language artist of all time. Her ...

's 2002 album

A New Day Has Come ''A New Day Has Come'' is the seventh English-language and eighteenth studio album by Canadian singer Celine Dion, released by Sony Music Entertainment on 22 March 2002. It was her first new studio album since 1998's Christmas album ''These Are ...

. John now lives in Huntsville with 2 daughters Analiece and Noel.

Discography

Studio albums

*''Love So Real'' '1997 UJE Music''*''Wings to Walk on This Road'' (2003)' *''Faces'' (—) *''Faith Hope Love'' (2010) *''Only on Christmas Day'' (2013)

References

External links

* African-American male singer-songwriters Living people Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century African-American male singers {{US-R&B-singer-stub