Shawn Stockman

Shawn Patrick Stockman born September 26 1972 is an American singer songwriter and record producer He is best known as a member of the vocal group Boyz II Men In addition to Boyz II Men Stockman was a member of the group Black Men United He was also a judge on the NBC television show The SingOff for five seasons 20092014 Stockman a native of Southwest Philadelphia started singing with the Philadelphia Boys Choir Chorale at the age of 8 He attended CAPA Creative and Performing Arts High School in South Philadelphia where he met the other members of Boyz II Men originally calling themselves Unique Attraction Stockman was recruited to join the RB vocal group Boyz II Men in 1988 when members George Baldi Jon Shoats and Marguerite Walker all left the group due to graduating from high school He was asked to join after the members saw him sing a solo in the school choir After signing to Motown in 1991 they released their debut album Cooleyhighharmony Boyz II Men would quickly start to climb music charts with songs such as Ill Make Love to You 1994 and Water Runs Dry 1995 In 1996 the group released the single One Sweet Day featuring Mariah Carey Boyz II Men are best known for their vocal harmonies Stockman sings tenor vocals in the group Stockman recorded a solo album as a side project during the late 1990s but the LP was never released Stockman appeared in the group Black Men United with his group Boyz II Men while recording their II album for the hit single U Will Know which appeared on the Jasons Lyric soundtrack 1994 He also wrote and sang the song Visions of a Sunset for the Mr Hollands Opus soundtrack 1996 Stockman wrote the songs Forever Hot Thing and Let It Go which was played during the Showtime film Seventeen Again He also recorded a cover version of Beyoncés hit song If I Were a Boy and contributed vocals on the title track of the Foo Fighters album Concrete and Gold 2017 Stockman started his own record label called Soul Chemistry Projects He released solo albums Shawn in 2018 and Forward in April 2020 In 2009 it was announced that Stockman would be a judge on the NBC show The SingOff He remained a judge on the show until its cancellation in 2014 Stockman is married to Sharonda Jones He is the cousin of Atlantabased neo soul singer Anthony David Stockman is an honorary member of Phi Beta Sigma 2021 Source Article Shawn Stockman from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30