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Occupation(s)
  
Singer, songwriter

Role
  
Musician

Name
  
William Becton

Website
  
williambecton.org

Years active
  
1995–present


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Birth name
  
William Earl Becton, Jr.

Born
  
December 31, 1968 (age 55) Washington, D.C. (
1968-12-31
)

Genres
  
gospel, Christian R&B, contemporary R&B, traditional black gospel, urban contemporary gospel, southern gospel

Instruments
  
vocals, singer-songwriter

Albums
  
Heart of a Love Song, Broken

Record labels
  
Tyscot Records, A&M Records

Similar People
  
Miami Mass Choir, Thomas Whitfield, The Love Fellowship Choir, Vanessa Bell Armstrong, Herb Alpert

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William Earl Becton, Jr. (born December 31, 1968) is an American gospel musician. He started his music career, in 1995, with the release of, Broken, that was released by Intersound Records. His second album, Heart of a Love Song, was released by CGI Records in association with A&M Records in 1997. The third release, B2k: Prophetic Songs of Promise, was released by CGI Records in 2000. He released his fourth album, Broken, Vol. 2: Live, with Tyscot Records in 2003. He got all of his album to chart on the Billboard magazine Gospel Albums chart.

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Early life

Becton was born on December 31, 1968 in Washington D.C., as William Earl Becton, Jr. He started singing at the age of four in his church choir called the intermediate youth chior, and he went to Sewell Music Conservatory to hone his singing acumen, when he was just eight years old. Becton is a graduate of Duke Ellington School for the Arts, and went on to study at the University of the District of Columbia.

Music career

His music career started in 1995, with the release of Broken by Intersound Records on June 1, 1995, and this album would go on to be his breakthrough release on the Billboard magazine charts, peaking at No. 1 on the Gospel Albums chart. His next release, Heart of a Love Song, was released by CGI Records in association with A&M Records on October 14, 1997, and this also charted on the Gospel Albums chart at No. 5. The next release with GGI Records was released on April 18, 2000, B2K: Prophetic Songs Of Promise, and again this charted on the Gospel Albums chart at No. 9. He released, Broken, Vol. 2: Live, with Tyscot Records on May 20, 2003, and this would chart on the Gospel Albums at No. 25.

References

William Becton Wikipedia