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Shawn Stockman

American singer (born 1972)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 15, 2026
Entity authoritySource title only
Source-derived summary

Shawn "Slim" Stockman 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 Sing-Off for five seasons (2009–2014).

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The public source identifies “Shawn Stockman” as american singer (born 1972). This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Shawn, Stockman and American.

Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2009, 2014—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Shawn, Stockman and American providing the first useful test.
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Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 15, 2026. The first chronological checks are 2009 and 2014.

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This entry incorporates text from “Shawn Stockman” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.