# Keith "Wonderboy" Johnson

Keith Lamar Johnson (May 17, 1972 – September 30, 2022), who went by the stage name Wonderboy, was an American gospel singer-songwriter.
In 1998, he started his solo music career with the release of Through the Storm, published by World Wide Gospel Records. He released fourteen albums, over the course of thirteen years, with World Wide Gospel Records, Worldwide Records, Verity Records, Central South Records, and Blacksmoke Records. Eleven albums charted on the Billboard magazine Gospel Albums chart with other chartings on the Independent Albums and Heatseekers Albums charts.

## Early life

Johnson was born on May 17, 1972, in Brooklyn, New York, and he was given the moniker "Wonderboy" at the age of five because of his wondrous vocal acumen. He started singing with the Boys Choir of Harlem and his father Philip Johnson's quartet group the Spiritual Voices.

## Music career

His music career started in 1998, with the release of Through the Storm by World Wide Gospel Records, and this would be just one of eleven albums to chart on the Billboard magazine charts, with most of the chartings occurring on the Gospel Albums. A few placements were on the Independent Albums chart, for 2000's Live and Alive, 2001's Tribute to Quartet Legends, Vol. 1, and 2002's Send a Revival, and those just happen to be the albums that placed on the Heatseekers Albums chart. The labels he has released albums with are World Wide Gospel, World Wide Records, Verity Records, Central South Records, and Blacksmoke Records, and he has released fourteen albums with those labels over the course of his thirteen-year career. His backing vocalist and band are called the Spiritual Voices.

## Death

Johnson died on September 30, 2022, aged 50, after being found unresponsive at his home in Atlanta, Georgia.

## Discography

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions :
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Album details | US Gos |
| Through the Storm | Released: April 21, 1998 Label: World Wide Gospel CD, digital download | 25 |
| Our Gift to You [World Wide Gospel] | Released: November 24, 1998 Label: World Wide Gospel CD, digital download | – |
| Live and Alive | Released: January 25, 2000 Label: World Wide Gospel CD, digital download | 12 |
| Would You | Released: October 3, 2000 Label: World Wide Gospel CD, digital download | – |
| Tribute to Quartet Legends, Vol. 1 | Released: February 6, 2001 Label: World Wide Gospel CD, digital download | 8 |
| Send a Revival | Released: May 28, 2002 Label: World Wide Gospel CD, digital download | 4 |
| New Season | Released: April 20, 2004 Label: Verity/World Wide Gospel CD, digital download | 12 |
| Our Gift to You [Verity] | Released: September 28, 2004 Label: Verity CD, digital download | – |
| Unity | Released: June 21, 2005 Label: World Wide Gospel CD, digital download | 20 |
| Just Being Me | Released: May 9, 2006 Label: Verity CD, digital download | 23 |
| The Best of Keith Wonderboy Johnson | Released: August 19, 2008 Label: World Wide Gospel CD, digital download | 37 |
| Stronger Than Ever | Released: January 27, 2009 Label: Central South CD, digital download | 25 |
| Back 2 Basics: Chapter Two | Released: 2011 Label: Central South CD, digital download | 20 |
| Keep Pushin' | Released: 2018 Label: Shanachie CD, digital download | 20 |
| Restructure, Renew & Reunion | Released: 2022 Label: Blacksmoke Digital download | – |