D'Angelo

CTL-E-5277 · Person · musician · 1974–2025

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D’Angelo, born Michael Eugene Archer (February 11, 1974 – October 14, 2025), was a singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Richmond, Virginia, and a founding figure of neo-soul. Raised on church piano, he co-wrote Black Men United’s “U Will Know” (1994) before Brown Sugar (1995) joined classic R&B craft to hip-hop rhythm and stayed on the Billboard 200 for 65 weeks. Voodoo (2000) debuted at number one and won the Grammy Award for Best R&B Album; Black Messiah (2014), a fourteen-year follow-up credited with the Vanguard, won the same award again. In all he won four Grammy Awards. D’Angelo died in New York City on October 14, 2025, at 51, after a private battle with pancreatic cancer, his family announced; he leaves three albums and a genre reshaped around them.

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Also known as: Michael Eugene Archer

Relationships

Common — collaborated with
D’Angelo is the featured vocalist on Common’s “Geto Heaven Part Two,” from Common’s album Like Water for Chocolate (2000).

Referenced by

Voodoo — authored by → this record

Sources

Family statement carried by Variety, as reported by TV Insider, “D’Angelo Dies: Grammy-Winning Neo-Soul Icon Was 51,” October 2025 — https://www.tvinsider.com/1221540/dangelo-dead-brown-sugar-untitled-neo-soul/
BuddyTV, “D’Angelo, Neo-Soul Pioneer and ‘Brown Sugar’ Hitmaker, Dies at 51” — https://www.buddytv.com/dangelo-neo-soul-pioneer-and-brown-sugar-hitmaker-dies-at-51/
iHeart / Power 105.1, “R&B And Soul Legend D’Angelo Dead At 51,” October 14, 2025 — https://power1051.iheart.com/content/2025-10-14-rb-and-soul-legend-dangelo-dead-at-51/
Wikipedia, “D’Angelo” — cross-checked against the above, October 2026

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