A native of
Toronto, Ontario, Wilson studied classical piano in childhood before teaching herself production via
GarageBand as a teenager. She moved to
Halifax, Nova Scotia to study music at university, but left school to focus on her music career. She self-released the EP
Palimpsest in 2012, and followed up with the standalone singles "Avondale," "Stephen," and "Montreal" in 2013 and 2014. She was also part of the funk band The Wayo, The EP's song "Work" was nominated for the
SOCAN Songwriting Prize in 2017, the EP was a longlisted nominee for the
2017 Polaris Music Prize; additionally, producer
Howie Beck received a
Juno Award nomination for
Producer of the Year at the
Juno Awards of 2017 for his contributions to "Work" and
Dragonette's "High Five". Wilson's video for "Work", directed by
Fantavious Fritz, won the 2018
Prism Prize. Wilson and Fritz subsequently announced that they were using the prize money to create a special grant program for emerging female video directors. Her third EP,
Stone Woman, was released in 2018. In 2018, Vinyl Me, Please released an exclusive album that compiled
CDW and
Stone Woman. In 2021, she was nominated for the
Juno Award for
Traditional R&B/Soul Recording of the Year for her single "Take Care of You" featuring
Syd. In May 2025 she opened Tutto Panino, a
panini shop, in the
Roncesvalles neighbourhood of Toronto. Wilson identifies as
queer. Written and produced by Wilson, the album features a number of tracks co-written and produced with Toronto songwriter
Jack Rochon (Jack Ro) in addition to contributions from other Toronto acts like
Daniel Caesar,
BadBadNotGood,
Mustafa, and Merna Bishouty. Other producers include retro soul artist
Thomas Brenneck, R&B producer
D'Mile in collaboration with
Babyface,
Dylan Wiggins (Sir Dylan), and
Teo Halm. At the 2022
Juno Awards, she was nominated for
Songwriter of the Year,
Producer of the Year, and
Traditional R&B/Soul Recording of the Year.
Cyan Blue Wilson's second album
Cyan Blue was released on May 3, 2024, under the label
XL Recordings to favorable reviews. Ammar Kalia from
The Guardian said of the album "Wilson finds new confidence, breaking out of the Toronto scene with a record of immense feeling and depth." Jesse Zapatero wrote "…
Cyan Blue is a testament to Charlotte Day Wilson's growth as an artist. It's a richly woozy, sensual, and insightful exploration of relationships, and it firmly establishes her as a unique voice in contemporary music." The album was nominated for the
67th Annual Grammy Awards in the category of
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical, with nominations going to Jack Emblem, Jack Rochon & Charlotte Day Wilson as engineers and Chris Gehringer as mastering engineer. ==Discography==