Sean Paul
| Sean Paul | |
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 Sean Paul at the B96 Summerbash 2012. | |
| Born |
Sean Paul Ryan Francis Henriques 9 January 1973 Kingston, Jamaica |
| Occupation | Rapper, musician, singer, producer, actor, songwriter |
| Years active | 1996-present |
| Spouse(s) | Jodi Stewart (2012-present) |
| Website |
allseanpaul |
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Musical career | |
| Origin | Kingston, Jamaica |
| Genres | Dancehall, ragga hip hop, reggae, reggae fusion, R&B |
| Labels | VP, Atlantic |
| Associated acts | Beyoncé, Rihanna, Akon, Snoop Dogg, Busta Rhymes, The Saturdays, Shaggy, Damian Marley, Major Lazer, DJ Loco, Fuse ODG, Kelly Rowland, Enrique Iglesias, Keyshia Cole, Wyclef Jean, DMX |
Sean Paul Ryan Francis Henriques[1] (born 9 January 1973),[2][3] known simply as Sean Paul, is a Jamaican dancehall and reggae pop recording artist, musician, producer and actor.
Life and career
1973–1996: Early life
Sean Paul was born in Kingston, Jamaica to parents Garth and Frances, both of whom were talented athletes. His mother is a well-known painter.[4][5] His paternal grandfather had Sephardi Jewish ancestry, from a family that had emigrated from Portugal, and his paternal grandmother was Afro-Caribbean; his mother is of English and Chinese Jamaican descent.[6][7] Sean Paul was raised as a Catholic, though aware that his grandfather came from an old respected Jamaican Jewish family.[8] Many members of his family are swimmers. His grandfather was on the first Jamaican men's national water polo team. His father also played water polo for the team in the 1960s, and competed in long-distance swimming, while Sean Paul's mother was a backstroke swimmer. Sean Paul played for the national water polo team from the age of 13 to 21, when he gave up the sport in order to launch his musical career. He attended Wolmer's Boys' School and the College of Arts, Science, and Technology, now known as the University of Technology, where he was trained in commerce with an aim of pursuing an occupation in hotel management.
1998–2000: Stage One
Sean Paul's manager and producer Jeremy Harding first heard about the singer when his brother told him about seeing someone at a small open mic event in Kingston who sounded a lot like the popular dancehall DJ and toaster Super Cat.[9] Harding eventually met the singer when Sean Paul came by his studio to ask for some advice. During the meeting Paul recorded a vocal over Harding's rhythm track and in the process created the song "Baby Girl".[9] Sean Paul began hanging out at the studio every day, and the pair collaborated on several more tracks. When they recorded "Infiltrate" they decided they had something good enough to get on the radio. As Sean Paul started to attract local attention, Harding began looking after his affairs. He later told HitQuarters that his support of Paul's fledgling career initially led him assuming the roles of "DJ, manager, road manager and security guard."[9] Sean Paul made a quick cameo appearance in the 1998 film Belly on stage performing. He made a very successful collaboration with DMX & Mr. Vegas (Top Shotter) as a soundtrack of the film. In 2000, Sean Paul released his debut album, Stage One with VP Records.
2001–2004: Dutty Rock
In 2002, he began working extensively with a team of producers and choreographers from Toronto, namely Jae Blaze and Blaze Entertainment and announced the release of his second album, Dutty Rock. Pushed by the success of the singles "Gimme the Light" and the Billboard Hot 100 topper, "Get Busy", the album was a worldwide success, eventually selling over six million copies. The album Dutty Rock won the Reggae Album of the year at the "46th Annual Grammy Awards" in 2004. His single Get Busy was also nominated for best Rap Song in that year. Simultaneously, Sean Paul was heard on Beyoncé's U.S. #1 single "Baby Boy" and Blu Cantrell's "Breathe", a chart hit in Europe. Both helped to push his reputation further still in the United States. He appeared on Punk'd, 106 & Park, Sean Paul Respect, Making the Video ("Get Busy", "Gimme the Light", and "Like Glue") and his music videos have been broadcast on MTV and BET. Paul's biggest hits included "Get Busy", "Like Glue", "Gimme the Light", "Baby Boy", and "I'm Still in Love with You"
2005–2008: The Trinity
Sean Paul's third album The Trinity was released in on 27 September 2005. The album produced five big hits, "We Be Burnin'", "Ever Blazin'", "Give It Up to Me", "Never Gonna Be the Same" and the U.S. chart-topping smash hit "Temperature". The video of "Give It Up to Me" (featuring Keyshia Cole) was also featured in the movie Step Up in 2006. He was nominated for four awards at the 2006 Billboard Music Awards, including male artist of the year, rap artist of the year, hot 100 single of the year, and pop single of the year for his hit "Temperature".[10] He also won an American Music Award for "(When You Gonna) Give It Up to Me" beating Kanye West and Nick Lachey who were also nominated for the award. His song "Send It On" from "The Trinity" featured on the 2005 Vauxhall Corsa advert. Sean Paul often contributes his songs to various Riddim Driven albums (by VP Records). In March 2007, he returned to Jamaica to perform at the Cricket World Cup 2007 opening ceremony. Sean Paul appears on the game Def Jam: Fight for NY as part of Snoop Dogg's crew and again in the game's sequel, Def Jam: Icon.
2009–2010: Imperial Blaze
Imperial Blaze was released on 18 August 2009. The lead single, "So Fine", which was produced by Stephen "Di Genius" McGregor, premiered on Sean Paul's official website on 26 April 2009.[11][12] Speaking to Pete Lewis of 'Blues & Soul' magazine in August 2009, Sean Paul stated that 'Imperial Blaze' "Actually signifies 'The King's Fire'. It's that thing inside of you that gives you the desire to do whatever you do, and be the best in the world at it."[13] The new album consists of 20 tracks including "So Fine", "Press it Up", "She Want Me", "Private Party" which are party tracks and also love songs such as "Hold My Hand" (feat Keri Hilson), "Lately", "Now That I've Got Your Love" among others. Producers on the album include Don Corleone, Jeremy Harding, and Sean's brother Jason 'Jigzagula' Henriques.[13] All the full songs of the album have been added to Sean Paul's Myspace page[14] on the day of release of the album.
The album spawned eight music videos: "Always On My Mind (with Da'Ville)", "Give It to You (with Eve)", "Watch Them Roll", "Back It Up" (with Leftside), "(I Wanna See You) Push It Baby" (with Pretty Ricky), "Hit 'Em" (with Fahrenheit and his brother Jason "Jigzagula" Henriques), "Come Over" with Estelle,[15] and also the video of his first single, "So Fine" from the new album. He has recently been featured in Shaggy's video, "Save A Life", which also includes appearances from Elephant Man and Da'Ville, among others. In an effort to raise money for a children's hospital, Shaggy, Sean Paul and others had a benefit concert. All proceeds went towards getting new equipment and technology 'For Aid to the Bustamante Hospital for Children'. In an interview in 2009 he stated plans to release a new album in 2011, which was later named as "Tomahawk Technique". During the premiere for MNET's Big Brother Africa 5: All-Stars on 18 July 2010, he performed his songs "Temperature", "Hold My Hand", and "So Fine".
2011–2012: Tomahawk Technique
The first single Got 2 Luv U features vocals from American singer Alexis Jordan. It was released on 19 July 2011 by Atlantic Records. The song was written by Sean Paul, Ryan Tedder and Stargate, and it was produced by Stargate.[16][17][18]
"She Doesn't Mind" is the second single from the album. It was written by Sean Paul, Shellback and Benny Blanco and was produced by Shellback and Benny Blanco. It was released on 29 September 2011 on NRJ & Skyrock (French radios), and to iTunes on 31 October.[19] Like its proceeder, "Got 2 Luv U", featuring Alexis Jordan, it topped the charts in Switzerland, but it debuted at that spot. Sean appeared on the Never Mind the Buzzcocks episode which aired on 21 November 2011. This album is released on 18 September 2012 in USA. The album nominated for the best reggae album in the 55th Grammy awards.
Sean Paul is featured in the Simple Plan song "Summer Paradise".
In 2012, Sean Paul was asked to team up with electronic artist Congorock and Moombahton artist Stereo Massive to feature vocals on their song "Bless Di Nation", there is an instrumental version also.
2013–present: Full Frequency
During 2013, Paul worked on his sixth studio album Full Frequency, which was eventually released on 18 February 2014.[20] The first single off the album "Other Side of Love" was released to iTunes on 10 June 2013.[21][22] The second single "Entertainment" which features 2 Chainz and Juicy J was released on 25 June 2013.[23] Sean released the official remix to "Entertainment" on 3 September 2013 with an additional feature from Nicki Minaj.[24] "Turn It Up" was released as a single in the UK on 20 October 2013. It was to be released in Germany on 22 November 2013. "Want Dem All" was released as a single in the U.S. on 5 November 2013. The album features guest appearances from Damian Marley, Iggy Azalea, Brick & Lace, Konshens, Nicki Minaj, 2 Chainz & Juicy J.
Also in 2013, Sean Paul was featured on the single "What About Us" by British girl group The Saturdays. The single went straight into the Official UK Charts at number one with over 100,000 sales in its first week, becoming the fastest selling single of the year at the time of release.
In January 2014, Sean Paul was the main international artist at Fiestas Palmares 2014[25] in Costa Rica, where every year more than 15,000 people gather for the closing concert.
Also in 2014, Paul was featured on the official English speaking version of long running Latin American chart topper "Bailando" by Enrique Iglesias featuring Gente de Zona and Descemer Bueno. The video for the English version was shot concurrently with the video for the Spanish version in Santo Domingo. The English version would prove to be a worthy compliment to the historic Spanish version reaching top 10 status in the United States and topping the charts of several other countries.
Sean Paul appeared on the Apocalypse Soon EP by electronic group Major Lazer, on the track "Come On to Me" , which was released as the second single from the album, after "Aerosol Can", a collaboration with Pharrell Williams.[26] He also collaborated with Nigerian recording artist Timaya on a remix of his song "Bum Bum". An accompanying video directed by Shutah Films was released online on 11 April.[27]
The album was also nominated for Best Reggae Album at the Grammy's in 2015. But, in September 2014, Sean Paul confirmed that he had left Atlantic Records label & will be moving forward as independent artist.[28]
On July 6, 2015 Sean Paul released the music video for his song Take it Low on the album - Full Frequency.
On February 6, 2016 Sean Paul performed in the opening ceremony of Pakistan Super League.
On February 11, 2016 Sia released a remix version of "Cheap Thrills" featuring Sean Paul.
On April 11th, 2016 it was confirmed that Sean Paul would be featuring on a track by Little Mix called "Hair", from their third album Get Weird.
Discography
- Studio albums
- Stage One (2000)
- Dutty Rock (2002)
- The Trinity (2005)
- Imperial Blaze (2009)
- Tomahawk Technique (2012)
- Full Frequency (2014)
Filmography
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Awards and nominations
| Year | Organisation | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | American Music Awards | Favorite Hip-Hop/Rap Male Artist | Nominated |
| Favorite Hip-Hop/Rap Album (Dutty Rock) | Nominated | ||
| MuchMusic Video Awards | Best International Video (Gimme the Light) | Won | |
| MTV Music Awards | Best New Act of the Year | Won | |
| Source Awards | Dancehall Reggae Album of the Year (Dutty Rock) | Won | |
| BET Awards | Best New Artist | Nominated | |
| MTV Video Music Awards | Best Dance Video (Get Busy) | Nominated | |
| Best New Artist (Get Busy) | Nominated | ||
| 2004 | Grammy Awards[29] | Best New Artist | Nominated |
| Best Rap Solo Performance (Get Busy) | Nominated | ||
| Best Reggae Album (Dutty Rock) | Won | ||
| International Reggae and World Music Awards | Entertainer of the Year | Won | |
| 2005 | MOBO Awards | Best Reggae Act | Nominated |
| International Reggae and World Music Awards | Entertainer of the Year (shared with Wyclef; Malachi Smith; Beenie Man) | Won | |
| ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Music Award | Top Reggae Artist of the Year | Won | |
| 2006 | American Music Awards[30] | Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist | Won |
| MTV Video Music Awards Japan | Best Reggae Video We Be Burnin' | Nominated | |
| MuchMusic Video Awards | Best International Artist (Temperature) | Nominated | |
| World Music Awards | World's Best Rap/Hip-Hop Artist | Nominated | |
| Billboard Music Award | Male Artist of the Year | Nominated | |
| Hot 100 Single of the Year (Temperature) | Nominated | ||
| Pop Single of the Year (Temperature) | Nominated | ||
| Rap Artist of the Year | Nominated | ||
| MTV Europe Music Awards | Best Male | Nominated | |
| Best Hip-hop | Nominated | ||
| Grammy Awards | Best Reggae Album (The Trinity) | Nominated | |
| MOBO Awards | Best Reggae Act | Won | |
| MTV Video Music Awards | Best Dance Video (Temperature) | Won | |
| 2007 | MTV Romania Music Awards | Best International Artist | Won |
| NRJ Music Awards | Best International Male Artist of the Year | Nominated | |
| Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards | Favorite Male Singer | Nominated | |
| MTV Video Music Awards Japan | Best Reggae Video (Temperature) | Nominated | |
| ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Music Awards | Reggae Artist of the Year | Won | |
| Soul Train Awards | Best Dance Cut (When You Gonna) Give It Up to Me | Nominated | |
| 2009 | MOBO Awards | Best Reggae Act | Won |
| Soul Train Awards | Best Reggae Artist | Won | |
| 2010 | Grammy Awards | Best Reggae Album (Imperial Blaze) | Nominated |
| MTV Video Music Awards Japan[31] | Best Reggae Video (So Fine) | Nominated | |
| 2012 | Soul Train Awards | Best Caribbean Performance | Won |
| NRJ Music Awards | Best International Male Artist of the Year | Nominated | |
| MTV Video Music Awards Japan[32] | Best Reggae Video (She Doesn't Mind) | Won | |
| MOBO Awards | Best Reggae Act | Won | |
| MTV Europe Music Award | Best World Stage | Nominated | |
| 2013 | Grammy Awards | Best Reggae Album (Tomahawk Technique) | Nominated |
| Youth View Awards | Favorite Local International Artiste of the Year | Won | |
| Star Awards | Album of the Year (Tomahawk Technique) | Won | |
| MOBO Awards[33] | Best Reggae Act | Won |
References
- ↑ "Sean Paul Biography –". Allseanpaul.com. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
- ↑ "Sean Paul". AllMusic. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
- ↑ "Sean Paul | New Music And Songs | MTV". Vh1.com. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
- ↑ "Sean Paul Bio | Sean Paul Career | MTV". Vh1.com. 1973. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
- ↑ "Sean Paul". Top40.about.com. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
- ↑ Archived 12 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ "Sean Paul". Somethingjewish.co.uk. 13 February 2004.
- ↑ "A Yiddisher Rasta man". Ynet.co.il. 5 April 2009.
- 1 2 3 "Interview with Jeremy Harding". HitQuarters. 4 September 2003. Retrieved 6 October 2011.
- ↑ Archived 10 April 2006 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ "New Music: Sean Paul – ‘So Fine’". All Sean Paul. 25 April 2009. Archived from the original on 4 June 2009. Retrieved 23 February 2011.
- ↑ "New Music: Sean Paul – ‘So Fine’". Rap-Up.com. 25 April 2009. Retrieved 23 February 2011.
- 1 2 "Sean Paul: Danceul star". Bluesandsoul.com. Retrieved 23 February 2011.
- ↑ "Sean Paul's MySpace". Myspace.com. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
- ↑ "Sean Paul set to launch Imperial Blaze in style". ttgapers.com. Retrieved 23 February 2011.
- ↑ "ACE Title Search – GOT 2 LUV YA". ASCAP. Retrieved 8 August 2011.
- ↑ Chapman, Alex (21 July 2011). "Sean Paul Releases 'Got 2 Love U' Single, Taps Akon for New Album". Billboatd. Retrieved 8 August 2011.
- ↑ "| Tomahawk Technique Album Cover & Tracklist Sean Paul | Dancehall Madness". Mydancehallmadness.com. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
- ↑ "iTunes – Music – She Doesn't Mind – Single by Sean Paul". itunes.apple.com. 31 October 2011. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
- ↑ "New Music: Sean Paul f/ Iggy Azalea – ‘Wickedest Style’". Rap-Up.com. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
- ↑ "iTunes - Music - Other Side of Love - Single by Sean Paul". itunes.apple.com. 10 June 2013. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
- ↑ "Sean Paul - Other Side Of Love | New Hip Hop Music & All The New Rap Songs 2011". HipHop DX. 12 June 2013. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
- ↑ "iTunes Store". itunes.apple.com. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
- ↑ "Sean Paul — Entertainment (Remix) ft. Nicki Minaj, Juicy J, & 2 Chainz : Nicki Minaj". Mypinkfriday.com. 22 August 2013. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
- ↑ "Concierto Imperial Palmares 2014 con Sean Paul". Adondeirhoy.com. 30 December 2013.
- ↑ "Pharrell, Sean Paul & More Appear On Major Lazer's "Apocalypse Soon"". The Source. 7 March 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2014.
- ↑ "Timaya – Bum Bum (rmx) f. Sean Paul (Video)". HiphopSouth. 11 April 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2014.
- ↑ Meschino, Patricia (11 November 2014). "After Atlantic: An Independent Sean Paul Moves Forward". Billboard. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
- ↑ "Sean Paul wins Grammy". Jamaica-gleaner.com. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
- ↑ "Sean Paul Wins American Music Award 2006". Jamcl.com. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
- ↑ "Sean Paul nominated for MTV VMA Japan with Sean Kingston". Reggaemusicfm.com. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
- ↑ "MTV Video Music Awards Japan 2012 Winners". Jpopasia.com. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
- ↑ "Sean Paul gets MOBO reggae Award". Jamaicaobserver.com/. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
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