Sean Paul
Sean Paul Ryan Francis Henriques ( born January 9, 1973 in Kingston, Jamaica ) is a Jamaican dancehall artist.
Life
Sean Paul says about his ethnic background: "My grandmother 's mother was born in Coventry, and the rest of my grandparents in Jamaica. My maternal grandfather is Chinese. My paternal grandfather is of Portuguese descent. My father's mother is mulatto. Even a pirate is represented in my family tree " During his childhood, he was often bullied because of his background and gave himself the name " Copper Color Chinee Bwoy " in German. Copper -colored Chinese boy. At age 13, he switched to a private school. At that time he was the Jamaican National Swimming Team and the Jamaican football team.
Career
As the first musical foundation he was given a 40 - $ keyboard of his mother's 15th birthday. Finally he brought his debut single Baby Girl ( Do not Cry ) in 1996, the first success in Jamaica. Later, his music was played in some American radio stations, boosting his international career began. Henriques ' musical role model is Bob Marley. With his first major album Stage One he managed a worldwide success. The second album Dutty rock surpassed this yet with over 6 million units sold and a 100 week long about positioning in the German album charts. In addition, the album won a Grammy for Best Reggae Album.
In the years 2002 to 2010, he landed several Top Ten hits in the United States, the United Kingdom and in Germany. He took, among other songs with Beyonce Knowles, Mýa, Rihanna, Blu Cantrell, Fabolous, Lil Jon, Brandy, Sasha, Carlos Santana, Jay Sean, Nina Sky and Busta Rhymes ( ESRA ) on.
The third album, The Trinity, contains several songs that are no longer typical for him " feel-good " are songs. Track number 9 is, for example Never Gonna Be the Same by Sean Paul and was dedicated to his shot on 27 January 2005 Daddigon best buddy, who was also represented at the Dutty Cup Crew. Paul is currently Jamaica 's most sought after musical export artist and has received several awards such as the Best Music Video Award at the MTV Music Awards in 2003 in Toronto. He was also represented at the MTV European Music Awards, where he received the award in the Best New Artist category.
In 2006, he took a detour into the genre of reggaeton by the reggaetón track Oh Man published with Daddy Yankee and Luny Tunes.
In 2011, Sean Paul released along with Alexis Jordan Got 2 Luv U, the single, which placed itself in France, Germany, Austria and the Netherlands in the Top 10, reaching number 1 in Switzerland. It is therefore statistically the biggest hit Sean Paul Get Busy in Europe since the year 2003.
On 9 December he announced that his new album Tomahawk Technique January 30 of next year will be released in some countries such as Switzerland and France. Two weeks later, he presented the album cover and the track list. As a digital promo single was released What I Want, before he released the second single She Does not Mind February 3, also in Germany.
Tomahawk Technique was able to place in the top 10 in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. In the UK, the album debuted at number 34. In the Billboard charts, it came to no chart position.
On 9 August 2013, the Single Other Side of Love was released, which reached the Top 10 of the charts in Germany, the UK and Switzerland.
From 5 - to May 22, 2014 Sean Paul is planning his tour through many cities in Germany ( Among other things, Cologne, Stuttgart and Frankfurt) and in Vienna. There will also be one of his concerts in Luxembourg.
Discography
→ Main article: Sean Paul / Discography
Awards
- American Music Award 2006: for " Favorite Pop / Rock Male Artist "
- Bravo Otto 2003: " Bronze " in the category "Hip Hop International"
- Grammy 2004: for " Best Reggae Album " ( Dutty rock )
- MOBO Awards 2006: "Best Reggae Act"
- 2009: "Best Reggae Act"
- MTV Romania Music Awards 2007: for " Best International Artist"
- Soul Train Awards 2009: "Best Reggae Artist"