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Seal
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British musician, singer, songwriter and record producer
Seal is a British musician, singer, and songwriter known for his distinctive voice and contributions to music production. He matters because of his influence in the music industry as a recording artist and producer who has shaped popular music through his work.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 20
Top works
- Outlaw heroes in myth and history
- Dictionary of Australian Folklore and Myth
- Great Australian Places
- Larrikins, Bush Tales and Other Great Australian Stories
- Encyclopedia of Folk Heroes
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Film & TV
Acting · Paddington, London, England, UK
Seal Henry Olusegun Olumide Adeola Samuel (born 19 February 1963), known professionally as Seal, is a British singer of Nigerian and Afro-Brazilian heritage. He has sold over 20 million records worldwide. These include hit songs "Crazy" and "Killer", the latter of which went to number one in the UK, and his most celebrated song, "Kiss from a Rose", which was released in 1994. He is renowned for…
Known for
- Seal: Purpose — Self2026
- Micro Budget — Seal2026
- Dust to Dreams2025
- Seal - Baloise Session 2024 — Self2024
- Me Time — Seal2022
- Freddie Mercury: The Final Act — Self2022
- The Jennifer Hudson Show2022
- Loot — Seal2022
- Seal Team — Seal Seal (voice)2021
- The Show Must Go On: The Queen + Adam Lambert Story — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)2019
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1963
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1,783,914
- Total plays
- 24,133,716
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Seal Henry Olusegun Olumide Adeola Samuel (born 19 February 1963) is an English singer, songwriter, and record producer. He has received three Brit Awards, four Grammy Awards, and an MTV Video Music Award, with more than 20 million albums and singles sold. Seal signed with producer Trevor Horn's ZTT Records to release his eponymous debut studio album, "Seal" (1991). The album was a critical and commercial success, featuring the singles "Crazy" and "Killer" <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Sea
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Quotes
- “There's nothing better than going out there and performing and making that connection with audiences. Even after all this time I get the biggest buzz from that.”
- “I've heard everything — that they were the result of ancient ritual induction into childhood that involved wrestling a wild boar, that I was viciously attacked by a gang. Someone even wrote that I was abducted by aliens who left me with a mark. You know, I really don't care. People can believe whatever they want to believe.”
- “There were signs in England that the only way for me was down. The media turned against me. I was given a hard time because my outlook wasn't one of pure debauchery. I was a sensitive male and I was singing about spirituality; I didn't choose the loutish Oasis approach to my profession. Britpop was just building up at the time and my attitude somehow counted against me.”
- “Family, my wife and children, that's my reason for being. Everything is done with them in mind, so perhaps that's the reason this new album is up-tempo. It does feel like a celebration of life. I am finally in a content and happy place to the point where I feel like I need to sing about it. It's made me want to address things that are close to home.”
- “Myself and the people close to me are all part of a social system, and we were being conditioned to accept the status quo. But on this album, I'm saying it's time for us to take charge. We can change it. We can take control of our emotional system and be happy. My point is don't just sit there and allow life to happen to you. Go out and take charge if you want change, but it begins closer to home.”
- “A man decides after seventy years, That what he goes there for, is to unlock the door. While those around him criticize and sleep... And through a fractal on a breaking wall, I see you my friend, and touch your face again. Miracles will happen as we trip.But we're never gonna survive, unless... We get a little crazy”
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.seal.com
- Image
- Seal 2012 (cropped).jpg
- Height
- 1.92
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- Commons category
- Seal (musician)
- birth name
- Seal Henry Olusegun Olumide Adeola Samuel
- pseudonym
- Seal
- date of birth
- 1963-02-19
- start of work period
- 1989-00-00
- name in native language
- Seal
- social media followers
- 645000
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Seal Henry Olusegun Olumide Adeola Samuel (listen; born 19 February 1963), better known by his stage name Seal, is a British singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is the recipient of three Brit Awards, four Grammy Awards and an MTV Video Music Award, with more than 20 million albums or singles sold. He signed with record producer Trevor Horn's ZTT Records to release his eponymous debut studio album (1991). A critical and commercial success, it spawned the singles "Crazy" and "Killer", which peaked at numbers two and one on the UK singles chart, respectively, while both entered the US Billboard Hot 100. His 1994 single, "Kiss from a Rose", peaked atop the latter chart after its inclusion on the accompanying film soundtracks for The NeverEnding Story III and Batman Forever.
"Kiss from a Rose" spawned from Seal's second eponymous studio album (1994), which peaked atop the UK Albums Chart along with its predecessor. His following albums—Human Being (1998), Seal IV (2003), System (2007), Soul (2008), Seal 6: Commitment (2010), Soul 2 (2011), 7 (2015) and Standards (2017)—were each met with critical praise. As a songwriter, Seal has won two Ivor Novello Awards for "Best Song Musically and Lyrically" by the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors for "Killer" and "Crazy".