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Sean Paul
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Jamaican dancehall singer and rapper (born 1973)
Sean Paul is a Jamaican dancehall singer and rapper born in 1973 who became one of the most commercially successful artists from the Caribbean music scene. He matters because his distinctive style and international hits helped bring dancehall music to mainstream global audiences.
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Kingston, Jamaica
Sean Paul (born Sean Paul Ryan Francis Henriques) is a world-renowned Jamaican dancehall rapper, singer, and songwriter who played a pivotal role in bringing dancehall music into global mainstream pop culture. Rising to international stardom in the early 2000s, he has sustained a highly successful multi-decade career through signature solo tracks and massive crossover collaborations with major…
Known for
- Bad Like Brooklyn Dancehall — Self2023
- The Big Breakfast2022
- The Big Night In — Self2020
- Tamron Hall — Self - Guest2019
- The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self2019
- Chicken Shop Date — Self - Guest2014
- DJ SWB Volume 6 | This Is How We Do — Self2009
- Germany's Next Topmodel — Self - Show Act2006
- Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'N Out2005
- Punk'd — Self2003
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Official website
All Sean Paul - Dutty Yeah!
Sean Paul has taken dancehall global, from its origin in clubs in Kingston, Jamaica to the top of the charts, packing some of the biggest venues in more than 120 countries.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Francis
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Jamaica
- Place of birth
- Kingston
- Occupation
- songwriter
- Educated at
- University of Technology
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- pop music
- Record label
- Island Records
- Discography
- Sean Paul discography
- Sport
- water polo
- Official website
- www.allseanpaul.com
- Image
- Sean Paul on the Lokerse Feesten (cropped).jpg
- Number of children
- 2
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- Sean Paul
- date of birth
- 1973-01-09
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- Category:Sean Paul
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- nominated for
- Grammy Award for Best New Artist
- start of work period
- 1994-00-00
- birth name
- Sean Paul Ryan Francis Henriques
- social media followers
- 4730000
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- Template:Sean Paul
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Encyclopedic overview
Sean Paul Ryan Francis Henriques OD (born 9 January 1973) is a Jamaican rapper, singer and songwriter. His first album, Stage One, was released in 2000. He gained international fame with his second album, Dutty Rock, in 2002. Its single "Get Busy" topped the US Billboard Hot 100 chart in the United States, as did "Temperature", off his third album, The Trinity (2005).
Paul frequently invokes the nickname "Chanderpaul", originating from the similarity between his first two names and cricketer Shivnarine Chanderpaul. In the Vice documentary The Story of 'Get Busy' by Sean Paul, when asked "How did you become 'Sean Da Paul'", Paul recalls how others would call him Chan-der-paul, and the name stuck. He then started saying it in shows and recordings.
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