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* 2007 "Doin' Dat" ([[Clyde Carson]] featuring Sean Kingston)
* 2007 "Doin' Dat" ([[Clyde Carson]] featuring Sean Kingston)
* 2007 "[[Like This (MIMS song)|Like This]] (remix)" ([[MIMS]] featuring She Dirty, Sean Kingston, [[Red Cafe]], & [[N.O.R.E.]])
* 2007 "[[Like This (MIMS song)|Like This]] (remix)" ([[MIMS]] featuring She Dirty, Sean Kingston, [[Red Cafe]], & [[N.O.R.E.]])
* 2007 "[[What Is It]]" ([[Baby Bash]] featuring Sean Kingston)
* 2007 "Real D-Boy" ([[Triple C]] feauring. Sean Kingston)
* 2007 "Real D-Boy" ([[Triple C]] feauring. Sean Kingston)
* 2007 "Welcome two My Hood" ([[Ya Boy]] featuring Sean Kingston)
* 2007 "Welcome two My Hood" ([[Ya Boy]] featuring Sean Kingston)

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Sean Kingston

Kisean Anderson (born February 3 1990) better known by his stage name Sean Kingston, is a Jamaican American reggae singer and rapper. Anderson was born in Miami, Florida [1], and he was predominantly raised in Kingston, Jamaica, the island nation's capital, after moving there at the age of six [1]. His stage name "Sean Kingston" pays homage to Kingston, Jamaica.

Career

Sean Kingston, through a venture between Epic Records and Koch Records, released the single "Beautiful Girls" in Summer 2007 [2]. The single, based on the bass line and lyrical "association" of the 1961 hit "Stand By Me" by Ben E. King, reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 for three weeks and topped the UK Singles Chart. Similarly, the song "Me Love" is a loose derivative work of Led Zeppelin's "D'yer Mak'er", off of their 1973 album, 'Houses of the Holy. The song also debuted at number one in Australia; where it knocked off Fergie who had been number one for nine weeks. The song stayed on the Canadian number one spot for over six weeks before getting knocked down to third place by the Plain White T's. "Beautiful Girls" was the longest a song has ever stayed at the number one spot in 2007 in Canada.

In October 2007 Kingston was the opening act for Gwen Stefani's The Sweet Escape Tour. In 2007 he appeared in an episode of Yo Gabba Gabba.

Discography

Main article: Sean Kingston discography

Solo singles

Guest Appearances

Covers

A few months after "Beautiful Girls" was released 2007, a new online video service called Votigo began a cover contest in which fans could submit covers of the song for a chance to get a call from Sean Kingston. After an online vote user Mallory Robbins won with an a cappella version of the song. Top honors also went to a rock cover of the song performed by the Ailan Christopher Project. Shortly afterwards, recording artist JoJo released a cover response version of the track which was released on MySpace, however will not be featured on her upcoming album. British DJ Chris Moyles also released a cover version however it was about the song describing how bad it was in his opinion.

Awards\Nominations

  • MOBO Awards
    • 2007: Best Reggae Acts
  • Teen Choice Awards
    • 2007: Choice R&B Track "Beautiful Girls"
    • 2007: Choice Summer Track "Beautiful Girls" (nominated)

References

  1. ^ a b Biography - Sean Kingston Billboard. Accessed September 28 2007.
  2. ^ Garrity, Briran (12 Aug 07No Rap Turf War Here. New York Post. Accessed September 24 2007.
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