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Jay Sean

Jay Sean (born Kamaljit Singh Jhooti on March 26, 1981) is a British Asian Pop singer-songwriter, best known for his hits "Stolen", "Eyes On You" and "Ride It". He has released two albums, Me Against Myself (2004) and My Own Way (2008) along with five top 20 hits (of which 2 hit the top 10, 1 even the top 5) in the UK singles chart.

Early life

Jay Sean was born as Kamaljit Singh Jhooti to Sikh immigrants in Great Britain who are Pakistani from Jhelum in Punjab. Penchooda Jay Sean attended Queen Mary University to do Medicine before he dropped out to sign for Virgin Records after his track "One Minute" fell on to Rishi Rich's hands who called Jay Sean for an interview and found his talent. gurdz

Career

2003-2006: Success with Me Against Myself

His first taste of UK chart success was with his collaboration with Rishi Rich and Juggy D with the song, "Dance with You (Nachna Tere Naal)" which became a top twenty hit. Sean secured a one million pounds record deal with Virgin Records. His second single, "Eyes on You", became a top ten hit, peaking at number six. His third single "Stolen", and his biggest hit to date, peaked at number four. Stolen included Bollywood actress, Bipasha Basu whom made an appearance in the video. His debut album, Me Against Myself was released and received much critical praise and acclaim. The album became a commercial success, not only in the UK, but abroad as well. In India it became a substantial hit, selling more than two million copies. He made a brief appearance in the Bollywood flick Kyaa Kool Hai Hum, and providing the song "Dil Mera (One Night)" to the soundtrack (a music video accompanied the song's appearance). In February 2006, after several delays of his second album, he left Virgin Records. The label says, his Hip Hop style is not the sort of direction [they] want from Sean.

2007-2008: My Own Way with Jayded Records

After parting ways with Virgin Records, Jay Sean returned in late 2007 with new single "Ride It", and was the first single from his second album My Own Way (originally provisionally titled Deal With It). It was to be the first album to release as a joint-venture between his own label Jayded and 2Point9 Records. The video for "Ride It" featured Jay Sean with a new style after being out of the limelight for nearly three and a half years. Originally, the song was intended for release at the fall of 2007, however, due to major radio stations offering to playlist the track if it was pushed back until early 2008, it was delayed and released on 21 January 2008. The album would eventually release on May 12, 2008 after several delays and débuted at number 6 on the UK Album Charts.

At the 2008 UK Asian Music Awards (AMA), Jay Sean received two awards including Best Video for "Ride It and Best Urban Act. He went on to perform "Ride It" and "Maybe".[1]

In August 2008, Jay Sean co-hosted London radio station, Choice FM's Breakfast show for a week during which he exclusively performed a previously unheard track. The song title was left to the listeners to decide.

On October 15th, 2008 at the MOBO (Music of Black Origin) Awards, Jay Sean announced that he had signed with the American Hip-Hop oriented record label Cash Money Records[2]. He has made a remix for his next single "Tonight" with Lil Wayne. Jay explained “It’s always been a dream for me to sign to an American label. And it’s great to be accepted by the best in the game,” The deal between Jay and Cashmoney Records was brokered by Jay's producer J Remy, who executive produced "My Own way" along with Jayded.

Discography

Albums

Year Statistics Singles
2004 Me Against Myself
2008 My Own Way

Singles

Year Single Chart positions [3] [4][5] Album
UK ROM POL NET EU
2003 "Dance with You (Nachna Tere Naal)" 12 – 59 2 21 Me Against Myself
2004 "Eyes On You" 6 19 – 18 –
"Stolen" 4 – – – –
2008 "Ride It" 11 25 3 – 26 My Own Way
"Maybe" 19 – 45 – 84
"Stay" 59 – – – –
"Tonight (Remix feat. Lil' Wayne)" TBA – – – –

Guest appearances

Awards

    • UK Asian Music Awards (AMAs)
    • 2005: Best Album ("Me Against Myself")
    • 2005: Best Urban Act
    • 2005: Best Video ("Stolen")
    • 2008: Best Video ("Ride It")
    • Channel U Best of British Awards
    • 2007: DesiHits Artist of the Year Award

See also

References

  1. ^ The UK Asian Music Awards - March 6, 2008
  2. ^ Jay Sean to take on the U.S
  3. ^ dutchcharts.nl - Dutch charts portal
  4. ^ APCCHART.COM © since 1988 APC-stats EU/UE
  5. ^ RT100
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